EssentialTension

Very nice. I have an Ignition Club.

I had TI Flats on a Michael Kelly Dragonfly - low tension and sounded great amplified but I never used it at a gig, only noodling at home and an occasional jam. For about six years I regularly gigged an amplified archtop Takamine B10 on which, after much experimentation, I always used La Bella 760FS flats - high tension but much more double-bassy.

I only recall that it was six shillings so I presume that was January before the D-day in February. Did the tour last right into the autumn?

The last time, in fact the only time, I saw Genesis was in 1971 at Birmingham Town Hall when they supported Lindisfarne and Van der Graaf Generator on the Charisma package tour. A ticket was six shillings or, as we say these days, thirty pence. That's ten pence for each band.

If you mean by the bridge, I believe it's where his little finger goes.

Brilliant.

Can you polish a turd?

This might interest some of you. Nice playing and interesting guitar history.

Nice but pricey.

I'd be dubious about playing the song. If the singer was black and felt cool about it then I might be persuaded.

However, if you search there are stories of skunk stripes lifting ... https://www.talkbass.com/threads/skunk-stripes-popping-out-on-2-1998-geddy-lee-necks.953557/ https://forums.fender.com/viewtopic.php?t=56871

To me, that sounds more like a knock or even a drop against something hard and really nothing to do with truss rod tension. Any pics?

When I bought a bass direct from Lakland in Chicago, it crossed the Atlantic and arrived with the truss rod and strings in perfect tension. There was no loosening of anything.

I wouldn't loosen the strings when posting a bass ... but I still don't believe loosening the strings caused the skunk stripe issue.

She has more singing talent than me, and that's a fact. On bass playing let's call it evens.

Toilet paper ... https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2007/apr/23/musicnews.music Michael Jackson ... https://www.dailystar.co.uk/showbiz/sheryl-crow-admits-saw-strange-18961072

Are you referring to her toilet paper habits? Or when she was hanging out with Michael Jackson? Or ... ?

Walsh's eyes look like they belong to someone else.

Ideally, that needed a few more guitarists.

Yes, mostly Dan Schwartz on bass on the Tuesday album.

And he also doubled on violin and trumpet.

I have never been a big prog fan but my favourite bassist in that genre was always Ray Shulman of Gentle Giant. I'd call him funkier than the average and no trebly Ric.

Very nice.

Only briefly.

None.