Happy Jack

Are we going to allow bots to play? If not, then the reality will emerge, which is that there are only 12 Basschatters and almost all the user names are imaginary ...

Why did you buy two sofas with slightly different colours?

They were made by both Hagstrom and (under licence) by a Czechoslovak firm that just called itself Futurama. The Swedish models had nicer design touches (like the cheese-grater grille) and a rather nicer neck. In good nick they play as well (or as badly) as any other 60s shortscale. The intonation is clumsy but with flats and a thuddy sound that's no more of a problem than it was for the Hofner Violin, its exact contemporary. If you run out of trussrod adjustment and the neck is banana'd then the very high action which results will leave very inconsistent tuning up and down the neck.

Me too ... I don't know exactly why, but it's just a lovely thing to look at.

As we drove home from Leighton Buzzard at 1am after last night's gig, I was saying to Silvie how much I enjoy the drive home in the wee small hours ... a reminder of how driving in London used to be.

Pah! No commitment ...

His autobiography is well worth the read. He had an amazing life, and seems to have been a pretty amazing guy.

Yup, me too. I sold it because it looked cool but sounded crap. Then I bought this black one and I sourced a Dark Star pickup. Now it looks cool and sounds absolutely righteous.

On 14th August 1965 I was an 8-year-old wanting to be taken to the public swimming pool. I had no clue what a bass guitar was.

It's just such an outrageous thing to look at. The blank, white wall above my TV is a rotating art installation. Up until now the rotation has been: Now they have a new friend!

That reminds me of the days when you could go to a disco and see people playing air keyboards ...

Very old-school thumb work.

Calm Failure: https://www.minamo.co.uk/Keep-Calm-Yoda-T-Shirt-p/000176MIN.htm?gclid=CjwKCAjw0JfdBRACEiwAiDTALlHk-MY0ENtGEbGg0RMP_TVeVeU8ZfRee6aJxJ02PL8qxs4X-ODAARoCkKsQAvD_BwE

Well it's hardly "current", is it?

Incidentally, the eagle-eyed amongst you will notice that my bass has a mis-matched body and neck ... the scratchplate is sparkly red and the headstock is sparkly orange.

Basschat of course!

Incredibly, Mick, it's telescopic! The other examples show it with the pin slid into the body.

I'm in NW London and I'm always struck by how many bands are looking for bass players in SE London ...

Why is Jonathan Creek reviewing a Markbass stack? Is it magic?

Now Roger, I thought I told you about this.

What none of you seem to understand is that those are valve memories ...

So when is this much-anticipated audition actually happening?

I'm well impressed with the idea of using a marquee as a brothel. [Insert 'loitering within tent' joke here.]