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You’re welcome .

That was a close brush. You’ll notice that there weren’t hordes of folk trying to dissuade you from buying one .

Skating Away (on the Thin Ice of a New Day) - Jethro Tull

Blue on Black - Kenny Wayne Shepherd

Just watching this and it’s marvellous! The variety of basses that just Dave Swift is playing is great to look at in addition to the music.

Gallows Pole - LZ

99 Red Balloons - Nena

Flash - Queen

Needle and the Spoon - Lynyrd Skynyrd

I think we have a winner from a looks perspective.

I feel you’re setting yourself up for a purchase. Pretty good way to go out though.

Damn, I missed the vote!

Arrested For Driving While Blind - ZZ Top

With A Little Help From My Friends - Joe Cocker

Squier CV Mustang. You could add a flashy pickguard too. You’ve got to want to pick it up.

Some basses have a much smaller tuner capstans and this puts too much strain on the unsilked portion that inevitably becomes wrapped around the tuner on shorter scales.

Leaving on a Jet Plane - John Denver

Dammit, I shouldn’t have posted earlier as this prompted me to pull the HB out of the cupboard and give it a play. Now I’m looking at that EMG GZR PJ set! Fortunately, it’s on back order, so nothing will happen in the short term.

Pick any era for popular music and there is real gold to be found in equal measure to dross.

I can’t believe that I’ve been GAS free for so long (3 months is a long time for me) and I’m not even on the lookout for anything. The only thing I can think of is upgrading the pickups in my HB ‘stangalike (EMG GZRs), but then the pickups would be worth more than the whole bass as it stands at the moment. Anyway, it’s hiding in a cupboard currently, so out of sight, etc.

I’m not a reggae aficionado like most here and that term was new to me. Fortunately, the style didn’t turn out to be some unholy mashup that the phrase implies. Phew!