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They live in Lonan Dr up past Fire Station. Stan's a biker. Carol's lived there for a long time. Her original husband died many yrs ago and Stan and Carol married few yrs back now. Carol has a daughter but can't remember her name. She may have been a school teacher at some point but not too sure. She travelled a lot around the different schools in Argyle area. Think they have a Jaguar 4x4. Oban is a fair old size. Dave

Think they were from a cowboy outfit i had

Classic style never goes out of fashion

Don't laugh but here's THEN & NOW pics. Me with my Beatles guitar and plastic wig (circa 1964) and now with not much change really in 55 yrs.

Even i might manage to capture that smooth, cool and relaxed playing style that is reggae. Dave

Yep that always puts a smile on my face too even tho i'm not really a Reggae fan. Happy with that. I even let it play all the way through. Dave

Not heard that in years and yep i had a nice smile when the music started. Nice one. Dave

That means i have the full album to learn now. Downloaded them all @Bilbo. My fav track from you so far is Theme One by Cozy Powell. Always loved that track. thanks again Dave

That and Games Without Frontiers

He did use one finger style most of the time which was a carry over from his cello and upright basses but he used all his fingers like a classical guitarist when he had fast passages to play. He was taught at Royal Scottish Academy of music so i'm guessing it stems from that. Dave

This used to do it for me. One of my "Feel Good" songs

Had a fretless Jaydee for couple of yrs mainly because i always fancied a Jaydee. I found it a little bit limiting from its EQ. I think i expected more. To be fair i only ever played it at home at lower volumes and that might have been the issue. I probably should have bought a fretted one. Nice bass to play tho. Dave

I would go as far as to say they were the best at what they did from that style of metal. I can also say that i saw Iron Maiden before they were hugely famous and doing the larger rock venue pubs and clubs. Nice enough guys too from what i remember. I helped them load their gear into my local venue (got me free entry at night and a few beers) I preferred more traditional Rock music like Deep Purple and Whitesnake etc but that's what i was brought up on after my Glam rock era in early 70's of course. Dave

Definitely agree. I enjoyed the hits but have only ever bought the occasional album just to see if i could copy Steve Harris's bass lines. He has an unbelievable stamina to keep that pace up for a full live concert. All credit to him. I do like his tone tho. Unfortunately it gets a bit boring for me. Its for a younger generation than me . Dave

But the jazz is on the opening shot as seen above. He did normally play the Ric live tho. Its an amazing Vid clip with people spotting little bits and pieces the more they watch it. Dave

Altho i'm not a fan of Iron Maiden i read an interview where Steve Harris said he used 3 fingers which is why he is able to do those fast triplets. I tried it at the time to see and yep it made sense. Dave

I started to use all my fingers when i started listening to Jack Bruce back in early 80's. I was reasonably good at that technique too but over the years i've kind of fallen back to 2 fingers if playing with my band or gigging. At home i still dabble a bit for fun with all but my little finger. I don't use that technique enough nowadays to do it live tho. Dave

Not listened to that Rush song since its heyday. Forgot how great it was. Great tribute to a great drummer and band. Dave

I find this album really cheers me up. Kind of happy prog

I'm on my way to the airport right now, get the beer in the fridge. Have you arranged the flights for our 15 piece band plus support crew of 12 techs. Dave

Obviously some of the well known luthiers basses will be a lot cheaper 2nd hand if that's an option for you. I've seen some Overwaters go for silly money on BC. No idea why they don't sell for more on the 2nd hand market. I have 2 Overwaters and they are fantastic basses. Quite a clean sound tho and maybe not what you are looking for from a PJ style bass. 2nd hand ACG basses are worth a look too WAL are still silly money 2nd hand but they arent PJ anyway Dave

+1 Chris did some work for me on my Warwick Thumb and gave me a shot of one of his own basses and i was very pleased indeed. Knows his stuff. Dave

Stan Evans, wife's name is Carol. She used to be head of teaching in Argyle area i think. Stan worked at BOC Gases with me Dave

I'm really sad and googled it. Seems its an original 4001S from 1964. Its apparently been repaired and refurbished several times over the years tho which Chris believed helped him achieve his particular sound. SAD i know but i'm still in Lock down up here and nothing better to do. Dave

I used to curl my thumb round the neck up until last year when i was getting cramp in my little and ring fingers. Googled it and found it could be because of bad technique. I now keep my thumb on back of neck and no problem since. Been playing for 44 yrs now so maybe its just age related that it makes a difference. It was only during long extended rehearsals or long gigs. Fine now tho.............well i was before lock down so back to square one again when we get back to playing in bands again. Dave