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We messed around with Teenage Kicks at a rehearsal just for a laugh because it's only three chords, and we basically nailed it on the first attempt so into the set list it went!

Oof! That's gorgeous.

Having heard her interview on 6 Music, accompanied by her occaisional session bassist for some reason, I'm quite enjoying listening to Fabiana Palladino. It definitely has a vibe to it.

I listened to this while fighting my way out of Manchester and it was really good. Starts about 1:59 here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0023qdw

Ooooh! I should be on the move around that sort of time so will listen to it in the car on the way home from Manchester!

Haven't bought much this year, but the Sadowsky onboard preamp I bought to replace the knackered stock Sire one in my V7 sounds glorious.

Mine has saved me more than once, and sounds great too!

At this price point they're basically competing with Sadowsky and Sandberg for this style of instrument, neither of whom I'm sure are particularly concerned.

Sounds fowl to me.

Our drummist currently has a Range Rover so he takes his kit and all the PA gear (and occasionally tows bassists' cars when they've broken down), but is considering downsizing so we might all be on PA conveying duty next year.

Oh I'm also making progress with Footloose. That Nathan East chap is a bit bloody good isn't he.

Good to know this. We're with I4M and our premium in March (PI/PLI both £1m) was £63. Guess we'll have to start shopping around come renewal time!

Cheers! I have the bones of it down, just need to get all the little nuances, ghost notes (my nemeses!), etc. sorted so it sounds pukka.

D'Addario are having a sale with 20% off bass strings for the next two weeks: https://www.daddario.com/bass-strings-promotion/

We've done three so far this year, with three left in the diary. Would love to have done more but we've had some challenges this year with our singist and drummist's father dying this year. Hopefully I'll have more spoons for chasing up previous enquiries soon.

Apparently we're going to give Sledgehammer a go, which means I can finally use my chorus and octaver pedals. Should be fun even if we don't end up using it in the set.

If you're looking at a new Barefaced cab you should order it sharpish because they're putting their prices up on 21st October.

I thought I had points with them and am most irked to discover that I actually don't.

Curtailed practice today as our singist had made other plans for the last hour. Basically had a run through of most of the set "to keep us hand in", a few cursory run throughs of Mr Brightside as our keyboardist hadn't sent our drummist his arrangements until this morning, and then done. No practice now until one week before our next gig at the end of November when we allegedly also start working on Sledgehammer.

This is a setup that I've used a few times and have had no issues with it when I'm not trying to push it too hard, sounds superb with my V7 through it.

Solder to the back of the pickup blend pot I think, but they were an absolute see you next Tuesday to get to stick from what I can remember.

Good luck! If it's any help I can confirm that Dakota is extremely easy to play, all quavers and root notes: verse is E, Db, A; slide up to A on the 12th fret of the A string at the start of the chorus, then back down to E when the singing drops out, and do that twice; then for the "I don't know..." bit it's just E, B, A.

I believe it's a hunting thing, where the bright orange is a strong indicator to other hunters that you're there and would really rather not be shot, as it's an unnatural colour for the environment that can easily be seen even in low light. Deer and other animals can't see it though so it's not a giveaway of your location to your prey.