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You should avoid short scale strings, apparently. Because of the through body stringing, medium scales seem to be the way to go. However, I have long scale Ernie Ball Cobalt Flats on my JMJ Mustang and it came fitted with Fender long scale flats, neither have had any issues.

I know that phrase grinds your gears. As ever, we are grateful for your expertise and advice in these matters; thank you.

Val and Richard? I used to see them all the time at The Cartoon and Windsor Castle (especially during the Chris & Harry era) and supported them at The Riga IIRC. Great band, nice gig you have there.

Yesterday, I watched Haim (I like them, but the banter with the crowd was somewhat painful, as was a certain guitar note at the end 😱). I had a look at Wet Leg, OK, but the lyric writing seems lazy (mega repeats or lah, lah, lah). St Vincent is truly eclectic, a Prince/Madonna mashup and all stops in between (monster bass tones from JMJ), not really my thing, or is it (I really don’t know ). I watched Snarky Puppy with great interest, fantastic chops from the whole band, but I found it a bit like musical wallpaper, I couldn’t get excited by it. I’ve come to the conclusion that daytime, open air gigs aren’t my thing, there’s something a bit off about them for me. Much like a movie, I find gigs are best enjoyed indoors, in the dark.

Calling @Bill Fitzmaurice

I did consider the Bowie gig (like you, I’ve been in a DB tribute and loved the bass lines, especially Trevor’s early ‘70s and Carmine’s stuff) but I wonder what it would be like playing for Bowie? I get the impression it might be hard work on a personal level. Same for the Zappa gig, didn’t the rest of the band dislike Thunes because of him being Frank in absentia for rehearsals, or have I made that up and that’s without dealing with FZ himself?

It’s what Mike Pedulla has done and you have to respect that. Their companies, their reputations, their rules.

As has been mentioned above, it's a Bacci. To be precise, it's a Bacci Amrita LTD Animal Tonal, with a heavily reliced, alder body. Just listened to the Snarky Puppy set on iPlayer. Not really my thing and ML's tone seemed to all fundamental and not much else. However, for the type of thing SP do, it worked, it certainly stayed out of the way of all the other instruments.

Peter Gabriel’s original So tour. Playing with Manu Katche alone would be awesome, never mind PG, Richard Tee and David Rhodes. @TrypF’s Pretenders gig is a great shout. My old covers band did 3 of their songs and were always enjoyable (if a local Pretenders tribute band needed a bass player, I’d be all over it like a tramp on chips).

Nice. Beware, the wee buggers are addictive.

We’ll have to put it to a vote.

It's the symmetry and the smaller body size, to my eyes at least. The standard J is quite a big beast.

I'm probably going to just bring my pedal board and DI via my VTDI, I probably wouldn't be able to hear my rig over the holdback anyway (been there, wished I'd left the rig at home). Thus, more room in the van for comfort/ease of load out/in. Glad to see Cardinal Black doing so well @SamPlaysBass.

Top detective work @Fishfacefour. They are ugly, for sure, but then so is the Mustang to some (at least I used to think so). However, they do have a certain something.

You could always add a ramp, Tim Commerford style.

I used to get this LaBellas (it’s not a problem for me with EBs) and I used to carry a little zip lock bag of talc, which I dipped into as required.

I watched one song, but the awful, wishy-washy, outdoor sound had me turning it off.

I spy a Maruszczyk!

That’s good to hear as it confirms what I suspected when I first saw the pics and specs of the Embassy.

Roundabout - Yes

Breaking The Law - Judas Priest

T'Bird in disguise.