Doctor J

Indeed. I saw he had a really nice wenge-necked guitar in stock in the webshop a few years ago, which I lusted after, but I didn’t have the funds at the time.

Very, very nice.

Forgiveness, please Eggle TI Legend - their short lived Iommi model based on the Berlin One of two Warmoth-necked, reverse headstock strat home-builds tuned down to B Bacchus old strat replica - can’t remember the model but a really nice vintage strat replica Bacchus G Player - very tasty strat in white-burst The other Warmoth-necked, reverse headstock strat home-build tuned down to B Bacchus Empire - twin humbuckers, Floyd, superstrat heaven Hamer Centaura - another really nice superstrat Steinberger GR4 - Newburgh era. Violated by the previous owner but such a nice player Bacchus Duke Master - Dual P90 oil finished LP Tokai ES130 - MIJ 335 style

A lot of my most recent gigs have been on guitar, sadly. I have Eggle TI Legend - their short lived Iommi model based on the Berlin Bacchus Empire - twin humbuckers, Floyd, superstrat heaven Bacchus G Player - very tasty strat Bacchus old strat replica - can’t remember the model but a really nice vintage strat replica Hamer Centaura - another really nice superstrat, this one HSS Bacchus Duke Master - Dual P90 oil finished LP Tokai ES130 - MIJ 335 style Steinberger GR4 - Newburgh era plus a couple of Warmoth-necked, reverse headstock strat home-builds tuned down to B. One is SSS and one has just a single humbucker.

My ESP 400 Series became triple-stacked a few years ago when I added a Noll TCM-3 to it. It’s now vol (top) + pickup blend (bottom) bass + treble cut and boost mid cut and boost + passive tone (activated by the volume knob being a stacked push-pull pot)

EBMM used poplar quite extensively for a while on solid coloured instruments, IIRC. You don’t hear of people complaining about their poplar Stingrays - in fact, I’d say lots of people don’t know they have have a poplar ‘Ray and can’t hear any difference. It’s a fine wood. I have a poplar-bodied Charvel JP which is a nice instrument for sure.

Are the pole pieces exposed at the bottom of the pickup? Run a strip of copper tape along the poles, solder a wire to it and earth the other end.

Surely the quality of the instrument is the important bit rather than some ill-conceived negative bias against far-Eastern manufacture? Remember when Japanese instruments were looked down upon? I’m sure even Indonesians can build high quality instruments given the appropriate platform to do so.

As someone who has a lot of basses, it pains me to agree with this. If you already gave a great Stingray, play the bejesus out of it and enjoy it. I never understand having multiples of the same bass. You’ll always have one which, in your mind, is inferior to the other. Get a great one, be happy, success!

01 Ever played a gig sitting down? Yes, I was drumming. It all looks very different sitting down at the back. I also played a gig where there guitarist was so heavily... let’s say, sedated, he came up to me shortly before we started and said “I can’t feel my hands!” and he played the gig slumped over on a stool. 02 Ever gigged on a different instrument? Yes, drums and guitar as well as bass gigs. 03 Ever shared a stage with a musical hero of yours? John Earle 04 Any fan ever had a tatoo of your band's logo? I hope not 05 Ever signed an autograph in a dressing room? Yes, for the singer at my first gig with a new band. Awkward. 06 Ever cried on stage? I felt like it when the singer walked halfway through a set but I was quite adequately sedated 07 Ever worn a hat on stage? No, but did gig in a kilt once 08 Ever gigged with a band you hadn't met before the gig? No, we had met at my only rehearsal with then during the afternoon of the gig where I learned their set 09 Ever been in a relationship with a fellow band member? Only platonic ones 10 Ever played in different bands on the same day? Yes 11 Ever had anything thrown at you while playing? Yes, thankfully it was a bra 12 Ever crashed on the way to the gig? Nope 13 Ever left a band over the choice of set list? Not explicitly, but I play original music so musical differences feed into this 14 Ever slept in the venue despite it not being a hotel? Nope 15 Ever been supported by a band clearly better than you? Hell yes 16 Ever played a gig suffering from some debilitating medical condition? Only chronic stage fright 17 Ever been in a band where the guitarist was your favourite bandmate? Yes, most of the time I get on very well with them 18 Ever played in the grounds of a stately home? I don’t think so 19 Ever injured yourself on stage? Nothing which stopped me playing 20 Ever been told that your bass isn't loud enough? Several times. I don’t believe in being loud on stage, it’s counter-productive

Tasteful 🙂

Radiohead

I hear that 😂

And you're right. Like Homer meeting Mr. T, I kept putting it off and saying "Next time" 😯

As Roy Walker said, "It's good but it's not right" Caught them supporting Slayer when they were touring Leviathan and again when The Hunter came out

Try again, fella. Saw them supporting Radiohead around 97 or so.

Nope, saw them twice in the mid 90s

Gimme an emmmmm? Metallica Megadeth Motorhead Meliah Rage Massive Attack Manic Street Preachers Masters Of Reality Mastodon Melvins Massacre

I just counted (first bad sign) and there are 24 of them, somehow.

As if they stand alone from that list, though 😂

Kriss Cross!

This guy was the legend But seeing this guy play in 1988 was the lightbulb moment

Just the one.

Just don’t sell basses. Ever.