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Thanks Folks, it’s coming on a treat. The Liberon is now curing for 7 days before a couple of coats of shellac and starting the nitro clear coat.

I’ve been doing a bit of staining myself. used a Spirit stain and currently doing the Tru-Oil finish. It was a normal unfinished slab body and I did the arm and belly carves. I purposely didn’t use a grain filler after sanding to 320 grit as I wanted a bit of a reclaimed barn wood look. 2 coats of stain, then gently sanded back to smooth / remove nibbling and to reduce the stain thickness on some edges just for some variation. Then Tru-Oil. Currently at 4 coats of tru oil. Tomorrow I’ll be getting the 0000 wire wool out to very gently smooth it and to see if I need any more oil coats. If not then I’ll hang it for 2 weeks to let the oil cure properly and to rock hard, then polish it. Or I’ll do another couple of coats.

I keep my different gauge picks lined up ready for the songs that they're used on. People have taken the p155 but I've spoken to quite a few bassists that do the same. I love Clayton Custom delrin 1mm picks but I need a Dunlop Tortex 0.73 for things like the intro to Chelsea Dagger or the guitar solo section of Crazy Train. Obviously, I don't change pick during the song but chose the best tool that suits whatever part of the song requires it. I can play the two examples above with a 1mm Clayton but I can dig in and get the feel and attack I need with the thinner pick. On the flip side, playing any Killers basslines with a yellow .73 just feels too floppy.

Yes. Yes, I do.

That sculpture is pretty cool

When you consider that the likes of Anthony Jackson and Steve Swallow use/used picks, plus plenty of others, it is utter BS. It could be that some of the purveyors of this nonsense are players who can’t use a pick. I use fingers, pick, thumb-style and slap techniques where appropriate.

I change gear so often that I don't think there's a particular sound apart from whatever it is I play close to the bridge, usually finger style, and there's probably some licks I'm tiring out each time I play.

#1 daughter is quite artistic. That 'thing' freaks me out a bit 😳.

That shorty TT has me twitching……

Xvive A58 system, then "Bach on bass" book and "concept for bass soloing" réédition book. I will be able to jump all over the place on stage, but still work on my musical improvement in parallel.

What is Upsie? He's a very happy chap with his novelty pick holder. Coloured toast, yum!

Rasputin - Boney M

I was given a Digitech Trio which I'm planning to use with my synth workstation (Roland Fantom 08). I purposely asked Santa for the old model, as I didn't want his elves making additional features that I didn't need ( and the new one was approx 3 times the price) .