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Roland PK-5A (as it says on the top). MIDI pedalboard. I might be swapping to a McMillen 12 step which I also have, which is smaller and lighter, allows chords to be programmed in (for use with a MIDI module) but does flex a bit on a carpeted floor and needs me to sort out a 5V USB power supply (not a big problem).

It's not for attempting contact outside of Ebay, it's for supplying contact information via Ebay's messaging system, which is against their T&Cs.

It contravenes T&C to share addresses via Ebay. If you have the seller's phone number (legitimately obtained) you can communicate with them outside Ebay. They specifically say "Please remember that we don't have control over communication unless it takes place through eBay." just in case you think they're monitoring your phone. I can't find anything in the T&Cs that prevents viewing before you buy. Have the people you've spoken to at Ebay provided you with a reference for this?

Two minutes of research took me to https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/selling/resolving-buyer-issues/contacting-buyer-bidder?id=4083 How to share your phone number with buyers You can also make your phone number available to buyers so they can contact you by phone before and/or after they’ve bought from you. You’ll need to opt in before you can share your number though. Here’s how: ... So it appears it's perfectly OK for them to contact you by phone, you just need to set it up so they can. I've just tried doing it and it's simple.

The covers band I'm in has a cajon player instead of a drummer. He also has a brace of bongoes for added sonic variation.

Me too.

I like the playing. That chromakey filming, though, is dreadful. When the whole stage is visible, it looks like they're on the deck of a trawler in heavy seas, and when Rory's amp is in shot, it looks like it's wandering off somewhere. Add to that the lurching in for close-ups every now and again, and that is a video that should be heard and not seen.

And I blame you for the moonlit sky and the dream that died with the eagles flight. But don't worry too much about it.

The bit that the headstock is attached to is Jazz bass. Maybe there could be another decal on the body saying "Precision bass" just to confuse people.

I blame it on the boogie.

Out of curiosity, would you expect to pay the same for insurance on a ten year old Ford Fiesta as a brand new Lamborghini? If basic insurance on a Lamborghini covered you to the same value as a ten year old Fiesta, but paying out more increased the value covered to the actual value of loss, would you consider it fair or unfair that you had to pay out that extra amount?

I played live on telly for Telethon 90, with the Warwick JD Thumb that I still own. It was probably about 4:30 in the morning by the time we got to play - it was supposed to be soon after midnight. The other bands that had turned up had all buggered off by then. There was also a band composed of prisoners from some gaol - I think it was called Inside Out - which, we later heard, didn't return in its entirety to the gaol, as a couple of members decided to pursue solo careers and had it away on their toes.

Less conventional than playing it with a plectrum.

That seems dubious, as Dr No evidently didn't possess Cluedo. If he had, in true supervillain fashion, he would have insisted on a game with Bond before sending him through the tunnel of nastiness.

Maybe it's the ambiguous term "skinny" - my Thumb 5 is the same nut width as a couple of my other 5s from other makers (I can tell as I've put Just-A-Nut 1s on them) so not wide, but chubbier than them. It was more the depth than the width that I was referring to. The old 4-strings have much shallower necks.

I suspect it was Sheriff John Brown, who was going to frame Bob, but it went wrong. How many roads must a man walk down?

I shall have to try and find one then. My 1988 Thumb 5 has quite a chunky neck and all the other Warwick 5s I've played (mainly Thumbs, the odd other one like a Buzzard) have had fatter necks than that. And a Warwick 5 for £500?

Have you got SGC Nanyo on your list yet? If you can find a second-hand one, you'll find it has a lovely neck, is very light, and sounds rather good.

Probably the first MTD, the first Ken Smith, and the Mary Stick. But I wouldn't buy any of them without playing them first, as to me the most important thing is how well it plays - does the neck profile suit me? If not, it can sound like angels singing and I still won't buy it.

But the fives aren't slim-necked, not even the pre-1990 ones. The early fours are though.

Pardon?

Personally, I dislike the material he's produced post-Beatles, and generally prefer Lennon's contributions in the Beatles. But as a bassist, his influence was significant, and obviously many people disagree with my opinions because "Mull of Kintyre", "Pipes of Peace", and "The Frog Chorus" were all hits, to name but three songs that he perpetrated.

If you go for a genuine 70s P, you'll find a huge variation in necks. You need to try a few.

The fifth string has been photoshopped out.

But that's only a way to distinguish drummers in general.