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Too far for me, but best wishes for a success on the day. I know Neeps, I know. 😁

As above, welcome indeed. I'm now intrigued by your 'big negative'. Have you posted about it yet?

Nah. By playing a reverse fretless surely.

Looks very tasty that does. Hat is firmly off to you 👍

Hello to you and very best wishes for your adventure in Bassland.

I like them, although shed tears when they develop abrasion lines. Coating (Pedulla Pentabuzz) seems to give a slight boost to the amount of treble and a hard-to-define 'crispness' to the attack. As an aside, I once witnessed some guy destroy a coated board on a fretless during an impromptu (mine's bigger than yours) slap-fest in Sound Control. The board resembled a broken window, so don't if you're primarily a whakka-whakka bod, would be my advice.

I met him in a pub one night. Only compensation was, he ended up with the biggest rig in the world. OK, I'll get my coat.

Oooooooh! Photo! Photo! (Please)

Well get on with it man - and don't let it happen again.

I had no idea you played geetar in the Sooty Braden Showband.

Frankly, I'm surprised you noticed. 😂

Watch yourself drinking out of pewter vessels. They can poison you if not properly sealed on the inside.

Form a tribute band to yourself and keep on rockin'!

They were widely available in the , in those days, 'catalogues' for home shopping, where you could by kettles, shirts, teas-maids, mirrors and all sorts of tat. Mine came from a Freeman's catalogue, cost around £40 and was paid-up at ten shillings a month or something like that (50p!) I added the worst 'bass amplifier' I have ever seen - a Hawk 15 - and immediately became a rock-god at school. Here it is in action almost 50 years ago.

At one silly point, I had 6 fretless basses - lovely to look at and noodle upon, but I wouldn't have found much in our set to play them on. Sold two fivers, one sixer and a four and now have only two fivers left. There are many times I doubt my sanity.

Oooooh! This thread has managed to engage my interest and my birthday's coming up.

Good morning and welcome to you.

DoI = Den of Iniquity thread on Basschat. Home thread of nonsense, waffle and good humour. Most folk who contribute are nuts (I am proud to be one of the regulars). Drop in Terry. It'll take a day or so to work out what's going on, but a better bunch, you'll struggle to find.

Such a shame. Always loved the sound of things he was involved in. Would have thought that something akin to Parkinson's would have been noticed, and 'dealt with' or no concert would have gone ahead. I wonder if a stroke of some kind isn't behind the scenario you describe? Here's hoping things improve for him, whatever. His music has made millions happy.