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My Oh My - Slade

If you insist....., I hope I can remember all of it, it's been shall we say 'a number of year'. I bought the bass from a service member on Okinawa in 1968. He was being shipped to Vietnam and couldn't take it with him. I payed $175 dollars for it. I then joined the Merchant Marines and shipped out of White Beach in Okinawa and couldn't take it with me! LOL! So I left it in the care of my family as I departed for all points South Pacific. So she was a orphan for 3 years until I finally returned to Arizona where my Dad was re stationed. When I finally got my hands on the bass again I found the heat and humidity in the south pacific was not kind to the finish or the neck. So the trip to Rainbow guitars happened, and she eventually got sorted out. I played the bass for the next couple of years. Then, my wife had a bass playing girlfriend that was joining a all female band in Las Vegas and was looking for a bass that had a slim neck and didn't weigh a lot (the bass weighs 8 lbs), and she was eyeing my bass. Things being as they were, between the two of them they managed to persuade me to sell her the bass. My wife said she would buy me new bass if I sold it to her. I made her promise to sell it back to me if she ever stopped using it. She was a friend so..... Anyway that didn't happen, I walked into a local music store about 2 years later and there it was sans case hanging on a wall. I knew the owner, he made me a good deal and threw in the old touring case for free. The only other misadventure she had was when I loaned it to the bass player for Black Oak Arkansas. They were booked to play at a local club and something, I know not what, was wrong with their bass players bass. Why he didn't have a backup I don't know. Anyway one of the bouncers I knew that worked there called and asked if I would let their bass player borrow my bass for the night. I was going to see the show anyway so like an idiot I said sure. It was a great show, those guys were smokin! No Jim Dandy though, this was after he had departed the band. The problem was he really, really, like it wanted to buy it, like right now! Well we went round and round and finally he relented and gave it back. I thought for sure I was going to have to call for backup to retrieve it! And that's story more or less of my black 66 Jazz Bass. I really don't play it that much anymore, I like chunkier neck now days. She'll never leave the house again though.

I remember American Classics on the Kings Road very well. Just up from The Garage,an indoor market that always had a classic American car parked in the forecourt.

You will not be disappointed, sir.

I used to buy 10 sets of (guitar) string from Musicians Friend, sell 4 on eBay & I had 6 free sets. Not worth it now, even if you can get them to post here.

My Melancholy Blues - Queen

Here's the blurb - they sure ain't low tension, but surprisingly (for me, at least) it seems to work in this context. I can get the strings fairly low with zero buzz, so they're easy to fret. I won't be doing much in the way of string bends, but then I don't really need that in this context anyway, so... p.s. they are easy to slide over from the get-go. My first ever flats were Fenders and itook a good long while before they stopped being "sticky", which almost put me off flats for life. Soundwise, I would describe them as well punchy and very solid. Very even across the neck. Set of Strings for Electric Bass High quality stainless steel flatwound strings for bass Complete set .045 - .100 Long scale Hexagonal core made of American steel for solid bass, optimal tension and constant volume Individually coloured ball ends for easy mounting String gauges: .045fw - .065fw - .080fw - .100fw

No mad rush.... Look after yourself first... Hope you get well soon.

I guess I need to be finishing that power supply! Sorry, been very distracted (and now I'm Tom Dick 🤢)

Don't worry, your processed meat in tubular form encased in pastry is safe on my watch.

I used to go to America and buy vintage clothes back in the 1980's and bring them back to flog. It was a lot of fun, and a nice way to subsidise my holidays. There was a shop in the Kings Road called American Classics that was very trendy (and very expensive). I could get most of the same gear half the price. However, even in those days in the States no one was giving the stuff away. All the shops selling secondhand clothes knew the value of the American market for classic and vintage gear.

If this was a product a few years back I would've chosen it over the Quad. Now? I don't think it would be worth the effort or make sense to sell the QC to buy this. I also feel obliged to stay loyal to Dougs new company and products since he has helped me out a good few times over the last few years. Just please port the Darkglass plugin into the QC!

Don't you dare chlorinate my sausage rolls!

Regardless of current turbulence, the pound is unlikely to recover historical strengths against the dollar. It might be a bit better than piss-poor, to use a technical term, but no one will be filling their boots with cheap American luxury goods in any foreseeable future. Trade deal or not, American goods such as musical equipment will remain priced at a bit more than they are actually worth. Just an aside, when you see the state of some of the people dining in Greggs nowadays , I think accepting American chlorinated chicken as part of a trade deal is the least of our worries. We've already accepted far worse in terms of diet and food habits.

That. That right there is clickbait! Heeheehee. On the contrary. Now we all want to hear it.

Thanks, there's more to it, but I don't want to get to long winded.

That's a pretty cool story it has attached to it. Really nice!

Welcome Doc

Its' an old Commonwealth touring case, it weighs a ton.