Beedster

Even the BBC would struggle to make that bass tone go away

Anyone know if this has the same awful active circuit (and piezo) that the other split-coil Precision Thinline bass has?

Yeh, I get that, really do 👍 LA 1990-91 compared to LA 2018

I feel exactly the same way. What I try to do is listen to the new version as if it'a a different band, and very often, hey presto, the similarities leap out from the music (not always I should add). Little Feat without Lowell George is a good example, thought he was irreplaceable. But there'a a limit, so many bands loose a key player and to my mind become more like a tribute act of the band they used to be, Queen with Adam Lambert spring to mind, no absence of talent, but..... In the case of The Stranglers, I'm going to listen to the album @Lozz196suggested, and try to be impartial in putting them in either the Little Feat or Queen camp 👍

I'll give it a listen Lozz, thanks 👍

Brilliant

Funny feeling I might.......

On the subject of basses, I've got a strange longing for a late '70s Precision, black body and bit beaten up with black pick-guard, maple neck and with both ashtrays in place. Strung with rounds. An possibly a large tube head and a speaker with at least one ripped cone..... No idea why though

I'm imagining a bass version of the Chad Smith versus Will Ferrell drum off. Only cooler

Well there goes my Wal theory

The word you're after is silver I'm picturing an early Wal, an aesthetic at the interface of Punk and New Romantic with a tinge of Cold War Berlin, and an abundance of bass player cool 👍

I would have thought that the more memorable aspect was seeing @silverfoxnik perform

So, after a week or so of listening to their first three albums, I can summarise that the Stranglers make me feel quite........ Hopeful

I would have killed to be at that gig!

No, I get that. I doubt many here are surprised that the Police haven't dealt with his fraud very well, but it seems that the behaviours you mention - stalking, threats, and misrepresentation - are generally taken quite seriously these days?

It's pretty shocking that he's not inside all things considered

Ha ha, yes perhaps a stretch for the average BC punter!

Made my day Nik, great story, many thanks. Seems a million years ago doesn't it; no mobile phones, analogue recording, Columbus and Satellite basses (a Westone if you had rich parents or even a Fender if you had a recording deal), only three TV channels and the excitement of seeing a band like The Stranglers on one of them. If only I had a time machine*..... * although if I did go back to 1977 I'd probably come straight back to 2022

i'm completely missing that......

Still enjoying the Stranglers journey, some great songs. In fact it was interesting listening to the below having listened to RN, because a song that has always felt like a run-off-the-mill punk anthem sounds and feels very different now

I wonder if this is, in part, why he's still out there, he seems to possess a set of characteristics that probably make it difficult even for law enforcement to to get any traction

Which, sadly, is just another layer of addiction.....

I don't disagree, being a gambling addict doesn't disbar for one second you from membership of the Complete C**t Club, in fact it tends to help your application, but as is the case with other addictions, it can be the root cause of the other behaviours, the factor that if we wanted all of the other stuff to stop, would have to be addressed and resolved first