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[quote name='Delberthot' timestamp='1456516579' post='2990015'] ...without pics it doesn't exist [/quote] Yep, that rule works both ways.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1456418631' post='2988873'] Do Basschat threads get better as they get older? [/quote] Ha, ha! This is a nine-year-old thread. NINE!!

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1456503401' post='2989774'] Obviously I mean by giving her time to be with her other half. [/quote] Of course. What else?

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1456506552' post='2989841'] People playing loud music with no regard for others is one of my pet hates. [/quote] It's a problem. Another one is people who deliberately make their motorbike/car engines much louder than they ever need to be, for no good reason other than so say, 'look at me! I masturbate frequently and have no social skills or intelligence!'

Seller's remorse. I know it only too well.

I've not played one, but they seem to enjoy a fair amount of love on this board.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1456507457' post='2989856'] Is this a free ad? [/quote][quote name='Chiliwailer' timestamp='1456509737' post='2989888'] What's the weight? [/quote] Is this still for sale?

[quote name='Delberthot' timestamp='1456506897' post='2989847'] I can see me renewing my sellers subscription on here before long if I can't make up my mind one way or the other and let fate (or another member looking for one) decide. [/quote] Is this a free ad?

[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1456502528' post='2989752'] No time for the band as she is busy trying to get pregnant? [/quote] Yes... thanks for that image.

[quote name='largo' timestamp='1456500188' post='2989709'] I think the fact that yer' fecked after carrying a heavy amp makes you appreciate the tone more. [/quote] Assuming you have enough energy left to play the bass, that is.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1456499999' post='2989702'] Never got the whole bushy beard thing. Why do these young guys go out of their way to look old.[/quote] It's merely a trend, like any other. It will pass.

I can totally understand the desire to listen to music loudly; it stirs up primeval emotions and is a powerful experience. But there is the need (at least in my case) to balance that against hearing damage. One of the few sensible things I ever did was use hearing protection at the start of my bass playing career (1974) to this day, so I have the hearing of a sixteen-year-old. Not always an advantage (!) but all things considered I'd really rather not be deaf like the majority of my contemporaries.

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1456478113' post='2989354'] I think you'll have to keep it in a case for a very long time for it to reach a value higher than what you paid for it... [/quote] [quote name='mingsta' timestamp='1456499595' post='2989698'] I really can't see the reflex becoming an investment piece, so not worth holding on to it for that reason IMO. [/quote] Agree with these comments. It's a great bass though, don't sell it short!

[quote name='synthaside' timestamp='1456494318' post='2989612'] I guess my problem is that I'm 30 and bearded with long hair, while the lead guitarist is also 30 but rapidly losing his . Perhaps I just shouldn't be trusted with a crayon let alone a keyboard . [/quote] Give the crayon to your guitarist, he can use it to draw some hair on his head until you've selected your band member. By the time they realise he's bald, it will be too late. Get everyone else to have a bit of a shave and a haircut, avoid being too zany and childish and you'll be golden.

[quote name='RockfordStone' timestamp='1456493549' post='2989598'] ...[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]I probably wouldn't respond.[/font][/color] [/quote] I might respond, but first I'd ask if any band members were zany, voluptuous, bubbly, bald, bearded or wore a hat. Then I'd decide.

[quote name='keefbaker' timestamp='1456493036' post='2989590'] Coastguart anti-hipster division specifically (says the bald bloke with a small beard who wears a hat in the winter because BEING BALD IS COLD, OK?!?) [/quote] I already knew from your belligerent posts that you were bald. I actually meant that if you meet a bald bearded bloke wearing a hat you've probably got a sailor on your hands and should alert the authorities...

I want to be cremated and have my ashes sprinkled on David Cameron's porridge.

[quote name='keefbaker' timestamp='1456492676' post='2989583'] Toll or non-toll? [/quote] Never send to know for whom the M6 tolls; it tolls for thee.

And beware of any candidates who are wearing a hat. They are doing so to focus attention away from some defect or other. They could even be bald, which is a no-no, obviously. Bushy beards are the same. There is no good reason for [i]anyone [/i]to have a bushy beard. Avoid. If they are wearing a hat, have a bushy beard and turn out to be bald, dial 999 and ask for the Coastguard.

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1456491988' post='2989570'] This is true... similarly anyone who has "My Way" at their funeral invariably spent 40 years working for the tax office, had zero interests or hobbies and spent their evenings / weekends watching BBC approved light entertainment... [/quote] It goes on and on, really... 'Bubbly' = won't STFU. 'Curvy' = fat. 'Voluptuous' = fat. 'Rubenesque' = fat. 'Mature' = old. 'Web designer' = unemployed. 'Actor' = unemployed. 'Pro musician' = unemployed. 'Free spirit' = unemployable. And so on and so forth...

[quote name='ead' timestamp='1456491354' post='2989555'] Gosh, can an arse be cosmetically enhanced? [/quote] What do you think I'm using for a face..?

As said, 'zany' and 'childish' have got to go. Even if it isn't a pro band, there's no reason why you shouldn't have a pro attitude. In my experience most people have some kind of mental illness anyway, and musicians more so than most. So you don't need to attract nutters, they will find you. People who describe themselves as 'zany' and 'kooky' inevitably are not - in fact they're usually very straight people who think that calling themselves 'a bit mad' will make them more interesting. It does not. My 2p. Keep to the facts. The more you give away at this stage the fewer applications you will get.

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1456479478' post='2989383'] Discreet's statement would not sound good in a court of law! [/quote] That would depend entirely on what I was being accused of...

[quote name='keefbaker' timestamp='1456478771' post='2989368'] Also see: Sofas and arses. [/quote] Neither! I prefer a firm young arse on a brand new sofa. Who wouldn't..?

I know what you mean, but I think that represents something of the view you'd get while actually playing the bass. To get round this I usually post at least two pics of the full bass, one with the body on the left and one with it on the right... plus a whole shedful of close-ups, etc. I actually find it more annoying when people only post one or two pics of a bass, or post pics that are out of focus or otherwise low-quality, i.e. phone pics, etc.