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I've paid for setups when there's been anything needing more than a screwdriver and a hex key. The only other bit of gear I have is a set of radius gauges from Stewart MacDonald.

Is voting still open? I never got around to revisiting my shortlist

Also... I've recently made a couple of trips to Westside (Wunjo's neighbour) and have received good service

Getting back on topic: Two bass players walk into a bar... and play two bars of walking bass.

[quote name='barneyg42' timestamp='1381122603' post='2234520'] Is that a double stop? [/quote] Very good sir, take a bow.

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1380962199' post='2232773'] Hope it's not Ivan the Terrible [/quote] That's what you get for russian around on stage...

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1380904675' post='2232303'] Shouldn't that be 'one two FREE FAW' - or is that too obscure? [/quote] Stop clouding the issue...

This should get you going:

Although it's the first MD album I bought - as it's the you-gotta-hear-this one - I only came to appreciate it after exploring some of the surrounding releases: In a Silent Way, and possibly my favourite (and as far as I know nobody else's!), On the Corner.

[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1380887153' post='2231906'] was the pub called 'The Cannon' by any chance? [/quote] It was... and that explains why they were pointing at the counter.... #coat

Welcome. Old guys rock Sadly I'm still young enough to work for the man but it sounds like you're living my dream!

Get another Precision! My main fretted bass is a P with flats, and I have another bass with rounds. I'm currently in the early stage of thinning out, so it remains to be seen whether the roundwound survivor is a straight P, P/J or J/J. Probably one of the latter two, as if I want a toppy sound I probably want a bridge PU too.

I told my drinking companions about a piece I'd written in which two or more voices sing exactly the same melody (and may continue repeating it indefinitely), but with each voice beginning at different times so that different parts of the melody coincide in the different voices, but nevertheless fit harmoniously together. They just said it was my round.

Just the tiniest of dings on the side of the neck - literally the size of a pin-prick - and some tarnished strings to suggest it's not factory-fresh. Otherwise: yum yum! [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81099488@N00/10072615526/"][/url] [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81099488@N00/10072615526/"]image[/url] by [url="http://www.flickr.com/people/81099488@N00/"]searlesw15[/url], on Flickr [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81099488@N00/10072607615/"][/url] [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81099488@N00/10072607615/"]image[/url] by [url="http://www.flickr.com/people/81099488@N00/"]searlesw15[/url], on Flickr [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81099488@N00/10072619515/"][/url] [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81099488@N00/10072619515/"]image[/url] by [url="http://www.flickr.com/people/81099488@N00/"]searlesw15[/url], on Flickr [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81099488@N00/10072685356/"][/url] [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81099488@N00/10072685356/"]image[/url] by [url="http://www.flickr.com/people/81099488@N00/"]searlesw15[/url], on Flickr

Some might consider that a slur...

[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1380816919' post='2231045'] that depends how long we can sustain it i guess [/quote] How long is a piece for strings?

[quote name='The Bass Doc' timestamp='1380815079' post='2231007'] Word has it that one of the Mods is upset at the standard of puns, has lost his tempo and is about to lock this thread.....if he can find the right key, that is. [/quote] Does this breach the rules? It's a mute point. Let's keep it legal though, I don't want to be served with a rit.

Now here's something nice for a change. Turning trash into musical instruments. (A bit like MDP in reverse.) [media]http://youtu.be/fXynrsrTKbI[/media]

[quote name='roceci' timestamp='1380790948' post='2230500'] Cheers guys, going to see this tomorrow morning. Bargain! [/quote] Nice one. B*st*rd.

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1380751042' post='2230223'] the suspense is killing me. [/quote] Me too ;-) Just thought I'd spread the pain. (Tonight is play-with-new-toy night!)

[quote name='SpaceChick' timestamp='1380738521' post='2229866'] We do this in the chicken world, to ensure we can safely transport hens.... You can't send live chickens by couriers We call it a chickens train and it works really well. I've been part of several chicken trains over the years! [/quote] So if I ordered a chicken and an egg, which would come first?

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1380721823' post='2229519'] And his cousin Ben. [/quote] ? (Are you confusing him with his collaborator, Alexander Armstrongband?)

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1380721004' post='2229500'] They are going to dictate your string gauge, tuning, playing style, action preference etc. to you too? [/quote] And yet... isn't that what they do when then ship complete instruments?