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[quote name='Cato' timestamp='1491604452' post='3274321'] I'd settle for some trousers. [/quote] A burka would cover a multitude of sins. :-)

[quote name='Josh' timestamp='1491594077' post='3274240'] I don't think you can get more Metal than this: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUXWbLI7AFA[/media] [/quote] He really needs to put a shirt on.

[quote name='markstuk' timestamp='1491589292' post='3274194'] Yes we are.. i can see them fine on my phone.. [/quote] I can see the videos on my iPad but not on my Macbook for some reason.

Boo Hewerdine - "Swimming in Mercury"

The Carlo Robelli looks nice enough if you can find one in the UK. shipping & import costs will push the price up considerably, and if it's got any woods that are covered by the CITES regulations that will add moe expense again.

It's not the worst bass I've ever seen. There's something vaguely SD Curlee-ish about it.

Are you posting Youtube clips? All I'm seeing is blank spaces.

[quote name='GregBass' timestamp='1491464924' post='3273170'] Why do people value these so highly??? [/quote] It must be the McCartney connection.

Don't think I'd want to risk it.

[quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1491393420' post='3272647'] What to do when you're old? I've kind of slipped into semi-retirement. Heh. [/quote] Same here. 52 & retired on health grounds. I haven't got much money but I'd much rather be skint & happy than doing a job I hate.

[quote name='obbm' timestamp='1491390190' post='3272607'] That's interesting because it's totally not what happens in my area. Open Mics, are for individuals and groups of performers. They usually book a time slot with the organiser and perform two or three numbers. It's an opportunity for the budding solo singer songwriter to air their works to an audience. PA is provided by the organiser. These have only taken off in the last few years. Jam Sessions are run by an Organiser and his House Band. This could be an established band or a group of musician friends. They provide the PA, drums and back-line and in most cases get paid by the pub. Musicians turn up with their instruments, make themselves known to the Organiser who puts them into bands for 3 or 4 numbers. Usually the designated singer will suggest the numbers and a short discussion ensues. Who knows it, what are the chords, etc. it's all very light-hearted and off we go. If you are a regular then you get to know the other musicians and their favourite numbers. Often you get to play something that you might have heard but have never actually played. It makes you think on your feet, watch the others and most importantly listen. If you get hit with a number that you'd like to play better next time then go home and learn it. There are musicians of all levels and one must be tolerant of the novices. We all had to start somewhere but it does get a bit frustrating if they don't know what a 12-bar is, or they try to slap a Blues. There are also those magic moments when the grouping clicks and it all comes together to the great appreciation of the audience. [/quote] This is how I'd describe them too. Open mics tend to be for solo performers (or duos or whatever, but not a full band as such) and more often than not original songs are played rather than covers. Jam nights/sessions, in my experience, tend to be little more than a bunch of musos playing blues and rock covers. I've done a few over the years & always found them incredibly tedious from a bass playing perspective, but then I'm really not a fan of blues stuff.

There were some good song titles on the first "Hatfield & the North" album: "The Stubbs Effect" "Big Jobs (Poo Poo Extract)" "Going Up To People and Tinkling" "Son of 'There's No Place Like Homerton'" "Fol de Rol" "Shaving Is Boring" "Licks for the Ladies" "Bossa Nochance" "Big Jobs No. 2 (By Poo and the Wee Wees)" "Lobster in Cleavage Probe" "Gigantic Land Crabs in Earth Takeover Bid" "The Other Stubbs Effect" "Let's Eat (Real Soon)" "Fitter Stoke Has a Bath" I wish I could say that the music was as entertaining as the titles but unfortunately it's just pretty standard early/mid 70s self satisfied hippy pish.

[quote name='the boy' timestamp='1491157674' post='3270913'] I've said it before and I'll say it again, you cannot insult this guy. [/quote] That sounds like a challenge.

My pleasure!

I'd say you're better off with a Squier. The Epi Tobias basses are pretty crap. They shouldn't be allowed to use the name Tobias on them, it's a travesty.

[quote name='thepurpleblob' timestamp='1491307209' post='3271965'] Chatting to someone? I don't think I have the right personality for this [/quote] I'm the same. I started playing solo guitar stuff so I wouldn't have to bother with a band & then I started getting hassled by people at open mics to let me play with them. Can't bloody win.

How can it be "in unmarked condition with light player wear"? It's either unmarked or it has light player wear, it can't be both. If it was carbon fibre or finished in a nice bright colour or something I think it would look pretty good. What I never understand is when luthiers make something unconventional/modern looking & then build it with woods that makes it look like a Victorian roll top desk.

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1491307269' post='3271966'] Mrs Zero and I played at an old people's home last Christmas as an acoustic duo. The inmates are getting closer to our age. John Denver, Elvis, and Metallica all went down well. [/quote] Now that's a varied setlist!

I've got a stand that I've had for donkeys years made by a US firm called "On Stage". Just measured the neck part & it's 7.5cm at it's widest so it should hold your bass with no problems. Really well made & solid too.

I paid £200 each for my secondhand Rickenbacker 4001's in 1980/81, one of them was a checkerbound/horseshoe/toaster pickup model. In the mid 80s I nearly bought a mint condition used Wal twin neck with case in a music shop in Birmingham for £399. That's what the prices were back then, comparing them to what the same things sell for now is just masochistic.

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1490769291' post='3267720'] My wife hates Jazz. The last time she came to a gig was about three years ago when I played with Jason Rebello. [/quote] You've played with Jason Rebello? Respect to you! Saw him the other week in Cardiff, superb musician.

[quote name='LewisK1975' timestamp='1491226968' post='3271335'] Based on the responses I reckon you could get with using either effect on either song! [/quote] Pretty much, yeah!

[quote name='mikel' timestamp='1491162971' post='3270965'] Road worn, without the worn? [/quote] I believe the term is "Closet Classic"...

That's a classy looking rig.

[quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1490996119' post='3269803'] Sounds like a flanger to me. [/quote] I always thought that "Waiting for an alibi" is a flanger & "Dancing in the moonlight" is a phaser.