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Time to take up acoustic bass methinks

I the words of the prophets, I had a doozy of a day. This is a long one so tl;dr version is my car broke down on the way to the gig so I got towed there, the gig went great and then I spent all night waiting for the RAC. First gig of the year and we were playing at the East and West Ardsley Social Club near Dewsbury. I was very excited, and even bought myself a new shirt for the occasion. Well, things did not go to plan for me. Half a mile away from the venue all of the warning lights on my dashboard came on, along with a warning of an engine malfunction and I believe the full beam headlights as someone coming the other way flashed me. I managed to pull into a bus layby and turned the engine off, after which the dashboard and lights stayed on but the engine wouldn't start and I couldn't close the windows or open the boot. After resisting calls from the band to have someone pick me and my gear up and abandon my car at the roadside, I suggested if I got towed I'd be able to get my gear out through the backseat and would call the RAC at halftime. Our drummist Mick and a bloke from the club came out with the shortest tow rope ever and a towing eye, and we very gingerly made our way to the venue with me trying very hard not to crash into the back of Mick's Range Rover. Mick took the turn into the venue too tight though, which snapped the tow rope and meant I had to be pushed to a parking space. We were only about half an hour to kick off at this point so I hastily assembled my rig (ABM atop Two10S, with the P-bass used for the first time in a while with my Sire still to receive it's new Sadowsky preamp), and with no opportunity for soundcheck (or "tonight's office" photo) we began. Someone in our following very helpful told us we were a bit loud so we all dropped the volume slightly and all was well. The crowd, other than the twentysomethings in our following, were very subdued and at halftime we debated cutting new tune Club Foot from the second set as it might not go down very well, but we figured if nothing else it would be a paid rehearsal so opted to include it and it went down pretty well. Our second set is a lot more energetic than our first and we were having a great one. We even got three encore calls which was surprising as we usually only manage one, maybe two. I was caught on the hop by Mick launching straight into Chelsea Dagger for our second and just managed to grab a pick in time to start where I should. Then we were demanded to play A Town Called Malice again, so I was a bit broken by the end. Afterwards I resisted further invitations by the band to crash on various sofas as my car was still unlocked, and with north of £1500 worth of gear in it I didn't want to leave it unattended, albeit in a well-lit and CCTV-monitored car park. So from 11pm I sat and waited for the RAC. And waited. Then waited some more, with a final burst of waiting after dawn. Finally the recovery patrol arrived at 7.30 and managed to get my now completely dead car to start off a jump. After dumping all my gear at home I left the car outside a local garage ready to call them tomorrow to get a confirmatory diagnostic of a possible ECU failure. Then it was home for some sleep. Hoping for a quick and inexpensive resolution to the car woes before the next gig in a fortnight. I had such a good day on Friday, but yesterday was a day full of finding out the bonus I'll be getting for getting chartered will now be ringfenced for car repairs.

Played a small festival in Wiltshire yesterday evening. Not much money but lovely to play out of doors in the sun. We bass players don't get much attention as a rule, but yesterday I had a couple of folk with kind words. The second guy was a keyboard player in awe of the sound of my bass. A Harley Benton jazz. He was quite right, it does sound awesome.

I went to see John Lydon last night. He's on his spoken word "I could be wrong..." tour Absolutely terrible. Some were laughing, some were cheering, a lot were walking out. It came to the half way point and I called it. Left the venue and went a pub instead.

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It's not that easy to get any clear idea of the contours which is why was thinking of a wrap. I like the blue sparkle but as there's been official fender issues of that finish (mij I think?) so I wanted something different. My name also has check in it so it's more personal too.

Yes, didn't see it on here, but commented on FB. I'm not in the market but was absolutely bowled over by the looks. I hope someone snatches it up soon for you.

All music is copying. When you write music you're just deciding what elements you're copying. AI is the same except it doesn't have experience of the real world, doesn't understand the emotional context. Until AI has emotion, all it will be is a model working off an algorithm. Humans are losing the emotional context of life as well, too much written communication and not enough face to face. Maybe AI music will appeal to future generations who don't know what it is like to go outside and actually talk to people.

That'll be mine 🙋🏻‍♂️ You're welcome to come and try it if you can get to Margate? It's a lovely bass and a very reluctant sale.

And in the UK you have to go on a safety course to hang flowers on lamposts ... 😎

I've just received one, and I love it. It's my first J bass, and it does everything I need it to do. It's really well made, sounds great and was well priced.

Also, it really gives you somwhere to go, dynamically. I tend to play on the lighter side but sometimes I really get excited when playing live towards the end of a song or something and it is kind of fun to have a "next level of intensity" to go to!

As of 2022 they were claimed to be made in China.

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As The World Dies, The Eyes Of God Grow Bigger - Sebadoh

Love grows (where my Rosemary goes) - Edison Lighthouse