Mykesbass

OK, probably a far healthier, more realistic suggestion than mine!

Looking great. All you need now is for gigs to start happening again and smoking to be allowed in pubs to get some incredible patina on it

You can't keep a great track down @molan - little bit of a conversation on this one and Althea & Donna a couple of months back. Always good to hear again though.

+1 No tuner, check the bass every 3/6 months, never needs doing.

Betamax was quite a popular format for audio and lasted longer than you might imagine. There is a good chance mastering studios will still have a way of playing these.

The one I didn't like was in a highly respected bass specialist, well set up and nothing wrong with the strings. It was bland and boring. Why can't people accept that some of us have tried, and not liked a brand of which they are fans? For the record, on the guitar front, I have never played a a real PRS that has felt good, whereas I have played a couple of great SE models.

No, not quite as strong a reaction as @4000, but the one I tried I'd have been disappointed with at a tenth of the price. Bland, uninspiring, nothing that hinted at any pedigree.

Yes, was very sad when I saw this, especially having just heard him last weekend on Radcliffe & Maconie, and with a new album out. My nephew played trumpet for him a couple of times, and Toots appeared on his band's album. He's going to be very upset when he hears.

Played a secondhand one in Bass Gear a few years back - bland and boring, and not a patch on my Shuker which new had cost me about a third of the 2nd hand price of the F Bass.

To get better stuff (or get rid of valve stuff which was lovely but impracticle).

Such a simple bass line to copy, but the thought process to come up with it, and then to get the feel right, that's where the mastery is at! Sly & Robbie with Grace Jones.

Very different from the 'Thousand Volts' material. Very nice.

+1 to this. There has been a huge move recently towards a more DiY, or (sorry for the much derided hipster term) artisan economy. Selling higher quality, higher priced, skillfully produced goods to a smaller number of people, direct from the maker. Musicians are already embracing this and hopefully this will be the route to a sustainable career for many in the future. Yes, it isn't going to make old school rock/pop stars of anyone, but that's a good ting isn't it?

Really sweet with the binding. My friend had a Tokai Telecaster in his shop with the same LPB + binding. Was one of the nicest looking guitars I've seen.

The couple of times I met Willy he was always in black.

Shell Pink slipper?

Think he gets mine too. Played rhythm guitar for many years in a big band. The Glen Miller repertoire was so dull to play compared to Ellington, Basie, Kenton etc, but, just like Mustang Sally, the punters loved all the wrong songs!

Round 1 - Fly Like and Eagle vs Little Brown Jug...

I thought they gave up after Steve.

Yes - early music lessons in secondary school (mid-70s) embedded some of the real basics, and introduced some new music (also confirmed my dislike of a certain really famous band). Later on, O Level music gave me some good theory, and the ability to follow a score. This is now in that deep bank of knowledge that you don't know you have until something triggers it later, and has come in handy helping to shape songs, and bring ideas together in bands many years later.

I find things like this interesting, especially when some people think that covers have to be slavishly copied.

Two completely different bass lines! Prefer the first personally.

Annoyingly I was driving through a very poor reception area when this was on. The snatches I heard seemed really good.Rodigan obviously knows his stuff so well, and Lamaq was genuinely interested.

Heard this tonight on 6 Music - Lee Scratch Perry I am a Madman. Love the age in his voice.

I don't think the transition is any stranger than other genres, especially heavier rock - the heavily scooped and quantized sound of bands like Cradle of Filth compared to Led Zeppelin/Black Sabbath, modern dance music's evolution from 70's disco (or even disco's transition from funk), all show exactly the same changes you highlight here.