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Getting married TODAY 🥰😁

Started new job at Bass Gear Magazine

October — Product Video Reviewer and Columnist

10/26/2021

The Bass Gear Low Down #45

"We are so thrilled to welcome long-time friend Dan Veall to the Bass Gear Magazine team. Dan will be joining us on a regular basis...." - Tom Bowlus

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Given that the year is of sentimental meaning to him, do I tell my Managing Director that the 1972 Precision he thinks he has, has actually got a 74 neck and 73 pots?🙄

Happy BC birthday to me. I’m 13 years old today. Cue grumpy teenager.

Just typed ‘live environment’ in a thread but autocorrect decided it should be ‘love envelope’ 

Joined 11 years ago today....I had three basses back then. A 4 string, a 5 string and an acoustic...probably owned 50+ basses since.

You people have been a bad influence on me...😉😉

Never wanted to play anything else but the bass

Hello. Found my way here researching a Ibanez 804 EUB. A bassist came by with one and we played a few songs from my new release Cocoa Brown and Rust. I had written a counter melody in the intro of one song that didn’t make on the released version since the sound of the upright player at the session just didn’t work with the track. We tried it with the 804 and BAM. The sound reminded me of a fretless Jaco with Joni Mitchell!!  Fighting GAS. 
Good to find basschat.

Working on a dark theme

Spent 'The big downtime' (Also known as the great depression) installing a set of Kloppmann '61 JB pickups and a John East Uni-Pre 5. 

I am in tonal nirvana - Knew I was in for a treat, but this is bonkers good! 

Spent 'The big downtime' (Also known as the great depression) installing a set of Kloppmann '61 JB pickups and a John East Uni-Pre 5. 

I am in tonal nirvana - Knew I was in for a treat, but this is bonkers good! 

The End of Days haz arrived.

Teeblet-boy arrived in the World yesterday.

Be afraid, be very afraid!

Did anybody here buy the Red Nanyo 310 on FB??

New basses incoming 👌 I should not have done that 😂

First gig back tonight; socially distance / seated... Mix of incredibly excited and totally bricking it!

First gig back tonight; socially distance / seated... Mix of incredibly excited and totally bricking it!

Watched a set by Sophie Ellis-Bextor at Bath's Pub in the Park yesterday. At first I thought she might be lip-syncing, but it turns out she's just very good. Her band were on fire too. They did an excellent version of Madonna's 'Like A Prayer' and the bassist (her husband I think? She called him Richard at one point, seems like a coincidence) absolutely nailed Guy Pratt's sublime octaved part on the original.

Teebs signing off.

Thanks for all the memories BassChat.

Just applied for a new job, same company but a different role. Fingers crossed for an interview....  

Stolen bass... Today I was given some old gear from a coworker who sold his house and is abandoning his studio.

Among it is a hand built precision from the Netherlands. I had never heard of the builder so I searched google and found the man's Facebook page. I noticed he had 2 mutual friends. Posted him photo's of the bass asking if it is from his hand and it was indeed.

I had also posted 3 pics of it on FB, stating I was handed this bass and I did not know the brand. It did not take long for the rightful owner to recognize his custom made bass which had been stolen from his rehearsal room more then 25 years ago! He showed me pics to prove it, and some social media posts from 2017 of him searching for his lost treasure.

Today, I found him his bass and soon as I noticed it is his, I rang him up and gave him my address. Tomorrow he will pick it up. That will be quite a moment for sure!

Happy days.

Taking a break from LCDs. See you all later, or when the BassChat omnibus print edition comes out.

Lakland 44-64 in the house . Will do a post soon

Taking a break from LCDs. See you all later, or when the BassChat omnibus print edition comes out.

Music Is My Sanctuary.

Music Is My Sanctuary.