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Here's another one - wrap some plumbers PTFE tape around the thread, and screw back in. Did this on one of mine recently after seeking similar advice - works a treat!

Very sad. Always loved Mott - although I was only born the year they split. I even had a letter printed in Kerrang! in the early 90's asking for a Mott discography (pre-internet of course), so I could (and did) collect all of their records. Great albums. Also a talented producer for the Peel show for many years as well. I'm cranking up 'Brain Capers' as I write. Timeless music which will never grow old.

Love Jaco, had trouble getting the DVD as they kept pushing the UK release date back. I bit the bullet, and ordered the blu-ray from Amazon US - good price as it turned out. Got it in under a week. Lo and behold, it finally was available in on the UK site 3 days after mine arrived. ....and I've not even watched it yet!! Got my long weekend from work this week, and we're not gigging, so it's going to be a Jaco-fest chez Spongebob!

Used to gig this in a covers band a few years back. Band were all really happy when we finally perfected it - good fun song to play.

Both, but it's the music first - the piece has to be right musically for me to worry too much about the lyrics. You can have a track with the best words around, but if it's musically awful, it's bad....but there's plenty of musically great tracks with terrible lyrics....!

When I had 'new' basses, I always tried to keep them as nice as possible. Now both my basses are old/used/vintage, I treat them the same. However, a knock would be now less noticeable given the fact that they've been played for 42 years! One is more knocked than the other, and that's more the gigging bass. At least all the relic'ing is genuine!

Fender 9050 flats are the business. I've never been happier with a string, and I used nickels for years beforehand.

'Lemmy - The Movie' is getting another showing this Friday on BBC 4, worth a look if you've not seen it. My telly guide described it as a film about 'the late Motorhead frontman'. I still can't get used to seeing the words 'Lemmy' and 'late' together...I always thought he'd outlive most of us. Still a shock....but we'll always have the records and the gigs.

[quote name='kodiakblair' timestamp='1452707872' post='2952732'] Justify having more than one ? I'm saying nothing [/quote] Oh go on, please.....!

I haven't got any Fenders, but I am in the '2 of the same bass' camp if that helps. Mine are both strung with the same Flats, as well. My justification is that, a) I'm an enthusiast of 4001 basses before the pickup changed position, rarity as they get older means I had to grab whilst I could, and lastly, c) If anything happens to one of them, I can lock the other one away so I'll always own one of my dream basses!

Glad you got it sorted! I had the same from City Link a few years back. Supposed to be collecting - waited all day, nothing. Contacted them the next, only to be told that there was no-one in, and the driver left a card. Problem was, they never came, and never left a card, either! Eventually drove to the nearest depot to drop the bass off. Never used them again!

I have bad points as well, like so many others on here. When the band had a bit of a crisis last year, I had a time of thinking if it ended, I'd give up, as I couldn't face starting with another band from scratch again - not that I could even see a band that was worth joining. I've no intention in doing the same old for the sake of it. However, got some new blood, and it seems to have taken off again. I also had a call out of the blue to dep with a band before Christmas (I used to be in a band with their guitarist), and had a good time with them....having played in the same band for over 3 years, it was refreshing to kind of play away from home a bit! So from 6 months ago - we've got a reinvigorated band, a dep gig which has led to the possibility of joining another, and I'm having another old bass restored. Hang in there - if it's supposed to happen, it will. Things have a habit of turning up when you need them.

Even thought I'm not a Bowie-head, there's still a list a mile long I could choose. I'm going to plump for 'Golden Years', or 'Fame'.

No, no, no, no! Run a mile, and spread the word!

Nice post Roceci, very funny! Good thing I'm GAS free for the mo. At this moment, I have no intention of ever buying another bass!

He he, just saw my alter-ego get a nod! Even though I sold the bass on back in the Summer (it was amazing, but I'm just not a Fender man), I can echo Lozz's comments. The bass sounded awesome, both depth and power. I even recorded my band's last EP with it...first time I've ever recorded with anything except a Ricky. The last as well, not any slur on the tone at all...it just isn't me, but I'm stoked that I did it. Probably the 'biggest' sounding bass I've owned, big +1 to the CS pups in there.

30/35 gigs per year, 2 basses. Both Rickenbacker 4001's, both from 1974, both strung with Fender flats. Only ever take 1 to gigs, no backup. Currently only have the 1, as the other is undergoing some important restoration work, but is due back late Jan/early Feb. This is a fairly 'new' acquisition - but I have been gigging the other one for a bit now. I will be alternating them for gigs - not an issue, as both are 'my' sound anyway!

[quote name='TomRandles97' timestamp='1452015682' post='2945571'] As a young musician myself (18) I see no less attraction to 'band' music than people two or three times my age do. I have a wide range or influences from the 50's to the present day, in the way of Charles Mingus, John Paul Jones, Chris Squire, Jaco and Geddy through to modern players such as Michael League, Janek Gwizdala, Justin Chancellor, Amos Williams and Stuart Zender etc. Although as times have progressed there has been a mass saturation of modern music, there is still a lot of great music to be found, and influence with it. There seems to be a preconceived notion that young musicians can't be influenced by music that is not of their time, which is undoubtedly misinformed. [/quote] Brilliant post. This is exactly what we need to be hearing...all very well put.

Some really good points made. Personally, I would like to see more 'mainstream' records mixed with greater prominence to bass - a recent-ish one I can recall is the Bruno Mars track, 'Precious'. It's my big nag of the last x-amount of years, and a change that direction may open it up a little? Like on 'Later' when they regularly bury the bass.

The one I'm playing, and the other one. Interchangeable, and unisex names!

I think we can agree that 2015 was a bad year for the bass community - just from memory, we lost Andy Fraser, Chris Squire, and of course Lemmy. Big influences on so many...and I'm sure there's more. It got me thinking to if I was starting out now, who would inspire me to play? Once we lose all the players of the 60's-70's, who's left? Who has come up in the last 20 years that has made you take notice? I'm genuinely interested in thoughts on this. As the players from the 60s and 70s (and even the 80s) either pass on, or retire, all they'll be is the records. When I started around 25 years ago, I'll fully admit to being more inspired by 'older' players, but of course they were still gigging, so you could go and see them in the flesh, so it still felt current. Maybe it's the fault of modern recording techniques reducing bass to a dull throb, or a floor-shake. I'm sure we've got good modern bassists (I like Jenny Lee Lindberg from Warpaint, for example - love her solo record too), but it saddens me to say, I can't see her inspiring a generation of players like the 'big' names that we're losing.

Got it recorded, will get on to it this week....

Looks fantastic, Ms. Undead - headstock is the biz - don't ever sell it, it's 'your' bass!

Thanks Chris, I'll check those out. You haven't converted the Luddites stuff to MP3, by chance? Can't get it anywhere as I've not used vinyl in some years!

Somebody recently linked me to this programme - it's a 'Tube' special from 1983, based around the Hull scene and it's bands. There's some interesting stuff on there. I was particularly taken with The Luddites - did a bit of research, and apart from the drummer joining The Beautiful South, they recorded a Peel session and some EP's, and then sunk without trace. I managed to get some of their audio from YT - like it. Very Post-Punk in it's style, a period I've always liked. Can't find anything else, though. I was just wondering if anyone on here ever saw them/remembers them, or could link to anything else of theirs. Nice to dig out a 'lost' band. Here's the show - [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4u5kmIUqMc"]https://www.youtube....h?v=B4u5kmIUqMc[/url] I'm digging the white 'phone boxes too - are they still there?