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That's the main thing. As long as you're not thinking about your broken bass - D'OH!

Well that was a complete waste of invective.

You really don't need a wedge. A thin strip of material will do the job across the neck pocket at the heel end. There is of course a huge thread on TalkBass about the merits or otherwise of leaving a (God forbid) GAP under the pocket end of the neck, but in my experience it really makes no difference to tone or sustain. Assuming you had any tone or sustain in the first place. Need a more extreme angle? Stick another bit of playing card in there. It works. There are those who claim to be able to tell if a neck is shimmed, what it's shimmed with and if there's a (gasp) GAP under the heel end, but I put those people in a box along with those new-age types who claim to be able to tell the difference between different types (and prices) of mains cables by the SOUND, can tell how much an effects pedal battery is DRAINED (sounds different!) or can tell how OLD pickups are by the perceived level of MAGNESTISM they have - or don't have. It's all a great big steaming pile of DUNG.

I use a 1cm strip off a playing card cut to heel shape - doesn't seem to compress like other card or paper, works very well. If I want to raise the whole neck I'll use a whole card in there - usually a Joker, or the Ace of Spades - for mojo and coolness. Yes, I know.

Just get rid of everything except for the 4-string P bass, and play that. You're wasting time. Edit: JOKE. Sorry.

This sort of 'service' really raises the temperature of my urine to over 100 degrees C. What sort of country is it that to get merely an acceptable level of attention from customer-facing employees you have to charge around like a bull in a china shop, shouting the odds? It does my blood pressure (and karma) no good whatsoever. Glad I don't use pubs any more. Or shops. Or public transport.

Actually you can be more confident in a bass after a neck repair. If done properly (and I've no doubt it will be) the neck will be stronger than it was before the break. Take a bit of time out, decompress, then get it sorted. A bass that's had as much attention as this will be, in the end, fantastic and what's more, a very personal instrument.

Still, I can't complain about pubs - I haven't been in one for at least five years and I haven't been intoxicated with alcohol anywhere else in that time, either. Now... what was the topic again? I bet whatever it is I'm off it. Tchoh!

I wouldn't even mind that so much if they at least had that most basic of skills, remembering who came to the bar first and in what order. But they can't even do that - they'll serve everyone waiting in a completely random way, thus píssing off those customers who have been waiting longest. It's not hard to do, is it?

I got lost and had cause to press a random doorbell to ask directions. Vic Reeves opened the door. I said, 'Vic Reeves!' He said, 'Yes. I live here'.

Let's get back on topic... I don't like Wetherspoons because they don't let you sit at the bar. I like to entertain everyone by getting very drunk at the bar and making amusing, witty comments about the appearance of the other customers and staff. If they have a hilarious tic, rubbish hair or particularly bad dress-sense, so much the better. But oh no, you have to take your drink to a bloody table and sit there like some kind of sad, friendless loner. Also, the beer is shít.

Just go for it, mate. When are you going to see another? It could be nestling in your bosom in a matter of days!

Ah, just buy it. A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Long-standing customer here. I've bought from and traded with Classic & Cool and have commissioned at least two stunning Limelight basses from Mark. He's absolutely above board and very easy to deal with and his website a continual source of GAS... so one to avoid if you're trying to keep your credit card in your pocket! Edit: Given myself Limelight GAS, now. Doh!

Doesn't mean it's fit for purpose, either. If bass players are getting themselves noticed, they probably aren't playing for the song. All those bands with a 'feature' bass player such as Cream, Yes, Rush and so on - ground-breaking as they undoubtedly were - aren't necessarily the best examples of what a good working professional sideman should be.

Yes, it is. Yes, they are. No, you're not.

Got fed up with bands who refuse to use the same diary app, so just make myself available for everything as a default condition. Obviously this won't work if I drop dead, but in that case I'll have a good excuse.

I thought I was... typical comment, no?