Jackroadkill

Hi, fellow older beginner here. I "played bass" - read "owned a bass" when I was in my late teens and then for some reason decided that guitar was cooler, so I did that instead until last year, when I bought another bass and I've not looked back. BC has been very good to me so far and the natives are very welcoming.

A Digbeth pre-amp and a collection of big hammers.

Very cool! This is the sort of band I wanted to be in when I were nowt but a young whiteface. Absolutely superb!

I think so; it's a band who've hit their stride but are still rising meteorically. My favourite Metallica album since the day I heard it. MoP might be their pinnacle but I love the ambition and savagery of RTL.

These days I listen most to Ride The Lightning; when they can better For Whom The Bell Tolls I'll be excited.

Turkey and Greece exchanged large areas of land and huge numbers of people when the borders moved in 1919 as a result of the breakup of the Ottoman empire; Greek Muslims found themselves forcibly moved to Turkey and Turkish Christians were expelled to Greece. Both sides committed atrocities against each other. I'd guess that the kebab was native to the area rather than one nationality or the other.

He owns most of it.

It was my early teens, so nobody else would have been involved, despite the application of some fevered imagination.

Wishing I didn't have to go to work tomorrow and trying to think of a name for my Eb bass.

I had a tug in a 3 series when I was in my early teens. Nobody was impressed and I was asked to leave the forecourt and never return.

"These are getting rare now", as if girt chunks of wood covered in three mm of poly somehow just fade out of existence.

I was once described as "the sort of scum that would eat roadkill". I decided I quite liked that, and decided to just wear it. It was pointed out that Owen Roadkill didn't sound very rock 'n' roll, and Jack was suggested as an alternative. I've used it on every forum I've ever been on.

You know you're in trouble when the only guy in the movie who doesn't come across as a complete knobhead is Dave Mustaine.

Like they did with Captain Corelli's Mandolin, the bastards. They sugar-coated the war crimes out of the film.

The JRK signature case - comes with a free bass!

The rather wonderful Jenny Lewis; drums by none other than Ringo Starr.

Funnily enough I almost went for green. If I like the look of yours I'll maybe get one as a spare.

Never heard it, but I shall make a point of never hearing it based on your post.

Hmmmm, for me it would be based on a pre-'65 Precision body , with nickel hardware. Finish would be a thin nitro in seafoam green, with a mint green scratchplate and a maple neck with spaghetti logo and truss rod adjustment at the head end. Pickups would be Bareknuckle '58 Split Coils. The E string would have a Hipshot BT7. It would come in a hard case covered with faux-alligator skin and lined in white velvet. Case candy would include a strap that matched the case.

This. I thought that whilst she's a much better singer than I could ever be in nine million years, whoever decided on that song and arrangement completely missed the point of it. Either that, or, worse, they didn't care. I also hate Marilyn Manson's cover of Tainted Love with a passion. Oh, while we're at it, I hate these covers we're inundated with these days, with faux-whimsical vocals and lackadaisical acoustic guitar arrangements, especially when they're of something that originally had a bit of oomph to it. They're typically found on TV ads and make me want to effin' spit.

I lent my pal my '58 LP Junior reissue about four years ago. Note to self, get it back at some point! I'll lend people gear if I know them well, but not just some div who couldn't be bothered to bring his own gear. Actually that reminds me of a story; a band I used to roadie for caused a bit of a stir on the mid-2000's UK extreme metal scene (not that much of a boast, really) and had a gig supporting some top Swedish death metal act in Eddie's No.8 in Brum. We turned up, loaded in etc, and there was no sign of the headliners anywhere. The venue staff hadn't seen them and we assumed they were a no-show. Eventually they turned up, looked around with an air of superior arrogance and said "Your equipment is not very good. We use it anyway as we have none." I politely thanked them for their interest and informed them that no, they wouldn't be using our gear. This caused a bit of a stir, and eventually somebody donated their band's gear, which said metal "gods" basically trashed. I couldn't believe the arrogance of the bastards, and said so. Imagine flying from Sweden to play a gig and not bringing (or organising) a single item of gear.... The mind boggles.

I think that's what should be done with any Floyd! In all seriousness, some gap-filling would be necessary but also quite enjoyable, I think.

My thinking exactly. Given that 80% of the work has been done for you you might as well just get that board sorted, whip the remains of the headstock off and get some bridge tuners on.

I think the big mod's already been decided for you, old chap!

Fender are showing both the Sonic and Affinity on their website, with the Affinities now north of two hundred quid; maybe the Sonic is now the entry point and the Affinity range has moved upwards?