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How is it you were just around the corner from me (I lived in Riddlesdown from 2010-2020) and we never knowingly crossed paths?

You’re not the first person to notice that. It was shared kit and backline for the night and our drummer prefers one rack tom. As it already had a mic on it, he swung it out of the way, rather than take it off.

Maruszczyk Jake hiding in the background there.

It was fitted purely for that gig. It's a clear scratchplate, so I can go with all sorts. My fave normally is straight black, but I'm currently really liking the look of this:

If you have a look on the Last Night's Gig thread, you can get a feel for the size of bass that fits. It's this one https://www.public-peace.de/maruszczyk-instruments-gigbag-medium-short.html

Love that song. Moving away from the scatological: Every Day I Write The Book - Elvis C

A couple of live shots from last night, complete with footwear.

Saw a Blockbustarz poster there 👍.

First on in a 5 band line up, for the A92 scooter club March of the Mods, charity gig at Beat Generator, in Dundee (I hadn’t realised how many proper name bands have played there previously, quite the alumni). Played the same event here a couple of years ago and didn’t enjoy it as our hour set was cut to 50mins before going on and turned out to be about 40mins, due to over running/poor organisation, earlier - utter waste of time. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that I approached this return with trepidation. However, we were a replacement band, doing a favour, so we angled for going on first to avoid a repeat of the situation. It’s a nice sized stage and was good for throwing a few shapes, especially as the rest of the band are fairly static, when playing. Proper sound check and we kicked off at 5:30. You’d think that would be playing to staff and walls, but no, plenty of folks in (it was sold out) and our set had them dancing from the get go. In short, it was great, despite the drummer messing up Town Called Malice for the last verse. Home by 8:00! Played my custom, Maruszczyk Elwood L, with gig appropriate scratchplate, through my usual MXR M82 comp, Tech21 VTDI (for grind on the appropriate songs), into the provided Peavey backline, which sounded absolutely fine. Footwear was Adidas Samba-alike, skate shoes (no pics ).

My Maruszczyk Elwood L (J type) has a full size body and 33” scale. The body fits absolutely fine, the head is a bit tight, but fits, pretty good for an SS gigbag. So in answer to your question, yeah, I reckon so.

Multiple band line up tonight, with backline provided. Sounds OK with my MXR comp and VTDI going into it.

Watching The Detectives - Elvis Costello

I wonder if a passive pedal with a vol and tone would solve the issue. Place it first in the pedalboard chain, adjust to taste and Bob’s your Mum’s brother. Whether such a thing exists, or whether you’d have to build it yourself, is unknown.

Cold Sweat - James Brown

Furever and Ever - Demis Roussos

Oh, well played! 👏👏👏

My old '63 P Bass was light as a feather but had awful neck dive. A US MM SUB I also had at the time was bordering on boat anchor. On the strap the P Bass was more uncomfortable than the SUB, which was perfectly balanced.

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Another, clear pickguard change. I have a mod/ska/scooter gig this coming Saturday (multiple band line up) and thought this would appeal to the punters.

Scratchplate suitably updated for this weekend’s mod/ska gig.

Heart-ape Hotel - Elvis P

Boris the Spider (monkey) - The Who

Ducks have fingers? I guess fish do, so why not ducks? On topic - I have 10 speakers all of the same brand and size. Admittedly, they are all quite wee at 5” a piece and nice and light into the bargain. I like the noise they make, even when I’m playing through them.

Touch Me I’m Rick - Mudhoney