Happy Jack

Ta very muchly. Mind you, it's not as if you'd have to walk 500 miles ...

I'll be on keys so I'm not available. We had a 5-piece of complete strangers lined up to play together next Sunday afternoon for the first time (Harrow HA1) but the bassist just dropped out. He lives in Lewisham, so I'm not sure what made him think this would be a good fit for him in the first place. 🙄 We plan to run through: Story In Your Eyes Nights In White Satin Question The Actor Have You Heard Ride My Seesaw Tuesday Afternoon Go Now There's some cracking tunes there ... any Basschatter fancy it?

Oh I don't know ... I can think of a few.

That's your prime function. 😉

It's supposed to stop raining for four hours, perfectly timed to fit in with the Bash. God loves a bass player.

As indeed are the many, many fake Neutriks. It's quite bizarre just how satisfying it is to take delivery of a new, really well-made cable.

Da doo ron ron ron, da doo ron ron. Alternatively, De do do do, de da da da. But if all else fails, then

Too late ... he just died.

In true Basschat style, please allow me to veer wildly off topic instantly. If you face months of being unable to use your left hand, why not buy a cheap-ish keyboard and learn to play. As a bassist, the one thing you want is a keyboard player who keeps his left hand in his pocket ... don't dream it, be it!

Have you considered maybe plaiting the strings? Or at least a ponytail?

I'd hate to think that Fender were about to lose their Edge ...

First appropriate gig after I collect it will be in a small pub in Slough (The Wheatsheaf) on Saturday 29th October. Expect photos to follow ...

Shell Pink Jack doesn't really work for me ...

You clearly haven't seen my flesh ... 😱

Spot on, Si, it is indeed Trigger's Shell Pink 5-string Fretless.

I 'ad one of them pejoratives in the back of me cab once ... it's a bit like a simile, only not so much.