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I never knew that was Flea and I've never really listened to that bass line before I played the album to death when it came out too Good isn't it

It reminds that when I started making this job many many many ... many moons ago, I was doing it in the attic at my parents house at ... whatever hour it was, so sometimes very late in the night or pretty early in the night... The following day was the day of the argument with ... guess who. 🤦🏻🤔😂

here it is, not really sharp, but I will check the jack with a DMM asap:

Back in the day my double bass teacher got me into that book along with the other one you mentioned, 'Odd Time Reading Text'. I believe they were both updated in the 80's sometime. Both are excellent and a must in my opinion. Use the rhythms and apply to any scale, mode or motif you want to work on.

A good start then John Perhaps if you tell everyone what the set up was we might be able to help a little. Did you mic the drums this time? Was the lack of volume from the monitors down to feedback issues or lack of gain?

Matte Kudasai - King Crimson

I’ll be happy to oblige when the bass gets delivered this week sometime.👍

I Can't Wait Any Longer - Bill Anderson

Thanks Kiwi, after seeing his previous antics I think I'll just leave it

You would have to ask Mr Hall directly. I understand he is domiciled in Market Drayton these days. From our perspective, if it could be mistaken for a Rickenbacker then it would be contentious. If it's just a body shape but highly modified then it'll probably be OK.

Yes, 24/7/365 operation is a little different. I have an amp in my shop undergoing aging testing that’s been in operation like this approaching 150,000 hours (that’s about 17 years). The caps still meet the original design specs. By comparison, for an audio amp used 4 hours a day, 5 days a week (high usage for a bass amp), that would be about 150 years… so even if the caps lasted half that long we are still talking about 75 year lifespan. This is quite simplified, but serves to reinforce why replacing caps in amps just because they are a “few” years old borders on the absurd. Or, the design and selection of components is really awful.

Not a single close up of the bass player - criminal! I think Ovation Magnum is on the money - and I smell an endorsement deal of some kind, because Jeff Lynne looks like he's playing an Ovation also - perhaps a Deacon 12 string?

As long as you're making a new pickguard (and doing any routing underneath required, then you could do worse than this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/394653160508 £22 - and Artec is a known brand who make decent pickups. I'd use a bridge strat pickup, higher DC resistance than a middle or neck one. Even if you're putting it in the neck position. I did this many years ago with a Squier Bronco - sounded pretty good as I recall - although it was a different brand - GFS (Guitar Fetish) which I probably imported from the States because the pound was strong then. The only downside to these kind of pickups are the rounded ends - pretty tricky to perch your thumb on. If you're willing to spend a bit more (£60), I have also used these: https://www.armstrongmusic.co.uk/collections/kent-armstrong-split-tube-guitar-pickups These are Jazz bass pickup sized and crucially they have flat ends, so using them as a thumbrest is much easier. I put these in my Burny LSB-70 thus: Hope that helps!

Could it be magic - Barry Manilow

I thought Kelly Groucutt might be playing one here, but it's very hard to see it properly... it could be the Ovation Magnum. What do you think?