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An interview with Roger by Guitar Guitar. Some of it I’d read elsewhere, but some new stuff too. https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/news/140794/?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=SOCIALMEDIA

TRUTH! Been there, done the obligatory swearing.

Some years ago, I lent a bass that I'd recently restrung to a friend. It was a very sweaty night and they were a lively punk covers band. Yeah, the strings were as dead as a doornail after that gig

I give it until Wednesday, then you'll have bought one anyway 😂.

Indeed. A lot of what gets played on PR really isn’t what I call rock. For instance,: T Rex and Sweet, plainly glam pop; when Kiss went disco 🤮; an awful lot of the Queen and Bowie canon and plenty of others who get a ‘pass’ because they have some rock credentials. Whereas, something like Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s Warriors of the Wasteland, the attack mix, featuring Gary Moore, doesn’t get a look in (check it out, it’s proper ‘rawk’). As @steantval says, Brighton Rock is, “Proper quality,” and it’s (for the most part) actually solo; just Brian playing the Red Special through an Echoplex.

Recently had my Elwood L restrung at Guitar Guitar for free under their recent promotion. The guys there hadn't heard of Maruszczyk, but they were mightily impressed with mine, which was very pleasing.

It's a good first step I reckon. I'll get to use it live tomorrow week and it'll be interesting to hear it during the sound check FOH and if I get any comments (the drummer and guitarist are normally quite attentive to my sound).

GAH! 😍 Be still my beating heart. Looks the dog's doodahs and I know the play and sound incredible. 👏👏👏

Because of this thread I went out and bought a Sadowsky SBP-2 pre-amp pedal (cheaper than buying a Sadowsky bass and my internal organs remain my property). I know that it only boosts at 40Hz and 4KHz, but it seems to do something else too, don't ask me what, it's like fairy dust has been sprinkled on my already, not too shabby tone (IMO).

Go anyway, always worth a visit IMO.

Just had a free set of EB Cobalt Flatwounds (those puppies aren't cheap) fitted to my Maruszczyk Elwood L by the guys at GG Epsom. Even cleaned and conditioned my fretboard. Kudos.

I listened to it and, as ever, it was pretty unimaginative, Freebird and Comfortably Numb were always going to be in the top 5 somewhere (just like last year). Just listen to the request show and it's normally the same old, same old, so the results were to be expected. However, I was surprised to hear Wishbone Ash's Everybody Needs A Friend making it in at #35 (although I think Sometime World would have been a better choice). I voted for Tom Morello's solo on Audioslave's Like A Stone, suffice to say it didn't feature .

I have a P, a J and an MM type. They are all usable, but one will be better than the others for a particular band setting, musical style, etc. @Cuzzie makes a good point about being out FOH for a true picture of what each bass does away from the stage area. For recording, a P is hard, but not impossible, to beat, as it has a knack of really anchoring a track.

I stripped the finish off of a MM SUB and a Fender Roadworn, both had become sticky. First I used Nitromors and then finished it off with fine sandpaper. I then sealed them with Danish Oil, sanded back a bit, resealed and then a final very light ‘sanding’ with fine wire wool. I was pleased with the results.

Due to the recent Sadowsky GAS thread, I’ve become sucked into the GAS vortex once again. However, rather than going out and selling my current bass stock and various body organs to finance one of Roger’s finest, I’ve managed to be sensible and just add an SBP-2 to my pedal board. Even though it’s just bass and treble boost, it seems to do something more, don’t ask me what, but it does seem to sprinkle some ‘fairy dust’ on my tone, as Reg Presley of The Troggs would say (look it up). Very pleased with my purchase and looking forward to using it live in a couple of weeks. Big up to Guitar Guitar in Epsom for letting me demo it, twice. What’s that I hear you say? Very well...

Once you have them set up they’re very stable. I’ve been using them for years.

These are doubtless the same youth who have a number of ‘sleeps’ until their ‘holibobs’. No so much evolving as dumbing down. Old man rant over.

I stripped the paint of of my old one and sealed it with Danish Oil, then it was much nicer. If I were to buy another, the first thing I'd do would be to strip the neck. £300 sounds fair to me.

I have Cobalts on all my basses, bar one (a Rob Allen with the intended LaBella tapewounds) and I really like them. They feel great and sound like worn in nickel roundwounds to my ears. I initially put them on my fretless to reduce board wear, but still keep a really nice roundwound mwah and ended up fitting them to my fretted basses too. Downside, they’re not cheap.

Recently rewatched Almost Famous, I’d forgotten how good it is. Phillip Seymour Hoffman playing Lester Bangs is wonderful. However, it’s a pretty good ensemble performance altogether.

@bnt he does not lie, bass bashes are awesome.

I have to say that I think the early, vinyl albums were enhanced by being able to listen to them, whilst poring over the artwork. CD inserts just aren’t the same.

Depending on what kind of Rush fan you speak to, this could be any era post ‘80 😂. My fave era is ‘80 - ‘93. Now, back on topic...

@LondonBassGuitarShow I'm hoping that there will still be free, albeit limited, entry to the performances and workshops, as in previous years.