Rich

It was that doyenne of the UK session scene, the incomparable Tony Goggle. He's been the subject of considerable discussion on BC in the past.

Jamerson's supernatural playing on "What's Goin' On?" and "For Once In My Life" alone are enough to make him a total genius, and that's all I need to know.

Why do people do that? All she needed to say was "Sorry, my mistake. Anyway, as I said, it went well..." and just carry on as normal. It's the 21st century FGS, surely we should be well past the point where someone's sexuality is the cause for Lego-face or hole-digging?

I've got 4s, but to be honest they barely get used, certainly not in a band context. I play 5s pretty much exclusively these days. Can't see that changing.

Me - 'Could I take a look at that <insert name of very nice bass here> please?' Them - *30 seconds of slappity tappity wick-wack-wocky nonsense* 'Here you go.' Me - *plays two notes* 'Nah, don't like it.' *hands it straight back, walks out* I have actually done this, and it is tremendously satisfying.

Play nicely or the thread gets it. Thank you.

Our frontman takes frequent large swigs from a Jack Daniels bottle... ...that he fills with iced tea before the gig

And you could leave your front door open. And the policemen looked older too. Eee, I remember when all this were trees. Is it time for my nap yet? All joking aside, I have to say I agree with you. Liz Fraser, my god what a spinetingling voice she had/has. Ooh, get me, an older person daring to express an opinion eh. Perhaps I should belt up, seeing as I'll never be as famous as Hendrix Lemur.

I originally heard it as "...a dog with two c*cks" and "N-Dubz".

You and I both. When I first saw the Modern V, my very first thought was not "oh look, a contemporary take on the classic Flying V" so much as "oh look, a completely unimaginative and no doubt stratospherically priced ripoff of the Roswell Rhoads". I suspect this may not be the reaction Gibson were hoping for.

Oh good choice sir. One of my favourite songs ever. My personal choice would be Once Around The World with the original It Bites lineup. Or perhaps Milliontown with Frost*.

The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing

This, I like... This, not so much.

Wrong wrong wrong. It's correctly pronounced 'Eee-piff-wun', as any fule kno.

If there is a 1x12 shootout, I have a trusty old SWR Bass Monitor 12 I could bring along. Would be interesting to see how it measured up to the (much) younger upstarts!

And that's my second favourite song in our set

Recently joined a ska band and am loving it. Ska is the sound of my youth but I've never played it before and it's a real blast, especially Horace's work with the Specials. We also do a couple of reggae tunes, and one in particular -- Bob Marley's 'Is This Love?' -- is really floating my boat. It's the highlight of the set for me. Family Man's bassline is just beautiful, there's so much space in it that every note really means something. I hesitate to say 'less is more' because it's such a cliché, but... yeah 😄 Any love for reggae and ska bass out there?

Yes. The rest of my band say they have no problem with my zimmer frame, but I've seen the glances. They've got it in for me. Is it time for my nap yet?

Quite true. Which is why I said "If age really is the only reason he's been binned..."

Used Yamaha basses can be had for peanuts, and to my mind represent almost unbeatable VFM.

I saw my doctor about my TE a few years back... he said that in his 30 years in general.practice, he had never had a single TE case that was actually caused by tennis. I must say, your symptoms don't read like classic TE at all, certainly not as it was explained to me. Still, I'm glad yours is feeling better -- onward and upward! Good news.

If age really is the only reason he's been binned, then I really feel for him. I mean, it's only a function band FFS, it's not like they need to foster a youthful image to draw a following or impress a label. There might be more than meets the eye, 2 sides to every story and all that, but if age is the sole issue then I don't blame him for feeling bitter.

Second gig with the ska band last night. Longer set this time. Went really well and i got lots of compliments on my sound, the band in particular loved it (all i did was roll off the passive tone on my Sire V7 fiver about 60% of the way to take the bright snap out of the tone, and boost the active bass a bit). I had a total mare in a couple of songs, Ghost Town in particular was a real car crash. Which is annoying because it was fine at the last gig -- more personal practice needed and less complacence. I'm having a ball playing this stuff. The venue fed us too, absolutely belting pizza.

There are only a few features I dislike really: 1. Pointy or overly large headstocks 2. Neck-dive (more ergonomic than aesthetic, admittedly) 3. Bongo. What were they thinking? 4. Buckeye burl 5. Literally everything about this monstrosity: