Mickeyboro

I have to tell you, competition is intense!

So when did Paul Merton join on guitar?

That'll be Dickson to you, sonny! (She's got a great bass player BTW!) We played a marquee gig in the garden of a palatial bungalow for someone's 80th birthday party. Fortunately the age range of the 100 assembled was 8-80 rather than solely septuagenarians! Resisted the temptation to throw the drums in the outside heated swimming pool. We were supported by a drag act (!) which did not please our smallminded singer at all. Still, even he warmed to the 'faggot' (not my word) in the end, but declined to take up my suggestion and ask him up for a duet. Funnily enough, we used to do 'Lola'... Then some geezer who looked like Boris Johnson came up and booked us for £800 to play his party in a fortnight. Guess who was the only band member who couldn't make it? And what's worse, I'm doing a charity gig gratis with my other band, so no chance whatsoever of getting out with any dignity! Still, that's the way the cookie sometimes crumbles

Chris sold me a bass - it was a good 'un and so is he! Buy with confidence; he is A1 in my book. M

PM'd

Looks fab! As a Precision player, how does it compare? I#m presuming that bridge gives better sustain?

2 hrs a week with my main band. We try to do 'homework' beforehand tho'

I have one. Bought on this very forum. Best £325 I have ever spent.

Bought strings - sent next day - perfect transaction!

The Stax stuff is available on DVD - I hae it! I wonder if Andi P lost his Ed after being told to do Duck a l'orange?

Bought his Jazz bass. He even parked my car (you have to see his road to understand!) so gets thumbs up from me!

The first album I bought was Every Picture Tells a Story. The second was A Nod's As Good As A WInk... They never improved on those. And they should never reform! It'll be like the uncle dancing at the wedding reception...several times over. Mind you if the Sun front page is to be believed Woody has no shame! Don't think he'll be updating that AWFUL book anytime soon.

Would seem likely! I learned all my bass playing from Man albums and now know them quite well...the people not the albums

Sarah, has the superglue worn off yet?

A purple neck...never thought I'd see the day!!

Played a big charity ball in Surrey in a marquee to 142 p***ed up posh people who all wanted to let their hair down after a sit down meal. I was depping in a pop party band and must have been concentrating too hard as I was chided by one beauty for 'not smiling enough'. I was at the end of the night when they upped our fee by 25%! Prize for trickiest song of the night: 'Come up And See Me (Make Me Smile)'...the middle 8 lasts an age if you're bluffing it. Prize for most optimistic punter: The girl who wanted 'December 1963 (Oh What A Night)' by 4 Seasons. Prize for most satisfied punter: The guy who perusaded us to do an impromptu 'Wild Thing' with him singing as 'last time I did it the ladies tore all my clothes off'. On second thoughts he wasn't happy - they didn't. Final song of the evening '500 Miles'. I ended up singing lead as the singer (now in Superman costume from a dinner jacket) didn't know the words. On seciond thoughts what am I saying? The audience took it. Oooh my head.