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Thank you!

This would be a lot of fun to play live

Continuing with his Bruceness. Pump It Up was an example of when Elvis and Bruce were at the top of their game. EC wrote the words while holding Subterranean Homesick Blues in his mind. He played the song to the band in a soundcheck with a very sparse two chord arrangement. Bruce said it need propulsion - this he provided in spades! years later he says he stole the bass lines from The Damned (Neat Neat Neat), The Everly Brothers (The Price Of Love), You've Got To Lose (Richard Hell and the Voidoids), You Really Got Me (The Kinks), and last but not least In The Mood (Glen Miller). Somehow he distilled that lot down into one of the most recognisable, powerful basslines of the era. Before he and Elvis fell out they were such a dynamic, creative force. Neither has, in my opinion, achieved the same heights without the other. So here it is, Pump It Up, my best attempt. I'm still new to this game so any constructive advice is always welcome. Pump It Up.pdf

Bruce Thomas, The Long Honeymoon The Long Honeymoon.pdf

Bruce Thomas autobiography, signed and still there with my Profile when purchased on this very site. Reading it again at the moment. Wonderful.

I think we need always remember that for most of us the audience will never know. Use what you like, what gets closest to the sound in your head when in the mix, but don't get too hung up on it. You're the only one will ever notice.

I love Vulfpeck, and I have travelled to London to see them before. However, my main focus is Joe Dart and having seen him up close on small stages in two of his other bands, and only had to drive a half hour, I know my preference. Big gigs just aren't my thing any more.

Your ability to highlight in such straight lines is extraordinary.

Bruce Thomas's line for Elvis Costello's Oliver's Army. Olivers_Army.pdf

Checked over the transcription with the help of my bass teacher and revised it. Thank you @Kirky for the feedback Lipstick Vogue.pdf

Disco Ulysses.

How? How can the history of the genre not include these?

Thank you

Bruce Thomas's line for Elvis Costello's Lipstick Vogue Lipstick Vogue.pdf

The Lovely Eggs on Saturday the 1st in Bristol. Smashing band with great ethics.

Surprised how good Stephen Merchant is on the old piano.

It was a fair price. If it's worth anything more now, that's down to the hard work you've put into its restoration.

I appreciate your point. Affordable long scale flats, which are perfectly good strings, are available for about 10 to 15 quid. So for something more specialised I suppose I was thinking 15 to 25 ballpark. Anyway thank you for the info

Only happened to me once on BC. Sold a bass at a very fair price - which we do here - and the buyer immediately listed it at a higher price. I experienced a feeling as being in the presence of an unexpected bad smell. I just made a point never to deal with said individual in the future. No need to make a fuss. Sure enough they were subsequently outed by another member for untrustworthy behaviour. It wasn't a shock, some folk care more for money than the good things in life. Move on and don't pay them no never mind as my old Pappy never said.

Are there any affordable SS flats out there?

I have a few active basses and they all behave so differently from one another. One is really quite mellow and I like it, another is so powerful it distorts on anything approaching full volume. And I never know if the battery is going to last or not. I feel your pain.