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Went down to a local cricket club last night, we played it recently on a sunday afternoon, but this was an evening one. Couldn't start until 9 as they had some event ceremony. Its an odd layout as we can setup to face into the field or setup to face into the club - we compromised on a diagonal so we could do either as necessary, As it was we stayed doing the front - it was a nice night and people were ok outside. Sound sounded a bit weird but hard to get right in these places - the singer had to use a sax for his micophone as the transmitter was away being investigated for noise and he forgot tot pick it up. Played for the usual 1:15 first set, and then the drummer and guitarist decided to investigate what time their curfew was as we were effectively outside and there were houses around. Came back with 11, so no point having a big break, so we went back on. I was showing the guitarist the EQ as he was wondering about it, and realised I had put my vocal and bass in the wrong socket, so a few songs must have sounded weird! Really short second half and rushed through a few songs, all went down really well, it was getting crowded towards the end, as people were now half in and out. Kind of glad it stopped when it did. Unfortunately though it seems that for some reason in the last 2-3 months, our drummer has swung wildly right wing (where he never really seemed bothered about politics before), so just spent all the non playing time ranting about muslims. Hoping it is a phase, I can ignore so much, but this is so OTT, if it carries on then it would get rid of my interest in playing

I had Dave, but there’s the possibility that’s my last gig with Knock Off (I’m only standing in and they think they’ve found someone permanent) so wanted to go out playing my fave type of bass. Plus with a great gig like that, time to bring out the big guns so to speak. Am a bit sore today tho…..

Hipster!

Not sure the guy in this Paul Smith ad knows how to play DB, but it’s good to know the instrument is in fashion.

Im hoping the different density of mahogany Vs pine will give it that!

Supernature - Cerrone

A major difference between the 300 and 400 series was that the 400 had 24 frets, and a more compact bridge with the humbucker moved further back. The body was indeed more compact because of the deeper cutaways. Some later twin-pickup ATK's switched back to the old bridge, but it placed the pickups really close together because of that.

Could do an Aria SB style finish - the red stain and pale natural stripe would work really well imo.

Update: This weekend the mould for a SR5 neck with a 42mm wide nut will be constructed. Neck heel will be 68.7mm wide @ 21 fret and 28.4mm deep. Initially the neck is for myself, a sample for marketing so it'll feature some custom options such as inlays, rosewood fingerboard and maybeeeeee fingerboard binding. No fretboard extension though because of the capstan truss rod adjustment.

Thought you'd moved away from the P basses @Lozz196 Looks like a decent crowd for you too. Nice stage set up. Plenty of space. Nice one. Dave

For anyone in or around London, wanting to attend the Nick Smith Memorial Show in Peterborough tomorrow, I have room in the car and will be leaving from Uxbridge/Hillingdon/West Ruislip around 10.30am. Message me if you want to be my co-pilot!

Oli Foxen of Ampstack used to specialise in vintage British valve amps. Used to post regularly on here but disappeared a long time ago. You can find him on Instagram, YouTube etc.