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Boy band? We should be so lucky!

Correct! I did an edit to let anyone see it before re-posting link. Just checked and it's still showing as accessible to anyone - which it was for a while. I give in! Don't worry everybody, you're not missing much 🤣

OK, let's try again with video from Saturday night! Silverback at Porlock Weirfest 2023

Thanks Bill, beats me! Not very good at this stuff but will try and find another way.

One of our fave annual gigs - Porlock Weirfest - came round again last night. Nothing beats watching the sun go down over the sea from up on stage at The Bottom Ship. Glasto? You can keep it 😊 Mrs Scrumpy took the video just after nipping into the pub. This was as close to the stage as she could get when she came back. At least you're spared our ugly mugs. Not played SOF for a while but the crowd were hollering for it. Shame we didn't all start from the same place 😐 Watch closely for proof of the curative power of music; the guy who arrived on crutches is now waving them above his head! I'm trying to remember how to do a link that everyone can share... Silverback wrap Porlock Weirfest 2023

Ouch! That's even worse than a filleted headache.

I think it's time we stopped carping on about fish.

Cod, it certainly does! It's part of the latest sea-food diet... 'see food and eat it!' (darn, the second half of the joke doesn't work when you write it down).

And then there's the bass stuff too!!

Ha-ha! We do both and I usually try and get the audience started on the overhead clapping thing. With varying degrees of success.

Played the Royal British Legion Club in Watchet last night. Had to load in/out from 200yds away using 4-wheel flatbed trolley provided by the venue. Apart from that, it's a decent gig and last night's audience showed their appreciation in the usual way - by getting drunk and falling over 😊. Re audiences, the trend we're noticing is that, despite allegedly being the best rock covers band in the county, we're playing to smaller crowds nowadays. Thankfully, while the audiences are going down, our money is going up - figure that one out!? Much less job satisfaction though. No matter, as I had other "reasons to be cheerful". First, we nailed it. Second, this was my first gig with the Ampeg SVT-700 PRO recently bought from Basschat member Paul_S and I love it! Reason for buying is that it delivers 600W into a single 8Ohm cab. Works a treat with my FRFR Monaco cab manufactured by BC member Stevie's company LFSys and my custom bass built by BC member Andyjr1515. LONG LIVE BASSCHAT!!

One of the main issues I have after 55 years of gigging is the discomfort caused by the stretch and contact with the bottom edge of the board whenever I reach across to stop the E and A strings on the lower frets. This Torzal makes a lot of sense for me but is so eye-wateringly expensive that I'm kinda wishing its twisted neck had remained below my horizon - especially as I see that custom scale lengths are available at extra cost. Stop leading me astray Bernard! 😉

Just bought an Ampeg SVT-7 PRO and BF SC3 from Paul, who replied to my Wanted ad. A1 kit from top Basschat bloke. Pleasure to deal with 👍

Just donated a tenner via the group fund set up by RikiB.

Read the warning message re scammers a few hours back, so immediately changed my password. Then got a lockout message because someone from London had been trying to sign in on my account, presumably just before I changed it! Thanks for your vigilance Woodinblack 👍 Beware, the barbarians are at the gates!

Mmmm, can't believe that the ergonomic mistakes made on the original MIM, custom-shop Fender Rascal have been repeated on this Squier variant!! As with the original Rascal, the phrase 'form over function' springs to mind. I quote from the Squier model description: "Other player-friendly details of this model include a short and easy-to-play 30" scale length..." For me, this short-scale 'player-friendly detail' is completely cancelled out by the quirky body shape that adds needless weight, makes lower-fret access too much of a stretch, and places the plucking/picking hand on top of the bridge. Which is why I got our Andyjr1515 to transform my Fender Rascal into this. That was a few years ago, and it's still the best s-s bass I've ever played 🙂

Ha-ha, love your choice of words! Although I just don't get his whole relic-ing thing, I'm strangely tempted by a 'lightly-aged' offering at Bass Direct that I suspect would work for me too 😊