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My youngest daughter likes to wind me up by expressing "her personal truth" about things. I blame her mother.

4: I nearly have that reaction to The Beatles - but it's not the music as such, it's JL's whiny voice. I think L&M were stellar songwriters and I have a massive collection of covers by other artists. I love the songs. I just can't help thinking how much more popular they would have been with a real singer....

Everything sells if the price is right for the current market conditions. Everything. Even a Lost Prophets album only signed by the singer (who shall not be named) will sell at the market appropriate price. That may not be the same value as you place on the item so you have a choice of dropping the price or being patient or adding value - such as tuners. There's loads of strat and tele type necks on ebay - a quick look will show that the ones with tuners are only a little more expensive - not really covering the cost of the tuners themselves - but they do sell a lot easier because it reduces hassle for the buyer. The ones without tuners often sit there for ages or sell for a pittance.

Send it back. It doesn't seem to have the things that would actually make it a bongo. It's just a 5 string you don't like at this point.

Extract from an interview with Nile Rodgers:

It does sound a lot like A and C have intentions to control the entire thing together. If C is already in a band that is working why would he want 2 jobs that will clash. The more I read it, the more I think that A&C won't be waiting long before binning the OP as well and replacing with another pre-arranged mate. This sort of shite is why I'm not in a band at the moment.

OP - where are you based? Maybe you are close enough to a friendly Basschatter to pop round and get it sorted. I believe the standard payment is a cuppa and a biscuit!

Options: 1: Fire A for the same reasons he has about other people. Replace him. 2: Leave the toxic environment completely, but throw that grenade on the way out - "I am leaving the band. I cannot believe A is secretly plotting to bin B and even set up an audition for C. That's is appalling. A band should be like a marriage - if it's not working you end it. Not try out a side piece first" 3: Seduce A's partner. (Seems to be a rule).

I have strong suspicions that it is just a way for guitar makers to speed up the drying process of their stock and then come up with a suitable reason for the colour change that punters will believe.

I'm 5ft 9 so I'd have to get some Gene Simmons boots to get anywhere close!

I like the little Mooer blue chorus - it's a perfect clone of the Boss CE-2 but has a very useful level control. Sounds just like my real CE-2 I've had since 1989. I think it sounds great on bass. Well - if I was still in the mid-eighties or in a Type O Negative covers band!

That looks amazing! Sandberg do the best relic jobs in the industry.