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20 years playing in a big band. It's the only band I've ever been in and will never give it up. Big bands seem few and far between these days so grab the opportunity.

Took the pickup out of my 2000 'Ray the other night to give the pole pieces a clean and found these numbers underneath. Any idea what they mean? Also took the neck off to have a look - looks like the body is '99 and the neck is '00. [attachment=200424:A.jpg] [attachment=200425:B.jpg] [attachment=200426:C.jpg]

Seems appropriate. James Horner RIP http://youtu.be/sofU3EMa4xc

http://youtu.be/y8jfggT-BMw

[quote name='obbm' timestamp='1434750482' post='2802624'] Richard Rodney Bennett's superb score for "Murder On The Orient Express" especially as the train pulls out of Istanbul and gathers speed. Pure musical poetry [/quote] Reminded me of another of my faves: http://youtu.be/Lwab4b7_7qA

So then, what are your fave TV or Movie themes? I'll start with this: http://youtu.be/5DL8SGEyhZE

Lovely job. Thanks!

Hi loves, I have fairly recently acquired another Stingray. It's a 3eq hence the side mounted jack. I'm looking for a decent angled jack lead. Having not purchased a lead for many years I'm out of the loop when it comes to this. Any tips? My current leads are 10ft, ideally I'd like longer, at least 15ft.

This may be a beta testing of the new anti GAS filter.

[quote name='Les' timestamp='1433308353' post='2789871'] Well things have much improved this morning. Lots of rattly, scratchy, hissy sounds back in my life. [/quote] Do you mean you found the tweeter attenuator? 😉

A good lad is Chris. I do local panto's with him.

Do you know Chris Nagel?

[quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1432211692' post='2779215'] As someone who had a shop for two years I'd just like to say spend a fortnight the other side of the counter before you judge too harshly - us bass players are a difficult bunch to sell to [/quote] Oh I hear that! 😀

Perhaps I was a little harsh in my criticism. But the fact that many bass players are are left with little option but to travel many miles to get decent stuff should give these local shops the incentive to tap into that market. I did lightheartedly suggest on Facebook to the recently opened music shop that they might consider getting some Markbass or Musicman stuff in. They just replied with a 'like' and a 'LOL 😀'

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1432201604' post='2779052'] Guess they are going for as quick a turnover of stock as possible with limited storage space... [/quote] It's a HUGE place. It's a former warehouse.

Another local music shop opened recently to great fanfare. All they seem to care about is their drum department and which local shoe gazing oik will be playing in their shop on Saturday mornings. They have a Squier VM Jag bass for sale at £349 and a MIM Jazz at £799.

Got in touch with a local music shop that proclaims to have 'all the big, quality names'. Standard fare for a non specialist town shop - Squier, Tanglewood, PRS, Blackstar, Aria...you get the picture. Asked them what bass combos they had in...... All they had was a second hand Behringer 😂 I just siged and politely declined. Anyone else frustrated with the blinkered attitude and ignorance of local music shops?

[quote name='louisthebass' timestamp='1432140089' post='2778563'] Really enjoyed this Jake - she's really good . When I started watching it, I thought Robert DeNiro was playing bass..... . [/quote] I was thinking Paul Hollywood..

Penn Jillette, Keanu Reeves

Status Kingbass

RIP Malvern Gasperon

It's called NotateMe Now. The free version allows for only one staff, so ideal for bass players. App Store link below. NotateMe Now by Neuratron Ltd https://appsto.re/gb/VLeTU.i

Sad news. Another of the greats gone. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32747861?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_breaking&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=news_central

Ad Hominem. There I said it.