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Apologies for being almost a year late on this thread. I googled Lawrence Canty today and found out he'd passed away. Very sad news and I'd like to with my condolences to his family and friends. I first met Lawrence in the early 90s at Goldsmiths college. I did his weekly course there and turned up thinking I knew a fair bit about playing. Lawrence soon dispelled that myth for me when he presented me with the notes for the course. He was talking about chords, their structure, their relevance in a progression, what would work and what wouldn't work ... Why would I need to know about chords I thought ? I don't play chords on bass! I stuck the course out right to the end (I think it lasted 6months or so) and I turned up religiously every Saturday. I left with so much more knowledge of the fretboard, harmony, chord structures, progressions and just a huge understanding of music in general. Lawrence was a superb teacher and for someone with my limited learning capacity he made it easy for even me to understand. I will always be in debt to him for teaching me what no amount of reading of self teaching ever could. I was also supremely impressed with his playing and even to this day, his tone from his finger style playing has never been equalled. It was just perfect. At that time I recall he had a residency gig at a hotel in London and he would always give me a lift over the water to a tube station near his gig. We'd always talk bass and music and also about life in general. He put me onto Joe Meek, James Jameson and many other players who I'd never heard of. I can honestly say he was a huge influence on my playing and I'd always quote his name if anybody asked me who I respected as a player. R. I. P. Lawrence. 😢

After trying to find the best deals on the bridge I wanted I ended up buying it in chrome, hopefully it'll still look ok! Pickups are now in and wired up. Unless anyone has a spare t24 Taurus backplate laying around I'll need to make one 😊

That is going to look fantastic with black hardware. Looking forward to seeing the end result.

I've had it since Tuesday. Unbelievably, I've only just had the chance to give it a brief go this afternoon. Haven't tried any Bass patches yet (I'll try them tomorrow when I have a bit more time), but the guitar patches are superb. Patch 1B "Double Double" (2 Fender Twins in stereo, with really nice reverb) is brilliant. I've had a Helix Floor, Stomp, and HX Rack but I definitely think the Agoura amps are an improvement. For some reason some FX sound more "sparkly" if you get what I mean, even though Line6 said there have been np improvements to them (yet !)

Circle Of Life - Carmen Twillie/Lebo M

Tamworth terrors and perennial underdogs Wolfsbane at the excellent Greystones in Sheffield, crackling little venue, great beer and atmosphere great Band

I figured out my PARS will be happy with 1,9,17,25 etc. But means page switching when programming them.

Not a Marleaux on the right, but I'd class it as a copy... HB Marquess.

Well, it's finally finished. In the end I went in a completely different direction with the colour - a subtle pearl white (my first bass hero was Duff from Guns 'n' Roses). The guy who painted it did the neck as well - it now looks less like an original '70s Precision and more like one that was refinished by a hair metaller in the '80s. It sounds amazing too - it's a heavy beast but the ash/maple really gives it some snap, which is exactly what I wanted. The normal deadspot you get on 34" basses is barely there either, which is a bonus. Nice low action too.

1950s German. Under UV light.

Little and large(r).

That is an amusing thought, particularly given the headache it's causing my mechanic. But no, it's definitely MY van. I have a Morris band practice on Monday and I need to take double bass, I guess my bass uke might have to get a trip out.

Apologies, missed this when you posted - yes I do, it only didn't go to the tip this week as the weather was so cr@p...... Will hang onto it if you're up for collecting