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I’d love a gig like that. It gets boring sometimes, playing 8th note roots for 80% of the set.

Jack Bruce. One of my favourite bass players and one of my biggest influences as a bass player. I don’t know which songs or albums he played fretless on with Cream but it’s probably a significant amount.

I bought my first bass amp there in 1991, I think it was there until the late 90s?

Slightly off topic, but fellow Oxonians @MoonBassAlpha @FinnDave et al; to settle an argument a) do you remember ABC Music on St Clements, and b) did the whole ABC chain become PMT (and subsequently relocate the Oxford shop to the Cowley Road)? I say yes, my bandmate says no. I think I’m right, but I have been wrong on occasion 😉

Thank you, I meant Hejira of course. its been an emotional night...

Being the age I am, Mick Karn will always be Mr Fretless to me. ‘Tin Drum’ is Japan’s masterpiece and Mick’s zenith in my opinion. Not a fretless album as such, but I love a lot of Sting’s fretless work with The Police, particularly ‘Message In A Bottle’. Jaco Pastorius leaves me cold I’m sorry to say, but his playing on Joni Mitchell’s ‘The Hissing of Summer Lawns’ is sublime.

I love the Scissor Sisters version of Comfortably Numb! But then I’ve never liked Pink Floyd. Great thing, subjectivity! 😊

Spot on, the above. Many albums that came out on CD when the format was in its infancy sounded poor. Original CD releases of The Beatles back catalogue in 1987 where not good, nor was the first CD release of Never Mind The Bollocks. Subsequent remastered improved matters considerably. I seem to remember that the original CD release of The Joshua Tree was mastered very quietly and sounded weak (cue barrage of U2 jokes 😉) too.

Flea played a Stingray 5 on The Righteous and The Wicked from BSSM. The rest of the album he played a Wal (mk2 IIRC)

Yes, Three Lions was a chart hit in Germany, as too was World In Motion, bizarrely.

Nice!

Looks great so far 👍🏻

Hi @knirirr I’ve not had a need to use them yet so I can’t say. If you’re in Chippy it might be worth looking at AB Guitars too, who are in Stratford. http://www.abguitartech.co.uk/

Yes, actually. In 2015 before I joined my current band I was doing a lot of solo acoustic singer-songwriter stuff and I received an email. I was initiallly flattted, then confused as I’m not a singer in The Voice sense. I turned it down, it’s not my thing and I didn’t want to pursue it. Two of my friends received the same email the same week. One of them, an independent solo artist with three albums to his name and a career that generates enough money to pay the bills turned it down. He’s also been approached for X-Factor, which he also turned down. The second one, a gigging solo artist went for it, auditioned and got through to the final rounds before it gets televised. He’s an incredible singer and that kind of show is right up his street. Unfortunately due to crippling nerves he needs a drink or two before he performs, and that being the case the producers let him go. No alcohol allowed apparently.

This is more up my street...

Agreed, I’m not a football fan, motor racing is my thing and it’s always a pleasure to hear the Italian anthem played when Ferrari win.

I painted the scratch plate on ‘51 style bass I was modifying. It was black and I wanted white. I couldn’t find a white one that wasn’t a stupid price so I spray painted it with aerosol craft paint. I roughed the scratchplate with 2000 grit paper and built up light coats. No issues whatsoever. I doubt it would stand up to much abuse before scratching through, but it’s been ok so far.

I don’t listen to music for the bass, I listen for the song. I’ve always been a song guy. A listenable bass line is a bonus. Most of my favourite albums don’t feature prominent bass; one of them, Pink Moon by Nick Drake doesn’t have any.

Drums was my first instrument and I’ve been considering taking it up again (I haven’t played seriously since the last band I played drums in folded, thirty three years ago...). I’d like to find a band I can drum in, once I’m up to speed, but I won’t be giving up bass.

Looks fantastic 👍🏻

Which colour is it? I managed to find a BS reference that was almost identical to Capri Orange, yours looks very similar. Looks great.

Ha yes indeed! Looks great 👍🏻

Terrific record, this. It perfectly distils the experience of the hot city street; searching for shade, checking out the girls, the pneumatic drill of the road workers, waiting for the cool of the night. Brilliant.

A slight digression from the thread, but I’ve been listening to the newly released Deluxe Edition of ‘Appetite...’, particularly the 1986 demos of some of the songs that made it on to the finished album. They sound amazing; the structure, arrangement and even all the fills are exactly as they ended up, only without Mike Clink’s production sparkle. It impressed me that they were already fully formed as a band even that early. All that paying of dues in Sunset Strip bars clearly payed off. Worth a listen. Anyway, back to albums that haven’t aged well!

I know that feeling. I popped into PMT for some strings and left with a EBMM Stingray a few years ago. The former Miss Bass wasn’t terribly impressed, until I mentioned the time she nipped up the retail park for a Burger King and came back with a leather sofa from DFS. I think that made us even.