Old Man Riva

Scotland vs. Norway. Scotland wins …

Same here. The only Can tutorial I found on YouTube was on his channel. Nearly half-hour’s worth of Michael Karoli inspired insight to be watched again and again…

Regarding the ‘62 Jazz, it might be the angle the pic was taken but to my eyes some of the fretwork looks a little off at the dusty end. It may be my eyes, so more than happy for someone to hurl Mr Magoo references my way!

Away from bass-only content, this guy is one of my favourites. Chanan Hanspal (or ‘The Beato of the Valleys’, as I like to refer to him, to no one in particular!) is really good. He does excellent deep dives on the likes of Bowie, Zappa, XTC, The Who, and the Mighty Boosh (?!) amongst others. A lot of the theory goes over my head, but I find it fun/interesting to watch nonetheless…

I know what you mean, though the body refin gives it an air of newness. Many years ago you could get player grade basses that were priced accordingly, and were more than worth a go. Not sure what this was priced at. That’s not great re. the vintage truss rod. I’ve had a couple of challenges with instruments bought from well-known dealers over the years, having to send the instruments back. Even being a ‘give people the benefit of the doubt’ kinda chap, each time really stretched my patience.

I missed this on Will’s site when it was listed - don’t think it hung around for long. Not sure of the price? https://bassbros.co.uk/sold-basses/1960-62-fender-jazz-bass/

As someone who has never had the confidence to even look at a truss rod there were various body parts curling when I watched it - yet still strangely therapeutic! In the comments section somebody asked him about the solution and how long the process took. He replied, “alkali and distilled water, 15 minutes + 20 in the end”.

I found this oddly therapeutic to watch! Come in, sit down, pull up a chair …

I'll warn you now, it's an acquired taste!!

Mouldy Old Dough by Lieutenant Pigeon, though mainly for the Coventry connection rather than its musical merits..!

Aye, I wouldn’t be handing over £16.99 let alone £16,999 for that Entwistle bass. I spent an enjoyable afternoon at David Pym’s place a few years back trying out some of his stock. He explained in great detail how certain companies operated. There used to be a piece on his website about it - there probably still is…

Do Denmark Street/Amsterdam guitars have something to do with the old Music Ground company, or is that a completely different entity entirely? Edit to say, apologies, I was slower off the mark than ossyrocks!

… featuring the late Damo Suzuki.

That’s fabulous, thank you so much for sharing! That’s the most in depth interview with Pino I’ve seen/heard - some great moments!

… not heard those before. Thank you so much for recommending! Been playing Frank on loop…

Funnily enough that’s exactly what I thought today when I watched the video. I’ve never given it a thought before, but when I saw the breakdown of Tribal Dawn I was completely taken by how ‘jazzy’ it sounded…

Well they both certainly had their own unique and distinctive ‘voice’ on the instrument, which I always think isn’t that common - a lot of really good players can sound like a lot of really good players, but don’t have their own distinctive voice. Of the two, musically, Mick Karn appeals to me much more. A genuinely unique musician, and also cool as f**k. It’s a winning combination!

… a brief appraisal of the wonderful Mr Karn from the excellent PDBass.

I love the bass part on Boston Tea Party. One of the things I tried to learn when I first started. It was a real struggle getting all of the cool runs he does…

In an attempt to list every bass player ever recorded, see below. I love them all, in their own unique way! In no particular order… JPJ Pino James Eller Derek Forbes Norman Watt-Roy Segs Trevor Bolder Chuck Rainey Tom Hamilton John Gustafson Charlie Tumahai Horace Panter Max Bennett Wilton Felder Jim Lea Herbie Flowers Willie Weeks Pete Way Fred Thomas Pete Farndon Sting Bobby Vega Mick Karn edited to also add; Paul Jackson Colin Moulding Kev Hopper Alan Spenner

Old Superlungs himself. Even gets a smile out of Whisperin’ Bob…

… a bit more on the Christmas Wrapping track and bass part.

Been listening to the first two Roxy albums today. This particular track got more than one listen …

This has a fabulous Tracy Wormworth bass line, which I always think is dead cool when I hear it. Really fun to play, too …