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Does it matter as to the cause of his passing? All that matters is that yet another huge musical landmark has been removed from the landscape. The extremely sad part is that, with all the big names we've lost recently, there are no new true talents filling the void that's left.

The first bass I ever played was my friend Jimmy Davidson's 1973/4 Fender Jazz Bass. This was around 1978 or so. I remember thinking that it felt huge to my 14 year old hands. Jimmy had bought the bass in 1975 and it was always his favourite instrument. When it came time for me to buy my own bass, Jimmy came along with me to the music stores. I ended up getting a Westone Thunder 1A. Great bass to begin on. I then traded that in for an all-black, unlined, fretless Westone Thunder 1A. 5 years ago, my friend Jimmy was feeling a bit under the weather. He saw his doctor, who sent him for tests. The results came back that he had cancer. This was in the December. By the following March he passed away. The family contacted my brother about selling the bass. I called The Bass Gallery to see about sending it to them in order to get the best price. When I called Jimmy's family to advise them, his daughter said, "we're glad you called us Kevin. My dad always said that if you showed any interest in it, he wanted you to have it". I explained that at the time, I wasn't in a position to afford an instrument of that value. She then replied, "no, you misunderstand, we want you to have it as a gift"!!! It was an incredibly touching gesture, and I shed a few tears. The strange thing was, that whenever I played it, I always thought "this is Jimmy's bass, not mine", and I couldn't enjoy it for what it was at that time. So, I loaned it to my friend Paul Turner for a few years. He used it on various gigs (Jamiroquai, Shuffler, Take That, etc). I got it back last March to use on a charity gig for the hospice who looked after Jimmy in his final few weeks. I could, at long last, enjoy it. It's a great sounding bass. So, I now have the very first bass guitar I ever held in my hands. [URL=http://s7.photobucket.com/user/kevin_lindsay/media/FB_IMG_1426058937455.jpg.html][IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/FB_IMG_1426058937455.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

I've got three basses I switch between: [URL=http://s7.photobucket.com/user/kevin_lindsay/media/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131103_151127.jpg.html][IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131103_151127.jpg[/IMG][/URL] white "dot & bound" Jazz Bass My Shell Pink P-Bass [URL=http://s7.photobucket.com/user/kevin_lindsay/media/Shell%20Pink%2056%20P-Bass/20130817_193800.jpg.html][IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/Shell%20Pink%2056%20P-Bass/20130817_193800.jpg[/IMG][/URL] My 1974 Jazz Bass (currently on loan to Brinsley Forde from Aswad) [URL=http://s7.photobucket.com/user/kevin_lindsay/media/1974%20Fender%20Jazz%20Bass/CIMG0002-1.jpg.html][IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/1974%20Fender%20Jazz%20Bass/CIMG0002-1.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

Gnarls Barkley - "Crazy" http://youtu.be/Qe500eIK1oA

Clout - "Substitute" (1978) http://youtu.be/ZtVOhqarpVo

Marshall Hain - "Dancing In The City" http://youtu.be/2xUo4z-FO24

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Mississippi Queen by Mountain Be Thankful For What You've Got by William DeVaughn Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes. I'm Doing Fine Now by New York City All of them fantastic tracks.

Okay, so some acts had more than 1 "hit". Let's just revel in the pop-tastic glory of the main hits of the acts listed. I've made up a play list of the songs on here. Fantastic stuff so far.

The spraying of the body and headstock were passed on to a guy who specialises in spraying custom motorcycle helmets. I've had no update photos to post as I haven't been through to see Chris for a while. Plus other personal expenses meant I has to delay the build for a bit. I'll get some pics for everyone soon as I'll be through to see Chris again in a couple of weeks' time.

"7teen" by The Regents "Waiting For A Star To Fall" by Boy Meets Girl

I've always played it with the open A string accompanying the figure up the top end of the neck. I saw Andy Fraser playing it that way on a clip of Free playing live on some TV show. It really makes a difference to the resulting sound.

Some others Gorrillaz Cypress Hill Cowboy Junkies Spoon Madonna Whitesnake Matchbox 20 Red Hot Chilli Peppers Queen Prince Yellowman Pixies Talking Heads The Cars Alice In Chains Blur Iron Maiden

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1457257416' post='2996687'] The Clash - "London Calling" could be re-released as an EP: 1. London Calling 2. Lost In The Supermarket 3. Armegideon Time [/quote] Yup, I bought the London Calling album on double heavyweight vinyl last month. Fantastic opening track, then just a load of forgettable filler after that!

And Oroh Angiama played bass for her live at the outset of her recording / gigging career. Nice guy

I've had a few Snarky tuners over the past few years. Pretty nice little units. However, I got the TC Electronic Polytune clip on before Christmas - a bargain at £20!!! Works great. [URL=http://s7.photobucket.com/user/kevin_lindsay/media/20160228_180427_1.jpg.html][IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/20160228_180427_1.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

I had a last minute dep a couple of weeks ago. I only had a couple of hours to load my car and listen to the songs before heading to the gig. My friend Paul Turner texted this piece of advice for me: "Oh no. Bit of advice... Lock any particular lines but then just jam along with every tune moving straight on to next without dwelling on anything. Your brain will be locked in and your ears will do the rest on the gig. If you have 2min per song then don't exceed. Any you know write the key and move on."

Yup, another Pino bassline there.

A guy who can writs the following lyrics is someone to be treasured in my opinion Excerpt from "Alone Again Naturally" "Looking back over the years, and whatever else appears, I remember I cried when my father died, never wishing to hide the tears. And at sixty five years old, my mother, God rest her soul, Couldn't understand why the only man she had ever loved had been taken. Leaving her to start with a heart so badly broken. Despite encouragement from me, no words were ever spoken. A d when she passed away, I cried and cried all day. Alone again, naturally." Sheer poetry.

No problem mate