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It’s The Reddings (Otis’ offspring) with Dexter Redding on bass The well known track is ‘The awakening’ but I thought that was too obvious as Les Claypool is known for knocking that one out

I'm not sure I understand why Paul McCartney would be interested in buying Hofner. He's played the same one for the past 60 years has he not? It doesn't appear like he's a prolific buyer of Hofner basses, but I could be wrong.

There’s a band called Headsticks that might be worth booking , quite loud but do a half decent show 😁. hope it goes well Tom. fo you have a website/facebook / promo space to keep an eye out on ?

Looks nice!

+1 Andy's just bought a Mooer FX Pedal from in what was a very easy and pleasant transaction. Highly recommend, as said above already. Thanks Andy and I hope you enjoy the Mooer... Cheers Nik

Who is it. Sounds like a Stingray so am guessing Louis Johnson on bass.

Sasha from Rostoc basses has just bought ught one and posted the photo . Looks absolutely fine to me so in my opinion you should complain

IMO, this is exactly what you want from a showreel. lots of energy, interesting camera angles, quick cuts and zooms. Crowd dancing and singing along. Also, important to have a vertical version too, as so much social media is consumed vertically these days. This is my bands version for an upcoming gig, in the similiar vein, a bit less punk. https://www.instagram.com/p/DRZ7sdzlK7V/

Any chance of a picture of the bass? I can probably guess what Harley Benton it is, but always easier to pass comment if people know which bass it is.

Gravy Train - Mark Knopfler

I can't imagine Paul McCartney would want to be spending his time & money trying to save a failing business at this point in his life.

Some decent live footage, doesn't have to be too professional, can be very helpful for getting your first booking at a new pub venue. If you want to be getting function gigs then a showreel is pretty much all that someone who has never come across the band has to go on, so having something that is decent quality both visually and sound-wise will make a difference - there's a lot of competition for function work! Doesn't have to be long, 2 - 3 mins is fine. Check out some of the bands on e.g. Alive Network and you'll get a feel for the quality of the showreel clips function bands are posting. We're just in the process of redoing our 2023 band reel to reflect the current 2025 band line up. We've managed to develop quite a lot of the skill set to get it done in house, which massively reduced the costs, and have decent camera and recording equipment so our main cost has been venue hire. Otherwise you can quite quickly end up spending £1k+ on a reel when you've taken account of venue hire, videographer and someone to do the sound mixing and editing. The flip side is that a function band can recover that outlay in a couple of events or even a single booking. There's a couple of ways reels are typically done: - Live take in a studio - Get the audio recorded separately and mime to audio for the video They both have different plusses and minuses.

The extremely talented Brian Auger.

Grits And Gravy — — The Fame Gang

Not the usual way to add content to this post, but as I was testing out a £3 bargain from a local record store I thought I’d do it this way instead of posting the most obvious track 🤣 My Movie 2-540p30.mov

Bought a Mooer Radar pedal from Nik. As new condition and bubble wrapped like baby Jesus in his manger. Nice Xmas pressie for myself -- Thanks Nik much appreciated.

This is ours... I couldn't say if it has brought any new bookings but it definitely can't have lost us any. The audio is from a different gig and the video from one of the larger festivals we do. Before this we have quite a few videos that have spliced together mobile phone videos from different angles and then original audio too. The guitarist makes those somehow on an Apple PC. Feel free to follow the band page and book us for any gigs in 2026. https://www.instagram.com/reel/CvKAESgOpYH/?igsh=MjFrYmE1eXlxYTBk And here's a version made for phone screens: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CvdGYWFAxXV/?igsh=MWJvc3hteGh3b2xqcA==

I'll leave this to the fretless communities, just to say there us a lot of love for Harley B on here, and i have a few... what model? Slacken and re-tighten the neck screws in not thru neck, witness points (press the string down at saddle and nut. New Strings. Are you going for flats? The Adagio Flats (Adv Music on the bay) are a great place to start for the £. Son has a Vintage VF? Fretless and a cheapy Gear for Music Acoustic, always nice to hear.

I recently bought a Harley Benton fretless bass, it was only a cheap one around £150. Im not expert and it is only my second bass so I do not have much to compare it to. However I think it sounds tinny and hollow when I press the string against the neck, like the neck is not solid.When I play notes the sound is kind of echoey (if thats a word). Comparing it to my Squier Affinity, which isn't an expensive bass, it is not nice or deep sounding? How can I make this sound better? Would changing strings help, or a better pick up? What pick ups would be best?

Please could someone tell me where I can get a manual for the Silverado Special. I just bought one last weekend!