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The best singer BS ever had, sitting next to Ozzy.....

Hope You're Feeling Better - Santana

Healthy Teeth, Healthy Me - Sesame Street

I'm so glad I went to the expense and effort of watching the live stream of the Back to the Beginning show. I'd really be kicking myself now if I hadn't. Although Ozzy looked frail on the night he's always had a frailty about him. It's kind of weird because throughout his whole career I've almost always expected him to drop dead at any second given his excessive lifestyle, yet when it finally happened it came as a total shock after seeing him performing only a couple of weeks ago. R.I.P Ozzy. A true musical legend.

He did come out with some classic lines... Ozzy, "We started off as a Rock band messing with drugs, but we ended up as a drug band messing with rock".

Big boost (and hope I don't jinx it by announcing it) but I managed to score a Hipshot A Style bridge in the States on ebag for a very agreeable price. Fingers crossed it is as described (as in the correct string spacing). Fingers crossed it gets here. Still gonna leave my wanted thread open for now... Still got a neck pocket to clean up then probably build up, so plenty to do before then...

Sire P7 would do. I'm just not quite sure whether it’s still considered as inexpensive.

The Ampeg PF50T is worthy of consideration. I have one they are fantastic and a real bargain at the moment on the used market 😎🤘

You know what, that is a really good question and, on typing the post, I'd completely missed that very obvious point! What the hell was I thinking? Did I really only bring one? Which is very odd as I had two matching Tobias 6ers and a gorgeous Status fretless 6er for that band too. The screws breaking happened, but where was my spare? 🤯 #AgeRelatedMemoryLoss lol...

That's the one with the crackly jack socket?

It looks like it, but I struggle to believe that it was deliberately infilled with wenge on a neck this cheap. I'm going to assume it's a happy accident - someone picked up the wrong bit of wood...

I did the opposite some years ago. Stuck a P neck on a J body. They're compatible with each other if we're talking about Fender/Squier.

Squier Sonic P. I have one. £150 of awesome 👌 Ok, I installed a Lollar P pickup because I already had one but it was fine enough stock tbh. So on paper that's £300 of awesome that now sounds as good as any P out there imho.

Dressed In Decay - CKY

No backup bass? Tut tut!

Just emailed the tab to you.

Hi, I'm not sure whether I sent you the bassline - apologies. Let me have your email address and I'll get it over to you.

Hats off to Ozzy, he never half-arsed anything. Including his exit. Respect 🫡🤘x

Love my p bass. It’s perfect for a lot of songs I do but I wouldn’t mind keeping it downtuned and having another bass for more delicate tunes where I need to move around the fretboard more with my tiny hands. So are there any cheaper basses that have this, or is as simple as buying a P bass and a jazz neck and swapping them around? Are the necks mostly compatible with each other? Wouid prefer a Fender or Squire but open to thoughts about anything else. Budget is maybe around £500 but may mod it for a bit more after the initial purchase.

Ok, I'll admit to making a rookie error. It may have even been an album launch show, I can't remember as it was 25 years ago this happened. I had my wide strap, I had my well known brand strap locks and everything else meticulously installed and set up. Our band were a well oiled machine and were able to overcome most things going wrong in a show, as was the case this time. The screws that used to come with strap locks were woefully short (I am sure you can guess what came next...) So, I sought out a couple of long screws that had heads small enough to fit in to the strap buttons so that the straplock mechanism still worked correctly. Come the night of the gig, our drummer counted off the first song and with an enthusiastic leap in to the first note, the bass flew away from me with the same energy. I'd.... used.... brass.... screws 🤦‍♀️🙈🤦🏻🤦🏻‍♂️🤦‍♀️ I played the rest of the gig on a bar stool that as if by magic appeared next to me mid song!

I went the other way. https://www.thomann.co.uk/hoefner_shorty_violin_bass_bk.htm?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=1581403900&gbraid=0AAAAADuDMCU5GOBhwVAGfp_YSSi159bAh&gclid=Cj0KCQjwkILEBhDeARIsAL--pjyExP3JGWHr1XKAM7xK294S-A993_Og9Trzzusp5rCVPRMatXrb1XYaAjB1EALw_wcB I always liked the idea of the Shorty Bass but that thing was just SO hideously ugly. Then a couple of years ago they brought out the Shorty Violin Bass and I thought, I have got to try that. Build quality is exactly the same as the usual Shorty, so it's just another well-made, mass-produced, Chinese instrument. And there's nothing wrong with that. They've kept the teacup knobs and the (truly awful) tuners from the original bass, but fitted a modern-style BBOT bridge with full-on 19mm spacing. It's ludicrously lightweight, balances fine, and is a complete hoot to play.

I'll see your 'strap locks' and raise you a 'pick pocket'.

It might be the picture, as the saddles are in different places to give some sort of intonation adjustment.