TrevorR

I’m a rank amateur… I’ve only ever bought 7 basses. I still have 6 of them. The other was a late 80s Squier Jazz I put EMGs in, later de-fretted and sold on to my former bass teacher. And the remaining six are…

Fabulous retrospective and tribute. What a legend, and what a lovely man. Was fortunate enough to see him live a few times and to meet him on a few occasions. He was fabulous and hilarious when he came to our SE Bass Bash a few years ago. There’ll never be another Herbie!

Have to agree. One of my top 3 albums of the year and top 3 gigs!

I think Lozz was talking as much about his playing style as much as anything. Not strictly the tone of a P vs J vs Thunderbird in blind test conditions like we had ( @cetera did a brilliant job behind the curtain but by the end I never wanted to hear that Kansas diff ever again!). @Lozz196 was at that Bash IIRC and will have scored as badly as the rest of us - coz we ALL did miserably.

Hell, I couldn’t even pick out my own basses in the blind test!!!

Had to walk by Wunjos today so popped in for a look around. They had a PM configuration California hanging on the wall, so of course I had to try it. That hasn’t helped the situation one little bit! 🙄❤️😍🤘

I would love a Sandberg California VM… but it’s not going to happen unless I do something like sell one of my Wals. And THAT’S ABSOLUTELY NOT going to happen. The Sandberg, if it ever does materialise might look suspiciously like this!

Mine would be made by Sandberg and look a lot like this… not that I’ve ever played a bass like this or have any excuse to buy one, but IF I WAS… might go for a trans raspberry red though, but I do like this blue burst! I would be going this way because even after 20 to 30 years of play (40 in the case of my Aria!), none of my basses are particularly beaten up or with visible wear in need of relic-ing in a copy. Aside from the odd little ding here or there … but no “wear marks”. They’re all in good condition. So for a signature bass I’m doing the wish list thing…

Pete Roth Trio in Windsor tonight… with Bill Bruford on drums! Jazz man!! Niiice!

It was fantastic. Very 70s West Coast pop, Yacht Rock vibe to it and they were clearly enjoying - as was I! Nice intimate venue and great sound. Iain Hornal has a great voice and Lee Pomeroy’s playing as ever a delight… even if watching his lefty, upside down strung bass mangles my brain.

Yeah, can’t believe my Wal Pro 2E is only 5 years off that score!

Cool bass but very confused by the E and A strings!

A Costa Coffee card or similar works great for this. Usually it’s not an electronic sensor, just a physical switch/relay activated by the physical presence of the card.

Very Special… 😉

It was a fabulous gig and great music. Had such a great time!!! Nice to catch up with Jo Webb - their guitarist and co-producer - who I’ve not seen in yonks.