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what happened there ? Dave

Bass players never retire, they just slow down. 😂 Dave

Absolutely not. I always check my knob before playing. 😜 When i was using a single bass stand the bass knob used to touch the lower support and turn itself almost all the way off as i sat the bass down. I would start playing and wonder where the bass had gone. Now i always centre my onboard EQ when tuning before we start each set. I also tend to use a double stand now so its not an issue now. Dave

Take the ones you don't want to bring back.

Liking that Stingray bass @woodyratm. Very nice indeed. Dave

I'm in as long as it's not the last weekend in June. Probably.

The Musicman Retro '70s StingRay Bass is exactly that. I bought my pre EB Ray new in 1981 and the original 2 band preamp is much less refined than more modern versions. I understand the retro model has that more "in your face" delivery, as evidenced by many YouTube videos.

If Fender do take over, I hope they keep all staff and continue to manufacture G&L. Leo will be going home.

Last night's rehearsal was meant to be the first sight of our 'Country' set list for a dedicated Country & Western gig to raise funds for the hall we rehearse in. As usual, the band leader kept the list secret until about an hour before the rehearsal (annoying but not insurmountable) and we turned up only to find that he and the sax player had been called out on an RNLI shout. They are both members of the volunteer crew for the local inshore rescue boat and for gigs they are listed as 'unavailable'. For rehearsals, which take place in the hall about 300m from the lifeboat station, they are on call and it's pot luck whether they go out or whether they are covered by other volunteers on a first come first sent basis. But the show must go on, as they say, so we made a start with me singing 'John Henry' and 'Achy Breaky Heart', the trombonist singing '9 to 5' and one of the Uke players doing a sterling version of 'Ghost Riders in the Sky'. We also tried 'Man I Feel Like a Woman', not on the list but one we all through should be. They worked surprisingly well. We kept getting text message updates about the ETA of the BL and sax player but it became clear that the rescue was taking longe than expected (sea conditions and lack of light) so we called it a day around an hour early. I used a recently acquired Squire PJ through my recently rediscovered Laney Digbeth pre amp into the desk. The two idiots who got themselves cut off on a tidal island, despite signs showing the tide times and repeated warnings from the local Coastwatch volunteers as they set off, were rescued safely thanks to the actions of two lifeboats crews (6 volunteers in total).

That's poor from HD with no advertising. Don't understand that at all. Why spend money on a band and have poor turnout by not advertising it. Its just stupidity especially when HD aint doing so well at the moment. Onto the next one Daryl. Dave

That’s a reasonable price for a UK manufactured amp.

Bought a pedal from Aidan. He is a thorough gentleman and a credit to the Basschat community. Many thanks!

The Telecaster that he used for the solo on Stairway to Heaven sold an awful lot of Les Pauls.

Yes, I sold it last week. I’m pretty sure they could easily replicate what made it special. Neck profile, lovely maple neck, pencil thin frets. They couldn’t replicate 40 years of playing I guess…

Apparently the original was in F#, but they re-recorded it a tone and a half lower, Don Henley would agree!

It looks like the ABM Evo V is still in their custom shop section. https://ashdownmusic.com/collections/custom-shop

I'm in a Zep tribute band, so I kinda should know these things!! EB77?? Do you mean pre EB? I'm not sure that you can exactly replicate these things, but that is not to say that old guitars are necessarily good. Certainly the pre EB Stingray that I played at @walshy's display at the Leeds Bradford guitar show was extremely nice!

The man bought a CD from me despite my ineptitude in giving him the wrong PayPal address. Efficient and courteous, recommended!