wateroftyne

He's going to have to go some to reach these dizzy heights once more:

I've said too much 😄

"You're so... wait - who are you again?"

But... what about songs about specific bass players?

Oooh... yes, I think you're right. She deffo wrote a tune about him but I can't remember what it is...!

The Paul Carrack / How Long thread, (a song about how the bass player has been tomming around with another band) got me thinking... What other songs are about specific bass players? (Not generic bass players. That's boring.) I can think of: You Make Loving Fun - Fleetwood Mac How Do You Sleep? - John Lennon Clyde - JJ Cale Blue Murder - Alan Hull Any others?

I've got a loan of a pal's '75 at the moment, and it's absolutely lush. It's hard to describe - the body feels alive when you play it. Here's a little demo I made which doesn't really convey that feeling, but... y'know.

I suspect it's comments like the below that get people's backs up a little bit.

This is the best one I've seen in ages.

Honestly, you're overthinking it. People are sharing their opinions of a thing - it's no more complicated than that.

Yeah. my thoughts too. It’s a bit Alan Partridge in places. (.And I have to confess the Jacob Collier vocal comp guy made me laugh out loud.)

It’s about 4m23s too long, but apart from that I didn’t mind it.

I’m being deadly serious - how’s it a potential bargain? It’s a perfectly standard auction...? I’m honestly not being cantankerous - this is literally how auctions work.

I guess I'm just missing a point somewhere 😄

If you’re interested in more, eBay’s full of ‘em....

I get that, but this is literally a link to an eBay auction with no comment. Or am I missing something...?

I suspect John Deacon has indulged in far more rock and roll excess than his image suggests.

Quite..

What’s the purpose of this thread, BTW? Appreciate there doesn’t have to be one, but just curious in case I’m missing a point somewhere....

Yeah, skipping back through it, it's Fender focused. It covers the behind-the-scenes stuff which led to the split with Leo and a bit of what went on afterwards. Because it's just as much about the business side of it than the instruments, I can see why some might see it a bit dry... but I like it for the same reasons.

Did you read the book yet?

Lovely.

I'm not familiar with Elements, but I would have thought that dropping another clip in would be pretty fundamental functionality? This YouTube clip suggests so...?

Andy Baxter has a CAR one in for a (vaguely) more reasonable price: https://www.andybaxterbass.com/products/1981-fender-precision-special-candy-apple-red?_pos=1&_sid=11677bf84&_ss=r I had one of the lovely all-walnut ones back in the day. One thing which seems to be common to all of these - when they're not being gigged, they can also used as anchor points for commercial airships.