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A Deville (especially in 4x10 mode) not a million miles away from a Fender Bassman combo, guitar amp originally designed for bass. I’ve gigged with a Marshall valve guitar head for bass. My bass head had died so had to use it, wasn’t too bad either. Conversely back in the day a lot of guitarists preferred Marshall bass amps to guitar models! Musicman used to make an amp (HD150 ?) suitable for both which had a valve power amp, sounded immense.

Good call. Whilst not being a massive fan of The Shadows stuff, Wonderful Land is (for me anyway) their best tune. Great chord progression and at just a tad over 2 mins long a perfect pop single of the time.

Also this classic -

Just beat me to it - the original and still the best. Staying with hits, I love this beauty -

Good to hear that, sounds like a decent bloke. A bit contrary to the old gag - ‘What’s the difference between a cow and the James Last Orchestra? The cow has the horns at the front and the c*nt at the back’.

Sent you a PM!

Here's my card that came with my Brew Dog crate.

My (34 year old) baby daughter knows me so well....

Or if you lose your bottle opener.....

To be fair though, didn’t the good 80’s stuff decline during the decade? Most of your great list does still have a late 70’s feel to it ( except Green Onions, obv.) 😄

Whilst I agree with you in principal, you can’t get away from the fact that it’s usually the done thing to have a bass that is right for the gig, both sonically and visually. Maybe it would be fun to start a thread called ‘ Most inappropriate bass’ , or ‘This bass is at the wrong gig’ ? 😀

I’m liking that too. Not sure about 3 strings though, probably 1 or 2 more than needed on that beauty....🤣

Some good news and some bad for me, so I’ll start with the bad. A large hotel near me has closed it’s doors for good following the Covid outbreak. Whilst it was probably struggling before that, like many businesses on the edge it was enough to push them over. I’ve played at many functions and weddings there over the last 40+ years so very sad to see it go. It was also my only gig still booked for 2020 - I’ve played there every New Years Eve for some years with friends, so gutted that it’s ended. Am sure it won’t be the only casualty either. On a brighter note, I have a provisional gig booked for July with my acoustic duo. It’s an outside gig with appropriate social distancing, so looking forward to it. The only proviso is that the weather is good, if it rains then that will be my only remaining gig of the year down the plug hole. Fingers crossed. 🙂

I've been missing gigging, which is my work! 28 gigs down so far, with no sign of anything improving for the rest of 2020. The first few weeks of the lockdown were a nice change for me, but as the time has gone on I'm getting more twitchy being at home. Practicing along with some stuff my band recorded on our gigs so as not to lose it and forget everything, but TBH I'm a live player really - it's all about doing gigs all over the UK and also the travel and camaradarie for me.

Just measured the interior of my shaped G4M one. The dimensions are - Body cavity length (end pin to neck support) - 50cms Neck support length - 36cms Headstock cavity length - 33cms My Dano Longhorn is 30.5" scale length and fits in fine, but your Mustang may be a tad longer? Hope this helps.

Unfortunately grand-mama popped her clogs a while back now so I can't verify with her, but I can safely say either 1964 or 1965. She was the first person we knew to go abroad for her holidays, hard to imagine now. I was mad on the Stones and Beatles so she thought it would be suitable, bless her. Carried it as hand luggage on the plane home, without a case for it! Made by Roca in Valencia, it still plays okay despite only being 1/2 size. When I took it to school I was amazed how big everyone else's guitars were!

Here's my first ever instrument, brought back for me from Spain by my Grandma. Pictured with my mandolin and uke bass so you can get the scale.

I had exactly the same model, even down to the missing scratchplate! Sold it a couple of years ago for a good profit on the £30 it cost me in the early 80's. ☺️

Cough....😉

Marshall 18 watt valve guitar combo I bought in the mid 70’s for £45. Best amp I’ve ever heard, will be with me till I shuffle off. My grandma bought me a small Spanish guitar back from her holidays in Spain c.1965 which I learned to play on and still have. Also I’ve still got a full sized unbranded Spanish guitar I got from a lad at school in 1969. Think it was part of a swap deal with a small Antoria combo that needed repair but would have been worth a fair bit today.

Gibson Firebird in the background I think. Machine heads on the Dano definitely not original, look like 70’s Schallers maybe?

Great Eric Burdon documentary on BBC iPlayer if you haven’t seen it. He doesn’t speak too fondly of Alan Price mind......

Great pic! Unusual mod on the Dano, John Birch modified so many basses back then. I’ve had a few Longhorns and really like them. Still got one, a late 90’s Korean model and it's one of those basses I can’t see me parting with. Sorry for the thread derail!

You still got the Dano?