Japhet

1980s Tokai.

The end part of Layla is, to my ears, an unbearable racket of out of tune wailing guitar.

On my board I use a Bass Soul Food at the start of the chain for a bit of grit and a Tritonab drive pedal later on for dirtier stuff. Love the Tritonlab.

I'd have the Puma in a heartbeat if I was you.

In my experience it's very much a 2 handed technique where the muting or complete deadening of notes is just as important as slapped or plucked note. It's more like drumming on the fretboard than anything else and requires a lot more subtlety than you'd think (especially after watching Louis Johnson!).

I use a Tokai Hardpuncher (which to all intents and purposes is a P) with flats. Sounds good through my Aguilar Filter Twin which I prefer to the MXR which I also have.

I put a John East preamp in mine. Volume across the strings is fine whatever you do with the tone controls.

In my opinion the quality control on Stingrays has been consistently good as opposed to Fender who have been all over the place for decades. I've played quite a few Rays and they've all been spot on.

One of the best Stingray sounds I can think of is Paul Denman's playing on Sade songs like Cherry Pie or Smooth Operator.

Very different to a Jazz. Active preamp, single humbucker pickup, fatter neck and much more aggressive sounding. Great bass though. I love mine.

Caveat Emptor and all that...........

In my experience young'uns love the Line 6 Spider amps. Vast (and I mean VAST) range of sounds and effects and enough gadgetry to keep an 11 occupied for ages.

The stuff I think of as 'modern' is generally at least 10 years old now. If it's post Honky Tonk Women and Alright Now it fits my criteria though. Stuff like Ready to Go - Republica Only Happy When it Rains - Garbage Slither - Velvet Revolver Will undoubtedly be met with howls of 'They won't know it!' though.

This is a beautiful tribute to Elton John. Very moving. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M001JpWB_Ms Great man who wrote some gorgeous songs.

Absolutely gutted. Fabulous song writer and artist.

I know Walter Trout has played a lowly Squier Strat for donkeys years. I'm sure he could have any guitar he liked but wouldn't be without the Squier.

Dark Side of The Moon for me. The lyrics to some of the songs have been astoundingly relevant throughout my life. They lost their bite when Waters left in my opinion.

Worked out alright for Glen Campbell on Wichita Lineman.

I'm not precious at all but we played a private gig a couple of years ago. During the break between sets I came back into the hall and an utterly pissed woman was dancing around with my EB Stingray slung round her neck. To say I was unhappy was an understatement. I subsequently bought a Tokai Hardpuncher for gigging duties and the Stingray stays at home.

I don't understand how Brexit (which is nowhere near happening) has devalued sterling so much and yet America is about to elect one of 2 shockingly bad candidates as President tomorrow and the $ isn't worth 10p.

Vanderkley build quality/robustness would swing it for me. Barefaced seemed a bit fragile to me but both are great sounding cabs.

I've got a Behringer octave pedal that works fine. PM me your address and you can have it for free if you want it.

Chris Duarte http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYDMDpO3S4A

Some ZZ Top is quite funky like Just Got Paid. Top of my list to get into our setlist The Boneshakers version of James Browns Cold Sweat. The Boneshakers were formed after the breakup of Was Not Was and play some seriously funky stuff. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ0Lg_Am918

Those little Hotone amps look like fun. Under £100 too.