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Hurtsfall were upstairs at The Corporation in Sheffield on Saturday supporting Deviant, Zeitgeist Zero and Iamimperfect. Really well run venue and evening with a proper stage manager making sure that everything ran smoothly. Also massive "backstage" area for the bands and gear plus refreshments. Only blip in the proceedings was that our backing was completely muted when we came to play and for some reason it took 3 goes for the sound engineer to find the right channel(s) and unmute them, which was a bit embarrassing and shouldn't be happening with digital programmable desks. Despite the fact that we went on 10 minutes after the doors opened, there was a decent turn out to see us, and it didn't look as though that many additional people came in after we had finished. All the bands were great. I particularly liked Iamimperfect and will make an effort to see them again. We obviously went down well as we sold a load of merch afterwards, and with the gig ending at 10.30 was back home just after 12.00. I believe some people like to see the empty stage set up, so here it is: Amp and cabs and all the stuff in the middle of the stage at the back was for the other bands. And here's a photo of us actually playing: Next gig is the 25th April at The Crafty Cove in Whitby with Westenra and Social Youth Cult as part of the Whitby Goth Weekend. I believe that this is almost sold out already.

Really pleased with this new (to me) family member. I swapped my Jet P locally for it. I installed Gotoh Resolite GB528 tuners to get rid of the nasty neck dive, and a set of Labella MUS flats. The laurel fingerboard came up nice with some boiled linseed oil and I've set it up to my preferences (after sorting one high fret). It looks small but sounds big! Such a breeze to play too. Every note rings true. I expected the pickup to be the letdown from what I've read but it sounds great as is. Also, it works better with my pedals than the Jet (not that the Jet was bad or anything). I'm a happy Chatter.

went to see a mate's band last night Smallish pub. Bass player was using Ampeg SVT and a marshall 8x10 I got up to play a few Beatles numbers, wow the bass was a bit lively

Hi Basschatters, My first 'proper' post on BC!! So, wandering through post-covid Farnham, Surrey some 3 years ago, my son, who was interested in buying a Strat at the time, dragged me into Guitar Village. Not that I needed much cajoling, of course as Guitar Village is just an amazing place, with great staff and a great selection of instruments. The building is double cool too! Anyway, wandering past the bass section, a fretless Stingray on the wall called my name. I didn’t partake at first but suggested I might have a play before we leave. When eventually got my hands on it, that ‘play’ lasted for about 90 mins and I was smitten. Long story short, I eventually bought it, double prompted by wife & son. The Stingray is wonderful to play and gets gigged frequently. I was keen to understand the history so entered the serial number into BC to see if it had appeared before, and sure enough she had popped up in this post from 2012 - Seemingly the seller was unwilling to give additional details to confirm the age of the bass, but those who participated in the original thread may be interested to know the missing details. As suggested by the learned chatters at the time, the neck does infact have a 1985 stamp, and I can further confirm that at least one of the pots has a code of R13783. You can hear the bass on these 2 tracks... So, that's the story of my Fretless Stingray. Thanks for reading!! Pete

Another nice local gig at a WMC on Saturday. It was a little quiet in the first spot despite it being pretty full but it rowdied up nicely in the second spot with a filled dance floor all the way through. We had our own ‘70s Bez’ turn up who danced to just about every song and brought a load of glam wigs for the punters to wear. First proper outing for the shorty Stingray which performed nicely, deffo need to go up a gauge on the strings though…. Next week we’re back to pub work at a lively little venue called the Service Station in Hull…..we had em dancing on the bar as I recall last year.

… a couple of ideas for a ‘Black’ themed board … … both are passive DIs, and the pedals will be powered by a Cioks Expander 4, or a 1 Spot. I’ll need to see what works best! It has got to the point where my pedal purchases are based on function AND colour coordination he he 🤣

Midi Vanilli?

Had a brilliant gig last Friday with my ABBA tribute. Brought my Belgrado bass (buy one of those, they're terrific), the backstage area and organisation where absolutely brilliant, the audience was great... Loved that gig.

