Skinnyman

Ok, everything has voting buttons now and the timeline is all over the place. Fleabag seems to have unwittingly altered the fabric of time. Or at least, watched it fall down the stairs

The voting arrows are fun. Dunno what impact they have but I've been voting all Teebs' posts down ....suggest you all do the same?

I have a headache now.

That's nice.....

Wow. D'Addario Chromes sound fantastic on the little Gretsch. I am so chuffed with this....

I adore my 4003s. I love the sound it makes, the shape and the light(ish) weight. Annoyances were limited to the awful paint finish on the back of the neck that goes sticky after about twenty minutes playing and the lack of anywhere to anchor a thumb while playing the E string. The sticky neck thing is apparently well known and affects some basses and not others. I fixed mine by rubbing the back with very fine sandpaper and basically removing the top paint surface. It's made the back of the me know very dull but i don't care as the bass is now all-evening playable. The thumb thing I've sorted with a thumb rest that i made. What was a beautiful looking and sounding bass, spoilt by some poor design/finish issues is now my favourite instrument. You could argue that for the price this should all be sorted at the factory - but i like the fact that this is my bass and it's customised precisely to my taste.

I want one of those outfits. In fact, I want to be in that band. You know that thread that we have running about not taking oneself too seriously....these guys would take the crown

I hated the idea of eBooks right until the point when i got a kindle. Best invention ever! It saves me a huge amount of room both in the house and in my luggage when i go on holiday.

With Brian Blessed in a regular cameo role. Every time Sting appears, he pops up and says........ *wait for it* ”Gordon’s arrived!” * I’ll get me coat....

Me next?

Any port in a storm, is the thinking, I guess....

Quisling

No we don’t. We is rebels. We is da fewcha an’ we don’ need to respeck no one and nuffin’. Ya dig me, blud?

Ah, oui. Le telly. Pardonnez-moi. J’ai oublie que papa habite en France. Je suis certainement un billy silly.

I can’t play with a pick so I’d be useless with a banana....

At this time of night? He’ll be snoring in front of the telly

You sound like my older sister......

Ive just ordered some d’addario chrome flats for it. The stock strings are really bright and I think the bass has enough articulation to be able to handle flats without sounding muddy. Anyone else using flats on one of these?

skinnyman: (Aside to audience) These fools send me their money and think I’m saving it for them! They don’t know that they have bought me a yacht and a boob job! (to Teebs and Ricky) Of course, chaps. It’s all safely put away in our private account! You can trust me (mwah, hah, hah, hah) (Exits, sniggering to himself. Curtain)

They’ll be down the subterranean headquarters again, getting their weekly injections from Ped.

Surprised the profanity filter didn’t go off there.... No he’s not. Haven’t seen a penny

it has to be said. Ubit is not the man I had pictured from his posts. Oban has definitely changed in the last forty-odd years. Still, I’m all for a bit of diversity. And they don’t come much more diverse than that. I suspect that Mrs Ubit carried his outfit off rather better than he presents hers.....

To be honest, I was going for humorous effect.... I was trained to put milk in first so that the hot water wouldn't shatter a China cup, so - irrespective of anything those smart-@rses at QI might say - thats what i do. Anything else is clearly wrong and should be illegal

I can't be certain but i thought it was Rangers - but his well known support for Celtic has always made me question my memory. Maybe i was right after all....

After all these years I'm doing well to remember that it was Hamilton so the club name has definitely gone. I was working in (another) Curry's store and one of the salesmen worked in this club that was owned by his Dad. Apparently, Rod used to host a private party there every year for his preferred football team (and i can't now remember if it was Celtic or Rangers) - they wanted casual bar staff for the night and he asked me if I fancied earning a few quid.....