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This week there was only one Saxophonist and a lot of acoustic guitars; generally lower volume and far fewer cockups ensued, with some reasonable renditions. Even got through "So What" with only one soloist* forgetting their place! * Guess which instrument.

I suspect that an amp ad of mine falls into that category. But, similarly to @Doctor J above, for me there is nothing that would merit signing up on Facebook.

Hope no-one minds me resurrecting this... I'm thinking of doing a bit of guitaring again and due to a lack of space having multiple amps could be a nuisance. So, I thought about getting a bass cab and then a bass and guitar head. Probably this one: https://orangeamps.com/products/bass-guitar-speaker-enclosures/obc-series/obc112/ Presumably that might be reasonable for guitar, particularly given I'm only after clean jazz tones?

It seems that they can be had fairly cheaply these days: https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_b_450fl_bk_progressive_series.htm Speaking of which, the first thing I look at when I see one for sale is a picture of what the side markers are like, but there seem to be many ads where these are never shown.

My other one has Fender flats on it and these seem very much brighter than the TIs; a bit cheaper as well. I completely agree about the lines/Fender etc. The worst bit is the side dots being in the wrong place; I could put up with lines but the dots throw me.

The only comments I've had (jazz jams) relating to the fretlessness of my instrument are along the lines of "Fretless, eh? Better make sure you play it in tune!" The first bass I ever had was unlined fretless. I now have two, my favourite being this. It sounds excellent with TI flats on. I tried a fretted bass once and though it was OK to start with it didn't last.

I got a Vox curly lead and a "Tesco value bass player" T-shirt. Both should come in useful.

We were only playing for two hours, but were simply bad. I suspect that the chief culprits were the horn players (noodling in the breaks, too loud, wrong keys/tempos, getting lost etc.), but that is probably not an unbiased opinion. ;-)

Jazz jam in a local pub. The Urban Dictionary says: The punters evidently agreed; when we started the pub was fairly full, but by the end of the set it was empty.

I spotted this and wondered if it would be of any interest to anyone here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21751987 The link to the application is at the top: https://www.fatpick.com/

I get the same fairly often, though Firefox Send is the method I’ve been using.

The only musical dreams I seem to get involve being roped into an impromptu gig with unfamiliar material and being told not to worry because I should be OK simply playing by ear. I am then given an instrument I cannot play, such as the piano or saxophone, and have to randomly hit keys in the hope that something musical happens (spoiler: It never does). I blame this. Something such as that mentioned above, with weird folding instruments, would be a lot more interesting.

Originally recommended to me here, always excellent service in my experience: https://www.smartguitars.co.uk

I'll have a listen to that later - thanks. There's only one similar solo album from Monk Montgomery - here's the title track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seXDmbF_ILo His last album was more straightahead jazz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd4_7p7es-Y Plus, of course, he's on some really early stuff, one of the first, perhaps the first electric bass recordings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h_BD2Wj7kU

Does that happen to include any of Monk Montgomery's, e.g. "Bass Odyssey"? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4ZiFt6hSRQ

This jazz trio a week tomorrow in Oxford: https://www.robterrytrio.com/ http://www.jazzatstgiles.com/tourdates/rob-terry-trio-porgy-and-bess-rite-of-spring/

From time to time I've wondered if anything along those lines existed, i.e. a double bass with a hollow body along the general dimensions of a solid EUB. Luckily it seems that they don't (apart from custom builds, and I'm not going there again), otherwise I'd have to blow money on one.

I agree about the Fender flats - actually quite nice. I have them on one Freless Jazz with TI flats on the other. The problem with the lined boards they use is that the side dots are in the wrong place - too confusing for me, even if I were to ignore the lines. Whoever runs their Twitter account has no interest in my complaints about it though. ;-)

6' 3" for me.

Well, it does seem to happen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Morgan#Death_and_legacy

Depending on how far back the clock could be wound, I'd either want to have gone directly for the bass in my 20s rather than mucking about on the guitar first, or if it could be 10 years earlier than that, double bass rather than violin at school (allowing me to drop the double bass in favour of electric later on, but with some useful skills).

Yes, I did reach that point around 20 years ago. Various other things (work and hobbies) cropped up plus the band I was in folded due to members getting jobs elsewhere, I thought that the jam scene sucked and was also afflicted with massive self doubt. Of course, no-one wanted to buy my gear then so I kept it, but never used it. Eventually, last year, this changed. Perhaps you may also find that a break is of use - with luck it won't be so long.

By the time I spotted this it was too late.

The EUB I mentioned earlier was not only a custom build, but 5-string as well.