SpondonBassed

Welcome Akio.

Rotten double posting software! I've lost count of the number of ruined replies this new forum has caused me. If it isn't having to log in repeatedly after reading, it's the double post. I might just bugger off for a few days.

Aw kwap not again!

I give up.

It could be worse. Emulation is the sincerest form of flattery as opposed to emasculation which is a bugger.

'He' should've considered it a gift to be able to play bass with no strap or indeed hands. Cuh! I dunno. Some people do look a gift horse in the mouth sometimes.

Luvly. Will you leave the cavity interior untreated?

That stuff's more like one of @discreet's bum wipes before he went for bum-fodder that has better (greener) credentials. I often thought there was non-degradable stuff in those tough 'paper' towels. Polyester or summat. I like the commercial though. That geezer's costume would go down a bomb on stage.

I understand. I was in a position as a child where I had the choice of learning it. I declined. I had gone to Ireland with my parents when the family emigrated there in '72. Children coming into the Irish school curriculum below the age of ten were to learn Irish (Gaelic). Children that were older were given the choice of whether to take it up as a subject or not. I was ten and a couple of months by then. For clarity, this was Ireland, not Northern Ireland. The Gaeltacht areas were probably larger then than they are now but I still didn't see the point of learning the language. Even if I had reason to visit the Gaeltacht I had decided that I was heading back to England one day with or without my parents. For visits it just wasn't worth it. I was just the same with Latin later on in secondary school. The difference was that I was forced to learn Latin by the school my dad wanted me to go to. That lasted for two years before I kicked it in the head. I demanded that my parents place me in a technical school rather than the academic one that my Dad thought of. My reasoned arguments worked. I grew up a lot that day. Had I not dug my heels in and fought, I would not have become an aircraft mechanic. Instead I might have been a priest, a doctor or a lawyer. I didn't then nor do I now want any of that. I have no regrets. Languages were never my strong point. My secondary school French language skills are the pinnacle of my achievement where languages are concerned. In an ironic twist, I became a technical author for quite a few years specialising in Simplified English to AECMA and SGML specifications. Funny ain't it? Full marks for expanding your repertoire to include a foreign language, especially one that you do not know. Well done. Did you gig the Gaelic song this year? How'd it go for you?

In blokey terms I'd have thought that GAS is preferable to having a roving eye. Whatever gender you are any partner who complains that you have too many basses should be reminded of that. If you have that strong lust for living and you are deprived of one of your objects of desire, say a bass, another must be sought. It's usually better to allow one's partner to be unfaithful with a bass than with a lover. Then of course you hear of partners who get jealous of inanimate objects that they think come between them and their beloved. File those under Bunny Boiler.

Dad's been recruiting no doubt. C'est bon.

Welcome Patrb.

Hmmm.

It isn't worth taking the chance my friend. I think you got away with a valuable lesson AND all of your fingers. Think about it this way; you might make a half decent bass in less time than if you'd worked out the safety aspects but would you still have enough fingers to play Rhythm Stick?

Where did you learn Gaelic?

I bet you counted all of your fingers after the latter just to be certain you'd come away with the same number that you started with.

Slight amendment for clarity. Good tip. Caution: It's not as good as getting a proper plug repair done if it is a vintage instrument and you want to get max return when moving it on.

Welcome Genséric.

Hahahahaha! I spotted it on their drive where they'd left it for the scrap wagon. Being a tight git I had no embarrassment about taking it for myself after I checked it was okay with them.

I'll drink to that. Of course, achieving it consistently must be hard even for the pros.

You were saying? You can't see what's under all that crap but it used to be the neighbour's wife's clothes rail. It'd be ideal if it only had cables on it.

This? Do you know why it's shown in two tones? Either looks good in isolation.

Great to see the Thunderclone is a go once more. #gettin routy widdit