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Of course. The names 'Tess, Tickle and Scrotum' makes for a pleasant daydream...

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How dare you. We have a hamster called 'Scrotum'.

He's a good player. And it's a well-known fact that dropping flour and egg-based foodstuffs on audio equipment improves the sound.

Scrotum.

It's very tempting, but...no.

'Coming of age'?? Bloody hell, if it doesn't happen very soon I'll be dead!

Me never, either. Doesn't mean it won't happen, though.

I'd really miss the E string, because I don't use the others.

Well yes, but it's not beyond the bounds of possibility to just be unlucky and have a duff string. Or two.

Definitely Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue. The quintessential jazz album. Can - Tago Mago. Turn on, tune in and open your mind. Pretty much unclassifiable. Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland. No matter how many times I listen to this, I get the chills and am left breathless. Pure imagination, skill and talent. Still out there! There are of course many more, but you wanted just three...

Me too, despite never breaking a string in 40 years of gigging. But it might happen one day!

Now that's commitment.

Obscure? I once played in a rehearsal room that had the bass player from The Fall's bass propped up against the wall. I can't remember what brand it was or anything else about it other than it looked like a bit of firewood.

There most definitely was. You could link to individual posts too, which was useful.

You have to understand that guitarists are fickle, whimsical narcissists who live in a parallel universe in which nothing ever goes wrong and everyone loves them all the time and can't wait for the next 10-minute guitar solo. Whereas bass players are realistic, grounded, well-adjusted people who think ahead and make provision for gigs knowing that if something can go awry it probably will and know full well that it's best to be prepared. Some bass players carry two headstock tuners, for Christ's sake!

In which language?

Ah yes, we don't want that...

Yes, it translates as 'white boat race'.

I never thought of them as anything other than a pop band, albeit one that I liked. At that time I was also listening to U-Roy, Burning Spear, Lee Scratch Perry, The Mighty Diamonds, King Tubby et al. Especially the dub mixes. So you can see why I didn't think of The Police as 'reggae'.

Wow! Some pretty sharp-looking products there! ...I'll get me coat.

I call it Krap-Glo.

It's the pickguard that is the offending item here. The whole bass would work a lot better with a cream or anodized gold guard. IMHO, of course.

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