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A bunch of Indie halfwits, who are so talentless they are unable to join in with the opening theme, and instead just stand there with their arms folded. A proponent of world music, never heard of before or since, producing some unintelligible atonal drivel, which nevertheless is lapped up by the audience less they be accused of racism for not liking it. A former boy/girl band member trying to gain some real muso credibility to kickstart a solo career, but obviously finding live vocals a bit tough. A former legend living on past glories, much loved by the audience who are obviously saddened that the legend is past their best and the voice is not what it was. A re-formed but fatter and balder line up of a band, failing to make anyone interested in their new material. Plus a painful ‘off the cuff’ chat with a ‘friend’ or celebrity in the crowd.

The other news is I've decided to have it fretless 🤯

Doh! Should have done this update last month! Jon has cut the body - apparently I have my own template which is the Shuker series 2 body but widened at the bottom. It's not contoured yet, but this is what it looked like last month.

As above. How did you do it, and what does it entail? cheers!

you weren't at the SE Bass Bash were you?

only if they are like this

- play the notes on the fret line/markers - Don't be tempted to slide to every note (unless that's what's required) - Severe vibrato can help slightly out of tune pitching. that's pretty much all I know about playing a fretless. Anything else I need to know?

old wooden skateboards

Top of the Pops 1986 is doing the rounds on BBC4, featuring a Ricky toting Richard Searle in Dr & the Medics.

is squarnch any good for metal? 😕

Well if I go and see a band with Billy Sheehan, Stu Hamm, or Victor Wooten, I'm probably going to want a bass solo at some point. If I saw Iron Maiden, and Steve Murray just stood at the back not moving, I'd be quite disappointed. If I saw Motley Crue or Kiss, and there was no fire or pyro involving the bassist, again I'd be disappointed. If I see a Psychobilly band, I'd want the bassist to at least spin his DB a couple of times. So it all depends...

doh! Don't know one Rick from the other. Edited.

Ah. No worries then!

The day goes too fast. So much gear and people to talk to. Yup the Mouse for me too 💕💖😍 and I've never been a fretless player. I won the Line 6 DL4 in the raffle, and have just seen on the raffle list there was a PSU with it. I didn't take it at the time, don't suppose it turned up afterwards?

Disagree. I think that to be inspired and improve, you have to reach for the top. Wether you get there or not is moot, but it has nothing to do with realism. As one Bass Chatter put it 'you don't need to learn how to slap, to play Brown Sugar'. Had I thought that when I started I would not have bothered with those Billy Sheehan & Stu Hamm tuition videos. The only thing I knew I wanted from my playing when I started, was fun.

"Now & again, not every day, but now & again, when you see them 'all day breakfast' signs, go in & have one."

i use one of these for a synth type sound: http://www.flattleyguitarpedals.co.uk/index.php/products-bass/bass-poison-ivy if you are coming to the SE Bass Bash you're welcome to try iy.

have you got a link ?

Free Falling - Tom Petty

yeah. He wasn't sectioned, so could make / receive phone calls during his treatment / recovery. So we all kept in touch during the weeks he was in, and totally ripped the pish. Which I like to think helped.

Then there was the one where the band were locked in the pub afterwards as there were pitched battles and fights occurring outside. This was the one which featured an air of suppressed violence all night, and at best a light smattering of applause, but a punter saying 'you were great! You didn't get bottled or nothing!'.

the one where unbeknownst to the band at the time, the vocalist had done literally nothing the previous few days except smoke a large bag of weed, which resulted in some sort of mental breakdown during the gig, and his Mother taking him off stage and straight to a mental health facility.