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Looks like it’s open now, and only for a week. I don’t have the readies. Oh well, his loss.

Fantastic, sounds so good. I've never liked Mark King's voice (sorry Mark!), so even better than the originals, and a female vocal replacing Lindup just works brilliantly.

Very groovy!

I buggered up a single TI jazz flat in a headless bass but managed to replace it as a single string from Amazon. I did have to wait a couple of weeks though.

TIL about witness points!

If only enrolment was possible. What a crazy system.

Thanks so much @BillyBass

So did you get hum problems with the Elixirs at all?

My memory from the 1980s was that Pino favoured Stingray fretlesses with carbon graphite necks. Just wondering if that memory is to be trusted...

Thanks @BillyBass I may return in a few months and ask the same question if you don't mind. I really appreciate it.

Thank you so much BillyBass, I am much obliged.

I'm still thinking I'd like to do this accelerator course. Is there any way I can be notified when it opens without having to swim through a river of spam?

Thanks, I might try on my Hohner one day.

Oh really? So there are double ball end flats, or some sort of adapter for normal strings?

My first bass was an Ibanez Roadster bass bought at Gigsounds in the early 1980s. I think I traded it against a Westone Rail on Denmark Street. I remember being frustrated that it didn’t have enough variety of tones. I really wanted an active bass.

Great stuff, I enjoyed that

So far, I've had the most fun with the Stevie Wonder suggestion. Really enjoying Master Blaster Jammin. Good arpeggio workout. That's a great suggestion, thank you!

Some great suggestions, thank you!

I've been having a lot of fun playing along to tracks as a practice, trying to get myself tight et cetera. I'm working on finger style and looking for pop, funk or soul sort of things. So far I've had the best time with artists like Shalamar (great basslines), Chic, Duran Duran, The Meters, some Motown, even Abba. Just wondered if people had some recommendations of other artists/albums/tracks I should check out given how much I've enjoyed the ones I listed. I'm probably less interested in rock or jazz at the moment. Trying to get funky and in the groove. And yes, I appreciate the question has rather a wide remit, but it should still be interesting to see what anyone recommends. Cheesy is fine! P.S. I've been trying to master some of the Pino basslines on things like Go West and Paul Young, but often they're just a little tricky for me

I'd never heard that, thanks for sharing. Just as you said!

Thanks!