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How long were the band asked to play for? Was it their decision?

I should have added a YouTube link for my suggestion... here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qprDJgCQsTY

[url="http://bit.ly/1jHjHIF"]It's too late to stop now....[/url]

Just watching CSN's early 80s live DVD again, and it's reminded me what a great player George 'Chocolate' Perry is. A great groove, and a lovely barky P. Fab. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guh7gYIfb3c

[quote name='Mornats' timestamp='1392464476' post='2369016'] I never knew Sir T played bass! He's my favourite author and now a new bass hero [/quote] I think the bass player is that well-known Terry Pratchett lookalike, Rick Kemp.

It's a classic colour combo.

I've been trying to get some more info out of this seller for a while now (about the bass, not the mannequin). He's not being very responsive.

[quote name='Muzz' timestamp='1392384832' post='2367994'] I had an 11lb 12oz 70s Jazz which sounded like soup. And not good soup, either. [/quote]

[quote name='walbassist' timestamp='1392380718' post='2367923'] Any my new Tony Franklin fretted weighs 8lb 12oz... [/quote] Yum.

When this kind of thing happens, I tend to use Google. For example, Googling: [i]site:basschat.co.uk "flying monkeys"[/i] ...will return every instance of Flying Monkeys. This method has the added bonus of ignoring all the nonsense in Off Topic, too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyRJzdKUho0

[quote name='skej21' timestamp='1392218641' post='2366085'] Just checked. It appears that all Genz Benz and new Fender Rumble amps use the same Bang & Olufsen designed power sections, so Genz Benz innards are now in rumble amps :-) [/quote] I think pretty much all of the lightweights use the B&O ICEPower module. I really don't get on with it... I'm holding out for the next generation, whatever that may be.

Nice score. Always liked these. [quote name='SlapbassSteve' timestamp='1391831385' post='2361860'] I'd never heard of these before seeing this but it's beautiful! Where were they made? Must be rarer than hen's teeth! [/quote] There was an early US run, and then production shifted to Japan.

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1391545165' post='2358477'] Most people's knee jerk reactions that it's red tape and a money making opportunity are normally based on bullshit.[/quote] Yep. See below. [quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1391545165' post='2358477'] But some contractors do take the piss by giving people wrong information so they can increase work. [/quote] Yep. See above.

The point of PAT testing is wooly at best, and at worst it's a money-printing machine.

Dave Wilson is in Haltwistle, east of Carlisle. There's no-one better... trusted by Mark Knopfler and Stefan Sobel.

[quote name='gary mac' timestamp='1391246432' post='2354869'] Seen this posted before but worth another viewing, really enjoyable Zepp purists will be along presently to give it a slating [/quote] Meh.. I'm a big fan, but I wouldn't say I'm a purist. I just find it overblown and syrupy. And I HATE the way they resolve it at the end. But then, Zep were guilty of that too.

EVERYTHING about this is awesome. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Custom-Rush-Fly-By-Night-Inspired-Bass-Guitar-/111268826587

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1391196511' post='2354562'] The serial number is 549374, don't know if you can date it from that. [/quote] Within a year or to... '75-ish. You'd need to pop the neck off really.

[quote name='KK Jale' timestamp='1391194371' post='2354518'] It does "look" clean. Didn't black scratchplates come back around 1975 and bass-side thumbrests in 1976? [/quote] Nah - 74-ish.

Hard to tell from two small photos, but I can't see anything the suggests it's not a well looked-after '74P. It might be a refin, but there's no reason why it has to be.