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Newton Faulkner on Tuesday night. Solo guitarist blokey, very talented and also funny. Nova Twins last night. The sounds Georgia gets out of her bass are just ridiculous, they are massively talented.

I remember seeing Kenickie, fronted by Lauren Laverne, at a festival waay back in the '90s. It stuck in my memory purely because Lauren's between song banter was so brilliant, it was really disappointing every time they interrupted it with one of their awful songs.

Personally speaking, having a job, wife and children are 3 good reasons for my wanting to be IN a band.

I feel I must take issue here. The thread title clearly asks for IRRATIONAL prejudices.

My solution is to leave the covers on the bass. And if I want to play bass.... then I pick up a different one.

I think it’s worth bearing in mind that if you bought this, and then later decided to move it on, all the questions you’re asking now will get asked by potential buyers. I’d imagine plenty of them would have reservations about the same things we’ve discussed here, so it might not be the easiest bass to sell. If it’s a great player, then you might be ok, but if it’s not (and a warped neck won’t help) then I fear you’d be stuck with a bit of a dog.

Can't wait for Jools to do a Eurovision medley in the Legends slot at Glasto.

Is it just me, or is there a concerted effort this year for every snare drum to sound like someone dropping a wet cardboard box?

I have a P bass, a Jack Casady and an Ampeg. I can assure you it’s all three you want.

I chanced upon Father John Misty’s set and absolutely loved it. The bass player wasn’t doing anything flash but he was totally in the pocket, gorgeous tone out of a Gibson Triumph. Really cool.

I spot an opportunity for cunning guitar companies to sell "signature" models without having to pay the artists. Look out for the new Steve Via model from Ibanez any day now.

I have just spent a pleasant morning with Dave Lunt and can confirm he is still very much firing on all cylinders. With me doing the heavy lifting, he gave my 1981 SVT a quick service, tested all the valves, replacing three of the preamp ones which were a bit noisy, and tweaked the bias settings to get rid of most of the hum. He's based in Macclesfield, Cheshire and I would heartily recommend him with the caveat that you might need to pitch in and help if your amp weighs 3 tons like mine!

Just spoke to Dave Lunt, he says he would like it to be known he has certainly not retired! Although he might change his mind tomorrow after looking at my SVT.

Just a vintage Fender.