Mickeyboro

How many of that lot will still be on telly in their 60s like Martha?

Precious few, I'll warrant. Hopefully Lily will be managing her own Macdonalds by then...

Remember seeing them early on circa ''Nightlife and feeling they would never gel.

Going back at the start of the Jailbreak tour and realising I was wrong.

Meeting them backstage at Southampton Uni and Phil trying to chat up my girlfriend.

Seeing them at the end of that tour @ the Hammy Odeon and realising they were no longer 'mine' but the world's.

Meeting them much later at John Henry's and realising that drugs were eating away at their collective soul.

Interviewing Snowy White years later and hearing how right I was!

So when I rewind I'm back at Southampton Uni trying to keep Phil's paws off my woman...

Cheers - will do so!

I have an EG512C and when bought one of the clips that makes sure the electronics panel fits snugly was broken.

The other has now gone and I am reduced to sticking Rizla 'shims' in to keep it secure and crossing my fingers.

My question is - how easy is it to get a replacement, how much and can I do the fixing myself? Any guidance welcome.

Funny though isn't it - JPJ used a Jazz, Noel Redding too!

My three-piece preferred the sound of a Jazz as 'more defined' but I always revert to my Pre.

A Tardis would be better!

He has a thing for unusual shapes, clearly!

Have never used pedals and can't see the need. A Precision sound has never let me down, and iut doesn't need anything adding or subtracting, for rock and soul at least.

Did a guitar exchange with this fella. You may need Satnav to find him (or a Birmingham road map) but you will get a warm welcome. He is knowledgeable about both guitars and basses and is very straightforward to deal with.

We'll have that curry next time mate!

PM'd

PM'd Pete - get better!

PM'd Pete - get better!

Acoustic (gigged twice)
Fretless (never gigged)
Fretted (all but two!)

'The creative process is just the start and obviously comes second to the profit imperative.'\

You missed out 'going forward...'

I think the whole thing of basing your song on another's shows total lack of imagination (having a pop at Rihanna and her puppetmasters, not you!)

Wish you'd shown me this when we met, mate - I might have nicked it, dog permitting!

I'm not normally a Rick man but this might be an exception...

M

I got in bands on my songwriting, rather than my guitar playing.

Since I took up bass, I've stopped writing songs!

Indeed, 4000 is right. I have a 301 Fretless which is a doozy of a bass.

Please delete - will post later!

Short answer is yes.

But I don't slap or pop!

PM'd

God, that pic cheered up my Friday. More, please!

That's weird MB1 - I was going to post abut (the late) Charlie yesterday.

He is on my Whistle Test Vol 3 DVD with a Tele bass with Jazz style pickups. Looks like a factory job with the scratchplate etc. But when, if ever, did Fender make a Tele JJ?

Our drummer was recording with his 'other' band so we were invited along for an evening 'session' as they were having friends round for a party.

Having found the studio in the middle of nowhere, I was told that his band's singer had done his throat during the day's recording and they would not be playing. Hung around two hours for our singer to show, then found the assembled multitude didn't want to listen to us anyway!

To add insult to injury the (worse for drink) studio owner started loudly f***ing about with my bass/rig without permission which resulted in a serious eyeball to eyeball exchange of views. Trouble is my bandmates now want to record with this joker...

It was a gig, Jim,but not as we know it.

I have a 71 Precision (in avatar) and I've never played one better. Some people tell me it has a Jazz-style neck. I never thought it slim until I acquired a Stingray!