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Bad to the Bonn - George Thorogood

In Haydn - Pearl Jam

Hard to Handel - Otis & others.

It does have a touch of Tony Levin’s, Barbie Flesh, ‘Ray5 about it, which, to my eyes, is a good thing.

Ooh, ooh, ooh! Larry Klein. How could I forget Larry?

Contact them by email, not everything that is available as an option is on the website.

I’m guessing this would be possible as a custom build, you just need to ask them.

Over The Hills And Char Away - LZ

Welcome to the Club - Joe Welsh

You’re Moving Out - Carol Bayer Sager

The single coil selection on the shorty ‘Ray (neck facing coil) gets quite close to a P tone.

I barely pick up my long scales any more and I've become disenchanted with fretless too. Shorties with speed bumps is the way for me at the moment. I'm seriously contemplating selling my 2 Maruszczyk custom builds (33") and my Rob Allen MB2 (35")!

I’ve not used them myself, but the Loxx system looks like it might not stick out as much as Schaller or Dunlop https://bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Loxx_Locks.html Conversely, you might try a non locking solution such as the D’Addario/Planet Waves elliptical strap pin https://www.amazon.co.uk/Planet-Waves-Elliptical-End-Pins/dp/B005FKF3L6 I have these on a guitar and they’re rather effective and low profile.

The Casino is an easy one to pick up as it’s reasonably loud acoustically, due to its hollow body, so is more responsive without having to plug it in. However, swap out those pickups pronto, as they’re not good at all. I fitted a pair of Artec P90s and, despite the low cost of the Artecs, the difference is like night and day. Because of the difference in the height of the treble pickup on the Casino, you may need to source a shim to raise it to the correct height for even output between the two, unless you reuse the original covers. Sorry for the guitar talk, as you were.

Swede Child Of Mine - G&R

Earlier today (much because Planet Rock is so sombre at the moment), I dug out the live recording that came with the 40th anniversary edition of Moving Pictures. Damn that's a fine live album!

Nothing to see here, move along.

My favourite bit on that album is Devin Townsend shouting, “Shut up! We know you can play,” priceless. 😂

I suppose that’s the mark of the session player, easily overlooked. But yeah, he’s a monster, much like Nathan East, who I forgot too. Here’s a player we’ve overlooked so far - Bob Glaub.

Tony Levin Pino Lee Sklar Sean Hurley Chuck Rainey