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Oops! Been there, done that!

I was a huge fan. I had the first four albums and played them to death. If I could only listen to one, it would be Sheet Music. Saw them live in 1977… great gig. Time for a re-visit, I think.

Jack’s instruments in Manchester. Might be expensive, though.

That’s what I do… the bass stays in the same position when you stand up. It’s a touch too high to be cool, but who cares? I considered playing gigs on a bar stool when I had an arthritic hip… again, who cares?

All of this is the same as my experience. I thought about quitting my day job or working part time, but in the end the day job was easier… and it was 9-5, mon to fri. I quit the band when we had a meeting one early January, and every single weekend for the entire year was booked. The BL was supposed to leave one weekend per month free… but he was obsessed

I would hope/assume that the tents are sold off. You could even flog them off cheaply to next year’s lot when they arrive.

Cat Stevens defined my university years… along with… erm…Lynyrd Skynyrd. Really enjoying this stuff.

Tonight, we are bringing back that popular feature from the 1970s… the 20 minute drum solo!

I played almost all of my gigs with an unlined fretless. The only comments I ever got were related to the fact it was a Warwick. In relation to the OP, take the fiver and go for it.

Seeing that you mentioned ships… Has anyone thought of “Bassy McBassface”?

The place I once rehearsed in… you’d be in danger of treading on a used johnny.

The bass I took to a gig was “the bass”. The other one was “the back-up I left at home”. They were interchangeable.

Great bass. I have one just like that. Mine has EMG GZR pickups and a Gotoh bridge. It’s supposed to be a back-up but I prefer it to my Mustang.

I’d have saved a lot of time, effort and money if I’d just bought a Squier on day one (then stuck a Gotoh bridge and Geezer pickups on it). … but if you want to buy an expensive bass, go for it. Everyone’s different.

I stick a Gotoh 201B on all my basses… straight swap on a Fender/Squier. Had one on my MIM Mustang and Squier SS Jag for years. No issues, no complaints. Solid as a rock.

Earlpilanz on ebay. I’ve used him… I think lots of people here have. Highly recommended.

Agree… I’d just do this. Moving the strings might require a new nut, I couldn’t be bothered with that, personally.

Every band I’ve been in has played this song. In a new band I always ask… “do you actually want me to play bass in the verse?” They always say yes (dunno why). I’m an analytical pedant, but I play it anyway.

My Warwick Thumb BO had the perfect curvature to accommodate a gut.

Wow! That’s brought back some deeply buried memories. On a different tack King Curtis (sax player Curtis Ousely) on Memphis Soul Stew.

I had a clip on Sennheiser mic and just went through the (enormous) PA with foldback monitors. Same as a vocalist. I imagine in-ears would also be good. Wouldn’t really be thinking about a backline amp for sax but I’ve seen floor monitor type amps that you can plug into and take a line out to the PA if you want wanted more control over monitoring. We had a sound engineer… no major problems, except when the trumpet player fell off the wagon.

As I’m a short scale guy (short scale bass… I’m 6’2”) I’d go for an Ibanez Talman (TMB30, I think). Still enough change for some new strings.

I think BC is a bit of both. I’m finding it rather entertaining on here now the snooker’s finished.