Happy Jack

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1467926512' post='3087448'] Hopefully I can make it this year Not sure what to bring ... [/quote] I suggest a banana, a tomato, and a roll of gaffa tape. [URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Just%20Stuff/Sundry/SimononFruit.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Just%20Stuff/Sundry/SimononFruit.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1467880305' post='3086872'] ... and it is something of an ageing audience. [/quote] That's alright. We're ageing musicians.

All depends on the sound guys. Of course. I played the East Barnet Festival on Sunday, supporting the Trembling Wilburys. There were FOUR sound guys just on the stage itself, but they were dealing with four acoustic stringed instruments. It took ages to get the feedback under control but after that it was a real pleasure. http://youtu.be/5SnbMJb8NVY

There's usually some on special offer at Sellafield ...

The new Barefaced cabs work like smartphones. When you turn them on their sides, the logo automatically relocates to stay legible.

Hmmmm. Sounds like Volterra or San Gimignano. I know an English sound engineer (and bassist!) who spends chunks of the year at his second home in Umbria, so he'd be about 100km away. Probably too far, but I'll ask him if he knows anyone who can help.

Big place, Tuscany. Roughly whereabouts will the wedding be? Yes, I have a reason for asking! I may know the right person to help. Makes quite a difference whether it's north of Pisa as opposed to south of Arezzo. A bit like north of Lincoln as opposed to south of Watford.

When did he start calling himself Crowford then?

It's coming around again ...

Rotating gear? I used to have a Leslie ...

Maybe it's the photography, but I'm not convinced that's the original finish, and the fretboard looks odd to me. That, plus it's a crushed vertebra waiting to happen ...

I find people are too busy laughing to offer any comment.

Biggest hard nut? No problem. [URL=http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Just%20Stuff/Sundry/Flatmate_zpsbeb4c454.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m496/h4ppyjack/Just%20Stuff/Sundry/Flatmate_zpsbeb4c454.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36660103

I see you've crossed Angela Merkel off the list then ...

We were just standing in for Wet Wet Wet.

My long term guitar tech works on Nash basses quite frequently. He is very uncomplimentary about them, both as relics and as players. There are much better mojo basses available, and for less money.

This is why I won't store my music in the cloud.

Could well be worth that for the spares ...

The first fruits of Brexit ...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CMI-Double-neck-bass-guitar-1970s-Made-in-Japan-very-rare-instrument-/291795125540?hash=item43f0584524:g:JpYAAOSwc1FXY~bL

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VOX-AC30CC2-/291792240740?hash=item43f02c4064:g:97AAAOSwM4xXYA3F

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Custom-Built-Hofner-Left-Hand-Acoustic-Bass-Guitar-/222152876319?hash=item33b957e11f:g:g~MAAOSwvg9XYBIv It's not a "custom left-handed acoustic bass", it's a right-handed neck from an old violin bass glued to the body of a semi-acoustic guitar. Apparently it's "left-handed" because it's been strung that way. God knows where the scale length has ended up, or whether the intonation actually works. The parts used may well be from 1963/64. They could equally well be from almost any other year in a 20-year period. Run away!

In Nashville, set aside an entire evening just to drift from bar to bar along the strip. The quantity of music, and the standard of musicianship and showmanship on display on any random evening will take your breath away. Then the locals tell you that the best musicians playing in bars tonight never play the strip ...