Rich

Well, we appear to have drifted back into general Br*x*t territory again. The visa subject appears to have been comprehensively covered and is starting to repeat itself a bit. With that in mind, I think we can draw a line under it.

My basses are quite happy in their wardrobe BassDrobe©, but if I was to hang them on the wall I'd definitely do the single-plank method.

"Ah, it might look like a Trace Elliot 4x10, but it's actually a suitcase... Errm, honest..."

I had a gorgeous Flamboyant headed 5-string for a while. All walnut, Bart pups and Schack eq with piezo bridge, blue side LEDs. Very distinctive mouse logo on the headstock. I sold it and really shouldn't have. Can't afford to buy it back but would love to know where it is. Sorry for the hijack

One look at the average age of the big audiences drawn by instrumental 'jazz-ish' bands such as Vulfpeck and Snarky Puppy will show that the cats are definitely back. Jazz has, I think, a bright future.

If I'd quoted all the off topic posts, mine would have been 2 screens long. I did say it was a general 'you' and not just you.

Agricultural policy has got nothing to do with visa requirements for performing artists. Please can you (and this is a broad 'you', not just an individual) stick to the subject in question. If the thread becomes a general B-word argument it will be closed.

I didn't.

Very stoic yes, but I can't help feeling this is about as practical as "everything will be ok if we just believe in Britain".

What, you mean there are basses too?

Yes. Case in point: my favourite jazz guitarist announced a 'European' tour last year. It included nine dates in Germany but the closest he got to the UK was Paris. Not the first time this has happened, and I suspect will become the norm.

I can't speak for peteb but it bloody is for me. It gets under my skin when people suggest that those who happen to like a certain band are obviously some sort of know-nothing philistines. When they present their opinion as indisputable fact, this is how it is because I say so and that's that. Some people seem to have no grasp whatsoever of the phrase "in my opinion".

Personal opinion of this type is fine as I see it (see It's A Good Job We All Like Different Stuff for details ). It's when it is presented along the lines of "I don't like {insert name of artist}, therefore he/she/they are CRAP and that is a FACT" that the problem starts.

Not come across this chap before, but this is absolutely beautiful. Anyone who can cover a Michael Manring tune is doing ok in my book.

Attendance & Gear List: Latest list in full: 1. @Frank Blank‘s No Longer Acoustic Corner - Rob Allen Mouse, ACG Harlot SC, ACG Recurve SS, Ibanez SRC6, QSC K12.2, Helix Stomp, HX Edit. 2. @rich’s Garden Of Delights - Shuker custom 5, Tanglewood acoustic 4 - both basses strung with nickel Elixirs. Korg Pandora and headphones. Possibly some FS stuff, details tbc once it hits the paid Marketplace. 3. @wrinkleygit, Jabba’s Semi Hollow Fretless, ‘72 Gibson EB0, SWR Working Mans 10 combo & 1x10 ext cab & a set of h’phones. Both basses strung with Labella flats 4. @scrumpymike Setting aside a bunch of FS stuff to give SW Bashers first shot and minimise packing and shipping work/costs. Unless cash flow dictates earlier sale, this will include: a couple of BF cabs (either SC Gen 3s or Two10s, to be decided); BF One10; Maruszczyk Elwood 30" scale; Spector Bantam if still unsold (already posted FS); Eden WT550 if still unsold (already posted FS); Ampeg PF800. 'Keepers' also on display will be: the other pair of BF cabs; my no. 1 gig bass 'Rascal Mervyn-Lyte; 'Rascal Lyte Mkll - provided I can decide what it's going to be in time for AndyJr to build it; my no 1 gig amp (Subway 800+); my old no 1 gig amp (Genzler Magellan 800). All of which will hopefully bring forward the day when Mrs Scrumpy can finally join her old man in retirement 😁 5. @Pea Turgh My Frankenstein Jazzguarman(!) strung with D’Addario XL Chrome flats. My black bitsa (same strings). Probably my Peterson combo which I’ll flit between selling and not selling (still). 6. @stevie Ibanex SR1200-VNF, Ashdown RM500, BCbass 112, plus some other bass cab developments (probably) 7. @yorks5stringer Gretsch Electromatic, Markbass CMD101 Micro Marcus Miller 8. @Andyjr1515 Not yet sure what I will be bringing except my athletic physique and chiselled good looks (and if you believe that.... ) 9. @stewblack Trace Elliot Rig of Death. Ric inspired 'tributes' various amps and basses for sale unless they shift here first. A hernia (probably). 10. @basstone For Sale refurbished Marshall DBS200 combo fitted with beyma 12" speaker. BC v3 cab with G&K MB500 amp. '78 Fender fretless jazz bass with rotosound nylon coated strings. Probably plus one other bass TBD 11. @woodinblack - Ibanez 5 string (not decided which), Chapman stick railboard, Chapman NS/Stick, Probably TC450, BC 112 Speaker. 12. @Chienmortbb BC112 speaker, Bugera Mosfet amp, Fender Aerodyne and/or Greg Bennett semi acoustic bass ( might sell if the offers are right). I may even bring my homebrew 500 watt amp designed in conjunction with @Passinwind if finished.

I far preferred the shape of the E-C tuned 5-string prototype Fly that Steve Swallow used for many years.

Everyone like Got Something to like Hide Except Me and like My Monkey

Tune TWB series.

As I was saying earlier, elsewhere...

I get the feeling this is another thread that can be filed under It's A Good Job We All Like Different Stuff.

Now you're talking! One of my favourite body shapes ever. Definitely needs a reissue.

Nope, just can't get on with it. I'd have to do this.

I would gladly give house space to that, or any other Lodestone J... but I would absolutely have to take a bandsaw to the headstock. Everything else about the bass is great, the sculpting, the preamp, pickups, the lot... but with that headstock it's like Michaelangelo's David wearing a BoJo mask.

The Specials Level 42 Mike Stern

Build thread urgently required, unless you already have one.