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Yep - Our first ad was the London/Los Angeles "postcards"-type ad. Memorable indeed! The Lane Poor bass was certainly something different! But hey, it was the 80's!

my 90s stingray that i bought new is so solid and well made, i would pay more that 1000 for it secondhand today, it plays so nice just like when i first got it...i did swap the neck out for a graphite but that was driven by pursuit of the ultimate rather than any dissatisfaction with the original.

Island in the Sun - Alcatrazz

100% the Yamaha. The Franconia is, I believe late 70s, early 80s. It's niche, quirky and very much a collectable or enthusiast instrument. Pickup spacing is unconventional too. @Bassassin will undoubtedly be able to shed some light on Franconia basses.

I got my L2 Steinberger in the early 1990's - I thought I had made it!!!

I remember your advertisements in US Bass Player Magazine was like a different world the melting Lane Poor in particular

I hate listings where the instrument has clearly seen serious tinkering, but the seller doesn't make any effort to explain (or sometimes even acknowledge) what's been done. Like, you'll see a 1970s Fender Precision with a mudbucker at the neck, some other mystery pickup at the bridge and a Chernobyl-Control-Room number of knobs and switches, and the listing will just say something along the lines of "1978 P-bass, modified". It always just makes me think that either it is completely buggered, or it fell off the back of a lorry and the seller doesn't know what it is.

Islands In The Stream - Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers

Poor thing. I feel for it.

Gear: Sire P10/ Fender AVII 1960 P ---> Lekato WM80 ---> main effects were SpectraComp on Captain East, Joyo XVI (for Uprising), Mojo Mojo, 80s Ibanex Chorus, LPF ---> Orange Bass Terror ---> GR Bass AT121 slim.

Island In The Sun - Weezer / Harry Belafonte

Well that was bloody awesome. We got to the Earl Haig early, to find two big projector screens up for the rugby, but didn't affect us setting up. Used their (big) PA with our desk, spent a lot of time with everything miced up (me post-preamp DI'd). Sounded awesome but with the stage volume was comfortable with no earplugs. About 20- people stayed on from rugby and we had at least 120-, maybe 150 people in. It can feel a bit empty on a Sunday sometimes, even with a crowd, but not today. Lots of musicians and music lovers in, including my brother, some of my friends and members of two of my other bands. First half, mostly straight classic rock, so no dancing but rapturous reception. Brief beak, then second half, still rocky but some more danceable stuff, so dancing from about 1/3rd through. You'll get the gist if I say our encores were War Pigs and Alive, and the song that got the most comment was Devil Woman. Afterwards, people were queing up to shake hands and say how much they enjoyed it. We did get (very gently) told off for going 20 minutes past curfew 😁 Baz was taking photos, so I expect some awesome shots in due course. Devil Woman.mp4

I reckon that will be a tasty rig.

Not as straight forward as you think. Sure you can generate numbers, but how accurate and also how useful is more difficult. The more you measure, the more difficult you realize the task becomes. Agreed, there are lots of holes in your good intensions. It’s in part equating the numbers to real world performance is much more difficult than it appears.

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