Hey gang! I'm a P guy, but one of my bands needs a J really, so I've been on the lookout for something for a while. Was hoping for something LPB or Charcoal Frost, but this popped up, and I couldn't resist. It's a Custom Shop Journeyman relic, so think closet classic with slightly less shine and the occasional ding. I know relics are polarising, but I think they nailed it with this one - it glows. Medium-weight alder body (guessing 9lbs or thereabouts), quartersawn neck, slab board.. and stacked knobs which will take a little getting used to in the heat of the moment. Haven't gigged it yet, but it sounds gorgeous so far. Really rich and resonant. Roll on next weekend! ]]

Lovely return to the Exchange Theatre at Sturminster Newton down in deepest Dorset. Drove past Stonehenge. 200 mile trip back home and in bed for 4am. Awesome three tribute act gig and audience was a full house. Played as house bass player today at a local Nottingham Jam while practically dead on my feet. Currently eating Cherry Pie and Custard before I predictably fall asleep in an armchair.

First set had my head spinning and thinking "why didn't they hire a DJ". Second set after the booze kicked in for the guests everyone was on the dance floor. Very long day. I was picked up in the van at 4:00. We arrived at 5:00, started the first set at 8:00. We didn't leave until midnight. That's an 8 hour day. The 3rd and last set was more of an encore, only 15 minutes. I was a bit wiped out by then and played from a sitting position. I hate when I have to do that. Daryl

NBD - short scale Graft Plus. Latest addition to my growing ACG collection. My 32" SLG is amazing in every way, but I still had an itch for a short scale that needed scratching! NBD was actually Thursday, but on Saturday a set of La Bella Low Tension Flats went on, and I thought I'd take it along to the gig! It plays beautifully and is so light and comfortable.

I just spotted this. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/335754368078?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=rpbRlok9T1C&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=6MnoMIQiQQC&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY 2 year warranty. They're big and heavy but they're truly awesome. It's a properly scary amp. One of the few valve amps that has both valve and solid state preamps. It's an absolute bargain IMO. Straight from the manufacturer.

I've just got this back from my mum's house waaaaaaaaay too late. It's been in her understairs cupboard for about 15 years. I didn't do a dissertation as such. On our degree course, we did a final major project with quite a big project aspect to it and a smaller (but not insignificant) write up. I attempted to build a head a cab. The head never did work. Such is a lot of my struggles with electronics! The cab was hard to break though. I don't have any construction pics and can't remember if I put any dampening in it. The tweeter doesn't work either because I couldn't get the crossover to work. At least I managed to scrape a 2:1! It's loaded with two Celestion BN10-300X speakers, for an 8Ohm, 600W cab. Oh. And I couldn't get any tolex cheap enough and I didn't know about tuffcab, so it's covered in literal black carpet! The guys in Carpet Wright were a bit confused with why I wanted such a small amount of carpet! 😂 I have never really used it, but thought it was time to get it out of my mum's house. so I brought it home at the weekend. I've just had a quick try out this morning with my Terror Stamp and a guitar and a bass. It's quite clearly very bassy, but it doesn't sound terrible with either. Tempted to see if the Mrs will let me keep this and get rid of the Orange Crush 35R I've got as a practice thing. I'm also very tempted to use it as a bi-amping rig...

The Pedalnetics stuff is really nice, but I built myself this for under a tenner 😁 The volume knob fits into a hole in the back - I only use it for the headphone level, so I don't need access when gigging. - 66.5 x 31.5 x 20mm box (RX2KL07) https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121941168040 - Momentary footswitch https://www.bitsboxuk.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=116_128&products_id=3060 - Flat patch cable https://www.thomann.co.uk/harley_benton_fpc10_flat_patch_cable.htm

When a band plays over their allotted time, sometimes the sound person will shut them off - but sometimes they won't, and every band after them has to cut their sets short. Either way, there's no excuse for it. I can't control other bands, but I can make damn sure that my band are not being arseholes. Be the change you want to see in the world! 😁 I use mine as a timer - it resets to 00:00 whenever it's switched on, so it always shows how many minutes have elapsed since then.

All done. That's 40DCs out (and up for sale here already so you can buy them without nasty fees) and a 40P and 40J popped in. This is the third LHZ-03 I've fitted and it was a bit different as the new EMGs come with the clever DuPont connectors meaning I saved a fortune on electric as I only needed to solder 3 joints at the jack socket. If anyone wants an LHZ-03 or other preamp fitting, I'm available. I won't charge extra for the luminous green cable ties, battery blanket or fancy printed labels, they're all part of the service. This one is off to rehearsal for the first time tomorrow. That lot never react well when they see something new, so hopefully she behaves herself and makes some new friends.

