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Headless basses or anything pretty much 80s to modern that doesn't have retro stylings. I'm a bit of a traditionalist when it comes to instruments.

I think if Andy McCoy was in my band, I probably wouldn't be looking to invite my parents to see a show Absolutely

My humble board is now starting to become outgrown. I think I'm a fair way from catching up with some of you guys though.

I'll also add Ivan Krahl (Patti Smith Group), Fred Smith (Television), Richard Hell & Tina Weymouth (Talking Heads). Great thread btw.

I'm currently reading his most excellent autobiography. I saw him back in '91 with Cheap and Nasty. Seeing him in a couple of weeks as he's back with The Damned. I'll add Tony James just for looking so cool in Generation X.

The Retrovibe is that price anyway so by sticking a Fender logo incorrectly on it, I have to wonder what the point is?! http://www.retrovibe.co.uk/custom/django.html

Another useless bit of Ruts trivia but guitarist Paul Fox played drums for me a few times in a jam band I was in circa 2007, just before he died. He got up and did Babylon's Burning, flicking everything to full on a 40w Fender tube amp - it was the loudest most punk rock I ever saw.

In the 80s I remember seeing Jack Dee on TV doing a sketch about artists we like. He said "Just because I love the new Pogues CD doesn't mean I want them coming around my house".

I remember seeing Meat Loaf being interviewed and he was both charming and very funny. I never cared for his music. Since then I have seen a fair few people I don't care for being interviewed and they come across as decent sorts. And I also now follow James Blunt on Twitter for all the aforementioned reasons. It's only rock 'n' roll after all.

Hi Pete - welcome. My thoughts would be if you aren't too experienced on setups (like me!) then the double truss rod means get it professionally done. I did with my Ruby Red 4003 and it played like a different bass afterwards. Obviously if you know what you are doing, disregard. There is plenty of great advice to be had here on Basschat.

I live in a small 3 bedroom cottage; a bass & practice amp is in the living room (with strict instructions to the kids that if they want to reach adulthood, they don't knock it over), my bedroom has the basses lined up against the wall in cases and the amps are by the back door. The issue is I can't let the collection get much bigger as space is at a premium in this house. My wife is really cool about it all. The only compromise we've ever had is the bass in the living room gets moved to the other side of the room when the Christmas Tree goes up.

Yep I was a huge Ace fan back in the day. Seasick Steve's story was proven to be very manufactured though. He'd been working in the music industry for years.

Andy Lewis. I've played that bass. He was producing a session for me back in 2000.

Beat you too it Josie - Exciting times!

The great Derek Smalls is releasing a solo album! http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/spinal-tap-bassist-derek-smalls-to-release-smalls-change-solo-album-in-april/

MrCrane's Elvis Costello clip is epic!

If the title wasn't "new range" you could be forgiven for not realising

If your band has at least one member with drive and determination, things tend to happen quickly. Otherwise it can run the risk of quickly becoming a talk shop and never really getting off the ground.

I avoided sustain for years and was very much into dampening the sound. Only now after 30yrs of playing do I get that it's good to have options. Traditionally we do dampen rather than let it ring but as this thread suggests, there are those occasions where it is nice to let a note ring out.

The Sansamp VT bass pedal tends to go for under £100 secondhand and mine transformed my playing and indeed attitude towards pedals. In my current studio project the producer took one look at the pedal and said "well, that's your bass sound sorted then". I just went through the desk via the pedal and it sounds great. I originally bought it as I was sick of the sound of rehearsal studio amps but I use it all the time.

Somewhere between 40-50 shows in 2017. An obvious highlight would be the O2 back in March but I like the small tours we do and playing Liverpool after a BBC session was another high. This year will be a dramatic drop as 3 of my bands are recording so this impacts on the live appearances.

I love saxophones and honky tonk piano / Hammond / B3 sounds. Having played several years on the Americana circuit I quite like banjos, dobros, mandolins etc but am less keen on the accordion. And yodelling!

Mr. Jason Isbell, I believe. A few years back in my late 30s I went through a marriage break up and escaped to the USA to get my head straight. Jesse Malin's lyric "meanwhile back across the pond, all my friend's are Dads and Moms" certainly struck a chord with me at the time.

I was up in London between Xmas and New Year and they had one of these Hutchins 6 neck models in the window of a music shop. Again a two bass, 4 guitar model. I did snap a picture on my phone as I couldn't believe the silliness of it all.

I used Orange for a couple of years and the classic mod was flipping out the valves to get a later break up. I used my Terror head with just one SP210 head and it sounded great once I replaced the valves. I never had an issue with the volume.