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Love In The Third (second) Degree - Bananarama

Meh, try this one. But really, Bork! Bork! Bork!

I’d get him to call up some string shop. I’m sure someone like the Martins, Thwaites etc would have one. I know the luthier Martin Penning has one to transport basses when he’s built one. (I’m not suggesting he’ll hire it or let you borrow it, I’m just saying he has one!) But I’d assume all serious bass luthiers that sell internationally will have one. That’s where I’d start.

I bought one a few years back and sent it back, I think in part because it was a naive buy (I hadn't really done my homework) but also because while it looked beautiful, it felt cheap. Tone wise I didn't really get too much playing time in but there was nothing there that would have made me think twice about keeping it 👍

I sold a few pedals last week and realised I had the ££ - so was very much asking myself if I wanted one of these and jump on the “new thing hype wagon” - eventually decided I didn’t need synth sounds but if I did the FI4 Quatschmacher is selling would be better bang for buck (more in-depth vs harder to programme) edit - it’s sold, there’s a FI4 vip too in the for sale

When's the review due out? I'm guessing another coupla weeks as they said August release.

I have! I had one like the one in the classifieds... For less than a week.i bought it on here, and almost immediately put it back up for sale. But it wasn't the fault of the case. While from a protection point of view I think it was great, it added a lot of size and inflexibility. My house is pretty small, with low ceilings. So storing it when the bass was out was a problem, and moving things around to put the bass in or take it out was a bit of a mission. Also, the bass just fits in the car in a gig bag, with the size added by the foam hard case, it was too tight for comfort. In a different living situation, with more space, maybe more than one bass to store, and a van, I'd definitely think about picking another up though. It was pretty good, and definitely provided a significant upgrade in terms of protection.

The same concert. 'Uh, Oh!', with Marcus' solo at around 4:30.

I’ve been half hanging my nose over these for a while. A Nottingham dealer has one in stock and I keep meaning to go and try it. Especially interested in the “Resinator” fingerboard. (Maybe it’s just a gimmick!) Also, they seem to come as standard with very heavy gauge strings. Any experience, people?

Here is Marcus on a live concert with Dave Grusin and the GRP All Stars out in Japan in 1980. It says from a 'Broadcast'. Possibly from a TV airing. It's interesting, because Marcus at times, seems to be favouring more of the back pick up sound on his Jazz Bass like he is still experimenting sound wise. At 10:50, on the tune 'Shamballa', Marcus plays some really nice Fretless: 'Shamballa' on it's own:

Vicar in a tutu - die Schmitts

Is Vicar There - Vic Goddard and Subway Sect

Son Of A Preacherman - Dusty Springfield

Celebrate the best of Swedish: SAABBA

Hot For Teacher - Van Halen

Disciple - Slayer

IEM’s save me from digging in too hard, though that does require whoever is handling FOH to be on it else you’re fine but the crowd is thinking “what’s that bloke doing on stage?” 🤦🏼‍♂️

Praise You - Fatboy Slim

Needs a new pickguard - White pearl maybe?

Blockbustarz Glam covers at The Dreadnought in Bathgate. One of my fav gigs to be honest. Sound check went well and everything sounded great. Then for some weird reason i started to struggle to hear the bass out front. I had deliberately kept my on stage volume low and assumed the SE was on top of FOH. Unfortunately i spoke with my wife at the end and she said she struggled to hear the bass at times. I'll have a word with SE next time we play. He was experienced a deep feedback ring that we couldn't identify and maybe he's dropped the bass FOH to help and possibly forgot to turn it back up. My wee fingers are aching tonight as i automatically play harder when i'm struggling to hear myself. In future i'll be setting my stage volume to suit me if FOH are just gonna turn me down. I always set my stage level to balance drum levels. Other than that we had dancers from the get go. Only sold 40 tickets but a lot of walk-ins which the owner said was pretty normal these days. Ended up reasonably busy when we started and the audience remained. We had folks up from Galashiels and some came over from Livingston to see us so we have a fan base out there 😂 2x1hr sets or thereabouts. 2 encores which was nice. Odd thing was we had a crowd of Goths in and they were loving it and dancing virtually every song. At the end while loading car I overheard one of them say he's not danced that much in ages and loved it. So that was nice. It was an 80-20% ticket deal tonight and we did OK with that as we usually do. Back again Sat before Xmas which is always a fun party night and very busy. Usual gear :- Sandberg VM4 Shure GLXD+ wireless Keeley Bassist Comp. Handbox WB100 Barefaced 212 cab Loving this bass cab. Its lightweight and easy to lift but retains so much depth and the wide angle dispersion measn i can clearly hear it if standing right next to it. Only downside is i always find 12's lack the mid punch of a 10" speaker but its still a superb cab and i just need to tweak my EQ abit more. I am loving the tone i'm getting with this rig. No more distortion when i play slightly harder now since i dropped the P pick up a touch on the VM4. I can still trigger it if i dig in really hard but i'm trying to play a bit lighter these days to save damaging my wee fingertips on plucking hand. All in all a great wee night and the Pizza from next door was pretty good too. 50min drive home on quiet roads and a nice wee toasted pancake and coffee and now time for bed. Night night guys. Dave

Please no one buy it before I can get this instrument back.!!!!! I've been looking for it for a while now.