I'm a big SL fan too. They're XSL when they're short-scale like mine 🙂

he is still young and foolish!!

Hi everyone, I now run ‘group coaching’ classes under the name ‘The Bass Vault’ and have been putting out a few videos recently, showing examples of transcriptions I’ve done over the past couple of years. The classes are proving really fun, deep diving into well known bass players, their style, technique & vocabulary. You can grab two free bass transcription books (with accompanying backing tracks) by using the links below. No hard sell & I’d really like to stress the ‘anti-spam’ approach I’m taking with this stuff. It infuriates me, getting hundreds of emails having signed up to a mailing list, and I certainly won’t be doing that with my offering. Hope you enjoy them, Ian https://mailchi.mp/iankingbass/zgnhu4xuxy https://mailchi.mp/582495ae8e54/the-bass-vault-with-ian-king https://ikbass-coaching.circle.so/join?invitation_token=8e709ba83c6f3d6c2870aee9c8585aa155bc6963-d6e93645-32e2-4d7b-a711-150ec82f84e0

My first thought wasn't the volume, but the guys poor back humping that gear around 😂

I'm not sure exactly how it happened, but over the past 3-4 months I've acquired 4 little amps and I'm keeping and using all of them Well, actually, I do know how it happened, of course! I only have one neighbour, downstairs. They've just had a baby and although they've never complained I thought it would be good to have a way to play without headphones in the house (I was diagnosed with a vestibular Schwannoma on my right side, that affects my hearing and sense of balance, and the symptoms are best managed if I don't use headphones) I tend to use them with a Joyo JW-06 wireless unit, nice and cable-free. I thought I'd write a few lines with my impressions, now that I've used them for a while, as they do have different strengths and weaknesses. I've got a tasty coffee on the desk, so let's go, in increasing price order. 1) Joyo MA-10B This thing is just around £30. Made of plastic, very light. There are versions for acoustic guitar and electric guitar too. It says it's 10W, with a single 5" speaker. It can be used plugged in using the included power adaptor, or with 6x AA batteries. I use rechargeables. The batteries are not rechargeable while in the unit, you need to charge them elsewhere. Operation time on batteries is stated as 3h. I haven't measured it but I have the impression they last quite a bit more, but then again I was not playing super loud. It's not the best sounding bass amp, unsurprisingly, but it's not bad at all. It gets loud enough for home use, just don't expect very deep lows. The controls are basic: gain, tone and master volume. And a switch for overdrive, which is... nothing amazing. For the price I'm positively impressed. It does a good job when you want to play at reasonable volumes that won't bother others but still sound nice enough. It can get loud, but you need to tame the low end once the volume goes up, or the speaker farts out, but at the sort of volumes most people would want to use it it behaves well. It's not an amp for busking, however it would do a good job if you're playing with an unamplified acoustic guitar/singer and did I mention it's super light? This unit does not have bluetooth. It has a 3.5mm AUX input. When I play music from my phone through the AUX input, the sound is better than I anticipated. It lacks a bit of low end on the AUX, but that can be easily improved using an EQ app on the phone (I use PowerAmp Equalizer). I was actually going to get the Harley Benton Jamster Bass, which is similar in specs, built and size, but it has bluetooth and it costs about the same. The Joyo is prettier 'though It looks kind of 'retro'. It has a headphones output, but I have not used that. Overall, I could have been satisfied with this. £33 I think it cost me. Crazy. 2) Caline Scuru S8B This one is around 3x as expensive as the Joyo, I think I paid £80-90. Plastic and metal, reassuring weight despite being much smaller than the Joyo, although this is probably because of the built-in battery. It feels reasonably well made. It says it's 20W with two ~3" speakers. There's guitar and acoustic guitar versions. This one has a built-in rechargeable battery, which together with the small size and the handle makes it a great noise-maker while on the move. The manual says 4h battery life. Again, I feel it lasts quite a bit longer than that, but the volume you use it at will have an impact. I used it the other day as a bluetooth speaker and it lasted about 9h before I was done. The speaker was still going strong and I hadn't even started with a full charge. Initially I was a bit disappointed and I nearly returned it. The controls are a bit unusual, none of the usual master, gain and EQ. I read it's based on the Wine Cellar preamp pedal, which I used to have and found a bit unintuitive at the time, but many people love it. There