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The James Bond Theme - John Barry

S.Y.S.L.J.F.M. (The Letter Song) - Joe Tex

Wordy Rappinghood - Tom Tom Club

Starting off by supplying photos without being asked, well done! Nice bass too.

I look forward to ‘taking the pledge’ for 2023 and failing magnificently again.

I contribute when I can, but a lot of non BCers seem to join to advertise a piece of kit and are never heard from again. Those that come for different reasons seem to hang around and contribute, but not nearly as much traffic as here.

That scratchplate shows use, plain and simple. Regarding the nut, before fettling my own (it was high for my preference), the strings sat much lower than shown above, with none of that burring and with squarer shoulders. That one looks suspiciously like the strings have been used as a makeshift file. Bass Direct have a white, used one for £550 if you’re interested (hopefully the above isn’t that one). My only proper niggles were that the foam under the pickup wasn’t robust enough to stop it moving around under normal thumb pressure (I like to anchor my thumb there when playing the E) and that there was bit of slop in the tuners, they held well enough, but felt cheap. Extra, more sturdy foam under the pickup and a set of used Hipshot tuners fixed both of those issues. I also lowered the nut slots and rounded the shoulders off, redressed the fret ends after ‘rolling’ the fretboard edges and polished the frets (some were rather dull), but this was for my preferred setup, YMMV.

After falling from Grace earlier on in the year, I doubled down just recently with an, ahem, acoustic guitar (looks out of window for angry mob with sharp, farm implements and burning torches).

Red Guitar - David Sylvian

That is very nice looking, gert lush, as they say in certain parts; it looks even better than shops' website photos.

The singer in my old band was guilty of this. She knew the words, but wanted a little reminder, cue a video of her glued to the tablet. It's like a TV in a bar or pub, you can't not look at it.

Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) - Tex Williams

Very overlooked when folk talk of great guitar players. He has a very unique style of playing.

They have that Blast Cult vibe to them.

Two different bands really, just the same name. The Future Games line up was a very different sounding band too. F Mac are a band that has truly evolved but, seemingly (I’m probably way off base here, however), nothing to do with the original 2 members still remaining.

Annie, I’m Not Your Daddy - Kid Creole & Co

Buy it now.

I've answered my own question, yes it is a Streamliner (the 'F' holes give it away). I had a red one with a Bigsby and the Dynasonics replaced with Filtertrons. When I say me, I mean some bloke I knew, who played guitar.

First - BURN THE WITCH! Second - Is that a Streamliner (the design not the budget Gretsch series)? Not that I, ahem, know about these things, or that I, ahem, used to own one (checks outside for angry mob, wielding flaming torches and sharp, farming implements).

Ooh, frosty!

That is a great thing to hear.

Stop Draggin' My Heart Around - Stevie Nicks

Up In A Puff Of Smoke - Polly Brown

Consonant Craving - k d lang

I see what you did there.