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I have a friend who went to see it, who loved the original and this is what he had to say about it, “Just seen Spinal Tap 2. I laughed about 10 times but all in the last 10 mins. Elton John v good. I had to see it but set the bar low and you will be ok!!” pretty much echoes what Mark Kermode said, except for EJ.

The best fun I've had in a band was in one that did '80s covers. I'm just a wee bit envious. Good luck with the project.

That’s the coolest thing I’ve read on these pages for quite some time.

You have shown him the true path, well done.👏👏👏

I’m looking forward to pictures of your creations.

Yikes!

On a small a small stage they’re a no no and for just 9 songs, that’s ridiculous. The ‘joy’ of all tube amps, temperamental at the most inconvenient of times.

Magic Man - Heart

Flexible neck, just what you want in a bass .

I’m a lover of tort, but that anodised gold looks fab! 😍

And streets don’t need nourishment, so feeding them is pointless. However, I have seen some awful things growing on some streets, definitely a culture of some description 🤢 .

It Wasn’t Me - Shaggy

I think it’s probably 5+ However, I could be wrong

I keep forgetting how much I like Skunk Anansie, Cass Lewis is a monster.

Missing - Everything But The Girl

Sadowsky SBP2 into an MXR M87 comp, into a VTDI, works a treat with rockier tunes.

Three and a half years break from playing it for me (other than the odd noodle at home). It really has made me appreciate it more. Spurred on by my use of the fretless at the last rehearsal and gig, I carried out a comparison experiment that you can’t achieve under normal gig/rehearsal conditions, just to check if it wasn’t just the different feel and tone of the instrument that was making me feel so good about it (emperor’s new clothes and all that). I copied an old live recording I had from about 10 years ago into GarageBand, sucked out all the bass frequencies and recorded 4 new bass lines, using different basses, both clean and driven. I was surprised by the results. Not only did the fretless sound better in the mix than the fretted bass, both clean and driven, but the driven, fretless tone was the out and out winner.

Outstanding!

Diamonds & Rust - Joan Baez

Edison’s Medicine - Tesla (double whammy)

Can’t help you with your tone question, unfortunately, but

I prefer the feel of my fretless and it has a different pickup config to my fretted, so I can play it to sound as close as poss to a fretted version of that bass, but still add the occasional fretless flourish if the mood takes me/is appropriate.

Ride On Pony - Free

If played avoiding overuse of vibrato and not sliding into every note, most people won’t notice. Listen to Boz Burrell on the first 2 Bad Co albums, there are clues to the use of fretless, but they are very, very subtle and if you don’t know what to listen for, they’re easy missed.

Really good and not just for the money. The bridge pickup is underpowered compared to the P pickup, but that’s not unusual. I’ve been considering putting an EMG GZR set in it and selling the JMJ.