D.I. Joe

In addition to all of the aforementioned… Try not to concentrate too much on the mechanics of what you’re doing but instead try to listen, as if you are listening to someone else playing. It’s hard to explain, but I find that if I “take a step back” mentally and listen to the whole, rather than concentrating on what I’m doing, then everything seems to come together more naturally and it’s easier to relax, which itself is important.

Lucie says, at least mention Deadedz by name next time &nbsp

Hey, I resemble that remark!! 🤣

I recently bought Gerry's Purple Chili rig (at a bargain price, I'm sure he won't mind me saying). He very kindly agreed to travel to meet me for the exchange and I was was almost two hours late because of an accident on the M4! Luckily Gerry is a very pleasant and patient chap and when I finally arrived we had a good chat and I travelled straight to my for gig that evening with the amp which worked perfectly. I had to borrow a bass to play through it but that's a story for another day... In summary, would highly recommend buying from Gerry but avoid driving through Newport to do so.

My dad sometimes refers to fretless bass as "the trombone guitar"...

I am indeed! I might not be there a lot during the rest of June though as we've got a very busy month coming up... The invitation is open to all. The more the merrier!

I'm hosting the jam night there with Mark Pontin on Monday 6th June, pop in and say hi! (My profile pic was taken there also)

I tried one at The Guitar Show last weekend (Cort, I think, so not exactly super premium) and found it surprisingly comfortable straight away. I couldn't tell you whether the change in ergonomics would be beneficial in the long run but I got the impression from a quick test that the fanned frets don't make them any less playable. It took longer for me to get used to how it looked under my hands rather than how it actually felt.

The Earl Haig Club in Cardiff (Whitchurch) could be perfect for that

I'm in Baglan and would pretty much be up for anywhere south of Brecon

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it! We've got months worth of these jams saved, plus some more refined songs so there will be more uploaded to YouTube eventually...

At least they'll have some cash for new flats once they sell the bass! Seems a good price for a Mex Fender...?

Thank you chaps, it is indeed me 😁 That's just from a jam we had a few weeks ago

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