knirirr

Finally found a horn player who likes the same material as our existing piano trio, i.e. what might be found on 60s Blue Note records.
I do wonder how this sort of thing will go down in the pubs we play in, though.

NBD - a Squier Jaguar. I didn't have any fretted basses but thought I didn't really have an excuse. Monk Montgomery's basses had frets, why shouldn't I have one, etc.?
Obviously, flatwound strings have gone on it.

Someone sent me this photo from a recent gig. The photographer captured a nice view of my most attractive side. 
 

It appears that my bass amp (Orange Terror, 12" cab) is, when combined with a reverb pedal, a reasonable amp for jazz guitar soloing.

But, I would really like to buy an all-valve guitar amp, and now I have no good excuse.

There was a bit of a mishap on the way back from tonight's rehearsal...
Time to book an appointment with the luthier, and dig out the EUB for tomorrow's jam and Friday's gig.

Somehow I managed to pass grade 5 DB (classical) with a merit! Not sure how I got away with that...

I was amused by the combination of the car, its position occupying two parking spaces, and the small sign directly in front of it.

I've got a gig with a band tomorrow and the guitarist (who wrote a lot of the material) has Covid. Luckily we have a dep who's played with the band before - but on bass. With luck the last-minute changes to the set list to accommodate this situation will do the trick.

Bought a very short (23.5") scale bass for the other half to use. After ages, finally managed to get nylon wound strings for it, custom made by Pyramid. Bass is a 5-string, low E high C, hence the time taken to find the right set.

Got it back from a tech who did a nice setup, fret polish, board oiling, string fitting etc. etc. "Nice resonant low B on this bass!" he said...
I'd never opened the string packet, just handed it straight over for the setup, and thus not noticed they'd made a low B set instead.

This is a bit of a nuisance:

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/shoulder-impingement-syndrome/

A couple of gigs are lined up for December as well. I could play BG, but have been asked specifically because I can play DB and I'd guess it's that which has caused the problem.

Before the pandemic I asked about the possibility of organising some jams in a local pub. The landlord seemed up for it, but obviously we couldn't proceed.

Now he's ready for music to go ahead, but he wants 3 hours of background music whilst people dine, rather than a jam. Not really something I can manage.

First gig with a new group tonight. The other half happened, by chance, to be sitting next to wives of the other band members and she therefore overheard their discussion of "the new bass player". Apparently, they "hope he lasts longer than the last one"...