kevin_lindsay

I always take a towel and liquid soap in my bag - so I can wash mybhands prior to gojng on stage. It's increfibke how grubby your hands get setiing up your equipment.

He's great. I bought Mullard valves for a guitar amp and a full set of vintage NOS valves for my Ampeg Portaflex. Really great advice and delivery.

Guy Pratt grooving in a Chic-tastic mode! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSjl8ZjjAGg&sns=em

Martin has made me 8 Sei basses so far. He's great - one of the truly "good guys".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ubH7dLJJiE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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Here's the Better Then Therapy video about the rehearsals for the Police reunion tour. Great stuff (it was included in the 4 disc CD / DVD Certifiable package. (Sorry, I don't know how to embed the YouTube link. Any suggestions?). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Vx0H3ZbGmk&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Fabulous video. I've actualky got that Tokyo gig on DVD. It's great seeing the songs performed live as a 3 piece again. Sting still sounds great.

They're great. I ordered a vintage style Fender jazz bass case from them yesterday, as well as a load of other bits and pieces. Ive also used them in the past and have always had fantastic service from them. The routine is: You place your order. You instantly get an email confirmation that it's been received. When the order has been processed, they send you another email confirming it's on its way. This email will also contain a tracking link. You can then follow your orders progress as it makes its way to you. My experience has been that delivery from Thomann in Germany to Scotland (where I live) takes 3 working days.

Ah, Call Me by Go West - Pino Palladino providing yet another great bass line.

Sad news, but it's reassuring to know that his business will continue to operate.

Yup, you just need to grit your teeth and pay the fee mate. No fun, as I know from my own experience.

I bought a couple of Jaco CDs from Iain, which arrived safe and sound, and very quickly. Thanks again mate Kevin

I was going to bid on that, untilni noticed that the seller had listed another one using the exact same details and photos - seemed a bit odd to me http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=161087069962

I've ueed them for a few stateside deliveries (both to, and from, the states), and they've always been great

Try these guys http://www.wedelivertheworld.co.uk/quote/index.php

I remember as a 17 year ols seeing Pino playing bass for Jools Holland - New Years Eve 1981 supporting The Police in Edinburgh. I'd never seen anyone play bass with such dexterity before. It completely changed my perception of what a bass player coukd be. Then seeing him playing fretless bass for Gary Numan and later on for Paul Young caused me to ditch my fretted bass and buy a fretless. He's been a continual inspiration to me ever since. The fact that he's now one of my friends hasn't diminished my musical aadmiration for him. And, he's remained incredibly humble about his own playing, regardless of the incredibly high esteem he's held in by his oeers.

The best air drumming - courtesy of Rowan Atkinson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaIgdLyhBo0

Wonderful group. In fact, I actually bought the Citizen Steely Dan boxset today.

I'm watching it now. Great band, Noddy Holders voice is fantastic

No problem Tom, hope the pickup works out okay for you

I think most players have a certain instrument which they associate with a player, or band, which was a key influence on them (or recalls a happy time in their past). Sometimes the image of what it would be like to play that instrument, is better than the actual reality. My key reference bass was always Pino's Musicman Stingray fretless. When I actually got to play it, I thought "this is nice, but it's just a normal bass".

Happy birthday matey, hope you have a great day

I missed that, I'll try and track it down on YouTube