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I am surprised but the fact is I have to tune it evry couple of weeks instead of a few times a year! I think they are now vulnerable to being knocked, or to temperature cycling. This is mainly the B2 I keep at my partner's home.

Did you receive any bass related crimbo pressies or unexpected winners this morning? I was lucky enough to get a used Bergantino cab ready for my return to live gigging in a few weeks time and also a posh Tempur pillow from their refurb shop. Once I've seasoned it nicely with some dribble and snot I'll report back on it (both the the pillow and the cab)

Clementine - Mark Owen

Tangerine - Led Zeppelin

Happy Chrimbo guys this is fairly short , but maybe for some, not short enough I am of course blaming Lurksalittle for the choice of song , but then I did have 12 months to come up with a better idea! EZ drummer with me playing bits along on the midi keys, Ibby six string thrashed on the top 4 strings , Gordon smith bass walloped on the bottom 4 strings and my singing with an overly tight G-string, Ozoned to death and strung up in Reaper. sing along , you should Know the words.

That's my Strat but I don't recall it looking that big 🙄

Three Of A Perfect Pear — King Crimson

Strawberry fields - Beatles Merry Christmas basschatters!

Don’t know if it’s of any interest to you Twigman but this has just come up on reverb, nothing to do with me,

Where was that? Lovely selection. 👍

Pineapple - Sparks

Big headstock strat, approve of that

The Lemon Song — Led Zeppelin

Strawberry Letter 23 - Brothers Johnson (Shuggie Otis)

I'd be tempted to (as above) fill the chips with something clear, lightly key the current finish and spray with translucent black nitro. You'd still see the grain and save yourself a lot of time and swears. Easy to diy, just wait for the temperature outside to pick up again.

A Christmas Number One - Shakespears Sister

VVT with a turbo switch.

These days, so many companies make good basses there's no need for me to even consider looking at something if it doesn't catch my eye. If I'm shopping for basses there's no way in the world that I'm going to plug in the one on the left if it's hanging next to the one on the right. Even buying online, I'm going for something special.

There is no stage at the Craven Heifer, we all play in one corner. There is a PA provided by the organiser, everybody uses that single PA including vocalist. No space for your own amps but the BassChat 8" might just fit. PA speaker on a table. The drummer has a toy drum set, that's not a joke, it really is a kids set with a bass, a tom and a cymbal. Thats all that fits so she brings that. She has a Led Zep sized drum kit as well but zero chance of it fitting. I take a headless as less chance of it hitting anyone. I may take the Ibanez Mikro next time as that's even smaller. If anybody moves, it's like The Shadows as we all have to move in sync. We have space for two mikes and possible two music stands so the bass player looks over the shoulder of the guitarist or singer.