Skinnyman

I recognise the symptoms and am trying to detox myself. At the moment I've instituted a one-in, one-out policy. So i can't buy the Barefaced One10 i crave until I've sold my fender 410. And then I'll try and move to a one-in, two-out policy and see if I can cull the herd a bit. Maybe a support group on here? One without Cato's "help"?

That pretty much sums it up for me. I deal with the second category by having a cheat sheet in from to me - basically the set list but with a note appended by each song. It might be the key, the opening riff or a note to remember the stop after the second chorus or suchlike. I've never actually needed to use it at a gig to get me out of trouble but i figure that just having it has stopped me getting into trouble in the first place, if you know what i mean. My coping strategy for the first category is to carry on playing but take the volume down until I'm back on solid ground.... it happens annoyingly often - mainly because i start wondering how long to the next break because I'm getting desperate to go and pee

I'm sure that hunting down the best/cheapest/bargain/ultimate/whatever piece of kit is a "man"thing that's the modern equivalent of hunting the mammoth. I like nothing better than a good 'project', especially for something I don't know much about. The research, the shortlist, the bargain chase.... And a good spreadsheet whenever there's the opportunity. Or is that just me?

Ooh, good choice. Me gonna listen to that now. Loud....

All this talk of PBasses makes me think that i need to try some more in case The One is out there. I have a nice 1982 Precision but it weighs more than an Austin Princess - I might have to go seek out the Perfect P. Dammit. This thread has given me GAS..... Aaaaaaaaargh!

Makes me think there's scope for a whole new sub-forum, "Pbasschat".

Don’t talk to me about bloody British Gas..... Small world though, I used to live in Coleorton

Someone has taken the sharp things away from him, haven't they? Haven't they? Why haven't they?

Cheese at bedtime mainly

Thanks Hooky. I’ve been wondering about half rounds for a while and was tempted to try a set - you’ve just saved me £36! Thats cold comfort to you, I know, but you can take heart from knowing that you’ve just performed a valuable consumer service!

This. He can’t see past this and recognise that you’ve actually done him a favour. He should see that what he’s paid out was a reward for the recovery of his bass. What he’s actually thinking is that he’s just paid to buy a bass he already owns. Given time, he might come round - but, frankly, why should you care? You’ve done the decent thing. You’ve reunited the bass with its original owner. You didn’t have to do that, but you did. So move on and let him come round in his own sweet time. To paraphrase what Andruca says, the people you do a good deed for don’t have to be nice people - but that shouldn’t stop you being a nice person yourself.

Nice picture. Keep the tour diary coming - we can tour Europe vicariously with you 😀

Or, put another way, you have to suffer a lot of pricks before you touch the rose. never understood that myself, but mother used the phrase a lot

Or a corpse

OK, so you have the bass sorted. But now you get to put all that GAS energy into amps, cabs, lighting, PA, set list software, clothes, shades, hairstyle, image consultants, a new laptop..... You may have won a battle, but the war ain't over by a long way.....

It's got fleas....

Thank goodness for that - back on topic! Thank you, sir PS you're wrong, you know. If it's red, it has to be a nice, heavily-flaked candy apple red.....

All good solid advice here and no need to put yourself under unnecessary pressure. Look at the positives here. They headhunted you. They've seen you and they want you. You, my friend, are their choice out of all the other bass players out there. Use that knowledge, use the adrenaline and enjoy the process of getting up to speed in a really good band who chose you to join them. Itll be hard work - but anything worthwhile always is. Have fun

You're only jealous because the Teebs-meister can pull that look off....

That's brilliant. And they are the perfect match for each other! I take it that the picture is one of your promo shots? You look gooooodddd

It's pretty right enough, but a bugger to find a decent outfit to go with it.

It seems tough but it's the only decent thing to do. Good on you. Hopefully, the pawn shop have the details of the guy that pawned it - who may be the lowlife who nicked the thing in the first place.

Bleedin’ youf today, got no bleedin’ manners...national service’d sort ‘em out but the gumment’s too bleedin’ soft, ‘ole damn’ country’s gone ter the dogs.... And that Teebs, he’s the ringleader. Always cheekin’ and answerin’ back....