Jean-Luc Pickguard

All You Kneed Is Love — The Beatles

Foot Of Pride — Bob Dylan

Universal Vagrant — The Smoke

Bad Women, Bad Whiskey — Little Junior Parker

If you can get him onboard I'd be very impressed

Lady Grinning Soul — David Bowie

I Wanna Be Your Dog — Iggy & The Stooges

I'm surprised no one's done a double tribute to Dire Straits and Chris Rea. "What are your plans for the evening?" "Dire Rea"

Indeed

Be Stiff — Devo

That's probably the danger with a tightly set concept. If I do get the idea off the ground I might change it so the band would do covers of any genre/era we fancy doing, but start off with punky disco covers so we don't get painted into a corner. Also I'd probably want to use my Boss SY-1 & AW-3 pedals on certain songs which would make it sound a bit outside the 70s punk style.

I used to remove my wedding ring whenever I played, but I was worried about losing it at gigs so I stopped wearing it altogether and put it somewhere safe at home. I've not worn it for years and currently have no idea where I put it.

Is anyone in a band with a very specific concept? Or had a good idea for a concept? I'm thinking it would be fun to start a band as a side project consisting of the classic four-piece lineup of drums/bass/guitar/vocals playing 70's punk style versions of 70s disco songs - is this a genius idea or a daft idea?

Spanish Stroll — Mink De Ville

Lazy Sunday — Small Faces

Taste Of Bitter Love — Gladys Knight & The Pips

Katie's Been Gone — Bob Dylan & The Band

He's In The Jailhouse Now — Memphis Jug Band

Ouch! Oh Baby — The Kelly Brothers

Highway 49 — Howlin' Wolf

Rock n Roll Dalmation — AC/DC

Motor City Is Burning — MC5

Cracked Actor — David Bowie

That foam doesn't look up to the job — I'd be surprised if that is all that's holding up the bridge pickup on mine. When I built a bitzer fretless precision about 15 years ago, I cut up a fabric topped neoprene mousemat (50p from ikea at the time) and stuck several layers stacked up to make a firm cushion. It worked like a champ and is still holding up.

Mine's a lot higher than that — I managed to raise my bridge pickup so the string just misses it when playing the highest string on each string. The neck pickup had to be quite a bit lower than the bridge one to match the volumes. I haven't dismantled that part of my bass (yet) so I don't know whether springs or foam are involved to know what's causing yours to not want to raise up.