Doctor J

My trusty old ESP 400 Series Jazz. It's coming to the grave with me, anyway, no sense in parting ways now.

There is a demented charm to these which I quite like. They’re like something out of one of Jim Moir’s (Vic Reeves) paintings 😂 300 quid, you say?

Would I need a bigger house in order to have somewhere to keep it?

Ehhhh... this is awkward 😂

Build up. Up towards the ceiling, all that empty space waiting to be filled with basses. You can do it 😉

I wish this kind of thing was around when I was doing acid.

80’s and 90’s MIJ, sub-€500, that’s where you’ll find me at my happiest 🙂 i do my own fretwork, electronics and setups so, no matter how they arrive, they all end up playing like yankee buttaaah. These cost less than £1200 collectively.

Ozzy played two warm-up club gigs on the 11th and 12th of January 1991 in McGonagles in Dublin prior to the release of No More Tears which were Mike Inez’s first and second shows with the double O. Both nights 😉

Ebay isn’t the problem. People are the problem, exploiting systems put in place to protect buyers and actually using them against good sellers.

Who’d have thought we could live in a world where Oasis had ripped off Motley Crue as well as everyone else? Who, in turn, had ripped off Killing Joke

Well... there’s a lady who knows...

Likewise. If someone ever did that to me I would be out of there and never look back. I think this is something you just need to get over, Andy, because you’re playing with fire. It could backfire badly. You’ve got to trust he will do the right thing, as you see it, under his own steam.

Good stuff, well done!

Remember this moment when he says orange and blue is too sparkly 😉

The Aristocrats last night in Dublin, my second time seeing them. I think all the notes were played, every last one of them. Most enjoyable and great to see another band so clearly enjoying what they do. Great stuff.

It is now!

Is “Noel Gallagher” really what you’re looking for? 😉

Yes! Tasty Jackson! Hire that man!

Another vote for both, but don’t stop there. Every instrument you learn will give you a better understanding of music as a whole and improve your bass playing too. I play guitar and drums as well as bass and have gigged on all. I’m starting to learn piano. Why restrict yourself? Spread your wings, fella.

I’d add that I consider the sale of “meet and greet” packages just as sad and pathetic for all involved and this, as far as I’m concerned, is just another extension of that.

The Corabi album is immense, let’s get that out of the way first. Now, the shameless cash-grab nature of it is quite sad, but if someone is willing to pay the money, well, you’d be a fool not to take it, no? This, coming from a band who signed contracts stating they’d never play again after the conclusion of their last “farewell” tour and who have cashed in in all manner of depravity, is a little tame, in truth.

I don’t like matching headstocks with maple fretboards but it works so well with rosewood.

Yep, you'd have to go with tiny, tiny frets to make the fretless area any way playable, especially in the area immediately after the frets. I remember a band around Dublin in the early 90's where the bassist had one of these. It's an interesting idea, definitely, but there are good reasons you don't see them around.