mike f

The Rash, on E Coli Records if I remember correctly.

Wear and tear, scratches, dints and the like I can stand. I just can’t get my head around, and will not buy, items that haven’t even had a duster over them. “Item for sale, dust, pubes, dog hairs and dead skin included”.

Items for sale that are visibly dirty.

@TKenrick that’s the one! Thank you so much.

@velvetkevorkian it’s a rapid slide down a tone or semitone and back up to the original note done twice in quick succession.

To trill or not to trill? If that’s what it’s even called. A technique I see all over the place, that fast whole or semi tone trill, appears to be beyond me. I’ve always played my vibrato bending the string. Seems more natural to me. Any advice or opinion on trilling? Is that even a word?!

Just had some work done on my 2001 Warwick Thumb BO by Jon Shuker. Neck reprofiled, frets levelled and dressed and a brass nut fitted. This man works wonders. If you need any work done on your bass I can highly recommend that you take it to him.

Oddly this has now reappeared on YouTube. Popped up on the “continue watching” thingy. Awreety awrighty!

@Bagman the 4” wide leather straps from The Bass Gallery are on all my basses (including 2 x Warwicks). They look good, last for years and are very comfortable.

This concert, from 1974, will only be on YouTube until this Tuesday. Frank Zappa channel. Awreety awrighty!

@Chienmortbb thanks. I’m waiting for the replacement part, the input block (is that what it’s called?!) and the loan of a soldering iron. I will report my findings!

I found the MXR Blowtorch to be particularly nuts, and they can be found quite cheap. Was going to ditch mine until I was just messing about with it and put the middle and treble on full (frequency switch to the right, can’t remember the numbers), bass at about 11 o’clock. And you can blend it too. Powerful and very, very fuzzy.

Didn’t realise how much I liked mine until it broke!