pete.young

That's not a cricket bat bass. This is a cricket bat bass https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154401709430?hash=item23f30f1d76:g:xxYAAOSwpHxgaW~0

Quick Nurse, he's gone full Trav again!

Shame about that bridge pickup, it looks hideous. Norfolk ' n ' good if you ask me.

Excellent, thanks for the update - they need to sort thier Wikipedia entry out. The guy's real name is Drew Sexsmith? Bizarre.

Annoying isnt it.

A Caravan album from the '70s, probably why you've never heard of it! The excellent Dreadnoughts are currently made up by: The Fang, Guitar and Vocals Wormley Wangersnitch, Violin Leroy "Slow Ride" McBride, Accordion and Vocals Drew Sexsmith, Mandolin, Banjo and Vocals (sometimes known as the Dread Pirate Druzil) Squid Vicious, Bass The Stupid Swedish Bastard, Drums

There's a band somewhere near me called 'Oldplay', not sure if they're a tribute but if not they ought to be. The Jimmy Shandrix Experience .

I was once entered into an Irish music competition under the name Sean O'Sullivan, by a branch secretary who couldnt' remember my name and had lost the beermat with it written on!

It looks as though Norton Safe Web has erroneously blacklisted the guitar chat site. Some discussion and explanation here: https://www.redkitecreative.com/security/norton-safe-web-blacklisting/ It seems that Norton has been doing this and getting it wrong for some time now, and their process for getting sites un-blocked doesn't seem to be very efficient. Yet more evidence to support my contention that Norton is a worthless heap of junk. I certainly wouldn't pay money for it when there are many better free alternatives.

Bilbo has a double bass - why would he need to do that?

Any cheap precision + 1 pair of Jazz pickups + 1 new scratchplate + 15 minutes with a router? Expect the Bass Doc could knock one of those together for you in quick time.

I have a Fylde electric from the '70s which has EMG active pickups. It offers another variation on the theme - the bridge pickup actually contains a set of single coils and a humbucker. I thought for many years the switch was a coil split, but when I was able to contact EMG one of the founders told me how the pickup was actually designed. I do wish I hadn't lost that email. No on-board EQ though, just a single volume and tone control, a 3-way selector switch and the coil-set switch for the bridge pickup. Anyhoo, that Westone looks like a very nice instrument and deserves a bit of TLC.

Congratulations. That's the most patronising post I've ever seen on this forum. I'm done.

Home Fire is more Barbershop than Old Time.

I struggle with the idea that something developed in the 1940s can count as tradition! The 'Country Music' series by Ken Burns has a couple of excellent programs on the development of Bluegrass and the Old-Time music that it partially came from. The purists have a pretty narrow and well-defined view of what constitutes Bluegrass, and it's fair to say it doesn't include Telecasters or electric basses. Personally I'm not a fan: I prefer old-time.

Very nice NG2 just popped up in the Classified section.

No surprise there. It's aimed at guitarists, and in particular acoustic guitarists, not bass players.

That would be an absolute no for me, and I wouldn't play the gig if it came to it. The organisers should be hiring backline if thats how they want to run things.

Thank you Jon, thats the colour I've been looking for to paint my Street Twin!

Green was a factory colour on the BB3000MA, but the green you posted about is more vibrant and striking.

Can't believe that place is stil open. It was rubbish in the '70s when Johnny himself was running it and it's still rubbish.

We have had some decent deals on PA gear and lighting in the past from Why Buy New who are just down the road in Colchester. (Although they seem to prefer to post stuff at the moment for some reason!) https://www.whybuynew.co.uk/sound-pa/speakers/speaker-packages/

Think about who is going to pay for it. If you're planning to split the cost between the individual band members, it's a good idea to work out up front what you're going to do when someone leaves, and be completely honest and transparent about it.