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I have a gig! Praise be. The eternal question arises; what gear shall I take? The answer is simple. The best of everything. Best amp, best cabs, best bass.

When a chance came to get hold of one of my old basses back in a trade I of course had to say yes. This arrived today: a 2014 Fender AV 64 Reissue Jazz in a FSR Daphne Blue with matching headstock. It's bloody lovely so goodness knows why I got rid of it in the first place. I have a love/hate thing with Jazzes but hopefully it will hang around for a while. We'll see...

Caveat: this is not legal advice. I think this comes down to whether there is a contract on the basis that you have already paid for it. If there is, and given that at the price you paid you reasonably assumed that was the correct price (and not an error), the company is bound to honour it. That does not mean they would. If the contract would depend upon delivery, then there is no contract and they must refund the money you paid upon cancellation by either party. It is unacceptable for them to pull this stroke, in my view. Were I in your position, I would give them a choice on the spot: supply the piano at the price you paid, or else refund the money immediately. But I doubt they have a valid basis for taking the money and then trying to shake you down for more. They might have a valid basis for cancelling the order, in which case you must receive an immediate refund. Personally, I would insist that they honour what you regard as an agreement (do not concede ground on the price-matching point), and point out their weak position in law should they prove reluctant. If they won't budge, get an immediate refund and call the other place quickly. There is no way I would pay extra money to these people.

The T2A fuses arrived today and the amp is now working just as it should, without blowing fuses. It draws around 0.35A (88W) from the mains when it has settled down, which is not unusual given how delightfully inefficient valve amps are - my Princeton Reverb draws 0.24A (61W). The steel bird cage gets quite hot above the valves, but my PF-50T did the same. I'm calling that a win. I just need a name now - any suggestions?

At last I have a matching pair.

Hardly adequate (dark, flash from phone), but I snapped this just after wiping down the body after 2nd coat. A little darker and deeper red, with the grain still nicely visible. It will not get much darker than this from the 4 additional coats I will add, so pretty close to end colour I think.

Did someone leave it on a radiator? It seems to have melted... One fugly bass.

Just pulled the trigger on a TMB30 on Ebay. Have been circling a shorty for quite a while now a have a few gigs lined up so really looking forward to this little stubby turning up.

Free Nissan Main Dealer - The Special AKA

Go to the CAB website and check your statutory rights but IIRC they sold you the item at the price you paid - they can't add money after the fact.

It begins... and very well might end badly!

Long time no hear, Yabby You

Many thanks to all for your words of encouragement, advice and welcome.

Interesting tidbit of information there - so Mr. Glover had got past his (deep) purple phase by then was more into the yellow/red end of the spectrum?

There's the GR Pure 800 if that's any use?

(B)Raking the law(n) - Judas Priest

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To bring some perspective my auntie used to live next door to Roger Glover in Richings Park, Iver, Buckinghamshire and my (then) teenage cousin Pete used to wash Roger's car to make a few bob. One time Roger was in his garden planting out some marigolds and my uncle leaned over the fence and said 'Rog, is Smoke On The Water heavy metal?' and Roger put down his trowel and thought a bit and said 'No, Norman, it's hard rock but played with a hint of heaviness'.

The Abyssinians 'Declaration of rights'

This just arrived after a six month wait and after a little adjustment seems rather nice. Anderton’s website indicates they got 2 in, so if yer quick 😉

I’m actually waiting to do a review of the @Bergantino Audio Forté HP as well as the NXT and NXV cabinets when they ship to our distributor. I’ll also ask to do B|Amp MK 2 as well. I adore my B|Amp MK1 and can help answer questions about Forté. Anything I can’t answer, I’ll call Jim himself

Is Mr. G a known Dead Head? I bet he grows magnolias.

Bit blurry…but this is the business. Reidmar 750 and Vanderklay 212

Good man! You got what you were originally looking for and for a good price. Now, something you need to know about BC, there’s a rule, which is so strict that it has its own emoji… We expect these and a full report on your new bass’s arrival.

