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Oh no, not this topic again!

Every few months someone revives the straight/curved debate, and they just need to remember what Gene said about this when he had the first curved strung bass specially made for him:  "Well, I don't play the bass with straight fingers, so why shouldn't my strings should be the same as my fingers - curved"

Here's the opening lines of Rarfer Friytnt's notoriously difficult bass piece *Straightjacket" which Gene was struggling with when he came up with the original idea:

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7 hours ago, Paul S said:

Never mind the bass, the action figure clearly shows a 6 pack.  I can't imagine the rather fleshy Mr Simmons ever sporting one of those, even in his heyday.

Yes, he has rather muscly legs as well. I suspect what we have is the bizarre conjunction of Gene Simmon's head on a superhero's body.

I'm also curious about what some of the other "accessories" are... dare I ask what those things above his head are?

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On 24/10/2020 at 18:45, Paul S said:

Perhaps Gary will know @cetera - did you wear such things?

 

Ah yes, they're interchangeable elbow/shoulder spikes.... for when the guitarist/lead singer has REALLY been p*ss*ng you off and you want to bang into him on stage...

They were hugely necessary in my experience.

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