All Activity

Suits a certain kind of voice.

This news nearly made me spit-take my coffee this morning. I've dealt with Sam a few times on work related things, and can confirm that his online persona is pretty much just him – hyperactive, endlessly interested in everything and insanely quick to grasp extremely complicated ideas.

And check out the cameo performance from Eric Clapton (alongside Albert Lee) at around the 30 minute mark of this. I think Chas and Dave were big mates with him

.

I saw them at the Great British Beer Festival one year. Perfect place to see them 😎 Don't remember any Trace gear though.

Chas Hodges was a session bass player in the 1960s and played with Jerry Lee Lewis and Gene Vincent. He played in 'Heads Hands and Feet' with Albert Lee and almost ended up as the bass player of Deep Purple. You might also enjoy the words of this:

Just got a Nordstrand NJ4SE bridge pickup for my pj Mustang bass, have wired it up to my Mustang bass and connected the white hot wire and the black ground wire (I have had to reverse this and treat black as hot and white as ground in order to be in phase with the p pickup in this bass) however I noticed that the gray wire which is also supposed to be a ground wire when I wire this the same way as the black wire (which is supposed to be ground but I have had to treat it as hot in order for the pickup to be in phase with the p pickup) there is a slight roll of of high frequencies compared to with just the black and white wires connected, is this meant to happen? I am wondering if I should be treating the gray as a ground even though I have had to reverse the wires on the white and black wires in order for the pickup to be in phase with the p pickup, any ideas? Thank you

Walk the dinosaur - Was (not was)

The Ancient (Giants under the Sun) - Yes

I've had a D800+ as my workhorse amp for a number of years now. They are fantastic, on their own or I put a valve pre-amp on the front end for an extra vintage sound. I find the high pass filter really effective to tackle boom in different venues. The bag thing is annoying, but they are not much to shout about to be honest. Roqsolid would probably make one for c£50 which would be much better, or ask Bass Direct whether they have something in stock that would work. I would hold onto that amp. There are also a lot of lovers of Mesa here and they come up quite often.

Justified & Ancient - The KLF

It was all fields around here when they were kids. 😉

I just sold a Höfner violin bass case to Sam and he was an absolute pleasure to do business with - prompt in payment, charming in communication. Highly recommended if you want to trade with someone you can rely on. Thanks, Sam.

Offshore Banking Business - The Members

I'm really pleased for him. I was really interested in his project to rebuild a church organ in the museum, which is a massive undertaking. Nothing worked well to start with. Then he automated it with MIDI. He was able to send MIDI that make it talk, there abouts. Brilliant. I'm surprised at the choice too since he's not particularly about himself as a pop star. He's a fun character, and very talented. I wish him every success.