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I saw about 3 minutes of Rod Stewarts set. The pyramid stage, really? Was everyone else busy this year?!

the lead guitarist played at a reasonable volume ?

Congrats on the new bass! I loved my classic pro and it's the only bass I regret selling. Those pups are just the epitome of a Gibson bass tone - mean and massive with a dark growl that'll put hair on your ball sack. Love em. That purple vintage pro is gorgeous too, what a fine flock you have there!

Got a '64 coming. I have been using the Capo for years now and it really is amazing. I do find myself sometimes running the recordings of it into a cab sim (I use the brainworx Bassman) after though. I think the 64 should be a good compliment to the Capo since I can run it's cab sim direct into my inteface and get that sound of an amp. Plus it has a blend, which will let me add more bottom end to the sound. Finally I can turn it off and DI straight into the interface if I want to do that, and kill the cabsim or keep it. So lots of options using just that DI. I like that the 1/4 out lets me HP and LP. So I can record both a direct and "mic'd" signal if I want. Also intrigued that everyone keep saying this responds like a real amp. That should make the cabsim hopefully not sound as static as some can. What's interesting about a good amped signal for me is that sometimes it just sits in a mix so much better than a DI'd one, even if it sounds a little highpassed when solo'd. I really did not want to mess with micing and recording an amp, so this seems like the perfect option. We shall see.

It arrived earlier. I didn't notice it at the time but it looks like a Jazz bass neck with a precision decal from the front, but does actually turn into a telecaster guitar neck when I observe it from the back. I don't know how it does this, but I think it is warping spacetime — It gets several inches shorter and the number of holes in the headstock changes. I'm afraid to fit it now.

Echo Beach - Marthur and the Muffins

Performer diddled with for half an hour, then put into it's case for the first time in a long time (I had to repair the handle, and it's few outings in the last ten years have been in a jazz bass case).

Why not. '65 P, gigged the same day it arrived. A good few years ago now, though there was a backup in case it crapped out on me.

Getting Alder — Billie Eilish

One says 'Ban Flags'.

nah , no respect for him le grand tosser in my book.

Just seen Olivia Rodrigo do a song called Brutal, which sounded a lot like Pump It Up by Elvis Costello, so did a google and turns out he was more than happy with it and said no legal action - fair play Elvis!

Now Glastonbury is over, have some more music and get over to the Basschat Composition Challenge for June and vote for some mighty fine tunes 👍

I enjoyed what I saw of Rod Stewarts set, and it looked like he and his band did too. Also thought Ronnie Wood seemed to be having more fun than he does with the Stones.

My thoughts on Rod Stewart’s Glastonbury set. For me, it started badly, it tailed off a little in the middle, and the less said about the end, the better. But, apart from that, excellent.

She's So Poplar - Frank Stallone

Brilliantly bringing 2 different audiences together at the same time

Drops of Juniper - Train

And it worked 👍

Didn’t see Smith coming, was expecting Sheeran 😁

From what I’ve seen she certainly is. Didn’t know anything by her - or who she is tbh - but she is good.

Isn’t she just , fair play

Stevie Wonder in Cardiff on 9th July then Neil Young with Cat Stevens at Hyde Park on 11th, then Smashing Pumpkins with my 15yo daughter in London on 10th August. Took her to watch Guns and Roses at Villa Park last week as well which she really enjoyed, and I also saw Mike Watt with MSSV a couple of weeks ago in Bristol. Pipe that live music right into my veins 😂