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Gentlemen Take Polaroids - Japan

Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey

Decided that the thumb rest wasn't for me and looked a bit too big for the body size, therefore, i took it off, which gave me an excuse for another photo .

This is definitely a major consideration when starting out. You have to want to pick it up. So it has to feel good, sound good and look right, or it may just end up gathering dust.

Keep on Running - Spencer Davis Group

Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue - The Ramones

Big Log - Robert Plant (works on 2 levels if you’re hard of hearing 🤣)

Ship Building - Robert Wyatt/Elvis Costello

Landslide - F Mac

Times They Are a Changing - Bob Dylan

'Tone is in the fingers', but you only have your fingers. Therefore, you need to use other methods to change your tone. For me, this would be: use different gauge picks; use different strings; change the pickups (the very things that change mechanical energy into electrical energy). The only time wood comes into it is when you're buying a new bass or ordering a custom build. My customs are both alder, as it's a nice weight, is reasonably priced and builders seem to like working with it.

The Maruszczyk Medium/SS gig bag is a good fit lengthwise, an inch or so to the zip at the headstock, but a bit baggy at the sides. https://public-peace.de/accessories/gigbags-suitcases/bass-gigbags/electric-bass

Sunshine on a Rainy Day - Zöe

Into The Great Wide Open - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

There was a weird resonance on the open D and 12th fret harmonic of the same string (not any other D on other strings), a little scrape and light sanding with a nail file in the D, nut slot seems to have sorted that nicely. Also reset the intonation as that seems to have changed a little overnight (obviously settling in). I dug out my pedal board that I brought with me and this sounds great through the VTDI with some drive, better than any of my other basses, proper P bass through a driven SVT. I found I had to back off the bass and treble of the Sadowsky preamp pedal from my go to settings, as it detracted from the vintage, midrange vibe a bit too much. As I had seen and heard on YouTube, the tracking with an octave pedal is way more accurate on low notes than a long scale. One day in, I’m even happier than I was yesterday and that was pretty much an all day, smile fest. The only downside is that I played way more yesterday than I have for a long time (I’ve really not been playing much at allot be honest) and I have a sore, right hand, index finger. Pick time!

The Tunnel - Rick Wakeman

Digging in the Dirt - Peter Gabriel

Moonshadow - Cat Stevens

Sundown - Gordon Lightfoit

November Rain - G & R

I’ve found a fault. The nut was plainly cut by someone with failing sight and no ruler. You certainly don’t notice it when playing and it was only because I was looking at it closely that I saw it. E - A 10mm and then progressively wider. I might get it replaced when life returns to some semblance of normality; we’ll see.

Luxury Liner - Emmylou Harris

Waitin’ for the Bus - ZZ Top

Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden

The Gambler - Kenny Rogers