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Don't Stand So Close To Me - The Rozzers

Great. Hopefully if all these emails are forwarded to Leicestershire Police they'll have to take action.

Splintered In Her Head - The Cure

Pretty In Pink - Psychedelic Furs

No no, I'm happy to go along with Steve. It means our album must be really good. 😁

That's only if I'm really getting into it. 😖 💦 😄

Summer Fun - The Barracudas For the "Baba Rara Cucu Dada!"

I like to move around, have a little dance, etc especially when there's a big stage. Can I still come here?

Which surely mean this has to get posted. Love it. 😄

Friday I'm In Love is probably the most played, followed by Love Cats, Inbetween Days, Just Like Heaven and Lullaby I reckon.

Slowdive - Siouxsie And The Banshees

I started discovering music from the very late 70s onwards, so was really finding my feet in the eighties. Whilst not any one band, or song in particular, I dismissed a lot of, mainly American, soft rock, synthy rubbish that was huge in the 80s, only to find later that those bands were a hard rocking outfit in the 70s, Boston, Cars, etc. In the same vein, solo artists that released the same type of material but had fronted much heavier rock bands earlier.

The Bitterest Pill - The Jam

Infected - The The

Similar to the Danelectro bridges by the looks of it. Rear screw holds it in place while the front screws adjust the height.

Well that's ruined a perfectly shit bass.

Dollar Bill - Screaming Trees What a voice!

Another Girl, Another Planet - The Only Ones

Blank Generation - Richard Hell & The Voidoids

@ped, my string of choice is the D'Addario half rounds. I'm not a regular changer and the set that went on my gigging bass went on when I bought it just over two years ago. Admittedly it hasn't been played much with Covid but it was used for rehearsal every week and gigged every other week roughly, for the first 15 months until the first lockdown. I can't say I've noticed any real difference in tone from new to now, apart from a very slight settling in period where they lost a little bit of zing. The previous gigging bass had the same set rehearsed/gigged for three years with similar results. They never get to the full flat tone and I'd say they are like a reasonably (but not totally) dead round out of the packet but don't really get much deader, at not for a long time. Ive actually broken a string with these (heavy handed enthusiasm) and didn't notice a difference with the new set. Our soundman didn't notice or feel the need to change my EQ. They do feel a little rough when new but just play through it and it will go in about 10 to 15 hours of playing. I've never liked that new round topiness, but with the half rounds I lose that harsh top end but still retain plenty of definition. With a pick they're perfect for a Bruce Foxton tone so definitely not a dull thud, unless a dull thud is needed.

That's a a good solution for trying out new tones with the new relative pickup positions, but, although it technically is a shortscale, it won't feel particularly shortscale-ish to play as the first fret will still be the same distance from the body, meaning it still has the stretch of a 34" scale. Some semi acoustic and acoustic 34" scale basses feel very long because the bridge is quite far up the body. It depends on the reasons for wanting a shortscale I suppose.

Out In The Fields - Gary Moore

Luckily the repaired neck break is in the very dark, almost black area so it could be smoothed and blended in quite easily. As long as the repair is solid. Irrelevant now anyway, it's sold.

Boom!! And there it is, the 'Alan Partridge Clip'. 😂😂😂

The Ballad of Barry and Freda (Let's Do It) - Victoria Wood