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It’ll get you in the end…! I succumbed to this one I saw in Wunjos back in January (after realising that the lead time on a near identical custom order - blue burst like your configuration - would be about 18-24 months). Don’t regret it for a moment. Love this bass.

dennismarshall.co.uk He was the official Mesa service technician in the UK for years and is renowned for his encyclopedic knowledge and ability to fix even the most desperate amps. He's in Dunfermline.

why would anybody buy that from the US? It's not like MusicMan make those sockets...

The band version of my 80s duo set is as follows Footloose Power of Love (Huey Lewis) Addicetd to Love You spin me round Jessie's Girl Every Breath you take Maneater Roseanna Eye of the tiger Take on Me Through the Barricades Together in Electric Dreams 2nd set Karma Chameleon Rio I'm still standing Wake me up before you go go I'm your man Don't forget about me (simple minds) Give it up (KC and the sunshine band) Rebel Yell Summer of 69 Respect (Erasure) Vienna Never gonna give you up Everybody wants to rule the world Relax Two Tribes Come on Eileen the duo has all of the above but we have a total of just over 100 songs The ABC songs Some Depeche mode, more Wham!, Yazoo stuff, Kim Wilde, Adam and the ants, Genesis songs (Turn it on again and Invisible touch) It Bites, Kraftwork, Men without hats, Spandau Ballet, more Duran Duran stuff, Guns n Roses, Bon Jovi (we can rock it up if needs be) There really are some cracking songs from the 80s, in all genres

Agree with you, and the current line up is diabolical, but UB40 in their prime (a different matter) probably turned a lot of people on to the real thing. I am one of them.

Bashes are gatherings of basschatters and guests where we take lots of gear along, chat and try stuff out, sometimes a speaker gives a chat. If you could get along to one, it would be a good opportunity for me/someone to have a good look at your bass.

He could have done with that in Colditz.

Keep 'em coming, Chris! The more the merrier!

This might seem crude but if you tap on the pickups with a hex key or similar just under the G string and then compare to the loudness of the taps under the other strings, does it sound quieter under the G. Remember the shape of the reverse P in that soapbar cover. The pickup part will be forward under the G, at the back under the E. For the J, the coil is at the back and the front is empty. I've just tried it on mine and it's the same on all strings.

Indeed. Not that any of it matters. He was just Bob Marley. One of the greatest songwriters ever.

Furthermore Nathan Watts was the official musical director of Stevie Wonder back then and during years.

The cultural appropriation accusations on that song could get a bit complicated, bearing in mind that Bob Marley was half Welsh, or half English, or half white Jamaican, depending on who you believe.

Exactly @MartinB. 😉

I bought one, reasonably cheaply scouring the Italian equivalent of Gumtree. Impulse buy after seeing a video of the bass player in Sean Lennon’s old band playing one. Really distinctive sound, presumably mainly down to the aluminium neck.

I am going with Nathan unless someone can convince me otherwise!

Perhaps that the secret of their success. I recall that Charlie punched Jagger in the face after he Jagger referred to him as "my drummer". Charlie said he was the Stones drummer and not Micks, and then punched him. I suppose the most famous band mates who hated each other (as far as I know) were Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker. Did one of them pull a knife on the other? Someone said the most astonishing thing about Cream was not their music, but the fact they actually made any music at all. Mind you @AndyTravis is providing an awful lot of material for a book or a film. Rob

Once I got the passive and active tones at the same volume on my V7 5 I don think I bothered with active most of the time.