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And I predate you by 33 years and have been here for over 20. Welcome, you’ll find a great bunch with loads of knowledge and information.

Has anyone compared the BDDI v2 and the Sansamp section of the Bass FlyRig v2?

This documentary tells the story of RSG and explains Dusty’s involvement in bringing over the Motown artists. The programme was live from the studios of Associated Rediffusion in Television House, Kingsway, London. It was a game changer for popular music on TV.

That's very kind of you to say so Chris. I always adopted the attitude that I would treat my customers in the same way as which I would wish to be treated as a customer. In my former Corporate life I was always told that "Customer is King". It seems that this is lost on some of today's businesses.

Those of us of a certain age will remember Megan Davies of The Applejacks who had hits in 1963 and 1964. She was the first female bass player that I was aware of in the UK.

Not the usual sort of gig but for Mrs OBBM's birthday on Saturday we went to see Gary Barlow in "A Different Stage", a one man show, which is a combination of his life story interspersed with his songs. For over 2 hours it was just the man himself surrounded by flight cases containing various props and multiple keyboards. Originally he was going to do 2 nights at the Hall for Cornwall but they sold out in a matter of minutes so they added a third and then a fourth night, all totally sold out. Gary has been doing this show for a while now and certainly puts a huge amount of effort into it. There was of course a large contingent of die-hard Barlow/Take That fans all of whom were in great voice including the 50-something guy in the seat next to Mrs OBBM. Now I never took much notice of Take That back in the day but after Saturday I've been slightly won over to the point where I'm actually looking at videos on YouTube and playing along with the songs. I need help, is there any form of therapy or medication for this?

Here’s wishing you the very best for your surgery. I hope that it gets you sorted.

To quote from The Carpenters "Now and Then" album, "What Memories, What Memories". Thanks for posting Nik.

Maybe. Communication is mostly by beacons or horseback.

Very lonely down here in Cornwall.

Saturday night was the second visit this year to the The Portreath Arms, in Portreath. Nice friendly crowd and all went well. Even got them up and dancing. My set-up was my recently acquired MM Sterling, strung with DRs (why did I ever sell the previous three?) into a Sansamp Flyrig into a Markbass Nano (set flat) into a BF One 10. Great tone, nice and growly. As we don't have drummer it was more than loud enough. Landlady very pleased and wants us back again. Problem is it was the last gig for a while as the guitarist is starting a new job and needs to devote his energies to that for the foreseeable future. Sad in a way as it was finally all coming together. I think the motivation is there to continue but time will tell. In the meantime I shall be visiting the local Jam nights to try and meet a few more musos.

Some years ago I had my ‘73 Precision refretted there and they plekked it as part of the set-up. It was excellent and I’ve never had to adjust it since.

Tuners arrived this morning. All good.

I ordered some Hipshot Tuners from them on Monday but have received no order acknowledgement, just the Paypal receipt. It'll be interesting to see just how long they take to arrive, if at all. Over the years I've only had one minor problem when they sent the wrong strings. I complained and they said send them back (at my expense) and we'll send the correct ones. I decided to keep them and eventually ordered again.

It seems to me that there must a business opportunity for an enterprising luthier to start producing fretless necks for EBMM and MM Sterling Stingrays. I, for one, would like to buy a fretless neck for a Sterling by MM SB14.

Just traded my Sadowsky UV70 for an excellent MM Sterling. He and Mrs Thor made a weekend of it and came down to Penryn to undertake the exchange. They even had time to make friends with the dogs. Top man.

Thanks to BaggyMan I've finally laid my hands on Sterling SB14 complete with a Nordstand pick-up. After fitting a set on Sadowsky Blue Label nickel strings and a bit of a tweak it is a joy to play. Having owned 3 full-blown MM Sterlings over the past 24 years the SB14 really is a little hidden gem. I now want another to convert to fretless.

Before I lash out on new strings has anyone tried flats or nylon coated strings on an MM Sterling or SB14?

At one point we owned two Ginetta G15s so I persuaded Mrs OBBM to have several Imps so that when they died (failed MOT) they became a good source of spares for the G15s. Unfortunately she did not appreciate the classic value and appeal of the Hilman Imp.😉