Grahambythesea

Have I got the blues, no the greens!

It sounds like the guitarist has a lack of confidence, can I suggest you record a rehearsal and give that to practice to, he may not feel able to play the songs on his own at home.

Ugly bug ball - Burl Ives

Isn’t that what some bloke called Boris did or tried to do?

Whilst I am an unrepentant “remainer ”; I thought one of the results of Brexit was that we were no longer in Europe and therefore ineligible to be in Eurovision.

On the rebound - Floyd Kramer

Wey down - Elvis

Swing low sweet chariot - The England Rugby 11 ( and lots of others before).

I’d be interested to know the answer to this as well. Some day the supplied strings will need to be replaced, but I guess as they get older, they’ll be duller and more like a real DB.

Monster mash - Bongo Dog Doo Dah Band

And of course add Carol Kaye to the list given by meterman. The days of these excellent studio musicians are probably gone.

I saw him at the Festival Hall, London when they toured the Blues Brothers band after the “2000” film came out. He was playing the Fender DDD signature bass with the duck on the pick guard. He and Steve Cropper we’re obviously having a ball being out on the road again and sounded phenomenal even without Dan Ackroyd on vocals. As a bonus they had Eddie ( knock on wood) Floyd with them,

Can you post a photo? Your description makes it sound amazing!

Gran Torino - Kyle Eastwood

I can see clearly now - Johnny Nash

That’s not much more than the price of the strings! Or maybe even less!!

Call me - Blondie ( again)

Hard days night - Macca & those other 3

Like you I hankered for one of these. I found one at a reasonable price bought and played it for a couple of years but was disappointed with it. It got traded. I hope you enjoy it more than I did.

New York, New York - old blue eyes

Sorry to hear of your assault and injury. I can only suggest the Hofner Violin bass which was the lightest I’ve ever had. I can’t remember the exact weight, no doubt someone on here who still has one can tell us.

Brown sugar - Stones

Look for something 2nd hand for your first bass then if you don’t take to it you can sell it on without a huge loss. Given your list of styles think about one of Spector’s Korean models, great value, really versatile and reasonable.

What do you want - Adam Faith

Looks good with gold, but brown tort would be nice too.