discreet

Better than a trick watch, i scored Secret Squirrel's suitcase on Ebay

I tried to do much the same going into an airport's Air Traffic Control centre in about 2011.  Embarrassing, but I got the Swiss Army knife back

Had you been successful, I doubt that Trump would have been there 

@Marvin I've just got three payments to go, then it's mine!

I acquired some Greek coins which I'd hoped to use on the knobs of my Psilos bass. Unfortunately none are my YOB.

Now that would be a great plectrum for my '66 Slab Precision!  A bit of British history on both counts.

@Chownybass,  You were a bit slow.

Discreet might have been slightly more open to your suggestion had I not already tried to sell him one of my own creations.

This

@itsmedunc You've not met my wife then?

I used to work with a sound-guy who regularly tweeked the settings on my bass amp. I know for a fact he tried it with other bass colleagues......

...they still haven't found the body

Tell me about it... Last 4 months have been the same here...

If you have too many bills - then you should sell me your Jazz bass!
..... sigh, I've had nothing but bills since Xmas too

I've only got 105 Basschat Watts, and I just noticed you're on 726 Watts.....
There's your answer - turn down a bit! lol

@Marc S

Sorry you missed that.

It was the one where Peter Purvis was stringing up the prototype uBass that he had just knocked up from washing up liquid bottles and crepe paper.  He was using Valerie's old 0.130" gauge knicker elastic.

As he was doing so John Noakes surprised a whole generation of impressionable youth by pulling off Shep on live telly!  'That dog was always humping on someone's leg or other if it wasn't getting enough airtime', Mr Noakes confided after the court case.  He's a good pup really.

@discreet I had the same on my '64 P:  E and A were directly over the middle of a pole piece, G and D between pole pieces. Seems to have been the done thing from what I can see...

@Kevsy71 I read here and elsewhere that it's just not an issue. This hasn't stopped hundreds of posts about it on TB, mainly OCD-related. Some people even resorted to fitting plain pickup covers because of it...

Thank you, I did wonder why...

It's the same attitude that thinks being in a band should be easy.

Exactly. Or thinking that 'being' in a band is enough, without the tedious business of learning the material or turning up to rehearsals and gigs... 

Are they still rough feeling and slightly clanky sounding for flats?  I had a couple of sets in the 90s when I was starting out, and that's my abiding memory of them. 

The silks are tatty (being used) but the strings are smooth. They are slightly more toppy than La Bellas but still round and warm. Good flats for a Jazz. 

Hmm, maybe the quality wobbled back when I had them.  Mine almost felt and looked like groundwounds.  

Have you considered getting a white poodle with a pink coat and bows ?

it should have much the same visual and audio effect !

I think I'd rather have the poodle than the Rick TBH.

You're welcome to both!

... Scuse me one minute, I'm sure that was a pig flying past ...

Is it at least white??

https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/314356-my-first-assembly-76-jazz-bass

Gasp !   No way Hose A

Valentine's day is a load of old bollocks. He said, looking carefully over his shoulder.

Only ever got caught up in all that rubbish once, never again

@yorks5stringer I did the same as a temporary measure, but of course when I came to change the bridge the screw head (or rather the superglue) wasn't up to the job of removing the rest of the screw and it broke off. Epoxy resin may have worked better, but there's always the risk of permanently attaching the screw head to the bridge...

Epoxy will cause more problems and it wont help in the slightest.

Cheap hardware is the bane of the amateur luthier-alike.

Now she's calling me 'working class'! The cheeky old bag! I haven't worked in years!!  This is abuse, pure and simple...

You 're not reading between the lines (or maybe it's the tinnitus). 

"... and I may be some time" is the missing part of that statement.  Then it all makes sense.

Exactly. While she's out, build an exact replica of Scott's final camp in the living room. See if she gets the joke.

You'll have to ask Fleabag. He collects the evidence. Being a policeman, he probably misread 'heft' as 'theft'! 😂

Is that why they go around in pairs; one can read and one can write?

Or, one can't read and one can't write!

The Taliban, well yet another of the "my book is better than your book so for that you should die" brigade. Dump `em in with Hitler/Stalin etc, ethnic cleansing & genocide not my fave pastimes.

But I heard that one of them owns a kitten...

So he`s a Bond villain as well, that`s multi-tasking..................

Nice rack!

It's OK - now I'll be gigging again, I'll need more cables...

Awesome. Well done that man.

@Les Thank you, sir.

Dammit

Good lad for putting the matter to rights.  I've just had another new cable from Dave.  Following your fault finding mission with interest.

You should be on OBBM's payroll. Never bought a lead from him but now I will buy no other! I've been brainwashed. Are you a scientologist?

Bonkers.

And if you can remember the advert for a certain soft drink, you could Drive your Bongo combo, in your Mazda Bongo, whilst drinking Um-bongo...
which apparently, they drink in the Congo.....

Apparently someone went on an official fact finding mission to The Congo and at no point did he see anyone drinking Um Bongo.

Oh, I wanted to see your status in 6 months time, asking how to get the araldite off! ?

So did Karl! I'm not using Araldite - it's WAY too permanent.

I've also had really positive dealings with Hipshots customer support, specifically Jason as well, they're really great!

Glad it's getting sorted

That's what I said! *Inserts 'laughing' emoticon*

Need the "vomit" emoticon cos' some of you seriously have no taste whatsoever. 

Any of my previous girlfriends would tell her she's lucky to get ANY sort of bloody cake! Honestly, it's the epitome of the First World Problem if you ask me! And she's of an age where she shouldn't even be celebrating her bloody birthdays!

@Marc S Don't worry, THAT won't ever happen.

She doesn't like Boston pancake then?

@itsmedunc Put your left leg up on the mantelpiece with your right hand waiting. Then face east and whistle, 'The Old Grey Mare, She Ain't What She Used To Be' until the medics arrive.

Sorry to hear that my excellent (official) friend.  Cheer up mate.  It'll soon be Christmas.

Christmas?? *Sets fire to pubes and jumps off high building*

i liked that feature

@phsycoandy, that's good!

Because it's still there!

@Discreet;  Is that still an avatar of Orson Wells, only more recent?

Gothic

You sound like a sperm whale, falling through space, next to a bowl of petunias.

I'm also confused, but then, I'm all too easily confused
 @bartlelby - great reference there lol

I'm OK now - the drugs have worn off.