I've only had a brief go on the C4, but it's looking good. It's replaced Octave up and down pedals, so that'll be my 1st focus. (The right-hand three pedals were all previously @SumOne's 🙂 )

Thanks man, I've gone ahead and bought the huntington via this forum. Got it for 450 in mint condition. If I like it then I'll probably look at something more high end next year 👍 if I love it though then it's job done 😁

Really? There is an issue with recreational drug use interfering with treatment for mental illnesses, but my dear old mum had bipolar and never went near a recreational drug in her life. Her behaviour was at times as outrageous and loopy as Jaco’s - although far fewer people saw it. We should beware conflating recreational drug usage and mental illness, and also demonising people for drug issues (there are plenty of people with gambling, alcohol and other addictions which also ruin lives). Im also very dubious of viewing these matters as greatly important when there are far more positives - after all some of the great composers of the classical genre had mental health issues.

Could we have the bride and the groom on the floor please? Then into Smoke On The Water. Reminds me of a friend of ours who used to sing in a band that did many functions over the years. He once asked for the bride and groom etc then asked for the brides parents. Everyone Was stage whispering frantically, Al,...... they're dead!

Yep 15uf.. but dunno about Butch, David, Jack or any of the Casady's

Can open, worms everywhere.

Alvarez

Ahem…

If you can find a used one that hits the top of your budget then check out the Spector Bantam bass.

That’s the one! 1983 (my YOB coincidentally) and one of the few white stingrays with non yellowing lacquer.

Thanks for posting this - what a positive documentary. Jaco suffered from what we would now call bipolar disorder which, for anyone who is a relative or close friend of someone with this, will know that, as for all forms of mental illness it can be supremely hard work with that sort of relationship. I’m afraid that people complaining about this is really discriminatory in the same way as complaining about other disabilities or people’s sex, age and other illnesses. I’m sure if it were now there would be far greater support for someone like Jaco. That he was a genius on bass should not be in dispute - I learned so much from him (and Alan Spenner, Leo Lyons, Jack Bruce, Louis Johnson, Bernard Edwards - more recently Jamerson, Dunn, Babbitt - in fact an absolute mammoth of a list right up to the current day - but Jaco’s work (also as a writer) really moves me - when Two Views of a Secret was played on the video attached it almost moved me to tears - fabulous! I also am a great fan of Henning (and was from first seeing him at the beginning of the 70s on DB with Oscar P - usually on the tele) - there have been many jazz players I’ve admired - but Jaco taught me to groove on electric bass (as did most of my other influences), followed by the note selection and patterns, voicings to make things interesting (even the most mundane) - there’s a mass of truth in Zawinul’s input to the documentary about his view of Weatyer Report - I have heard other stories of Jaco idolising him and finding it hard to gain praise from him - especially with his solo stuff - so good to hear Zawinul say in such positive terms what he thought of Jaco and his music. Jaco’s tone was pretty well unique at the time and his accuracy staggering on fretless (Pino - another influence - took this approach as well but added his own flavour). I can say in 1980 I was really after copping some of Jaco’s tone and groove (and Pino’s)!! Though I didn’t own a fretless (yes a Stingray) till 2010!!!

@Hellzero I don't want to get involved in any argument about Jaco. I completely understand what you're saying. Certainly, Percy Jones knocked my socks off the first time I heard him (Brand X - Nuclear Burn!) but I still think Jaco was unique and maybe deserves a bit of donkey licking. After all, it's not often us bass players get our asses licked! I'm so glad you mentioned Toots. He's my hero. I unashamedly lick his donkey as I present the following video which I think demonstrates that Jaco understood the mechanics of music very deeply, and with sensitivity, and fully deserved to be on stage with Belgiums greatest export - yes, even better than Leffe and even Chips

Reigning in my heart - Buddy Holly

None more '80s.

To bring some perspective, Smoke on the Water was recorded 49 years ago. 49 years back from Smoke on the Water in 1923 the world was recovering from the Great War and Spanish Flu.

Are you talking about Jaco the hugely influential, innovative, bass player, or Jaco the person? You only have to listen to Jaco with Weather Report, his solo albums or his various guest appearances to know who the bass player "Jaco really was". I have never heard of Michel Hatzigeorgiou, but I'm always keen to check out any players who I may have missed, so did a quick Google. The first video result was Michel doing a Jaco. Michel's Wiki also states that Jaco was his "main influence". To be honest Hellzero your posts kind of remind of the great Vim Fuego quote, "I could play Stairway to Heaven when I was 12, Jimmy Page didn't write it till he was 22. I think that says quite a lot"