Frank Blank

...or do the gig and just play absolute nonsense on the bass with your foot up on the monitor and introduce every song as a tribute to the former leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia Klement Gottwald.

It’s an amazing bass.

Yup, 7th reply.

On a more serious note I can understand your quandary completely. No matter how beautiful it is or the amount of work done to repair it your personal experience with this particular bass has nonetheless been jaded. It’s really very little to do with the physical item itself, It’s much more psychological than that. I actually think you need to ignore all of us and see if you can reconnect with it, if you can then great, but if you can’t I don’t think you shouldn’t worry. Our relationships with things as personal as musical instruments is finely, finely balanced. Good luck Sir.

Top man.

@jebroad is this still being held on the original date?

Essentially if a reggae band is headline in Brighton Samsara are invariably backing up, sadly they are f****** hopeless at communicating with their fan base. However I have a South Coast Samsara insider so I’ll give you a heads up if I hear anything Sir.

Surely nothing is going to top that b e a u t I f u l Spector of yours?

Hopefully Samsara will be backing up Steel Pulse in Brighton and The Abyssinians, also in Brighton. Not a band I’d like to go on after as they manage to get the coldest audiences in a big fat groove within a few bars. Brilliant band.

Well, I wasn’t sure this bass was staying, mostly due to the ergonomics of it when playing seated, however, having purchased a Kliq Aircell strap and having it set short, so quite high, it’s become really comfortable. Today sealed the deal, I sat down and vowed not to get up again until I had a good fundamental tone that I could then alter, song by song, with the Stomp. Surprisingly I found a good tone reasonably fast at which point I started to play some funk on it, blimey, it sounds so good! Now I’ve finally got used to the fact that it is the most beautiful bass I’ve ever seen I am now realising it is also quite the most beautiful sounding bass I’ve ever heard. I think it’s a keeper...

I love the smell of kippers in the morning, it smells like... victory.

As long as I can select kippers as the duelling weapons.

Go on, bung it on, it would be a breath of fresh air in amongst all this baroque nonsense 😀

It’s infamous for the failure but I’d say famous for being exquisite, welcome back btw.

Fixed (like @Bridgehouse’s bass.)

As @TheGreek kindly mentioned it and as it does seem to be a bass that lots of BCers recognise and admire I’ll concede I may now be the lucky owner of a notable bass although I wouldn’t go so far as to call it iconic.

A cautionary tale, I don’t play without it now.

I settled on a Kliq Aircell strap, excellent thing it is too.

Right, I think I’ve pieced together at least part of this ACG Harlot’s family tree so to speak. If anyone can help fill in the gap... @GreeneKing @Chris2112 @dudi8 Here is where I think I’m missing owners until... @Ashwood1985 @ziggydolphinboy @TheGreek Btw I think I’ve solved the ergonomic problem I had with this bass by using a strap even when I sit down, worn a little high it’s really comfortable. I’m still gobsmacked by it half the time I spend with it I’m just looking at how beautiful it is!

Ha ha, excellent!

is your brother @Chris2112?

I just bought a Fusion Urban Gigbag, superb, can’t fault it.