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  1. Mickeyboro
    I knew I shouldn’t have given you that money back😂
  2. Mickeyboro
    Bass Heroes Styles, Stories and Secrets of 30 great players. McCartney, Pastorius, Sheehan, Clarke, Jameson and more. sold The Funky Bass Book 235 pages of Bass Player magazine interviews and analysis. Sold The Bass Book - Tony Bacon/Barry Moorhouse SOLD Squier Electrics - Tony Bacon SOLD Jim Marshall - Father of Loud SOLD Postage for all the above at
  3. Mickeyboro
    I’ll pay double for the 20 year old! 😁
  4. Mickeyboro
    I was in a band with Tom Hibbert (RIP). His dad was a celebrated historian, his brother Jimmy frontman of pseudo-punks Alberto y los Trios Paranoias. And the voice of Count Duckula... Tom was a very clever writer and a funny guy. Thanks for reminding me of him.
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    If you’re selling the newcomer for £180, I’m in!🕺 Seriously, well done!
  6. Mickeyboro
    You’ve kept your pole dancing skills under wraps. Respect!😁
  7. Mickeyboro
    True - I didn’t make that clear. But the footage was nicked from a TV documentary a little later when he was doing his Phil Spector pastiches, I think. The only conclusion that I draw is that he has fallen out with the Wards or, having retired (he still lives locally), couldn’t be persuaded to talk. He is an awkward bugger, to be fair. I was once in a dressing room with him for half an hour and he completely blanked me!
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    True, but surely the biggest miss was Dave Edmunds. Without him at the beginning and the success of I Hear You Knocking, they would never have survived to host all these famous people. His drummer Dave Charles was resident engineer. Again, would have had some good tales. Ah well...
  9. Mickeyboro
    Hugely disappointing. Couldn’t wait to get to the Roses and ‘effing’ Liam Gallagher. I turned off and suspect I wasn’t alone.
  10. Mickeyboro
    Stew Sending you positivity and very best wishes. Though we have yet to meet you have cheered up my life in the past month, and the board/community would be a lesser place without you.
  11. Mickeyboro
    Super stuff, Jack. Congrats. But just to be pedantic wasn’t it Ron Wood’s all over the place bass on Maggie May?😷
  12. Mickeyboro
    The dream is over😧
  13. Mickeyboro
    I reckon a big percentage of us bought our first decent guitar or bass in a square mile round Macaris. Sad times...
  14. Mickeyboro
    She’s come a long way since The Good Life, Keith...
  15. Mickeyboro
    My wife collects fans (the fluttering kind rather than the extractor variety). Not only are they a cinch to store, she can get them past me with ease. She also plays the guitar (acoustic). Clearly, the best of both worlds! PS Mike, I think you could be cruising for a bruising...😂
  16. Mickeyboro
    Heck, Stew, we didn’t know what we started!
  17. Mickeyboro
    Straight jacks every time!
  18. Mickeyboro
    That is weird! The first Sandberg I owned - a VM - had that problem, but this one held my lead and my wireless bug. Try a different lead?
  19. Mickeyboro
    Sold him a Sandberg in a faultless transaction. One of the good guys!
  20. Mickeyboro
    Sold
  21. Mickeyboro
    My rig too! Swopped from a single SC.
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  23. Mickeyboro
    I wrote a book on Peel. Fortunately his manager, the recently deceased Clive Selwood, liked it, which cemented a nice friendship. Had to get help from specialist fellow writers to assess the different decades, as none of us had the expertise to cover everything. In my mind that says it all about Peel...he really was unique.
  24. Mickeyboro
    And you just round the corner too...😁
  25. Mickeyboro
    SALE PENDING is a Sandberg Electra VS4 bass in Tobacco Sunburst, in excellent 9/10 condition. Only the ritual headstock nicks and slight damage by the lower strap button, invisible when a strap is used, are worth a mention. Its slim, Jazz-dimension neck measures 38mm at the nut and is very comfortable to play. The pickup emulates a Precision when the volume control is pulled out to override the active circuit. This default is a good, punchy tone and you may find not a lot of EQing is needed. But with the active circuit engaged the world is your lobster! Fit and finish is second to none. The fretboard edges are smooth and, while you’ll notice there are no neck inlays, I have found the dots on the edge more than adequate for navigating. The bass only weighs about 8lbs, so is quite comfy for long sets. Hardware is good quality, tuners stay in tune and the patented Sandberg bridge is fully adjustable. A triple string tree holds A/D/G strings, while the strap buttons are compatible with Schaller straplocks if you use such things. Strings are brand new Labella Deep Talkin flatwounds, which need no introduction. The Electra series is Sandberg’s mid-line range, with bodies and necks made in Korea and assembled in Germany. The necks are Plek'd at the Braunschweig factory as part of the finishing and assembly process – unheard-of for a bass at this price range. In my view, this knocks a MIM Fender into next week. In fact, I owned a ‘full fat’ VM4 until recently and the Electra plays just as well. I’d compare it to a Lakland Skyline in quality/value terms. All in all, if you’ve wanted to join the Sandberg club this is an affordable way to do it! Specification list Neck: 6 x bolted / Canadian hardrock maple Fretboard: 22 frets Scale: 864 mm / 34" Body: Basswood Finish: Tobacco sunburst Hardware: Sandberg bridge Pickup: Sandberg-designed splitcoil Preamp: Sandberg-designed 2-band active/passive
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