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Sorry, I mean in conjunction with the whole body shape.

I’d like to see a picture of the whole body to get a sense of how they’d be in situ.

This ^^^ This has always been my approach to string gauge choice.

Works for me and I’m not a Beatles fan. Preston’s organ playing is great.

The power of BC - love it! More of this, less of that shouty bollox.

He needs to sue his parents, not the band, but there's no real money in that (what's that sound? Ah, the dry rustle of lawyers’ hands being rubbed together).

I read this story on FB earlier (this is a direct quote, it is someone else writing in the first person, not me): "Twenty years ago, Charlie Watts did a week at Ronnie Scott's with his tentet. A hell of a line-up. Henry Lowther, Gerard Presencer, Mark Nightingale, Peter King, Julian Arguelles, Evan Parker, Brian Lemon. EVAN PARKER AND BRIAN LEMON in the same band. That's a combination that nobody would think of booking. Except for Charlie Watts. Why? Because that's who he liked and who he wanted. And of course, always, always, his childhood mate on bass, the wonderful, endlessly versatile Dave Green. My mate Joel Taylor, who's now high up on the Metro paper, was then a junior reporter at the Camden New Journal. He rang me "Want to come to Ronnie's free with me next week? I'm reviewing Charlie Watts". My response was swift and decisive. So the following week, there we were. We ordered a bottle of wine. When it arrived, we went to pay. "That's on the house." Nice. Second bottle. Same reply. Third bottle. You get the idea. Eventually, we needed to soak some of this up. We ordered a basket of chips. "That'll be £3.50". The following week, I saw Joel for a pint and he said "I've got to the bottom of the wine thing. Cindy Hacker (one of the club management, who handled the PR side) explained that Charlie Watts had said he'd foot the drinks bill of every journalist who came to see the show. When it came to the chips, we were on our own". I should add that it was a great night. That line-up delivered, and the drummer wasn't too shabby. Joel has reminded me tonight that, touchingly, Charlie peered round the curtain just before they went on to see if anyone was in. It was a sell-out for the whole run. It's clear that was the sort of man Charlie Watts was. Someone (possibly either Pete Cater or Brian Bennett) told me that when Ronnie and Pete King were having trouble, which happened a lot, due to Soho landlords and stuff, Charlie was always there. He'd put a band in for a week, pay them out of his own pocket and let Ronnie and Pete keep the door and the bar takings. He saved the club a few times that way. He played rock for a living, but played jazz for pleasure, and his way of paying it all back was to keep the premier jazz venue in the UK afloat, and to keep his mates in well-paid work. It's a sad day. Being a drummer is to be in the finest club of all, and we've lost one of the very best of all of us." Charlie Watts, a real class act.

😱 Oh God! I’d forgotten about that. A travesty against the acting profession.

The BBC says it’s confirmed by his publicist. 😢

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I see you have noticed the in house tendency for avoiding the use of the name R…., you’re posting like a BC veteran already

Solid choice of first bass. I hope your rehabilitation goes well and quickly as well as your bass skills.

And don’t then have to pay them. It’s not like KISS are blind to Dollar signs, especially Mr Simmons.

That Sadowsky looks lovely, but it plainly needs a P based sibling from the same stable * *BassChat is just a bunch of enablers who live vicariously through others’ purchases.

A lovely idea, but worth checking with the family if they’re happy to receive a wreath or flowers (some don’t like floral tributes, especially wreaths).

Ooh, I like the look of that. Cool score.

Bringing in the Sheaves - Jim Hendricks (no, not that one).

Vincent - Don McLean

Shout - Tears for Fears

Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed

I’ve run Ashdown through Ashdown (ok, quite scooped), Ashdown through Schroeder (good combo), Mark Bass through Schroeder (a great match), but now I’m Phil Jones through and through (not unlike the Mark Bass/Schroeder combo, but smoother and clearer).

Not really, but my Fender JMJ Mustang has no shielding in the cavities either, something I must address.

Strange Man, Changed Man - Bram Tchaikovsky From the very fine album of the same name.