Paul S

Presumably the PJ would also have an ash body if left behind in a house fire. Sorry. Someone had to be the smart alec so it may as well be me.

IME it's never a good idea to have dictators fitted to your bass. I tried a Muammar Gaddafi on my Squier VM fretless Jazz once, started playing double harmonic scale in my rock covers. Got rid PDQ.

I don't thnk they will embed like a YouTube (but stand to be corrected if that is wrong!) so it is a case of clicking on the video in facebook so it maximises that window then copying and pasting the URL.

That made me chuckle. I call one of our regulars the 'zombie dancer'. It is like she used to dance, died, came back to life and the small part of her brain that hadn't quite decoomposed contained a vestigial memory of what to do - but not entirely getting it right.

I love learning new stuff at home, rehearsing, gigging - all aspects of the process of making music. We are lucky in that our drummer, Joe, is a farmer and there is the most amazing 11th century thatched barn on his farm that we use for rehearsals. The family used to hire it out for weddings etc but decided it was too much hassle, so it is pretty much ours to do what we like with. The acoustics are great We rehearse sometimes just for the fun of it as we all love making the music but generally there is a plan - a new song or a different arrangement. Here last week, you can see half the barn, we were running through a new song for us - Jesus Just Left Chicago - take 1. Alan had polished the vocal a bit by the time we played on Friday. https://www.facebook.com/Octaneblues/videos/1092408504761471 Test driving our new lights, too.

Thank you! That's the first time I have gigged with the Thunderbird and I was really pleased how it sat. Yes, as you know Alan does play loud. Particularly so on Friday - he had a different amp with him and, with no time for a proper sound check, we were unable to get the balance quite right. He did turn it down a bit second set after Joe had a word.

This might help https://www.notreble.com/buzz/2015/04/15/solving-bass-hum-problems-grounding-vs-shielding/

Of the Fender flavoured basses I have owned/currently own my two favourite Precision basses are a JV Squier and an Antoria, the latter was modded at some point in it's life with a '75 Fender pickup. Both slightly different from each other but both superb in thier own way. I've lost any GAS for P basses now and certainly not Fender ones. Well, except maybe a '54

My blues rock trio Toredown played at our 'regular' pub in Ipswich, The Shamrock, last night. I arrived a bit later than usual, found a rare parking spot virtually outside. We didn't get to fully set up until after the footie as our space was occupied by viewers but as the place wasn't busy we could get kit assembled by the side - in the event we kicked off at around 9.15ish, so not too bad. We have played better, all of us made mistakes but nobody noticed or, if they did, cared. By the time we were a short way into the first set all our regulars had turned up and the place was packed. Security had to turn people away at some point. Really good atmosphere, we went down really well, got paid more than we asked, no road closures on the A12 homeward bound so 60 mins to my door. Wonderful. Nice to see @Dazm66 who plays with our drummer Joe in another band. Next gig is supporting Dr Feelgood on 15th Dec

My blues rock trio Toredown at playing at the Shamrock in Ipswich, our local, tonight. Slightly concerned that there is an England game kicking off at 7pm and how that impacts on our set up etc. Anyway, if you are free and like a blast of good old fashioned RnB do pop along.

For a while I used an Airturn Ped Pro as a blue tooth page turner/scroller combined with an Android tablet - easy enough to pair. The app I use for the set list is SetList Maker but there are loads of these types of thigns.

To be honest I think he lost contact with earth some while ago.

7 minutes of joy

Saw SAHB many times - once really early on before 'Next' had been released, they opened an all day affair at the Ally Pally (just looked it up - 5th August '73, Uriah Heep headlined) starting with a cover of 'Crazy Horses' Front row were chucking bottles up at them, for some reason. As good a front man as Alex Harvey is, I found I was always completely entranced by Zal Cleminson. Saw Zal a couple of years ago when his band Sin Dogs played at the 100 Club in London. He's stil got the charisma.

The 8th of Noughtober 2021?

I am sure it's a doddle if you have the skill, tools and steady hands! I am sadly lacking in all those departments But - it looks like there are off-the peg lightweight bodies to be had. I can't work wood but can screw things together

Oh well, Bach to the drawing board Looks like it is the '54 P bass body I am after, didn't realise the distinction until I did a bit of reading this afternoon. I guess I could always put a bitsa together - looks like lightweight bodies are available. Sell a couple of basses to fund it, maybe.

Yes, I believe that is the thing with these - quite a lump. I wonder about the MIJ Fender versions. The Bach ones Davie suggested might be getting stock in the new year but the guy who answered my email said shipping costs into the Uk now are crazy high. Still, I am not exactly down to my last bass so am in no hurry.

thank you! It does indeed.

Thanks Davie. Now they look very interesting, although the one I would be most interested in is out of stock. Have you dealt with them or even own one?

I was wondering if there were any that fitted the bill. Superficially looking like a 50s but lightweight with an arm contour. Just curious Muchas gracias

They used to make cheese triangles, wrapped in silver foil. I use the term cheese loosely. I don't think there is any band - not even the ones I favour the most - where I like all of their output. So it is always a balance of % good/bad. And for me, despite growing up in the 60s, the % of good in the Beatles is very low. I like a few songs, especially when they were a Chuck Berry tribute band :), but mainly not my thing. But that is music for you - just like any art form it is subjective. Not liking the Beatles doesn't make me a bad person*. Plenty of other things, perhaps, but nothing Beatles related. 😂 *I was in a band for 5 years where the other 3 were all massive Beatles and Zappa fans. Especially Zappa. I had to endure lengthy passes of song lyrics being quoted and everyone giggling.

Fleetwood Macaronesia?

It's probably easier to fit a blues trio in the corner of the Dog and Centipede than a 7 piece funk band with brass section. But, bottom line, it all depends upon what you like. If you don't like the genre you aren't going to find it a good fit. Maybe ask for a sample set list before auditioning? If you see 'set one' Red House and nothing else listed you might want to swerve that band.

I couldn't do that. Turn up to rehearsals/gigs with someone knowing you were going to sack them. Seems a bit shabby tbh.