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One of the other cheap basses I owned was a Yamaha BBNiii (well mine was a fretless so there's an 'F' in that number somewhere). I cant believe how well that played in terms of quality. Mine was made in Indonesia but it may as well have been made in Japan, it was a rock solid bass in terms of build quality, I'd happily add budget Yamaha's to the list. The only reason I sold it was I found I wasn't really that good at playing a fretless.

Yeah, I tried to edit this when I posted but couldn't work out how to do it! 😁, I of course meant 'E' idiot me, as in shifting the bridge to the left a bit, but BTops idea of the more vintage type threaded saddles seems like more of a goer and a lot less hassle. 👍 The curiosity remain though that I'm getting no difference in "presence" on G as opposed to the other 3 strings. 🤔 Either way, I can't now un-see the misalignment over the pickup so it had to be fixed. 👍

I don’t see anything there that a decent competent luthier would have problems dealing with. I’ve read of headstock cracks like that repaired. Where it has split rather than coming apart, a syringe can be used to get the glue right inside the crack before clamping it up. I hope you get it fixed. 👍🏾

My Cort B4 Element took a dive onto concrete at an outdoor gig today, and now has a crack on the cusp of neck and headstock - photos attached. i really love the bass, but I’m wondering if it’s worth repairing (assuming it can be repaired), or should it be binned? All advice gratefully received 🙂

Weve got a set of measurements now and will begin the mould making this week.

The best thing to do is replace the bridge saddles with threaded saddles for better string alignment.

Took the big Orange rig out for an outside gig tonight 😁

Today I got a WhatsApp message: Myself and F---- had a good talk a few nights back when we were out and we came up with what we thought were some really nice ideas for some staging for the show on the 19th. It us relatively minor stuff but will give it a but of a coherent thread and will make us quite different to many other bands. I'm sure hw will run them by you on Wednesday for your thoughts and opinions. 😃 I await Wednesday with interest!

A multi-band charity fund raiser for Dorothy House hospice, for us today. We planned to play an originals only set of Gothic rock with me dusting down my USA 2008 Jazz bass. I have been struggling with the lack of bottom end from J-basses but the addition of the Boss GE-7 to my board was hopefully going to fix this. I also added the Boss IR-2 as I often go ampless. First band on really struggled against a rogue sub-woofer and we immediately started to twitch about our set. Thankfully the second band sounded much better. We took our time setting up on the back of the truck. We’ve added little bits of finesse like roses around the mic stands and burning incense onstage (typing that, I realise it sounds pretentious but it does make a difference to the presentation and it was remarked afterwards that we are very professional in our approach). I thought we played well. The sound was fairly reasonable and my bass sounded immense. My wife said my vocal was getting stronger and we had a fair few compliments - comparisons to Joy Division and Bauhaus, without being derivative - which I will gladly take! One member of the audience hadn’t seen us since school and was very complimentary. A great day and a solid show.

I listened to the reel with earbuds. Great sounding tight band with nice lead vocals. Daryl

I was once turned down for a band because I didn't like Guns n Roses enough, the band didn't even play any Guns n Roses, they rang me up a few weeks later to see if I would be prepared to dep for the bassist they had gone with as he couldn't do many weekend gigs! I politely declined!

Nice pics. Daryl

Nice subs and mains Daryl

H.E.L.L. No! — The Residents

Selling 65 tickets is a big deal to me. Outside of our festival and fair gigs where people pay at the gate to get in, Maple Road does horribly with "pay to get in" gigs. Most are canceled due to low ticket sales. Actually most ticketed events in my area are for signed national touring bands not local weekend warriors. Daryl

Played a Wedding gig in the beautiful Surrey Hills yesterday. Packed with beautiful, horsey ladies in flowing summer dresses and, doh, their dumb other halves in polo shirts and tight trousers ending mid calf with NO socks and loafers... 🤦‍♂️ Played my Betsy with the GK Legacy and LFSys Monaco so sounded fab as usual.👍😎 Spent most of the night fending off huge hornets that liked the lights above our heads, which kinda ruined our performance vibe a little though.....!! 🐝🐝🐝🐝

Still 10 units left on the pre-order: https://www.singularsound.com/products/beatbuddy-2-preorder-9030715048180?variant=46569727557876

Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby? - Louis Jordan

The first one of a two gig weekend today at the Eclipse pub in Loscoe, Derbyshire. We were part of The Losca Festival, a one day event to raise money for local charities. Live music from midday until late in three pubs all within about a hundred metres of each other. We did a forty-five minute set of covers starting at 4.45. Very hot and sweaty, but we went down a storm. I think the audience had imbibed just the right amount of alcohol. Unlimited free food and drinks for performers and we’ve got some paid bookings out of it.

Did the room have a staffed bar ? Daryl

BC collaboration at it's finest.