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I think it helps if you read it in the voice of Borat... helps make sense of the banned names...

Another vote for La Bella LTs... have 'em on my Lakland, and I get a pretty good fat sound out of them. I would say they are marginally stiffer than the TIs, but there's not much in it... Have you considered half rounds? The D'addario ones are very nice, and the light gauge set is not too stiff. They definitely cut through better than flats IMO...

Maybe he/she meant Simon Mayo?

Yeah, I've just got to the end of series 2... it led me to his WTF podcasts, which I also like a lot.

Why else would a grown man have children that weren't his sleeping in his bed? I mean, seriously?

I've always used SS, tried nickel in the past and didn't like them at all, however I've recently tried them again on my Dingwall ABZ5 and I'm starting to think they have a better tone for some of the funkier stuff I play... so at the moment I'm completely on the fence, although I did vote for SS for historic reasons.

You should play this instead...

It was an obscure reference to the bra men... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8taYS4k3ig

I'm 52, I got up to around 13kHz which I guess is not too bad for my age. It's definitely dropped off a bit since I last did this about 5 years ago though... better enjoy it while I can!

Are you looking at my bra?

I tried a few then settled on this... https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Origin-Effects-Cali76-Compact-Bass-Compressor/1OKT?origin=product-ads&gclid=Cj0KCQiAn4PkBRCDARIsAGHmH3ez6AyrHdvGc52YUaXQTCwAwrU6X8pE6BNoYpq1y6M_IYNsbsGG2sEaAnCsEALw_wcB A fantastic bit of gear, not cheap but totally worth it. The HPF makes a big difference to retaining those lows, especially on a 5 string.

Sad news, loved Spirit of Eden in particular, it drips with understated beauty. RIP Mark.

I've just discovered this too! Fantastic stuff...

Totally mexico.

All originals, so hopefully not too boring, although others may beg to differ... Only one Fender, and a couple of fairly eclectic/one off basses along the way. I like unusual instruments, I just don't like to shout about it I guess!

In my 38 years of playing, I've never owned either a bass or a guitar that wasn't in one of the 4 most popular colours... not sure whether this means that I'm really boring or I have classic tastes...

Man, I once knew someone exactly like that. In addition to the fact that he constantly spewed BS on a grandiose scale, he was also very large, incredibly loud, and possessed a laugh something akin to an even more stupid, adult version of Butthead on speed. For a while he used to get really canned down at the local rock nightclub and then turn up at my mate's cellar where we all used to 'hang out' , smoke a few doobies and jam endlessly. He foolishly fell asleep in a drunken stupor on the couch a few times and all manner of evilness was visited upon his person... roaches up the nose, simultaneous dead arms and legs which caused him to writhe like a monstrous slug, that kind of juvenile stuff. The amazing thing was that he came back week after week for more of the same... The only saving grace was that he wasn't a musician. My worst gig was probably back in the mid-80's at a high class entertainment establishment in Bootle known as the Firehouse. Some argument between the locals and the bouncers developed into full blown carnage, involving baseball bats, flying bottles etc, all resulting in various split heads. Thankfully we were skulking somewhere out of the way at the side of the stage, but it was pretty frightening stuff at the time...

I tried an Ashdown combo once... nah. My TNT 130 stood me in good stead through most of the 80's and 90's... a fine piece of gear.

Probably not as much as this though...

In that case show me the video... you'd better be smiling! 😁

How about some videos of sad overweight middle aged men playing mediocre cover versions of awful 1980 tunes in a selection of grotty little venues in a variety of dire Brexit voting market towns? Something like that maybe?

We could. I guess ships are named because they tend to be unique designs. Still a bit weird tho if you ask me.