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Quite a lot of the usual cover band staples on here are strong contenders for my worm sandwich list i.e I'd rather eat one than play any of them again. However, Bohemian Like You is head and shoulders way above any of them in a list of songs that I hate. I absolutely loathe everything about it and have never understood why anyone would want to hear it; I hated it from the first time I listened to it and played it in a band.

Looks like Thomann have very little stock of the old 5 string. This is about half what I paid for my late 2020 one although I think the headstock on this says 2019. https://www.thomann.de/gb/sadowsky_metroexpress_21_5_vin_mo_sgmp.htm Still very tempting. I did the usual to mine; fitted a VTC preamp, filed the fret ends and added a hip shot string retainer to mine and I love it. It’s sadly not my Ampeg rig in the pic though.

The Bottle- Gil Scott-Heron MPB Womack & Womack Shaky Ground The temptations/Phoebe Snow

pic courtesy of Emma Bowden @armadillocentral.com Brilliant gig on Saturday at The Plough in Shrepreth. Good turn out, some lovely comments from the audience and staff and being not far from home. I had lots of friends and family in; which is always nice.Very good friendly venue; a great local pub that prides itself on on being a proper music pub- nice stage, good house PA and an owner who also knows his way around a desk; he did a great job on the sound while running a busy bar and looked after us really well. He also happens to stock some great beers and Mrs C was driving ! We had a great time one of the best pub gigs I’ve played.

Is there no start to this man's talents ?

All I did was post a light hearted paraphrase of an Alan Partridge quip and off it all went. It's as if they'd said that they were bigger than Jesus or something... Oh hang on. BTW I like the Beatles; There I've said it.

He was in Wings though; "the band the Beatles could have been."

Very nice vid. I like those Cort A basses

Kim bought my Soniccake Octaver. Swift payment good to have a confirmation of delivery and to know that he’s pleased with the pedal A thoroughly nice chap to deal with !

I glued the scratch plate, replaced the pickup and controls with a Mexican Player loom that I had and added copper shielding to the control cavity. I’m very pleased with the result. Plays very well, after a quick truss rod tweak and has a great Precision thump with the ancient but pretty much unplayed Elites that have been on it since it was stored in a cupboard for years. Best bargain bass that I’ve owned!

Me too!

I tried one of these; really nice, however I just couldn't get on with the compound neck

It is that very one Maude, yes it is a nice bass. Thanks for the heads up re the scratch plate I did momentarily toy with changing it but definitely won't now.

That's a good point. There is a slight gap in the crack too and it runs just under the jack socket washer. I'll have a play with it and post the result.

Thank you, that sounds like a plan.

I dug this out of the back of a cupboard. It plays very well, was almost still in tune and sounds pretty good, so I thought I might resurrect and upgrade it. I have Tonerider pickup and some Mex P electrics somewhere in a drawer which I might fit, as I don’t really want to spend much on it. I originally got it from my brother as swap for a leather jacket back in the ‘80s. Anyway I like the way the scratch plate has faded slightly so any suggestions what I can use to repair the crack with ? I don’t mind if it isn’t perfect cosmetically.

I'm not sure I'd want to haul that up and down through the lift hatch too often either!

He sure was. He also did a clever left hand thing, which I'll not even attempt, certainly with all those 16ths ! I saw a vid explaining how he fretted a note with one finger and muted with another on the same hand while playing those fast runs.

Soul with a Capital S Tower of Power. In fact any of the three numbers with Rocco Prestia bass parts that we do.

“It’s not you it’s us; we don’t like you.” Still waiting for an opportunity to use that line to fire a band member. However, in this situation I think an honest, quiet conversation, probably not by text, is the best option. Might be a quick one, but better to be upfront with her.

This

Used to do Call Me Al and Diamonds on the Soles of her shoes in a previous band, despite not having a fretless. The bridge pickup on a Jazz worked.

Most of my prejudices are based on aesthetic features: Single cut basses Coffee table finishes, often goes with the above. Relic’d basses Headless basses. The look of Alembics, apart from John Entwistle explorer one, although I’m sure they’re superb basses, if a bit extortionate. Ditto Wal and Warwick shapes. I play four and five string basses but have never felt the need for a six.