Paul S

Looks nice. A reported back bow. Anyone know anything about them? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1980s-Tokai-Original-Series-Electric-Bass-MIJ-Japan-White/324191099302?hash=item4b7b4b99a6:g:CDcAAOSwSTFe3R1d

Probably good for playing ghost notes.

I expect ESP will make a copy of one soon.

Another Transferwise/Eurosender endorsee here.

Used to play this version of Mercy in my covers band. Always well received. The bass (and most likely all the band) is probably a prop for the video. It was sung by a white guy named Jon Allen!

Keep it near a sunny window. That'll do it. Vintage tint always look false to me, like someone rubbed turmeric over it.

Amen, brother

I could do a whole thread on Bruce Springsteen covers as I think he writes nice tunes but not so keen on the way he performs them. This one, especially. Compare and contrast

'Hush' has been covered a lot. original Then Deep Purple: Then Kula Shaker: Then Gotthard: 'Better' is subjective but I like them in this order

I prefer this cover: To the original:

Could you get a replacement pickup cover that didn't have holes for the pole pieces?

I once had a Sterling By Music Man SB14. Lighter, smaller body than a Ray, slimmer neck at the nut although still fairly deep back to front. It was a Good Bass.

Great band. What a rhythm section! Lots of happy memories listening to Sweet - loved the idea of 'the heavy side'. Great 'heavy rock' performance here, live in '74

Following links on YouTube I stumbled upon this new blues/rock guitarist - Eric Johanson. Strong album 'Burn It Down' - title track is a winner, as are several others.

Another 'wash hands before playing but never wipe bass afterwards' kind of chap. In fact I think the only time I do clean my basses is when I first get them (if secondhand) and then when I put them up for sale.

It is certainly worth getting in touch with Alex. I had a Supercompact that started to distort just about 3 years after I bought it. He replaced the driver foc once he'd tested it and found it to be faulty.

Yes, this is the one for me, too. I bought one to rationalise my pedals - now just a tuner, this and the wireless - and wasn't keen on the drive straight out of the box. But the clean boost tone print is pretty much exactly what I want. Like it says - play with the gain and the drive level to get the sound you want. Have to say was impressed with the novelty of the tone print bluetooth malarkey. Possibly a bit gimmicky but couldn't be easier and quicker.

Yup, close up of the headstock shows Lyte logo. Re Richtone - £399 was a good price! I guess that is why it isn't there any more.

A vintage '57 here, so should have been old enough to know better.

Standout track for me from the Morse era is Ted The Mechanic. Sadly Gillan's voice was shot to bits long before this track but he does that 'telling a story to his mates' type delivery in this (a bit like in 'No-one Came') and so it doesn't matter. Not keen on the stuttery intro for the first 10 seconds but when the riff starts.....!!!

I cut my musical teeth listening to this 'unholy trinity' too, from early 70s onwards. For me and what I like about rock music 'Made In Japan' set the marker for the best live album - if not best rock album - I have heard and nearly 50 years on I still think that. Of those three bands, for me personally, I feel that Led Zep hasn't aged so well and I find it hard to listen to a lot of their stuff now. But early Sabbath and much of Purple's earlier output still connects with me in a way that most music fails to achieve.

She owns/owned a massive Elizabethan manor house out in the sticks which, back when I was a copper - I'd guess 1981 -was on my patch. The alarm went off quite a lot, usually when she wasn't there, but one time when we arrived she was getting her shopping out of the boot of her Porsche. Very friendly and down to earth lady.

Rat Bat Blue. Oh my.