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[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1417293810' post='2618971'] Spectors are an addiction. I've owned nine of the things. [/quote] I think I had one of yours for a while - the trans black Euro 5LX. Absolutely stunning bass, best five string I've ever played. It's with another BC member now.

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1417026604' post='2616350'] The glaringly obvious, and somewhat disturbing, thing that (I think) we've all missed, is that the t-shirts in the photo [b]might[/b] actually be skin tight... [/quote]

[quote name='krysh' timestamp='1416712789' post='2612873'] better than just drinking in a pub, ey? [/quote] No.

Fugly.

"Todd"

Hank Williams compilation.

A PLEK setup doesn't do anything that a decent guitar tech can't do, and for less money.

No you're not the only one who feels like that, which is why I stopped gigging. It became a complete waste of time & energy for f*** all.

Rachel Ries - "Ghost of a Gardener"

Really like "The Hurting" but didn't really care much for anything they did after that to be honest. There are some really nice bass parts on "The Hurting".

Always wondered what happened to Ronnie Lanes Zemaitis bass - Bob Daisley has it!

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1415199642' post='2597776'] I'm sure it was his mother.... but that's certainly close enough [/quote] I'm sure it was his grandmother.

Saw them on this tour at the NEC too, a superb band at the absolute top of their form. Never seen them do a bad show ( though the sound has been wanting a few times) but this tour was just awesome.

[quote name='Pinball' timestamp='1415017899' post='2595611'] As a 5 string player I always find it a pain to have to look through all the 4 stringers. [/quote] Some people have unimaginably tough lives.....

I accidentally end up on peoples home pages all the time, especially if I'm using my iPad.

I used to have several lovely basses that never got played so I sold them all. I now have only one bass, and that never gets played these days either.

[quote name='taunton-hobbit' timestamp='1414353174' post='2588590'] So, around 1965(ish) I used to chuck Chris Squire in the back of my minivan and take him (& the band kit) complaining loudly, all the way from his home in Kingsbury to the Graveyard venue opposite North Harrow Bowl (after they quit the St Andrews church hall venue). The band then was The Syn, changed to the Selfs- I have a good memory of Chris screaming 'Heatwave' into the mic at the Harrow TA centre- around this time, Joanne (his mother) played me a studio dem of the 'new band' (Yes) - must admit it wasn't my thing.....the last time I saw Chris was when he and various members of his entourage tried to ponce entry into a Geno Washington gig that I was promoting. I figured that he was (then) worth the odd mil, so I offered them reduced rates, seeing I had expenses to meet - the response was less than charitable, and that was that.............. [/quote] A guy that used to run a record shop in Cardiff years ago had some great stories about The Syn as he'd been in a band that had supported them a few times. Best one was Squire throwing a hissy fit & refusing to go onstage because he'd forgotten to pack his stage cape.

[quote name='leschirons' timestamp='1414272865' post='2587863'] I wouldn't be in a band or spend time with anyone I hated anyway, in any situation, so all people I know are either acquaintances, or friends. [/quote] You get to choose who you work with? Lucky old you.

Surely it can only be classed as snobbery if you say you don't like something in order to portray a certain image? I have a very narrow taste in music. There are loads of genres of music I hate, I probably hate more music than I like actually, but that's just because I really don't enjoy listening to it, not because I think it's cool to sneer at it or whatever.

Generally speaking nickel strings tend to be warmer sounding than steels, and are also kinder to your frets.

Probably the least desirable Gretsch ever made in both it's bass & guitar versions.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1414135180' post='2586165'] Yes but you're an antisocial Welsh shut-in, so no surprises there. [/quote] Harsh but fair.