are 2 switchable sections and a master volume. The 'comp' section allows you to engage some basic compression, with an EQ knob that provides basic tonal control. The 'driver' section allows you to mess with the higher harmonics and also some EQ. I use it with the compressor always on, and use the driver to alternate between a clean brightish sound and a dark deeper one. The sound is decent. It is not noticeably louder than the Joyo before the little speaker start to fart out, so I'd say the same as the Joyo: absolutely plenty of volume at home, and it'll probably be ok if you busk with an unamplifier acoustic guitarist. The bass sound is more tweakable than on the Joyo and it sounds more like a traditional bass amp, although you need to watch the low end a bit. This unit has bluetooth, but no 3.5mm AUX input, so if what you want to play through this speaker does not have bluetooth, you're stuck. To engage the bluetooth there's a button on the back. Playing music through the S8B was very disappointing. Sure, I can hear the music, but the sound quality was not great. The Joyo sounded MUCH better than this. This was sort of... boxy, muffled. Sure, it allows me to hear the backing track or whatever, but it's not a nice sound. You can improve matters a lot by using EQ carefully. When playing back from my phone, I use the PowerAmp Equalizer app to boost low end a tiny bit, to introduce a severe dip on the mids, and increase the top end a bit. Then it's a different animal, and it can do a very reasonable job as a portable bluetooth speaker. I prefer the S8B to the Joyo because it's small and versatile. I have the S8B on the shelf above the computer desk and I often use it to play music through it from my phone, rather than using the monitors attached to my PC (I work from home a lot and get lots of online meetings, it's easier to have the S8B playing music in the background than fiddling with relative levels on the PC). However, you do NEED to spend sometime with the EQ before it sounds good to play music. The controls for the bass aren't the most intuitive or effective, in my opinion, despite having 6 controls on the face of the amp. Onboard EQ on the bass comes really handy because of this, but I happily play a Precision through this too. It has a headphones out, but I haven't experimented with it. So, after the initial disappointment I am actually liking this. It sounds better than the Joyo, but not by much, however the bluetooth, small size, and built-in rechargeable battery are very welcome features, so overall I prefer the S8B. Just watch the low end if you're cranking up the volume, just like with the Joyo. As a bluetooth speaker for music, it seems to have a more than decent battery life, but you need to use some EQ on whatever device you use for playback because the default sound is rather meh. However, once EQ'd I'm pretty happy with it. 3) Headrush FRFR-GO This was about £135 if I recall correctly, so about the same as the Joyo and the Caline together. This one is different in that it's not marketed as an instrument amp, but as a bluetooth speaker with flat response designed to take guitar amp modellers . It says it's 30W, with two 3" speakers. This one is heavier (again, built-in battery will be largely responsible), very noticeably louder, with really good bass response (this unit has a port at the back, the others were closed-cab designs). The built-in rechargeable battery is stated to last up to 13h. I haven't systematically tested it, but it sounds about right. The feature set is simple but versatile: inputs - 1x instrument input, 1x AUX input (3.5mm), bluetooth output - 1x headphones master volume instrument input volume 2-band EQ The first thing to notice is that plugging a guitar/bass directly into this doesn't result in the best sound. It's a bit quiet and flat. It works, but it sounds MUCH MUCH BETTER if you use some kind of modeller. I used a Valeton GP200 for guitar and a Zoom B6 for bass, and I'm pleased to say that both worked very well. This unit is LOUD, and no farting out. The sound of the Headrush is on a different league to the Joyo and the Caline... the drawback is to get the best sound you need an external FX unit of some sort. I have a NUX Mighty Plug that I presume will do a good job too, and that will keep the bulk small. As a bluetooth speaker, this one is a lot better than the others. Good sound quality, great low end, top end clarity. The 2-band EQ works on the whole unit, not just the input, so it can be used to tweak the sound of the music you play through it. All inputs can be used at the same time, so you could easily have guitar and bass plus a bluetooth source of some sort. This came quite handy when I had to do some guitar overdubs on some band demo recordings: I used two Zoom R16 units for recording, which can be sync'd to record on up to 16 tracks at once but the audio has to come from each unit separately. So I plugged the guitar into one R16, the the output of R16 #1 into the main input, and the output of the R16 #2 into the aux input, and used the Headrush as the monitor (could use headphones if I had wanted to). Tiny and powerful mobile recording setup, just like that. I love the Headrush FRFR-GO. I'd have it even as a simple bluetooth speaker, the fact I can input other sources is a bonus but you do need some multiFX to get the best sounds. Rechargeable built-in battery with very decent life, very nice sound, loud and deep. Winner. However I tend to use the Joyo and the S8B for practice, and this has become my take-anywhere bluetooth speaker. 