Beedster

That f***ing board 👌

Context 👍

@spongebob did everything work out OK?

I really got into Justin Townes-Earl whose double bass player was outstanding. She quit the business and now sells houses

Stand in the corner 😆

I’ve emailed and spoken to him several times, I won’t be using him, it’s always ‘drop it in next week but call me first’. And of course, when I call again…. I would prefer ‘yep, drop it in today’ or ‘drop it in Monday morning’. I’m sure he’s a lovely guy and a great tech, and perhaps I’m too impatient, but he’s a short 10-min walk from my house and I’ve not once pinned him down on a drop-off date. If I’m leaving costly tube gear at someone’s place I need to know they’re reliable. I’ll be calling East Street Music tomorrow 👍

Living in a very old stone farmhouse 25 miles east of Aberystwyth at the time, the Welsh weather f***ed every aspect of double bass tuning at the best of times And I would kill to live there still 👍

Likewise for electric 👍

‘You can have all the lights and pyro and dancers you like, but if you sound like that, all you need is a piano’

Funnily enough just listened to it, only thing could make it better is some bowed double bass towards the end 👍

How I used to have to get DB to gigs when I also took the wife kids in the back No spare possible back then.......

How much of a problem would it be to put another bass in the Mini?

Agreed 👍

This is the desk I use and at £250, if you have the space, it’s a bargain 👍 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/146030788472?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=NJtMSw-GTWu&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=155UlNbXQGW&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

And BTW, this thread is a great example of why Fender have given her a Sig 👍

I hear the Peter Kay Precision is coming also 👍

You're correct I just checked 👍

Very bling, '58 in blonde with anodised plate and gold hardware. There was one for sale on here for a few years, I was really tempted

Most parachutists have never needed a backup ‘chute….

This ^

Fender Custom Shop - or the team that became FCS - did a very short run a long time back. Lovely thing 👍

I know, it's quite amusing at times isn't it, but that's the meejda for ya 👍

Do you drive? If so when you started learning it was complex and required a lot of concentration. Over the months and years it all becomes automated to the point that you can drive for hours without realising that you're accelerating, changing gear, indicating, braking, checking mirrors etc without thinking about it. This happened because you've done it so many times. Play the parts over and over and over again and the same will happen. Two bass parts I struggled to learn were Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes and Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick. They both flow now without me having to think about them. In fact, if I start to concentrate too hard on what I'm playing when I'm playing either I'm more likely to f*** up 👍

Yep, best of both worlds, John East is a magician 👍