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Highlight of the set for me was 'Nobody Wierd Like Me'. They've still got it when they want it! After seeing the last half of Thundercat's set I was worried about the sound. From where I was sat the drummers kit sounded like it had several differing bass drums instead of toms. Yes PA subs are amazing these days, but just because you can doesn't mean you should. Thunderous mush, and dull anyway, like being on hold to a call centre. Then Anderson Paak came on. Blew me away. Sooo much energy from all performers and good sound too. Solid, crisp drum kit with every part distinguishable. Never heard of him/them but thoroughly enjoyed it. Top class entertainers. Chilis, I thought, had found their way again. Anthony's voice was on form, probably more so than I've ever heard it live. John's BVs were good too, none of that shrieking that used to happen far too often. The whole band just appeared to be having fun again. The sound for the Chilis was great from where I was sat. It's a huge stadium so won't be like a small indoor venue but it was on the whole very good. Yes at a big gig you need screens for everyone to see what's happening on stage, but they put on a fantastic show with special effects on the screens. The centre screen which flowed over the stage was brilliant. Whether their doing or the stadiums, I don't know, but it really added to the show. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

You Better You Bet - The Who

Come Out And Play - The Offspring

You Talk Too Much - Sultans Of Ping FC

Whole Lotta Rosie - AC/DC

Baboonska - Kate Bush (It was a cover of Monkey Man 🙈)

Aces High - Iron Maiden

Dizzy - Tommy Roe

Hump De Bump - RHCP

Except that it says 'Slack Casady'. Once seen it never leaves. 😄

All Stood Still - Ultravox

Pressure Drop - Toots

I Love A Man In A Uniform - Gang Of Four

I've never seen this photo before. Duck Dunn with a BB1200.

I bought an Aria STB Jazz bass on ebay. It arrived in a black bin liner and nothing else. It was only £40 but even so. I don't think it got damaged though, had a couple of tiny marks but I think they were visible in the listing.

It's hard/impossible to see in that clip, but does the neck heel end like a traditional bolt on, with the bridge and pickups mounted on the metal body, or does it continue through the body like a neck through and the bridge and pickups mounted on the wood centre through a metal skin? If it's not neck through then it is a very different take on building a bass. If it is neck through then it's just the same old same old, but with a fold of metal rather than a pair of side wings fixed on. Kind of like taking a Steinberger 'cricket bat' bass and fixing anything you like to the sides for cosmetic appeal.

Drain You - Nirvana

It must made out of 'Tone Tin' surely, or else it would sound terrible? 🙈

Pressure Drop - Toots and the Maytals / The Clash

Fatty Fatty - Clancy Eccles

Kung Fu - Ash

Back at the Funny Farm - Motorhead

Yeah, that would make quite a noise, as would using those frets. Let's go with delusional idiot then... as you were. 😄

Someone should incorporate a pickup into the heel of a neck, so that the last two frets are also humbucker rails, and then have series/parallel/single coil switching. Absolute genius or delusional idiot? You decide.

I've got a pair of HB uke basses, fretted and fretless. Both bought as 'Dekos' for just under £30 each a few years ago. Both had no faults other than needing the piezos seating properly. I think one needed a slip of paper putting under the E string side to increase the pressure to get an even output. I always look at it as part of a set up on piezo saddle bridges, a little fine tuning by moving the piezo strip or adding a paper/card shim to even up the output from all strings. You'd think Thomann would've sorted this issue by now though, as they must have had loads sent back over the years. The Hofner looks cool. 😎👍