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Genius. GReat song although I love the one the burny cigarette one too!

In my life, I've had:[list] [*]Genuine 70s P-bass I traded for a Steinberger copy because it was so poor sounding and woolly to pay. [*]Fender American Strat (90s) that I sold as it was not great as a player or sounding. [*]Fender American Telecaster (2004) that I sold as it was a poor sounding and average player. [*]Fender Classic 50s Telecaster - very good player that I sold as I believed the crap about 'you need a flatter radius!.' [*]Fender Classic Player Cabronita Thinline - best sounding and playing out of the lot. [*]Squier P bass Special - sounded brilliant but was a bit of a mission to play [/list] I have also had a long term loan of a Hank Marvin CS stratocaster built to order. It was a good guitar but the nut cracked and it had a few wee repairable problems that were a nuisance. Conclusion? If any young player asks me what to get I say...play as many as you can but if you don't have a lot of time buy a classic player second hand. Best value in the range. IMO though, Fender have went nuts recently with models and I think there are far too many blurred lines. Conclusion?

Not for the easily offendered.

Next you'll be backing Clapton and Collins....

One of the great bass lines.

About 15 months ago they were about £601-680 new. I'd say that was a touch too ambitious a price.

Love that song and bassline! Beaut of a bass too! Well jell!

Stunning looking.

Beaut!

Stunner.

Dropped it after 5 years gigging in 1991. Only really took it up again in 2007.

Ice cube cool! He's the British Trujillo!

Prince, Led Zeppelin, Rush, Eagles?

Trujillo is an absolute monster on the bass.

Who is the bearded hippy in the woolly bunnet? Singing Mars? Goldfrapp - not my cup of tea.

Thought it was a Lakland at first but the headstock looks Sadowsky.

RIP

[quote name='UglyDog' timestamp='1403902456' post='2487669'] Yes, I quite liked Foster The People too. New name on me. We were treated to a nice lingering shot of the bassist's pedalboard too! [/quote] Yup - just listening to them on SKY's From the Basement based on what I heard last night. Very impressive.

B'doing!

NIce Guild bass Nutini's band have used all night. BTW - what a voice!

Really enjoyed Blondie - quite nostalgic for the Apollo New Year gig! (Spector bass) Never heard Foster the People before - great...(Fender PJ Special in a Jazz shape and one in a precision shape.) Paulo, Paisley's finest, now on! (Guild bass)

Ed Sheeren at Glasto was just asked, 'Who, living or dead, would you love to see here?' "Joni Mitchell.'

Could you monobloc my ESP LTD?

Nearly crying there! A guy brought in a 1971 maple board precision for pawn. He wanted $1000 and they offered $500...then $600...so he walked! They shouted him back and gave him $750. It was in mint condition and had the official orange fur lined G and G hard case. Are you in tears yet too? Not yet? £441 for a 71 original P-bass in a dark red? Well wait. The guy bought it for his dad who had a P-bass 30 years before. They showed a picture. 'This bass is as close as you can get to dad's except dad's was black and had a RW board.' So he gave it to one of the workers who, within a week, had sprayed it black, got a replacement RW neck (from God knows where!) and implanted a number (8?) of silver dollars all over the body! 'Just like dad!' (Just noticed...it was a 2012 show!) http://www.history.com/shows/cajun-pawn-stars/videos/cajun-pawn-stars-knocked-up

John Deacon's playing always augmented the song without that sense of 'look at me!' that you sometimes get from a virtuoso seeking approval. Even something as simple as Radio Gaga with the e-backbeat has some lovely 'slide' bass easing it along and a lovely wee trill riff as the chorus approaches. That being said, the simplicity of Under Pressure, taking a riff millions probably doodled as they learnt the bass and planking it iconically into the intro as a motif for genius is right up there for me. In fact, is there any Queen song that does not have a synergistic bass line?