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Nice interjection, Red Well, Wonky came home to roost, a little over 12 months after I first spied her - so there's hope for the Innovator, yet At this rate, I'll have spent April's bonus by next month. Some serious GAS about.

I've still yet to see either one of those in the flesh! You don't see many around, not least on this side of the pond.

The other ones I would have chucked in, but they seem to have also stopped them, would have been the Virgo NT (on much the same grounds as the Warlock NJ) and the Zombie Deluxe, if just for pure bat-sh*t craziness in wood form.

Provisionally, I have a Paolo booked in - but of the list it's the Warlock NJ deluxe. It's had some rave reviews! That said, my sig gives me away! 5-string Beast... Could be a runner; Warbeast, just f***ing no.

I got a Lakland DJ4 for my wedding present, which I was pretty stoked with - not quite a surprise, but still one I was very, very happy with this. This is an awesome thread; so happy for you both (you and the missus that is - not the bass )

£130 is the sh*t.

After spying the stunning-looking CMI Rickenfaker on here the other day, I'm intrigued - I think, naively, I'd assumed a whole world of slipshod copies; not necessarily something quite so pristine! So, what are the good; the bad; and the ugly of Rickenfakers? Where did they all come from?

Love Wizard pickups

Everytime I come home drunk I invariably play Iron Man, badly and loudly. My neighbour Jeff is now well-versed in this ritual. "Iaa aahhhmm Irrrr-hic-ooonnnn Maaaaaaaahn, woooooo!" BarpBarpBarpBarp Apparently it's quite something, and he can now tell when I've really been practicing and sticking to my finger exercises. He does, before you get overly sympathetic, still owe me one garden wall.

I was all ready with some helpful advice from the perspective of the audience (what to expect? Mud and poppers), but then I noted this is from a [i]playing[/i] perspective, and something I cannot help you with at all. Best of luck though.

I can definitely recommend the Lakland vids - great little insight into the science of having a decent bass. I think I started on an Encore, which was made of lead; this one looks very smart in comparison!

Gutted. Like so many, I felt I knew him simply through his posts. His closest should certainly see this thread, it's a fantastic memorial to a superb individual. I'm going to pay my respects in what feels a fitting way. Tonight, when I dig out whichever bass I go, the first thing I play will be a nod in his direction - for any guy who could help so many it's only the smallest of tokens.

No - but I'm only recently returned to playing, so I haven't had the years-upon-years required to develop some seriously nasty habits; like slap, for example I think we're all snobbish, to a degree - I mean, having mastered the art to some degree, would we return, sans sentimentality, to the Encores and Staggs of our learning moments? I don't think so; not without some emotional catch. That said, the boutique snobbery bug has yet to bite. I'm not sure I'd want to pay £5k for a bass to play it in a pub; or round my mates; or in my games room. I certainly couldn't buy one and insist it was better than anything else; for one, I'm not sure that I'd overly know. The only occasion I've come close was when I picked up Shaggy's BCR Eagle. Which might have qualified, if not for the stigma of the BC Rich brand - and thus my only chance for some out-and-out snobbery was taken from me The substance over style comment resonates for me; and substance is objective, to a degree. I could never see myself playing some single-cut piece of Finland's finest forests; but I could see myself hitting my Platinum ST for a rock-out - such is the substance of my playing