Paul S

Sounds good.

Seymour Duncan SCPB-3 reads well. Any experiences? https://www.seymourduncan.com/single-product/quarter-pound-single-coil-p-bass

Having lived with my bitsa 50s P bass for a little while I feel the pickup could maybe do with a swap. It is the Roswell Alnico single coil, which is OK, but I want something maybe a bit heavier in the lower mids and with more aggression. yeah, I know, it is a single coil. Does anyone have any recommendations? ta

Sold my Shergold Marathon to Howard in the easiestof transactions. Met up at Thurrock services, had a bit of a natter in the teeming rain. many thanks, sir, hope you enjoy the bass.

Thatis scarily accurate

Not as bad as finding a bassoon in your Bazooka

I rarely buy new so I get the majority of my basses from the classifieds here or eBay. I bought a Guild B-301 on the Facebook market place but I find FB massively confusing so tend to avoid it. I bought an Antoria short scale EB-3 on Reverb but that is usually too dear. The few new ones I have bought in recent memory are either from the makers - the PB-30 from Retrovibe, a Jake 5 from Public Peace and a PB Shorty from Thomann - or, one time, a Gibson Les Paul Jnr DC from Gear4Music.

I put Grimalkin on ignore. If everyone else does it he will have noone to posture to and, hopefully, disappear back to wherever it was he came from a year ago. I don't recall there ever being such a disruptive presence.

I was born in 1957 but having an older sister who was into music meant I was exposed to a lot of chart stuff from the mid 60s onwards, especially Motown and soul. Every new single was played to death But not so much Beatles or Stones. Once I got into music properly I just listened to blues and rock. Early teens tend to be a bit tribal so to admit liking something else was never an option At school we played records at lunch time and we all brought along our Led Zep, Sabbath, Deep Purple etc albums - one guy had an older brother who was into some great early rock from the late 60s so he brought all his albums along as well. Soul, funk and disco didn't get much of a look in. As I have got older I find I like music from any genre, within reason, reaching the conclusion - as many say - that there is no good or bad music, just stuff I like or dislike. I got quite into more modern country for a while, Zac Brown et al. I do struggle with more modern pop music though. However blues and rock remain as the foundation. Having said that, the two bands I have seen more than any others, and by a country mile, are Go West and Level 42. Probably because they represent the main cross over of Mrs S' musicsl taste and mine so we have tended to go to see them together at any practical opportunity.

Indeed, he is an absolutely lovely fella. Foz is a big fan of the band - our song choices and how we play them - and goes out of his way to put some decent stuff in our direction which is such a massive bonus

it is indeed. I was wearing my flairs, stack-heeled shoes and 'South Sea Bubble' brushed denim jacket during the recording. Radio Caroline still exists but in a different form to the 'good old days' - it is more of a Suffolk local rock station but, of course, available everywhere as it is online.

Well, it sounded pretty good! First time I have had radio play in a band and I am indeed chuffed, Loz. Jeff Healey Band's 'See The Light'. On catch up later on. I might have another listen

My blues rock trio Toredown is going to have a track played on Radio Caroline! Stephen Foster's slot, just before he packs in at 13:40hrs. Must be from one of our recent gigs, some of which was recorded on the desk. No idea which track or what it sounds like so should be interesting! Hope it isn't The Stumble 'cos that's what I did in one section http://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/radioplayer4/index.html?v=1671535956338

The most I have paid for a bass was having a Maruszczyk Jake 5 put together which, at the time, cost me £1500. Similar spec. now would be £2000. Which at the time I considered to be good value for what was effectively a custom shop bass - the project was a good one so worth the outlay. But I wouldn't dream of spending that now. The last bass I bought new was a year ago - my Retrovibe P-30 cost just over £400. Other than something like a Harley Benton I'm unlikely to buy new anymore and would most likely top at £400-500 secondhand. Preferably less But, then again, never say never. I have a lot of stuff for sale at the moment and once the money is in the bank....

width at 19th fret around 62.5mm

Good moring S'manth. I have one, just checked the measurements: 6.2lbs/2.8ish kg Actually my lightest bass. 41.5mm at the nut, possibly 42. I do't have calipers but by eye it doesn't quite make 42. Then again my eyes aren't so good 19mm spacing at the bridge. As a 4 string there is defo. a vacant couple of mm down each side of the neck. But I think it would be a bit tight to make it a fiver. I wonder if the Hofner Shorty might have a chunkier neck?