Happy Jack

They could no longer see the point ...

No older brother, I guess? Mine was nearly three years older than me, so I grew up listening (on a Dansette) to the Beatles and the Stones and the Monkees.

Dammit! It wasn't DARTmoor, it was EXmoor, that's why you didn't see me. I've just remembered walking down into the Doone Valley, which would have been a mite challenging from Dartmoor. Hey, cut me some slack ... it was over 50 years ago.

We were WAY more impressed by the sheep skulls ... not something we ever saw on Guernsey, and of course we were doing Lord Of The Flies as a set book at school. 🙄

'Twas 1969.

Chickenshack were (arguably) the second best blues band in the UK. On piano they had Christine Perfect, who later married John McVie and we all know how that turned out ...

I actually spent that weekend at Scout Camp on Dartmoor ...

I was doing fine until I got to "bowing and be able to read music". Ah well ... onwards and upwards.

https://www.notreble.com/buzz/2013/01/03/bass-of-the-week-david-gage-czech-ease-double-bass/

Here you go ... 100% cotton but NOT colourfast, truly Godawful design, dodgy-looking website but they take PayPal. All you need now is a Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute act. http://country-cowboy.com/en/cowboys/192-chemise-h-rebel.html

In all fairness, guys, neither of you stipulated QUALITY! 😂

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I take lead vocals on about a quarter of the songs for my covers band ... does that give me 'lead singer syndrome'? I rather think not. 😂

Google Maps gives me 97 minutes by the fastest route. Please let me know if you re-locate to, say, NW London. 😉

Best ad on here in a long time. Good luck, and I hope a Basschatter can step in. I'd put a smiley/emoticon thingy here, but the current selection is so childish that it would just be embarrassing.

There's still room on there for a couple of PAR cans and a Zoom Q2n 4K. Just saying ...

Can I just say how much I liked the "Linkshander" inscription? 🙂

Big place, London. You'll more likely get a response if you tell us where in London you are based.

When you need a P, there's no point trying to resist. Best get it over with ... you'll feel much better.

You've not been to one of my gigs then?

On more than one occasion, I haven't even been the best bass player in the band ...

With narrow-bodied instruments like my Kolstein Busetto (and my old KK and Ampeg BabyBasses) I've always found the solution lies in placing my left KNEE in the correct position, bracing the lower bout and preventing the bass from trying to spin around its axis.