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Pretty much all you really need. I saw them on the Hysteria tour, it was just ok (Brian May came on at the end and they played Tie Your Mother Down), 40 or so years on, I imagine they would be slicker than oil on silk.

Please expand on this.

I’ve often thought a reel of some description would not only make sure they don’t twist, it should also be a faster way of putting them away.

I’ve worn specs since I was about 5 or 6, they are, for better or worse, part of who I am in terms of looks. The only time I don’t need them, in fact they get in the way, is when I’m doing really close work and then it’s a joy to dispense with them. I wear contact lenses for outdoor activities sometimes. In answer to the OP, yes I do. Do I need them to play? Not really, but if I need to read something or look beyond the stage whilst playing, they’re a necessity.

I had a go over on YouTube, where I said something like - My cloth ears with headphones thought that 1, 2 & 5 were all pretty similar, number 4 sounded quite hot and gnarly by comparison (G&L?) and if I had to say which one was the P bass (assuming there is only one), I'd go with number 3. On crappy, phone, tablet speakers, they all sounded the same to me.

Doctor Jimmy - The Who

The Invisible Man - Queen

Good work there, kudos. An example for us all.

I use standard strings on my 30" basses, the tension isn't an issue at all. As to fitting into the tuner holes/slots, I've only experienced a little problem with the E string, when using flats, fitting into the smaller tuners on my Harley Benton (Gotoh 9mm capstans) and I just unwrap a small section to get it seated, roundwounds would be more straightforward. The 1/2", 14mm tuners on Mustang and shorty 'Ray have no issues in this dept at all.

Someone needs to commission a bass version of this. It would be a normally fretted, artisan version of the Dingwall D’Bird. Ah, but this could be the instrument to inspire and enable you to become the player you dream of being (enabler, moi? ).

Ooh! Mondo Bondage - The Tubes

Oh Bondage! Up Yours! - X-Ray Spex

All of the above, in pretty equal proportions. I would add in a nice venue, where there’s space to play and the load in/out isn’t too much of a PITA, with that in place you’re more likely to be positive about playing there.

He isn’t well enough to play these days AFAIK.

It’s a drug, you can do without it, but part of you needs that internet hit.

Which is why the loss of John Peel is felt even greater. IIRC, once on TOTP, he said, “If this gets to number one, I’ll come and pass wind in your kitchen,” a man who stuck to his guns and taste in music. Johnnie Walker would count in this vein too (sacked/resigned for refusing to say he liked The Bay City Rollers on radio, when he didn’t).

37° in Macclesfield (and plenty of other places in the UK) would be pretty rotten, we’re not really geared up for very hot weather, not least in the names of our towns and cities. Think about it, Mojácar, Cap d’Antibes, Lido de Jesolo, etc sound hot and exotic, compare that to Rotherham, Clitheroe, Croydon, Auchtermuchty - just not the same vibe. Apologies to anyone who lives in the UK towns mentioned, who think their home towns are hot and exotic, but you get my drift. Welcome back, @Rayman, you gear has missed you too, no doubt.

Smooth Criminal - MJ

@Ander87 reports his new Sire P type to be less than 4kg, I'm just sharing the info. Harley Bentons do have a reputation for being heavy, however.

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