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I couldn't sit like that for the length of a Wham! song, never mind play like that. She is a firm favourite of mine.

Thanks for this.

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Nice one! Did you know that 5 years ago you played in the 100 Club juat after Madness had been there? They had named clothes hangers!

I have a few gigs trickling tentatively into the diary, and one is a dep slot for my old Madness Tribute. I've got over my bruised pride that they are still going strong without me, and am rather looking forwrd to it. It's at the Llanelli Festival, only a couple of days beyond the alleged end of restrictions - so still very theoretical. Nonetheless I have been studiously relearning everything, and transcribing all the bass parts, it has kept me busy. I got to thinking about the really important stuff today. What bass to take? Obviously I have my two toned precision, which will make a great prop/2nd bass but I wonder what the man mr Bedford himself used. Wouldja believe it theres a five year old thread here where someone points out that he was using a Bruce Thomas Profile - and I , of course, have that very bass in my collection. A good omen? Maybe I shall be blowing the cobwebs from my passport and heading over the bridge in June after all. Now, what hats did he wear....

I should have bought it. Had a buy it now of £93 its now over that.

Just checking I'm not bidding against a fellow Basschatter. If so I'll drop out!

Exactly. I've filled the year off with learning to read music, and buying pedals. One is to help me become a more efficient musician, the other is for sheer pleasure.

I am unbelievably lucky to have such toys.

Not really a board as such but one contender for my gig rig. The Yerasov board is within the Plethora's loop (even has its own footswitch!) and they are both in the Stomp's loop. The Stomp is set up with effects running in a parallel config keeping an amp sound as my 'clean' signal. Unreal the amount of effects and cabling this would have taken with individual pedals. Not to mention the size of board needed. In comparison this is a tiny rig.

I gigged for 18 months before the lockdown with a covers band and I'm equally proud and embarrassed to admit I never learned any of the songs. Busked each and every one of them.

Not fitted yet, I'm reshaping the headstock but I can show you a mock up on my other bass

Good lord I've been playing that so badly 🤦🏼‍♂️

Pickguard arrived today! Very happy. Well done @kodiakblair and well done to your guy. Fantastic job.

I have a soft spot for Kent Armstrong P Bass pups, but honestly I'm so lucky that I really like the HP pick ups and don't want to change them

I hear you, but I am so used to it I'm more likely to plug in at a gig only to find none of the hours of work I put in has been saved! Either way where do I go so I can at least try it?

Nicely played @Chienmortbb

Ay carumba

Just used my stomp in a rehearsal having only had a few days. It all worked OK but for some feedback issues, I need to check what's happening as the bass wasn't that loud. What I have discovered is that unlike the Zoom pedals I was brought up on the changes that I make don't automatically save! Can I set it up so that they do?

This has been fun.

Mr Mann's courses were the ones I enjoyed the most during my year of SBL. As it happens I am currently working through Mr Berlin's sight reading course. This ought to be right up my street. Off to have a gander.

Like Chris I can appreciate a player regardless of what music he plays. What I can't do is enjoy certain genres enough to listen to them. So no matter how great the player, I'll never really know them.

Ordered me a PG for one of my PB50s. Happy to trust any recommendations from @kodiakblair