Happy Jack

The only thing about this bass that really struck me was the sheer thickness of that body - God alone knows how much that thing weighs. As to the headstock, it looks to me to have been inspired by Shergold and Hayman.

I'll stop trying to book a room then ...

Things to avoid: [list=1] [*]What key was this one in? [*]Oh, I never listened to that. [*]I'm playing the 'Live In Newton Abbott' version off YouTube ... haven't you checked that out? [*]I thought we might do this one reggae-style. [*]I don't worry too much about tuning - it's only pub rock, right? [*]I find that envelope filters work with pretty much everything. [/list]

OK, so it's NOT a hotel, right?

Oh do behave!

[quote name='rodney72a' timestamp='1461162066' post='3032020'] Well, they never claim it being all original. 'Mention of famous band' - where? [/quote] The listing is entitled [color=#333333]EX PINO PALLADINO FENDER JAZZ BASS STACK KNOB - 1961 -VINTAGE FENDER BASS - WHO[/color] I'm pretty sure The Who qualify as a "famous band" to most bass players ...

[list] [*]Utterly Godawful condition - check [*]Absolutely NOT all original - check [*]Owned by famous musician but not particularly associated with him - check [*]Completely irrelevant mention of famous band - check [*]Ludicrously inflated price - double check with bells on [/list] What's not to like?

http://www.therisleypark.co.uk/ Bar / Restaurant / Function Suite ... no mention of a hotel, or room options, or a tariff. Just saying.

I suspect that you meant the Risley Hall Hotel?

The trouble with rehearsal rooms is that the first thing you see when you walk in is everything you need to play Hyde Park ... a 16-channel PA with a pair of powered 1x15 cabs and four 1x12 foldback monitors, two Marshall stacks for the guitarists, and (usually) an Ashdown or Behringer rig for the bass player. The room is slightly larger than your bedroom, but the drummer thinks he's in the stairwell at Headley Grange, the lead guitarist is trying to get both feet on the monitor at the same time, and the vocals are shrieking feedback in the PA's desperate efforts to be heard over the cacophony. All the bands I play in rehearse in my garage. I have more PA kit than you could shake a stick at, but it all stays in nice, neat boxes on the shelves. All vocals are UNamplified, which automatically limits overall volume to whatever the singer's voice can be heard over. We are too loud (probably) to play in the sitting room of a semi or a flat, but for a garage this volume level is usually very acceptable. If that's not acceptable to your neighbours, then for a grand or so you can put in sufficient sound-proofing (or at least damping) to make any garage or shed usable. On that sort of money, and assuming that you rehearse just once a week, payback for the sound insulation would be about six months.

http://youtu.be/ZkcFsRVL5fQ

You're all crazy! The only possible answer is http://www.mpamp.com/products/red-cables/ [color=#ff0000][i][b]"SpinX[/b] is based on a nano treatment that can bring up nano-particles on the leading material with a very special process. After the treatment process the magnetic field caused by the signal flow starts to re-organize electrons. When the electrons are re-lined so called spin-wave is achieved, which partly participates to carry the signal with the normal charge current. The effect will spread and optimize the whole signal chain – in this case from instrument to speaker output."[/i][/color] I mean, c'mon guys, it's a [i][b]nano [/b][/i]treatment!

Useless reply: How can they tell them apart?

"Hoffner of England"? They're 'aving a giraffe mate. I'd love to see some photos of that bass.

You have a copy of '[i][b]Grandad[/b][/i]'?

Are they really that short of placenames that they have to use them twice?

I'm sorry Mike, but you have to draw the line somewhere. That is just awful at any price. At £880 it's just ミッキーを取ります

But not if Kiwi is there ...

Damn! And I need one of them sweaters too ...

I don't need bargains any more. As soon as that Nigerian Prince transfers the $2.3 billion into my account I'll be minted. He's had all my account details for a week now, and I've sent him scans of my passport and driving licence like he insisted - I can't think what the holdup might be.

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1460923872' post='3029878'] Perhaps I should have added 'ps. JOKE' to my original post. [/quote] Eezer good, eezer good, eezer good, Smilies are good.

Surely South East Northumberland is better known as "Yorkshire"?