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I bought a light from Homebase, it didn't work had clearly been opened and returned - and I took it back for a replacement. They gave me another that had also clearly been bought and opened previously and didn't work either, so I took that one back. At which point the guy tried to replace it with the one I'd bought back the first time

Just play the bass you prefer to play and learn to make your slap technique sound good on it. If you're not happy, an EQ pedal might be as effective a solution as a new bass

Have a listen mate, it’s cliche 80’s rock in some respects but there’s definitely something a bit special going on

I think the best way to learn notation is to have tab and notation on the same page? Possibly an idea for the next edition? Welcome either way

Was trying to recall how Pete Way's name seems to have been a constant for so many years, so spent a bit of time thinking back to the era in question, and it all came back to me today. I was at school in London and a new guy called Nick arrived and joined my class. He was a music guy I could tell, so we became friends quickly (we were 12 years old I guess). We hung out listened to music, The Jam especially, he was a big fan and a bit of a mod, even wore a parka to School. He mentioned that he had a family connection with a bass player in a rock band, a guy called Pete, but being a rock band, Nick wasn't interested in Pete at all. But Nick got some free tickets and went to see Pete's band, and despite being a dyed in the wool mod, and despite not wanting to like either Pete or the band, was blown away by both. From that point forwards, he become a mod who liked UFO. Hated Motorhead/Purple/Sabbath/Zep, but loved UFO. This was '77/'78 IIRC, feels like a lifetime ago, but seems Pete and the band won a lot of friends in the following years. RIP Pete.

Thanks Dad, not really interested so much in learning to read notation on bass as much as playing some interesting new bass lines easily (I can read notation on fiddle and mandolin, just never took the time to learn it on bass, I found it not quite as transferable as I'd anticipated, largely due to the differences in interval between strings I think). Might take a punt on the book anyway

Hi Alfred, welcome, your book looks great, is it notation only, or are there tab lines also? I can read music (just) but find tab a whole lot easier with bass! Good luck. Chris

Not far wrong, still listen to it more than I'd admit to my more 'selective' musician friends

UFO formed in ‘69, that’s one hell of a ride. He was the first bass player I heard of over and above the Macca/Lynott/Lemmy superstar bunch, played some great lines also. RIP Pete

I think the big question is 'how much do you want to spend?'. Also, '6 or more' is a bit vague, do you mean 2 more or 22 more? And to be a little more helpful, I used the Mackie Onyx 1640i for a long time, might be more than you need, might be less, they do versions from 8 to 24 tracks IIRC. Not top end by any means, but decent preamps.

Now I'm significantly less of an expert than most, on which basis I'm pretty sure I've done this accidentally a few times and not noticed a whole lot of difference. I might be talking out of my derrière however

That's the most likely explanation

Can't disagree with that Andy

Lightly relic’d Lake Placid Blue with matching headstock

The answer to that question is "Yes, it was very mean of me". What an absolute breath of fresh air he is compared to the YouTube norms when it comes to instruments and/or technique

You can get stacked mini pots, John would be the expert on whether they are of equal quality and/or aesthetics, i.e., they might not be able to accommodate the classic '62 Fender knobs). I'm about to do the same, have a relic'd pink Jazz body and a Squier neck that are destined to be a poor man's Flea Bass

I had exactly the same problem with a P/J recently. Perhaps check with John as to whether he can make you a unit with mini pots?

I suspect that he's both

According to Wikipedia, his father - who taught him his musical style - was an Italian Disco Accordionist. Read into that what you will, although having watched the above videos, it does perhaps explain a few things? Either way, he seems like a lovely guy and the sort of chap one could have a few very enjoyable beers with whilst talking music and life. Is it mean of me to suggest that he could do with some lines on the neck of that 'ray

Chris bought my Beat Buddy, nice and easy transaction coupled with good comms and patience when delivery took a little longer than anticipated. A pleasure to deal with

Mike bought my PJB Bighead, and not only did he pay immediately, he was a complete gent in terms of comms and patience whilst he waited what ended up being quite a long time for it to be delivered. As above, nice guy to deal with

Lovely preamp

Congrats Andy, great photos. My eldest daughter, also Ella, turned nine 4 weeks ago. Yesterday her godfather (and our vocalist) came down from the Lakes and we played her and her little sister the two songs we wrote and recorded (Line in the Sand and Just Like You) to celebrate the birth of each (Ella did a guest, albeit unplanned BV on hers). I'd forgotten how good the songs were and how powerful were/are my emotions about my daughters. Over a beer or two afterwards, myself and singist agreed that songwriting is so much easier when you have something of emotional meaning to say, if I could gather the energy for another seven kids I could probably pull together a half decent album

It's really sad that the cost of moving pianos makes them uneconomic either to sell or buy these days, my eldest daughter would love one but it appears you have to spend a small fortune to get anything vaguely decent moved, and if these guys can drop one, anyone can https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/11/americas/piano-fazioli-smashed-movers-intl-scli/index.html