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    I went to university in my mid-thirties with the same fears as you. But it turned out that the student age-range was very diverse and, anyway, who I got on with socially was not determined by age alone. Having said that, it pays not to be nor to appear to be a 'pompous old git' - which I am sure you're not. As for being 'on a totally different wavelength', there are people of your own age 'on a totally different wavelength'. Good luck with it.
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    Wasn't he an artist who rejected us mere entertainers (or clowns and whores as he put it.
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    inti ?
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    JUst realised I'm in the Reggae thread when I thought I was in What you listening too thread. 🥵 Oh well 😒
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    Double post
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    Yes, and by '78, as well as the solo album, there were three Weather Report albums with Pastorius appearing on at least some tracks. Many of the musos I knew were listening especially to Weather Report, in particular Heavy Weather. The idea that Pastorius wasn't influential (in listening and playing) by 1978 is ridiculous. It has its limits but its there.
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    And the bassist in Lindisfarne was using a defretted Precision from at least 1970. Can't remember his name. EDIT: Rod Clements?
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    I took the pickup guards off too. In my experience it was common to take them off. Took it off Fenders too. Several rock bassists used fretless basses. They are in a minority but you're incorrect to say rock bands never used fretless.
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    £120 in 1974 woud have been something like a months wages for me.
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    I recall paying £120 with a hard case in late '74, but as it's almost fifty years who knows?
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    I bought a Hayman 4040 in Denmark Street in late 1974. But I never slapped it.
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    True enough. Here he is with Steve Marriot on drums and David Hemmings on guitar.
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    Heinz Burt
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    Could you get away with a 4-strng Precision tuned BEAD?
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    Fits my Mustang too.
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    https://www.gak.co.uk/en/fender-fbss-610-short-scale-bass-gig-bag/921347
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    OK, I remember Yardley's. I bought an Aria there in probably 1980/81
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    When? Was it before Level 42?
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    Guitar is sometimes slightly too forward, if you ask me, but bass sounds fine, especially on Ticket, nice tone. Occasionally, e.g. Come Back Down, bass could be a little more prominent but still ok I'd say.
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    I remember Jones & Crossland. And George Clay in Broad Street. And Wasp on Bristol Street with Nest Studio underneath. And some others that I don't recall the names of.
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