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I can just about manage Rhythm Stick, if there’s an R in the month and with a fair wind etc etc….

I think Weather Report “Heavy Weather” defeated me about 25 years ago when I bought it. I managed to learn Birdland pretty accurately but Teen Town utterly lost me. In the days before YouTube and other online resources, it was beyond the scope of listening and working out by ear or stop/starting my CD player. Haven’t tried since.

The Darkness on Thursday night at Leicester De Montfort Hall. Absolutely epic. Just pure entertainment and loud rock all rolled into one. Awesome.

The Darkness tonight in Leicester DMH.

Nice one. I’ll get my top operatives onto it…

That racing stripe looks ace. How does one go about getting hold of such a thing?

I love my Yamaha BB604 but I’d love the option of more colours beyond the fairly dull choice of factory black, natural or red wine sunburst Yamaha colours. Lake Placid Blue, Inca Silver or antique white maybe?

I use IEMs in two of my bands but also always use my bass rig onstage. The IEMs are great for getting a decent mix of everything else on stage (including any clicks, tracks etc) but for me there’s no substitute for the feel of real live bass onstage either.

Good gig with the Andy Wales Band at Leicester’s Dos Hermanos Bar. Second time we’ve played there and word seems to have got around as it was pretty busy. First band gig I’ve done since Christmas so I felt a bit off match fitness (hands tiring by halfway through the second half but powering on thru on adrenaline etc - we’ve all been there surely.) Ready for bed now. Edit for gear: Yamaha BB604, Little Mark II head, Markbass STD102F cab, various pedals.

Simon Jones- SGL Guitars. He used to be my go-to repairman when we both lived near each other in Wales some years ago. He’s very good. Drop him a line. http://sglguitars.mysite.com

I’ve had a couple of those double straps and never really got on with them. Instead they just seemed to pull my head forward, which wasn’t ideal.

Haven’t Franz Ferdinand just released a new album too? I think they’re still pretty active rather than being a nostalgia act.

The princely sum of £30 all in.