Happy Jack

Phil's right. First gig to hit the diary wins. My solution is easy. For most of the bands I gig with (don't ask) the gigs are got by me and Silvie. Since I am invariably the busiest member of those bands, that removes the biggest sticking point.

Surely I can't be the first person to mention Amy Winehouse?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1970s-Vintage-Made-in-Japan-Angelica-Deluxe-Tele-Bass-all-original-with-Case/302852256995?hash=item468366b4e3:g:TDMAAOSwTi1ba2R2 Remember that song where everyone shouts: "Alice? Who the f*** is Alice?"? I feel that way about Angelica ...

And that was just for the ashtray ...

I've used nothing but Comfort Strapps for years now, yet to feel any need to go and check what else is on the market. I should probably mention that I started using them after years of back pain. They don't 'cure' backache of course, but they certainly help deal with it.

Agreed, but the devil (of course) is in the detail. I know bands who play a gig every single month who think they're busy. I prefer (where possible) to gig every single weekend and I still have plenty of spare capacity. Like most things in life, it's contingent. Maybe it will work for you, and maybe it won't. Suck it and see.

Especially if they grow up to be drummers.

You can do a presentation if you like. 🎤

Gotta love that ashtray ... Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!

Incidentally, it's doner kebab, not donner kebab. As you were.

No. Not at all. I really, really wouldn't. I have absolutely zero interest in a £2000 wonder-bass that plays like butter and sounds superb, and for which I have no justifiable need.

Yes, I read that on Deck's website (if you can call it that) and thought, I have absolutely no idea what that means.

Do try to keep up ...

No no no! It was Huey, Jooi and Louis ...

Ah, so it's not one of Donald Duck's three nephews then?

Clarky has pointed me at an FDeck on Talkbass, which I've now bought, but I'm still interested in the Rafferty.

A bit like this, actually: And that's a bloody good price, BTW.

But which topic is best for metal?

I don't like to talk about it. And I hardly ever bother to mention that I am young and gifted.

The HPF is either a small stand-alone unit (preferably either the FDeck by Francis Deck in the States or the Thumpinator by Max Greco of [sfx] here in the UK), or a feature of your existing DB preamp, e.g. the 'Depth' knob on a Fishman Plat Pro. It's useful for (i) taming feedback, if you suffer from that, and (ii) reducing speaker excursion at very low frequencies.

That's awful. He built some lovely stuff for me. He will be missed.

It's really dier the way some people spell, tends to attract my ier and leaves me on fier. Or maybe I'm a grumpy old man for hier.

Photos? You want photos?

Have you tried drinking less?