Doctor J

They don't have a bad album, though Down On The Upside comes close 😂, but yeah Batmotorfinger is clearly a banger too

While Louder Than Love is the greatest thing they ever did (I appreciate there is room for discussion here), this album is a belter from start to finish

You could even be at a live event and watching a streamed event, streaming a streamed event at a live event. Deep.

You could never really use these samples at a gig, though. Yeah, they're best used half-live.

Bernard Edwards Cliff Williams Mike Mills Andrew Weiss Geddy Lee Doug Wimbish Muzz Skillings Tony Choy Sean Malone Roger Patterson Ben Shepherd Bob Daisley

No, this time it's tonewood vs tonewood.

Did somebody Gibb her the link?

Exactly. That's what interns are for.

Does anybody even listen to radio activity these days? The young people are all about the streaming.

The Godlyke is like that for me. I have it around the same time and it's just too foxy to part with. It came with the Barts as stock and it's just flawless. I used to have a 5 string twin a couple of serial numbers out but, by contrast, although it played superbly I could never get it to sound the way I wanted so sold it 7 or 8 years ago. I get the feeling the Blade is in the forever camp, too. Putting the Sadowsky preamp into it has elevated it into the flawless category.

They just sneak up on you! 👍

Not this one

It probably depended on how they ended up on the new-fangled electric bass guitar. Migrants from double bass probably went with fingers and blow-ins from guitar probably used a plec. I doubt there was as much thought going into it as we would like to think.

A friend let me know Brad Mehldau Trio are playing Dublin on Wednesday, rescheduled from last year. I had no idea. Had a quick look at the venue website and saw there were front row seats, dead centre, still available, probably someone who couldn't make the rescheduled date. Bought them. This is too good to be true.

I sold my last Stingray a few years ago during some... ehhh... legal challenges, let's say, with my ex ( sold for €750, what was I thinking?) . A trade this week got me back in the game. I'd still love a go of a Sterling but this 95 'ray is a very nice piece of kit, it must be said.

Start the ceremony with a sinister level of co-dependency.

Fall off bike. Get up. Get back on bike. Ride again. It happens everyone, better to find out how than after you learned 20 songs. You mention you didn't know any of the music they were into other than Green Day. To he fair, I would be reluctant to bring someone into a band who wasn't into the music I was playing, so I'd say this is probably why you're not in, more than anything else. You want the right player, not just someone who can play, and having the same tastes is about 90% of the battle, for me. They weren't the right band for you and they didn't mess you around. That's pretty good going, I would say 🙂 Find the right band for you, put that energy into it and you'll be grand.

That's my kind of band.

Thanks, I've gotten very fond of the Blade very quickly. It's the King of J mountain, in these parts.

I picked up this Stingray in a trade earlier this week and I've noticed an unintentional trend developing. Honeyburst horde?

Likewise. I'd love to spend some time with one, but they're an expensive gamble to take.

Time for Rebrenter, lads, we love you and we forgive you. Let's get back to buying and selling basses frivolously and recklessly as one people without having to give a cut to The Man!

Even though the main bass has had the West Ham colours for about 30 years, he'll always be associated with it being sparkly blue and the mirrored plate in my mind.

The nut slots should be cut out in a U shape, so you shouldn't have a problem unless the channels are flat bottomed.