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Motley Crue & Def Leppard at Wembley Stadium last night. We got there just as Mammoth were finishing their set so couldn’t really rate/review them. 6:45 and Crue started, sounded good, Vince Neil maybe a bit quiet but the whole band were much better than the last couple of times I saw them (2007 & 2012), John 5 doing a great job on playing Mick Mars’ guitar lines. Woke the Crue will never be with Tommy Lees titty-cam, but I don’t think anyone would really expect them to be, they’re stuck in the 80s and seem to love it. 8:45 and it was Def Leppards turn and they were amazing, the sound much better than Crue. It’s a double headline tour so think this more to do with music style & musicianship rather than headline v other. Rick Allen’s electric kit had no boom to it at all, plus where Nikki Sixx of Crues bass also a tad boomy Rick Savage of Leppards bass was for me just right, solid, there but not getting in the way. So the foundations for Leppards sound were clearer and crisper giving a great platform for guitars & vocals to sit on top which they did amazingly. I think I’m going to have to get at least Hysteria & Pyromania as I really enjoyed DL.

Well the aim was 2, one main one backup. First weighed 8lbs1, second 8lbs5, was fine with that but then one came up weighing 7lbs15, given that I’ve “gone Mustang” due to back issues it made sense to get it. Do I have a fave, yes the first one as these little basses have given me a new lease of life on playing in bands, realistically I was possibly going to have to stop being in bands so I’ll forever love the first one for what it signifies to me.

3 x Fender JMJ Mustang basses, all in black, all strung with Elixir steel rounds.

Yes at present the basses I use in my bands are Fender JMJ Mustangs, I have three, one for home use two for gigging.

Def agree re the TVX 410 cabs, sound great but I’d never want to try and lift one

The lows are def deeper on a Jazz, I really like where they sit, and is probably why I’ve always scooped the mids and boosted lows/highs on my Precisions. I’m sure if Jazz basses came stock with Precision width necks I’d have been a Jazz player.

A, I just figure they’ll last longer that way, tho have nothing to substantiate the theory

Not yet though middle aged eyesight is getting worse. Only need them for reading and phone/pc so I suppose at some point the fretboard may become blurred.

Same, just use regular scale on my Mustangs

Can`t remember where it was but I read something along the lines of if you want a Precision to sit in the mix without jumping out at you to cut at around 400/500, whereas with a Jazz to achieve the same cut at around 1000/1200. Certainly worked for me, up until that point I`d never been able to get a Jazz to sound as I wanted whereas this just delivered.

I have actually played a pub that`s about half a mile from my place. I drove. I was depping for a covers band doing two 1hr sets. I had two basses, a combo, an extension speaker, and a case containing leads etc. If it had been a 30min originals set with provided backline I like to think I would have walked.

Just a song which has got lead singer & both backing singers on the choruses, plus a lead guitar solo, this covers everything we do.

I’m pretty much where @BigRedX is on this, if the audience had a good time then all is well & good for me.

Next pub gig I’d say.

I found the Fender 74s to be quite decent, put them in a Squier VM77 and they really changed the bass.

Of course, I should have sussed it by your user-name, doh! But yes, it`s def the BT12 you need, just the lefty version.

BT12 is the model you’re after, all you need is one spanner to undo the nut on the front of the tuner on the headstock. I had them on all of my post 2012 Fenders. Edit - I may still have one @uk_lefty, I’ll have a look later on.

It’s funny, the younger me feels really let down by this lack of rock star extravagance but the current me applauds this wholeheartedly as Mr G being both grounded and aware of the worlds bigger issues. Well done to him.

Makes good business sense. And that crypto chamber must have been a godsend over the weekend.

Just watching The Pretenders, really good. I got about 4 songs in on Blondies set before having to give up, good band but her vocals, nah.

Very good bassist, in lockdown I finally put my mind to learning the bassline for Girls & Boys and it`s a joy to play, plus the most recognisable part of the song.

Elton & his band handing out a lesson in how to play & sound good. Next time he should def lend his mic to Axl.