Nail Soup

I hardly ever sell stuff. I only buy a limited amount of gear, so don't need to move it on. I only buy budget gear, so there is not much money tied up in it. I am reaching the maximum amount of space now, so If I did get a new bass or acoustic guitar I'd probably dispose of the old one.

Oh dear! As already mentioned he just released an album........ based on lead track (which I posted a week or two ago in this thread) it was a good one. RIP Toots!

Good point, I forgot it was a cover.... and didn't appreciate before it was such straight cover. Yes, credit to Pete for the bassline!

When I was in the last year at school I dreamt that the school let me play my rendition of JJ Burnels Bass heavy solo single “Freddy Laker” at the school fete. I could not play bass at the time but in my dream it sounded great and loads of girls we’re impressed and wanted to snog me.

Nice - worth the effort it must havbe too to bring that lot together. Love the 'solo' at 1.25ish...what is that instrument? on Edit: I guess its an Erhu (just read the credits !)

Great example of a reggae-based track from a non reggae artist. Well OK she did have establised reggae musicians as collaborators! She has fantastic style/persona too!

John Holt & Roots Radics Band - Police in Helicopter

I don't think 'played' music is going through any kind of mass extinction. But it is learning to co-exist alongside whatever the opposite is - 'programmed' maybe. That is not recent, been going on for a few years. Not sure what you mean by new Beatles.... if you mean 'pop' then a lot of that will be programmed. If you mean the Beatles with their more experimental hat then both played and programmed will apply.

Sorry can't advice............... but out of interest what is the reason for wanting one?

Wow at one point the Hurdy Gurdy had an incredibly low social status. Not that bass players can understand how that feels !

Didn't realise that! However (and I'm not a massive fan of Stone Roses - they are OK) Ian Brown did turn out to be a good frontman and Mani a great bass player, so the shift around worked well for them!

Q: Why does the guitarist only use analogue delay pedals? A: They have (kicked the) bucket brigade devices!

Have this one on me: ∞ (wow it was a bit complicated to get )

Swedish band Goat... the fantastic "World Music" album

I can picture him in the guitar shop....... 'please give me the bass which looks most like a cricket bat'!

Didn’t know that. However he did play a bass player in a comedy TV show. He was bassist and leader of a band and tricked the rest of the band into thinking that they had had a hit when he had actually rigged the sales figures. He wrote the song and only years later revealed to the singer that the lyrics were about having a Joderal Bank!

I know what you mean... I often say to colleagues "I'm packing up early today" when I actually mean that I'm simply finishing on time!

No wonder the country's going to the dogs!

I'll go first - the bass player is probably good at playing ghost notes😕.

Just saw a write up of a new Netflix series - Julie and the Phantoms. It's about a pop/rock group. Julie (lead singer) is alive. The Phantoms (Bass/Drums/Guitar) as hinted at in the name - are all dead. They somehow are able to play instruments and do gigs. And they encouraged Julie to get back into singing after some personal problem. What do you reckon?

Agreed - it's not bad at all, in fact quite good considering it's not my genre! Good memory to have, well done your school!

I pity whoever has to make the radio edit of this.

Yep, they do things differently there.

This is the nearest I got........ I am a member of a facebook group for 'obscure and offbeat' music and someone posted asking for contributions to a kind of tribute album to Kimya Dawson. Kimya is not well known, but did the soundtrack to the film Juno and was one half of 'anti-folk' band The Moldy Peaches. Started off well... I was allocated the song I requested (Tyre Swing). I duly recorded the track, with multiple parts (including bass guitar!) and submitted the soundcloud link. Then never heard anything again☹️. But it was nice to be working towards commission for once.... normally I am working on songs just for myself. And I've still got the song😃.

I see it's being performed in Germany. I dare say there will be a few Krautrock purists who think the change has come too soon!