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The thought of either of those makes me twitch. Right, enough, whoa! I must harness my willpower and halter my urge to pun.

I’m learning some numbers by Sheena Mary McDonald* *Actually, I really wish I was, she’s brilliant. Saw her locally a while back in a trio and her bass player, Lorna T, really impressed me.

24 Hours From Tulsa - Gene Pitney

You can’t blame us, puns are our mane source of entertainment.

Of course, other outlets were guilty of this contamination too, it’s unfair to saddle just one company with all the blame.

Bananas - The Man Band

The Tech21 Marty Friedman guitar pedal looks just the same build and Anderton’s have that for £399.

If You’ve Gotta Go, Lego Now - Manfred Mann

Brick Yard - The Commodores

Goodbye Toulouse - Stranglers

Good man.

Wait Teal Tomorrow Comes - Eurthymics

I’m sure BD will sort you out. Labella seem very keen on sorting faulty strings. I had one of their nylon wrapped G strings that had an issue (not the one you describe). I’d had it a fair few months, but it was never right. I contacted them to buy a single and they replaced it for free, just had to pay carriage. They couldn’t have been more helpful. I would assume that this level of service is extended to their dealers.

I’ve done a couple of charity gigs recently for the Teenager Cancer Trust. The organisers, a mod/scooter club have asked in advance what our expenses will be and have also made sure we are well watered (beer or soft drinks), plus they provide PA & backline, which makes it much less of a faff. This is ok with me and we don’t have to do it of course. I think expecting folk to play for free, without some sort of expenses is taking the pee.

Knackered string, I’ve had this with G strings (an Ernie Ball) before. The G saddle should the furthest forward (towards the neck).

There was also Stingray around at that time, which, IIRC, Thunder bought for him. However, I think I only ever saw and heard that bass once.

We’re talking less than 0.13mm here, I'm sure it’ll be fine. I’ve never experienced any nut issues between 100s and 105s, although I’ve never had an MM compensated nut.

I remember seeing Chris play that bass many times with Bad Influence, always sounded good.

It depends how it stacks up against other boutique pres. Nobles are crazy expensive, Caveman too. Origin Effects are less expensive at around £550, as is the Jad Freer (IIRC), which, given the similar pedal board nature of the Walrus, I think is where it should be pitched. For my own use, £250-£300 is going to be my top end and there are plenty of offerings up to that figure for preamps that do what I need/want.

I watched one of the videos and due to the lack of a side by side comparison (with and without the Walrus), it's hard to say if it's really enhancing the sound that much (away from the extreme settings) than my current, much more affordable pre amps do already (Tech21 & Sadowsky). I know it's very easy and typical for us to diss a new product, but I really wanted to be blown away

Crazy money IMO

Sunday week. I’m not sure about an afternoon gig that starts at 4:00, kinda feels like the dead zone between a midday and evening gig, we’ll see I guess.