Woody1957

And also having YouTube too. When l set out learning bass, l had lessons for two years reading music but after joining a vocal harmony club band it fell by the wayside. Looking back l regret that decision. However back in the day l had an old BSR turntable which had speed settings of 16, 33, 45 and 78rpm....very useful because when learning the bass parts on vinyl all the deep, thudding notes were played at 78rpm and then transposed down to the correct key and all the high notes and fast bass lines were played at 16rpm and transposed up to the correct key. In the end l got quite good at just doing it all by ear and imagining the notes in my head. Everyone these days have so much technical stuff at their disposal it must be far faster to work stuff out that took me weeks back in the day, not to mention ruining most of my vinyl collection in the process lol.

How true my friend...... In my teens in the early 70's l had a Bells musical instrument catalogue that l used to absolutely drool over every night in bed, constantly wishing l could afford a Selmer amp and cab. I did end up buying a Selmer Treble and Bass amp but l had to make my own cab with an 18 inch Goodmans speaker. I often look fondly back on those early days as a bassist. Now, over the years l have owned a wide variety of pro standard amps and cabs and lm fortunate enough to be able to buy what l want these days. But, l can't decide which gave me most pleasure...drooling and eventually saving month after month and the ultimate excitement of owning the item of my desire........or just going out and buying it....does that make sense?

Have a listen to Jim Lea's bass solo in the middle of Dirty Joker off the Play it Loud album.... Apparently it a modified piece from Bach which makes complete sense as Jim was originally a classically trained violinist. I've been trying to learn it properly for the last 50 years but still not cracked it lol....

And then ripping in to "Achy Breaky Heart" 😁

Stonar rock....ffs lol I wouldn't use it as a bird table...

Modern art Ash tray disguised as a Jazz bass??

Bonfire night has gone mate but might look quite nice mixed in with some yuletide logs....