kevin_lindsay

Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own - U2

Saw Massaoke last night in Glasgow - what a fun gig. I was originally introduced to them by Guy Pratt a few years back when he net them during Guy's stint at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Guy had borrowed my white Jazz Bass while he was in the city for a couple of weeks. And here is Guy sound checking with the Massaoke guys in Edinburgh, filmed by the band's bass player (Guy using my white Jazz).

Be Thankful For What You Got - William Devaughan (Love this track)

Marathon - Rush

I'm Going to the Massaoke gig in Glasgow on Saturday night - should be great fun.

Doctor Doctor - Thompson Twins

Cool For Cats - Squeeze

She's Strange - Cameo

Gone Shootin' - AC/DC

Start! - The Jam

Float On - The Floaters

Space Junk - Devo

Wipe Out - The Ventures

Happy Talk - Captain Sensible

Boom Bang A Bang - Sandie Shaw

Nobody Does It Better - Carly Simon

Moviestar - Harpo

I'm really enjoying watching this unfold. I've got three single coil P-Basses that I've built similarly to yourself, but I opted for colour finishes (although I've often thought about doing a Paisley finish). I too did the bare wood build, and sprayed the finishes myself in nitrocellulose lacquer at home. On my basses, I too went through various pickups, before settling on the Seymour Duncan "Stinger" as used by Sting (in his old battered P-Bass), and the late Dusty Hill. It's a stacked hum-cancelling pickup, so needs a 500k pot on the volume, as a standard 250k is really muddy and dark with this unit. Also, I was looking at your harware parts - are those rear string ferrules the correct size? If they're not, then I have a spare set of the period-correct large ferrules that I could donate as a freebie (as they, and my spare Stinger pickup, are just in my parts stash doing nothing - seems like a waste).

Every Loser Wins - Nick Berry

Gaunt To Make You An Offer You Can't Refuse - The Stylistics

Sky High - Jigsaw

Seconds - The Human League