Velarian

I guess it would be useful to keep a note of that information to trot out if asked again in the future whether it actually applies or not. It’s clearly an acceptable answer and how are they going to know if it’s true or not?

The Affinity was listed in your original post albeit with a question mark. The Affinity probably £100 or so cheaper than the CV and isn’t as well finished so it’s an easy one to discount. It’s not in the same league as the others you’re considering.

Yep, there’s nothing bold or bright there. Even the shell pink looks a bit insipid. Is the text some sort of sarcastic addition by someone rather than official company marketing material?

Was that Bakithi Kumalo?

Also apologies to @Reggaebass for not initially making it clear which program I was referring to. My original post incorrectly implied that it was the Trojan Records documentary. So, a bit of car crash on my part. I wish I’d kept quiet now. 😜

Good point. It seems that my Virgin Media setup has got its knickers in a twist. I’m getting correct Yorkshire region TV but North East program listings for some reason. I’m too tired to figure it out now so will have a look tomorrow.

Ah right. Confusing.

Strange, the TV listing says it’s the Lindisfarne documentary but it’s actually who do you think you are 🤔

The Lindisfarne program is on again now on BBC1

I saw that on an earlier run. Really really good. I might even have it recorded somewhere so I’ll have to watch it again.

I’ve wish it had been me. 😩 If it was a BC member, no doubt we’ll soon see a rather smug NBD post. 😂

It went for £1750 in the end.

AFAIK it’s in front of the nut, which is where the break point of the string should be.

I had one of those BITD. Awesome cab but lugging it around was one of the contributing factors that caused me to give up gigging. 😂

I have some Gotoh machine heads and the blurb that came with them recommends Silicon Oil or Cohesive Oil (whatever that is)

That’s really interesting and it just goes to confirms what great value the higher end Squiers are.

If a 5 string is a possibility, this is a lot of bass for under £400:

Bass 2 seemed to have a slightly more pronounced tone roll off so I would say that’s the custom loom. With the tone open there wasn’t much between them. Bass 2 maybe had slightly more clarity. However, I’m thinking it’s hardly worth the effort to upgrade because of the negligible difference.

I think it depends on how heavily it’s used. Any strap has the potential to to cause wear over time. My only gigged bass (‘77 P bass) which has seen plenty of action looks like this:

I just saw that video and thought the Sire sounded better!

I can’t comment on the Ray or Yamaha but I would definitely say a Squier CV beats an Affinity hands down.

Reverb or delay?

What does it sound like? Any chance of a demo recording?

Directions to gigs seems to be another rich seam of tales. My mates band was playing in Dundee and when they couldn’t find the venue they stopped and asked a character for directions. He said he was going that way and offered to jump in the van and direct from there. When he got in, he took one look at the keyboard player who had long hair and a beard - I can’t do the accent but this character says “Christ, you’re a hairy b@stard”, which didn’t get him off to a very good start. So, they set off and after a short while he says “turn left”. They went on a bit further and he says “turn left” again and a little bit further after that he says “turn left” again. One of the lads says “if he says turn left one more time I’m going to lamp him”. Sure enough a bit later he says “turn left” and the other lad says to him “you don’t really know where you’re going do you?” to which he admitted that he didn’t. What a chancer!

My last post on the train wreck thread would probably be more applicable here!