Gavin Harrison is a beast love his drumming skills and style
the first track on the new album has been released on iTunes I’m guessing the rest will drip feed
I’d happily pay it, I’m just a bit peed of you have to pay £30 extra for the case to keep it in. Around the house it probably wouldn’t matter but I travel a lot and don’t want to stuff it in a suitcase at the price it cost
I had one years ago can’t even remember the brand, odd shaped thing a bit like an explorer.
loved it but didn’t get that much use for it apart from a cover of Jeremy by Pearl Jam.
Although Jeff ament used a 12 string the 8 gave a damn good impression.
A 12 string bass gives this song it’s meat and potatoes as well as performing the opening bars
Tooth paste and or baking soda for micro scratches.
Deeper scratches, jewellers rouge works wonders.
if it’s deep enough to catch your finger or thumb nail when you flick it over the scratch you need to start with abrasive paper and work down to the rouge
When I was poorer and basses came so cheap or exchanged easily for something shiny, I kept my strings alive by boiling them in my old mother’s saucepan when she wasn’t around.
Basses came and went so fast (Kay’s/squiers/Antoria’s) buying new strings didn’t enter the equation.
You think you have problems with your sax, the other day I turned up to a blues session but the whole band were playing a quarter tone out of tune and the drummer couldn’t keep a rhythm, I think I was the only working musician in the room…