4) Boss Dual Cube Bass LX This was a lot more expensive. I think it was about £260, plus nearly £50 more if you want the bluetooth adapter (which I did). I removed the bulky corner protectors, because it was a bit too wide to fit on the shelf I wanted to put it on. This was overkill for my needs, but I thought it had the best chance at giving me good volume and it had lots of additional features. It's the biggest and heaviest. Rated at 10W with two 5" speakers. This gets loud, no question. However, the sound was a bit disappointing. It's hard to describe, but it almost feels as if there's some heavy signal processing even when all the FX are switched off. EQ can help, but it's not straightforward. As a bluetooth speaker it's also not amazing. It's a better version of the Caline S8B, tweaking EQ at source will make this sound decent 'though, much more easily than on the Caline S8B, and it does get loud without farting out. Despite being rated at 10W compared to the 20W of the Caline (really?) the Boss is a louder and more solid sounding amp. As long as your expectations are reasonable (you won't compete against a horns section!) this could be a nice busking amp (at least over here we aren't allowed to get too loud). When I was a student and all my belongings fitted in a small dorm room, I would have been super happy with one of these! But I find it way overpriced. The feature list is impressive, which is what made me buy it anyway, but if the basic sound can be improved. It can run on batteries, 8x AA. Battery life is nothing to complain about. I don't recall how long they're supposed to last, and I haven't performed a proper test, but again at my usual volume the batteries last several hours. I use rechargeables but they cannot be recharged in the unit, so you need to charge them elsewhere. The feature list is impressive: EQ, FX (chorus, flanger, phaser, delay, reverb), compression, amp modellers (with user memories), footswitchable looper, drum machine, stereo XLR line outs, USB interface and analog rec outputs, various routing options, and an app that allows you to tweak in depth many parameters from the FX as well as a global parametric EQ. So on paper I should be able to tweak it so that it sounds more to my liking. I did improve it a bit, but to be honest, this is the unit I use the least so I need to spend more time with it. Check it out: https://www.boss.info/global/products/dual_cube_bass_lx/ It's nice, it sounds good as a bluetooth speaker (but nowhere as good as the Headrush), and it does get loud without feeling the speakers are struggling, the drum machine is really nice to have and the app really opens up the sound. I need to experiment more with it. So there you have it. In my opinion, the Boss unit is a decent compromise between sound, volume and features and will do everything well enough. But at around £300 for the whole package including bluetooth adaptor), I'm not sure it's the best option out there, although it's really loaded with useful features. Soundwise, the Headrush wins hands down. However you really need a modeller of some sort in order to get the bass/guitar sounding the way it deserves. It's worth having even as a multipurpose bluetooth speaker. If you don't need the additional (many) features of the Boss, the Headrush might be the better option. Only the Boss and the Headrush have deep lows at any volume. Havind said that, I find myself using the Caline S8B the most. Not the best sounding, but it sounds pretty nice and the bluetooth can sound also quite decent once EQ'd properly. Small, built-in rechargeable battery... hard to beat for less than £100. The Joyo MA-10B is ranked lowest... but it's not a surprise, given the low low price and basic features, it doesn't even have bluetooth. However there's something very appealing about this, it's easy to get good sounds without extensive EQ tweaking and it's so light and cheap, you could get a bunch of them and build a stack if you wanted louder/deeper I really like the Joyo, I have to say. It does very well what I originally wanted it to do: allow me to practice our band's set anywhere, at low-to-moderate volume with a sound that doesn't make me want to rip my ears off. I hope this is useful to somebody.

