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Porcupine Tree is a local tribute band, isn't it? 🤪🤔🤦🏻

Awesome band, the real deal 👍

I wonder how the auditions went: can you play some Paganini and some bluegrass. Yes. Now can you try on this tight red dress?

Caught a bit of the Scissor Sisters set last night, CMAT should take note, this is how to put on a polished professional performance.

Some notorious Yourtubers like Josh Fossgreen from BassBuzz and Nate Navarro.

Jeez, Rod just got the lines wrong in Maggie May! Good on him for still doing what he does, I just don’t like what he does, Glasto feeling a bit naff 😕

David sold me his Westone Thunder 1 bass. We met in Thirsk and it was a pleasure to meet him and buy the Westone. No issues whatsoever and I'm very happy to have the matching paid of Thunder bass and Thunder guitar. Top man Rob

This is absolutely gorgeous! How does the B string feel on the shorter scale?

Yes, glad to be back playing live. We haven't been together long so the gig was a bit early but none of us are new to this. Many more to come hopefully. The bass is one of these: https://www.guitar.co.uk/reverend-decision-p-bass-venetian-pearl I love it; reverse P with added bite from the bridge pup. Goes very well with the GK head, cuts through nicely.

Having worked extensive in Germany, Belgium, France, Italy, Spain and Greece, nowhere is as bad in Europe as the Greeks and their driving, especially in Athens. Mind you the only time I have ever closed my eyes and actually thought we were 100% going to crash and die was India. We didn't, but I was terrified. Did a three week trip around India and nothing prepared me for how bad it was. For one traffic jam going in to Delhi, our driver simply drove across fields as do many others to avoid the jam. This is in a modern version of the old Austin Cambridge. Overturned lorries, card running at night with no lights, cars going down the wrong way on streets. All completely mad and yet we never actually hit anything. Rob

John Taylor of Duran Duran isn't exactly a gospel player and plays maybe too big stages when he appears on TV... And maybe Mike Porcaro was a weekend warrior playing only poorly advertised and badly paid pub gigs never seen on TV...

I've only watched bits and pieces of Glastonbury. Alanis Morissette, enjoyed her set. Glass Beams were good (although I assume there must have been backing tracks of some what, which I don't like much). Charlie xcx, abysmal. The presenter that introduced her on the beeb could barely control his pubescent excitement. And then... it was like watching a parody film clip of the future of live music. If this is what is being hailed as good new music, artists should be rightly worried by AI.

I think they belong in the £1000 - £1500 market, that 3k pricing looks ridiculous to me.

Rod seems to have little self-awareness or sense of irony. I suppose at this stage in his life that must be a blessing.

The newer generations of bass players are keen on their downtuning. Other than going all in with radical fanned frets, I think a 35-inch scale is a shrewd decision in today's environment.

I have never been able to get along with 35" basses but of those I tried, the Cirrus and the MTD were pretty comfortable. The reason is that top horn, they go pass the 12th fret which pull the bass back to the bridge side making the 35" scale feel more like a 34".

I thought so! The "Precision to Jazz conversion" made it sound like there was something more going on 😄

Indeed. Or dysentery.

Marble Tulip Juicy Tree - Ween

Yep - its just a Jazz neck with a Fender Precision Decal. It has just arrived and looks perfect. I'm not going to be able to fit it for a while though.

Another solo guitar piece, a tune called 'Ubi Sunt' from the 2017 Ralph Towner album 'My Foolish Heart'. A pretty little tune and perfectly playable by anyone with the least amount of guitar chops. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/ubi-sunt-ralph-towner/

I'm confused... is that not a standard Jazz neck with a different name on the headstock?

You Take Me For Granite — Betty Davis

That does seem like a daft amount of money to be charging, given how little of an impact the originals seem to have made on the music world. For all their reputed quality as instruments, I don't think I've ever seen one of the old US-made Cirruses (cirri?) in the hands of a player on TV or a big stage. Perhaps the odd session player here and there. I think they were mostly popular with gospel and CCM-type performers in the US – I vaguely recall someone telling me that Peavey always used to have generous financing and deals for churches.