Waddo Soqable

Quite a few ^ for me to catch up on today !... What's the pooch like that you're looking after then ?

What were the ones they sold in Woolies then ? I seem to recall they were about 30 quid brand new ! Kays catalogue used to do a bass (and a guitar no doubt) for similar money I think. I did borrow for a while ( circa 78/79) an unmarked unnamed jap jazz bass copy that was really good, it was black/tort with maple neck / black block inlays, everything on it was decent quality well fitted... I was extremely narked to have to give it back, the owner didn't even play really either..

I used to go to the old brick lane market on Sundays, the "junk" bit of course, Cheshire St etc, it was brilliant, I had all kinds of mad stuff from there..as far as i know that doesn't exist anymore sadly.

I used to drive thru Shoreditch all the time, quite often in an old Morris Minor, trouble is you'd keep getting people trying to flag you down thinking it was a cab !

It'll be fine, I also had a huge break like that from doing gigs years ago, the first one after that was just straight back in, it felt like I'd never been away, enjoy it you'll be great.. 👍

A done deal then !👍. ( i did actually vote for you last time, but you can have that one on me ! )

I had one of those black / maple neck Hondo ll P basses that I actually liked and did the job ok.. The neck was a baseball bat but I quite liked that. tbh with a bit of a tweak i'd use one of those again at a push ! I've actually seen the same ones a few times on ebay fairly recently for 50 quid ish, which is nearer the kind of price you'd reasonably expect for these olde plywood jobs... if cheap enough, I could see the point of the jap crap guitars as a cool thing to hang on the wall

Satellite were another similar thing of the time, possibly the same group of manufacturers, they were what they were, basses people could afford... I laugh to see the prices people want for these things on ebay, ridiculous for what they are. I guess you might get an old bloke wanting one as he had one in his youth, but as a playing bass not worth the candle !

You got to wonder tho, where's all the protest songs nowadays eh ??

I always liked the drums on this...

My favourite.. Steve Jones, to Mr Grundy.. "You Dirty Fukcer..."

You got Sniffin Glue too then..

Give us a clue then !.. Alternatively send me £10 in PayPal and I'll listen to 'em all. ..honest

Bagpipes? Do I have to.. ?

I had a maple jazz neck, which was absolutely fine, no issues with the quality at all, very nicely done imho.... the only reason I passed it on was that I concluded that I don't really like skinny jazz necks !

Just out of interest, do they have to have words/lyrics ? ps surely no one would ever use bagpipes, ( or pan pipes) .. would they??

Blaaaak..!

Blimey, looks like he did 'an all....

Hawking ? Never knew he had a band.. "Steve Hawking and the Electric Chairs" I suppose..

Like the honky tonk piano on this..

The only thing I ever did to a Rick was take off the daft PU cover thing, other than that great, if it aint broke don't fix it....

The Music Machine in mornington cres. ( now Koko) used to have gigs, with often 3 bands, literally every night of the week, Admittedly it was often pot luck as to what they were like, and bloody Classix Nouveux were on with annoying regularity, but always a lark, plus the always available little blue pills, three for a quid... Happy days

Never mind Paul, I'm sure you'll find something else to splash some dosh on !

When I've had a quick twang on acoustic basses, my impression is the big body would be properly annoying if you just wanted to noodle around on it, like having a small piece of furniture on your lap ! That said it'd be quite cool to have something non electrickery based... I did have the brutal idea of butchering an old knackered acoustic git into a bass .. 😱