Rich

"This is to take with me? Oh right. Well, errm, thank you, it's... very... umm, striking... you shouldn't have. No, you REALLY shouldn't have..."

Let us not forget his dalliance with the godawful dog's breakfast tasteful and restrained Loewenherz instruments.

Wow. Thank you for introducing me to something genuinely new: a Warwick I'd actually like to own

Fleabay is your friend here. Most of the control knobs I've ever bought have come either from there or from Fuzzdog.

Zombie thread alert! My GAS basses are still two: Wal fretted five-string, and 1965 Fender Jazz. Maybe one day... As far as fan frets are concerned, there is this thread: ...but I suspect you're after something rather less specialised than this appears to be. Might be worth starting a new thread.

Another total Elixirs convert here. Absolutely amazing things. I used to baulk at the cost, until I realized just how much I was saving in the long run. Plus the feel is just soooooo smooth, it almost feels like they are playing themselves. I would never let WD40 within a bazillion miles of my fretboards, not even the glossy maple ones. The product info says to avoid prolonged or repeated contact with skin and untreated woods, and that's enough warning for me.

Oh stop procrastinating and just buy one already. You know you want it. Tell your missus we made you do it.

I'll give it a trial run. Tb3 is quite PVA-like in some ways -- water-solubility etc -- so hopefully it 'll work. I'll let you know!

Fabulous stuff, just what i need as I'm planning to have a bash at this sort of thing myself on an old and massively beaten up short scale mahogany Overwater. @Andyjr1515 , is PVA definitely the thing to use or would Titebond 3 be ok? I only ask because I have some TB3 but no PVA.

Looks ok and is no doubt v.well made. Not my cuppa char at all though.

Another strength of yours: the ability To make up rhyming poetry on the flea. Is that better?

My strengths: reliable; punctual to an almost anal degree; cheerful and friendly; decent singing voice; blessed with a good ear, and as a consequence I pick things up really quickly. Weaknesses: my theory knowledge sucks; can't do walking basslines; hate soloing and am quite dreadful at it; can't read a note (although I can follow a chart); and my hands are gradually succumbing to arthritis -- it will be a miracle if I am still playing in 10 years.

Another strength of yours: the ability to make up rhyming poetry on the fly

I recall popping into The Old Duke in Bristol many moons ago on one of their jazz nights. There was a band playing and it quickly became apparent that the bassist (old Fender Jazz, sounded glorious) was, shall we say, a bijou bit busy. They took solos, bassist went first and credit where it's due, he was awesome. Then the sax took a solo... and the bassist kept soloing... drummer next... yup, bass was still going... he trampled on everything. By the end of the tune I just wanted him to FSTFU.

Fugghedaboudit.

About time you got here bro Witters here is my bestie, a marvellous guitardist and rapidly becoming an excellent bassist too. (will that do? You can give me the tenner next week)

I've always been a singing bassist, mostly BVs but I did shared lead in a blues-rock trio years ago. I've always found it relatively straightforward to sing and play (never done any Rush or Level 42 covers though!), but the one thing I cannot do for the life of me is talk and play. Just normal conversational stuff or chatting to punters, band intros etc. Nope. Can't do it.

Nope. Sixth post on the first page

Very uncomfortable when one sits down, however.

Oh, and 4. Buy as many 50s and 60s Fenders as you can now, while they are still relatively cheap... and when you see that pre-Ernie Stingray for £250, snap that one up too. THERE's your pension plan.

If I could go back in time, I'd go back to visit my 15 year old self and tell him 3 things. 1. Knuckle down at school, do some actual work instead of arsing about, perhaps you might actually get some decent 'O' levels. 2. When you hit 23, your drummer mate Keith will call you from London, begging you to head up to the Smoke and enrol at the same music college as him. Do it. Then maybe you will get a session career like he did. 3. Most importantly: stop being such a disrespectful little bastid to your parents. They are the best people in the world, and you will miss them dreadfully when they are gone.

My bitsa P bass. Body was £20 off eBay, no idea what it was originally but it's solid wood and weighs as much as a car. Neck was from my beaten up old Squier Jazz (yes I added the decal, sue me). Pickup is a hot Wilkinson off eBay, a tenner I think it was. Bridge was a fiver, pickguard was about 20. EMG active 2-band eq came from my spares box, had it for years and can't remember how much it was Vinyl pretend-MOP neck blocks were a fiver or so. Total cost, not very much at all, but it plays very nicely and sounds thunderous. I might get round to adding a J bridge pickup at some point. Shame it's so fecking heavy.

I'm in three bands, and dep for a 4th luckily two of them aren't all that busy. But they all know about each other, and always have done. If they are reasonable people, they shouldn't have any problem with you splitting your time.

For the first time in several years, neither of my kids are going. They have very catholic musical tastes and there are usually some acts that make it worthwhile for them, but they are both hugely disappointed in the line-up. And they're in their mid twenties, so there's no boringoldgit-ness going on there

I have the body of a man half my age. I keep it in my freezer.