Magnificent dead-eyed bass face there 😁😎🤘🤘

This was a contributing factor to why i packed the band in a few months ago. We had a LWB van full of PA, lights, drums and random bits of guitar gear which travelled to every gig with the drummer. I would always be at the gig to meet him and we had a 7pm target for everyone to arrive to help unload. Everything was in wheeled cases and we had a ramp but it was still heavy work. The guitarist was incapable of turning up much before 7.45 wherever the gig was - not for any personal reasons, he just didn't do on time (unless his kids needed a lift or he had a work appointment of course) The problem wasn't helped by the singer deciding to travel to every gig with said guitarist as he only lived a mile away "and it saved taking 2 cars". Consequently it was almost always myself and the drummer unloading the whole lot and it was really getting up my nose. They arrived one evening at 8pm (for a 9pm start) to find me and the drummer sat on the wall outside the venue - Whats up? Are you both ok they said. Yep, abs fine thank you we said - just waiting for you two to unload the van. Icy silence......

Prohibit amplified busking. Also, when buskers are being prosecuted, tell the judgethat they were protesting for Just Stop Oil and their sentences will start at five years.

The bridge "problem" was solved. Before I did the staining, I sanded a little curved at the end of the fretboard Then stained the whole bass black. It really made the quilted pattern pop. Drilled the potentiometer holes Built up quite a few laters of clear. And sanded in between. Then applied the decals to the headstock. When everything was perfectly flat and well sanded I spayed the back of the body, the sides and the neck a matte black. And the some layers of transparent matte. Applied the serial number And then mounted all the hardware. Put some old strings on for a little test drive. Took care of Intonation, Action, tweaked the Hipshot Bass extender. And then put the new set of d'Addario Chrome flatwounds on (per request of my customer) I'll make a demo video after the weekend

A good turnout last night for our first 'public' gig of the year. Easy load in and set-up, PA was hired in and already there waiting. Forgot to take pics of my rig, but had my two LP DC custom basses and orange rig (Terror 500 and twin isobaric cabs), untethered thanks to my Boss wireless. Two sets of British '76-'82 punk covers with the crowd joining in from the word go, singing and dancing as though they were 16 again! As it was our 10th anniversary, I caught the night on my Zoom H4n, so will be going through the results next week, once my hearing has settled down again (no IEMs unfortunately).

Reasonable night that ended up as a pretty good one by the end of the night. Sound was good for the soundcheck but for some reason went off as the first set progressed. Second set felt much better and the punters were up for a good time and in good voice by the end of the night. Sets mixed up and vocalist spent the night linking songs with a fictional tale of progress of a relationship 😁 Haven’t managed to get my IEM’s fixed yet but went with one in and the failed one out rather than the KZ10’s as I didn’t really get on with them last week, and that worked fine. Stood at the urinals in the break waiting for my prostate to wake up and and a chap walked in and started enthusing on the set and memories of driving round in his youth playing songs from the set LOUD 🙂 Don’t think he recognised I was in the band as I was tucked round a corner not visible from the bar, so nice when he piped up with “this lot are a cut above your normal pub band…” “We try” says I 🤣

Even taking composer credit on Spotify!

Stray have bee asked to go on tour with British Lion this December. We'll be doing all 15 dates in December but not the November ones. Apparently the five London nights have sold out already. We supported them in Nottingham and Manchester last year and had a blast. To say we're excited is an understatement!

Just took delivery yesterday. A new, 2024, MTD 534-17. New strings and a setup. It's F'n amazing!!

Electric Fight Orchestra

this guy always does this. It was quite the thump in the back. I think this is 'heft'😁

it's for the folk who haven't found this thread

Well, Danny said he's actually not getting anything from that particular video. It's all going to Giacomo because Danny's used "his music" in numerous parts of the video.

It's just people showing off, isn't it? That's as old as time itself, but I don't understand why you'd want to waste time watching it...

wow he even turned his always-backwards baseball cap around for the "apology", so the bro must be genuine 🙄

Everything about this guy is just dull, his playing, his talking, his business model, his apology, as @risingson comment, he epitomises the soullessness of the whole internet music thing

I’m familiar and have played a lot with at least one of the artists that has been ripped off. There’s basically no excuse for it, it’s straight plagiarism. I was gobsmacked when I watched the Sapko video in full, very difficult to argue it. I also think this is a kind of Great Oz moment and sums up the soullessness of where social media has taken a lot of performance. There is just something thin and plastic about the guy’s stuff anyway. The equivalent of putting an Insta filter over some timeless records and passing it on as something new. To then find out it’s just the lad lifting other people’s licks, repeatedly, is just grim.

Oh come on Stubbs, it's between C246* and C248.** * a Latvian railway locomotive ** a navigation buoy off Porthcawl