Frank Blank

Mick Karn.

Can’t see it myself but if you say so. Surely bullying would invoke a victim of some sort and if you are suggesting the OP is the victim of a “DOI-style circlew*nk” then what does that consist of other than nonsense?

Much as I have enjoyed this tiny bauble of distraction during my 48hr pass it is time to return to barracks at the DOI. Do enjoy your taped up thumbs and recalcitrant commas.

FTFY

Exactly. Just as an aside the number four player in this picture is Bob Upandown who, after suffering a career ending leg injury, went on to be Cardinal Robert Upandown The Venerable Cloister of Naseby until his unfortunate demise in an incredibly slow road traffic accident outside Penge.

That was Lionel Macari, here he is on the cover of his 373rd album...

Your ferret ate Len Macari who ran the Fish & Chip emporium on the Old Kent Road, Len’s Plaice it was called. It’s still there run by Len’s wife Mrs Betty Macari.

Agreed. I would also recommend Empires and Dance, the album before S&F, It is absolutely bass driven. Forbes is a brilliant bass player and SM became a shadow without him.

This thread is like trying to do a Rubik’s Cube on acid whilst riding a rubber roller coaster,,,

I think I recognise that headstock!

Lots of good ideas here…

…and various clefts.

Happy non-denominational tofu-filled unspecific not-for-profit winter festival.

☝☝☝ this. With (clean) bells on.

My first bass in my latter period of playing was a Fender Modern Player Jazz, in fact I had a Mk1 and a Mk2. Once set up they were sublime. I got both for £375 each. They don’t come up second hand that much, I expect because it’s a shed load of bass for little coin. I swapped out the Mk2 neck for a fretless neck, it was lush. I think they were easily the best basses I’ve owned in a bang for buck sense, by miles.

Couldn't agree more, they might cost a bit but they'll see you good for decades.

Not satisfied with making the best live film ever (Stop Making Sense (1984) David Byrne is back with another brilliant live show David Byrne’s American Utopia. It’s on Sky Arts tonight (18th Dec) at 6pm, it’s technically astonishing and just brilliant.

I'd read about @fleabag's experience of doing this before I sold a bass via BD.