KK Jale

The first poet of rock'n'roll, the great R&B-to-pop crossover pioneer, inventor of the guitar riff, practically. What a legend.

I'd say Paul'n'Ringo are in another, later category... there's only Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard left now.

Lovely amp.

The speakers will have a date code stamped on the cork gasket... you would have to remove one from the cab to read it. I wouldn't hurry if I were you, the amp's far more important.

I would NOT take this amp to Marshall. They can on occasion have a very cavalier approach to originality. There are very likely repairers' names that amp collectors would respect more, though it make take a bit of research to find the right one.

Correct - and in the bands I play in (covers and originals), there's no set list, just a song list. The singer susses the room, calls the next tune and we crash in. Knowing the time is vital when you're booked for 2 x 45 or 2 x 60.

Turning the watch to the inside of the wrist is a very good idea. I'm nicking it!

Reading the OP, here's a long long long shot: a Fender Japan Hama Okamoto.

It's essentially an alder-body sunburst slab-board '62 P-bass reissue, but with an A-width Jazz nut.

Recently discontinued, and you'd have to order one used from Japan thus unplayed and untried. Great looking basses though.....

Sir BigRedX, much as I respect your rockin' vampicity I must summon a weak croak of objection to the choice of The Sundays' reverb-bedevilled milquetoast version of Wild Horses. Please, for the sake of poor Gram Parsons' ghost, reconsider your position.

Now this, on the other hand, has legs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCyTqnizcvI

Just bought a KiOgon loom and it couldn't have gone easier. The work is top-notch - every joint perfect, plus lovely touches like the siting of the cap, and soldering one of the grounds to the side of the volume pot. I could NEVER do it this neatly. Cheerz John!

My bass playing was once reviewed as "...the soulful pulse of...".

It became my nickname for ages. My bandmates were merciless

So sorry for your loss. I read his books and feel almost as if I know the man. So long Deke

One great songwriter on another.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_R1US0RNi4

I bought one of those Thomann Premium gig bags about six months ago and one of the shoulder straps is completely pulling apart.

It's not even for a bass... it carries a semi-hollow, 6.5lb guitar. Not chuffed, I'll be sending it back.

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I've since noticed Eastwood shipped it without the chrome bridge cover and I will be wanting that too.
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I think it would look nicer with a something like Gibson EB-style pickup cover instead of the P-bass bridge cover they supply.

Squarer, and more kinda Ampeggy.

A bit like this, if it covered the bridge... [url="http://www.guitarpartsresource.com/images/large/EBAC-C.jpg"]http://www.guitarpar...arge/EBAC-C.jpg[/url]

I played one of these briefly in a shop and liked it much more than I thought I would. One of the best Eastwoods IMO.

Is the bridge screwed down on top of the guard, as reputed?

There are some quite good ones in this thread.

http://basschat.co.uk/topic/275408-4-question-you-would-ask-a-new-prospective-band/page__hl__band__fromsearch__1

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anybody get to the faversham hop festival this weekend - played there yesterday
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Yes, did an hour and a half at the Anchor today. Nice stage, friendly crowd.

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I remember there was a similar add in the back of Guitar and Bass magazine, it must have been there for well over a year, it was something like "Band seeks bassist aged 18 to 20 must have long brown hair!" Ok I get the age thing, it may be slightly limiting but Ok, but I can't get my head around the long brown hair, are we talking Cousin It length or just over the shoulder, what actually constitutes brown, is mousey blonde sufficiently to qualify.

I was so tempted to find a picture of some 18 year stunning blonde holding a bass and send it to them with a message saying "really wanted to apply but sadly my hair was the wrong colour...gutted" Love Michelle aged 19
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I know about this ad... the person involved lived in Florida (why they were putting an ad in a UK mag I have no idea), and was something of a fantasist whose interest in guitar players with long brown hair was most likely, shall we say, "not musical".

I didn't answer the ad myself, incidentally... I have almost no hair at all.

Heckuva show.

I think the bassist is this guy: [url="https://www.mo.nl/orkest/aram-kersbergen"]https://www.mo.nl/or...aram-kersbergen[/url] . Seems like a '63 P and I'd love to know his amp but it sounds pretty B15. [url="https://vincent136.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/aram.pdf"]https://vincent136.f...013/02/aram.pdf[/url]

Try searching for vinyl scooter stripes (Vespa, Lambretta).

A narrow-wide-narrow band is a pretty common pattern for '60s scooters.

Something like this?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SCOOTER-STRIPE-Decals-Sticker-lambretta-vespa-retro-ska-bike-MOD-/152197937198

Cool!

And rad

Please do but I THINK I found out for myself

I reckon it's from the Multivox/Premier/Strad-O-Lin family... okay, if pushed I'll say Premier, though the brands were a bit interchangeable...

From New York, about 1962...

Pretty cool to have the word from the guy himself... what does Eddie say?

I know!!

The interesting thing about this bass is I don't think it's a Teisco or a Guyatone or even Japanese at all.

There's something about it to me that says American... faint shades of Premier, Microfrets, Harmony (but not any of those). And I think it's early - '50s not '60s.

All a guess, though. I'm going to keep looking.

Anna Calvi was good. She's been covering that song for years mind, so she should have it down by now.

Thank you for your opening bid sir!

This is the guy in a rock'n'roll band called Los Apaches from LA.

Any ideas?

Manton Customs is right: you'd be surprised what a really experienced tech can do with a fret dress, even if the frets already seem quite low.

Personally I think a re-fret - a GOOD refret - is perfectly acceptable on any pre-CBS Fender unless it's ridiculously, stupidly mint and/or a rare colour. Yours might be all-original but you didn't say it's mint, and it's "only" a sunburst (nothing against sunburst, just being realistic).

If in any doubt, I'd make double-sure it's a keeper before having any serious work done. But check out the fret-dress possibilities first.

The best I've ever used is Virtuoso. It comes in two bottles: cleaner and polish.

Saying 'best' isn't really good enough. This stuff, the cleaner especially, is spooky. It cleaned my vintage Gibson 330 in a way nothing else did. Use an old white cotton t-shirt, so you can see how much brown goop is removed. It's almost miraculous. The technique is to work on a small area at a time, with circular movements, until the cloth begins to 'stick'. But keep working until there's no friction at all.

I think you can only get it from the USA. If I bought a Gibson EB that needed cleaning/polishing and I'd run out of Virtuoso, I'd wait until I could get some more. I am that impressed by it.

PS In my personal experience; please please don't use T-Cut, or wax. Spit at least won't do any harm.