Rich

Yay! Welcome back matey oh how I remember your awesome pedalboard. Amazing otherworldly sounds from your (Roscoe IIRC?) bass. You're still on youtube too!

My pick choice is Herco's heavy thumb-pick. I find that I start getting cramp in my fingers if I have to grip a regular pick for too long, and the thumb-pick means this doesn't happen as I barely have to grip it at all. The other neat thing is that because it stays stuck to my thumb, I can switch between fingerstyle and pick on the fly -- between notes, even.

Oh HELL yes. Thank you v.v.muchly

I have only 2 regrets with my 2007 Shuker build. 1, I wish I'd originally specified the Delano pups I've since had fitted, rather than the EMGs I asked for. and 2, I wish I'd done it years before. Custom build wise, I'd love another one some day but it's probably out of reach. Maybe a Limelight '65 Jazz at some point, but I will be very strict on the amount of relic I want done (i.e. not a lot). And I've been talking with @Andyjr1515 about some renovation work on an old Overwater short-scale that will be extensive enough to pretty much class as a custom build

The lack of 'feel' would be the thing I'd miss. I like the idea of the vibrating platform things, but it nails you down to one small area of the stage and I wouldn't like that. Is there some sort of wearable vibration kit that could recreate the feel of a backline thumping away behind you, without having a backline thumping away behind you?

Oh definitely nothing wrong with it at all, quite the opposite. I've been planning a OO industrial/quayside layout of my own. One of these days... We should start a model railways thread

That's weird. I'm looking at the world via my office server at the moment, which is usually on an absolute hair-trigger when it comes to malware and adware and anything-else-ware, and yet it's perfectly happy with the Blackstar site.

In fairness, I think most of us here wouldn't have the first idea how to play a Stick either

Roderick's greatest talent by far these days seems to be in the construction of 1:87 scale model buildings.

I think I saw that film too, Jack. Poor fella seemed to have something wrong with his knees.

Hold the front page. Hooky in 'not entirely happy about something' shock.

That commercial was filmed at the Tan Hill Inn, the highest (as in, most altitudious) boozer in England. They had that very feather framed on the wall, until somebody stole said feather. They are incredibly cross about it -- one might say, spitting feathers -- and are, I believe, offering a reward for its return. Edward Walker Moult, known for his jolly demeanour, feathery adverts, and genuinely tragic demise

Zombie thread alert The wonderful Mr Beggs has released an instrumental album on Bandcamp, which is available for £0.00 (or more, if you're not a cheapskate ). Some lovely Stick playing throughout, and a serious slap workout on track 6.

For me, it's Cherish from Like A Prayer. Very nearly the perfect pop song. I always end up singing my heart out to it.

Madonna's 'Like A Prayer' album. I was about to refer to it as a guilty pleasure, but it's really not. It's easy to write Madge off as a bubblegum merchant, but this is a properly superb album with excellent songs, very well performed and exquisitely producer-polished.

What we really need to know is... ...assuming the plain choc bickies are a 10, what score do the milk choc ones get?

Burbling down to Brighton on a scooter is more of a mods' not-much-power trip, surely?

I just laughed out loud at the idea of a 'mods power trip'. Seriously.

From wikipedia: Charlie Cheap and Norman Unnecessary were a short-lived film comedy duo from the 1950s. Billed as "Basingstoke's very own Abbot & Costello", they starred in several self-produced films such as 'Who Are These People?' and 'Ooh I Say, It's Cheap And Unnecessary', none of which were particularly successful outside Hampshire. Their career as a duo was effectively killed when Charlie Cheap made a series of derogatory remarks about the Duke of Argyll's choice of necktie, not realising that his words were being caught on camera by a Pathé newsreel team. An acrimonious split followed and they each attempted solo careers, resulting in films such as 'Oh My Word, It's Cheap But Definitely Not Unnecessary' and 'Norman's Not Cheap', but these sank without trace. A year later, Norman Unnecessary died in a bizarre gardening accident. Charlie Cheap was last seen on a tramp steamer working his passage to Uruguay. Ironically, the tramp steamer also sank without trace.

As has been said, EC is one of the most influential guitarists in the history of influential guitarists. He is the face that launched a thousand Strats. And he bores the t1ts off me. As far as his music being 'mediocre', well surely mediocrity is entirely subjective? Tomayto tomarto, etc. Unless there's an actual set of official rules written down somewhere of which I was previously unaware. I'm probably not in a position to critique his material -- I'm not a songwriter, so by definition it's better than anything I've ever written -- so I'll content myself with saying that it doesn't move, inspire or please me in any way. My favourite bit of an EC record is the bit where the needle moves across to the middle and then picks itself up. And if I never ever hear even 1 second of bloody Layla again for the rest of my life, I will die a happy man. And no, I've not heard of Phoebe Bridgers either, but that's probably due to the fact that I'm about 30 years too old to be in her target audience

My 4U is full of rack gear (2U amp, 1U each compressor and wireless), but I do use the extra space in the back for storing leads etc. However, they all live securely in a bag which I make sure fits snugly enough not to rattle around and cause damage. I pride myself on the inside of my rack and it is neat to the point of being positively anál so there's no way I'd risk damaging anything. As long as you're careful with what you store in there, it will be fine.

Sorry yes, that was what I meant to say. All my bandmate tubthumpers have been great, but I've auditioned or jammed alongside a few real shockers. As you say, it makes you really appreciate the good ones. I'm sure they feel the same about bassists.

To my great good fortune, I have only ever played with really good drummers. I'm a very lucky bassist.

No plate, deffo. It's a shame to cover up that beautiful flame.