Yeah, I probably wouldn't be so freaked out if mine was already repaired, but it isn't - and it's been with me since I was 19, so I'm over-protective.
Thanks, Rob! I'm analyzing this clip like the friggin' Zapruder film, and I've come to a few conclusions:1) This wouldn't have happened if he wasn't hopping around like a twit. Save that shit for your Aria, numbnuts!...3) Were they playing U2's "I Will Follow"? The bass probably just lost the will to live.....
I don't necessarily have an axe to grind about Clayton's playing - I'm just not a fan of U2's music in general, and the deification of Bono. (No, no, no - not defecation, deification)
Did you have any trouble adjusting to the headless style?Yeah, it was a bit strange at first. I kept thinking I'd fall off the endof the fretboard! Mind you, that wasn't my first experience with headlessbasses... When I was playing with Rainbow, I had a Gibson Thunderbird bass,a lovely bass to play - I wish I'd been in Purple when I had that. Anyway,we were playing one night and it was virtually the last chord of the lastsong in the encore. I was playing away, and I suddenly became aware that Icouldn't feel any strings, so I looked down and the strings were justhanging down off the bass. I looked up at the fretboard and the head haddisappeared!