Merton

To catch all those up who need it (which I hope is ok?) - our wonderful friend @Dood put a message on Facebook that he’s thinking the unthinkable due to the current state of affairs and his monetary situation. His Shuker 7 string is synonymous with him, was entirely conceived by him and built to his specs by Mr Shuker. It’s a true one off for a one-off lovely guy. I for one am happy to help out a brother in need.

Stuart just bought a bass from me - I cannot praise him enough. Excellent comms, swift payment, patient with me procrastinating for several months… a great chap 🙂

I’m sure we can find a Six10 somewhere down here just to *really* fosters them off 😀

Sorry about the drama llamas’ early visit! At least the gig was good 😎

Going to Southampton on Sunday to see Florence Black and The Hot Damn! with MiniMert 🤘🏻

Thanks Graham, great to see you too! I’d taken almost all the bass out of the rig by the time we played but being in the corner like that will have been giving me quite a decent acoustics boost - not my finest hour of knob twiddling it seems 😅 Pick sound was pretty good onstage too. Much to learn!

Played a party, depping for @Graham again as he… was a guest at the party 😀 No pressure then…. 😆 I had fun even if the acoustics were a bit crappy, it was either boom or toppy clank and nothing I did seemed to make much difference. Hopefully it sounded better out front! Gave my new Zoot Funkmeister P5/32 an airing, man it’s such a comfortable instrument to play - thanks @Cosmicrain 😊

These were getting in the way in the house, so they moved to the garage, where they got in the way. We’re about to convert our garage to a music room, so these have to go. Collection only from Horley, Surrey

Bugger. It’s been a few months since I used that feature to be fair.

Moises allows you to post a YT link too, I’ve used it for that a few times

It is indeed! We’re at the Nightingale in Sutton on 7th May

It’s more fun for everyone in the end as they’re not hearing Sweet Child O Mine or All Right Now for the millionth time. They get edumacated on newer shizz 🤓

Cracking gig with the modern rock covers band (called Wednesday’s Child). It’s always a risk playing songs which nobody knows to a crowded pub but we went down great. I think it’s the best we’ve played yet, even my BVs weren’t horrendous, and we had a blast. Had some lovely feedback during the break and at the end, people commenting on how it was cool to see a band enjoying themselves so much, or how, despite not knowing the songs immediately, the energy and passion brought them across really well and played into bringing the crowd out of their shells. Great fun. And yes, the drummist had spent the week prior to this cleaning his kit 😂

Also agree! For some reason I find hitting the right harmony when playing bass much harder. I guess if the guitar chord has it nice and clear then it give my brain something to latch onto. In my rock covers band there are a couple of songs where I find the bass rhythm impossible to keep going with the vocal harmony, so do as @Lozz196 said and simplify the bass part. No one tells me I’m wrong

Interested how you get on with this vs the Ashdown heads you’ve been using, and also compared with your GK Legacy time. Actually, scratch that, I don’t need the GAS 😄

If you do think of moving the R400 on, let me know please 🙏🏻

I’m still in, somewhat surprisingly. The only thing which could rejoin me now is the Stoneham valve project coming to fruition this year, otherwise my plan is to stay faithful to the challenge

I’m in a few different bands but the one which plays this is called Wednesday’s Child, we do modern/less obvious rock covers around the Surrey area It’s cool because we play this, Those Damn Crows, The Dead Daisies, Eva Under Fire, Larkin Poe, Brothers Osbourne, Kira Mac…

Nice, smart idea!