Steve Browning

We have started using River Studios, near Southampton, and ended up using their EBS Session 60. Looked tiny but was perfectly adequate for the size of the room.

There's always a nuance to this. A singer may, indeed, be a technically awful singer, but they perform material that is popular. There are performers whom I wouldn't want to see, but a bloke with a 40 year career is clearly doing something right. Even a poor technique needn't be a barrier to greatness or popularity. The folk who play instruments around their knees are displaying poor technique, but seem perfectly capable of becoming legends. It's all very subjective. After all, if it was down to sheer ability, I'd be a musical god, but somehow I'm not! 🙂

Possibly. I carry all sorts of spares and never need them myself.

Was it 2K? Blimey. Not sure where I'd got the different impression. Sorry if I raised hopes there.

Hi. No, there's no website. I don't believe it was very expensive. It didn't strike me as such. Trevor is also up for a chat on prices and is very fair. He also has a luthier made Rik-a-like with a Precision pickup but the scratchplate is much bnigger (I had though of buying that myself).

Hope you played plenty of Blues (the devil's music) on it.

Indeed. It could be your turn next. I would guess that most of us have experienced both sides of this particular coin. If A isn't that good then the band is unlikely to improve overall. I'd consider your own situation carefully.

It's Guitars to Go in Guildhall St A proper old fashioned guitar shop.

A shop in Chichester currently has one of his Rik-a-like basses. Looks normal but for 6 controls instead of 4.

You're not far from Session themselves at Farnham.

I have a Sterling by Music Man SUB fretless - a conversion from a fretted (by having a fretless fingerboard installed). Sounds amazing with the Retrovibe preamp and Nordstrand pickup.

Went in there many moons ago, and went to go upstairs - where they kept the 'nice' stuff. They weren't keen on me doing so. At the time I had Precision number 0189 and a 66 slab at home. Haven't bothered with them since, stuck up bell3nds.

Reminds me of the time I went to pack up my leads bag (after a gig) and found that someone had placed a video in there - called 'Wild about horses'.

I got a wonderful and varied career with my first bass. Whether it was free is open to debate!

That was my conclusion after someone using one at a bass bash. It reproduced the notes but had no authority whatsoever.

Great work. Bet it sounds as good as it looks.

This is a few months ago now.

I'd wait for an open legs night!

Said the bishop. 😉

I prefer to think of it as oxtail soup. My second favourite colour, after 3T sunburst.

I wonder where this is intended to be put into practice? There are a good few places where you're more likely to be ridiculed than admired.

Walnut every time. I cannot abide Antigua as a finish. I guess it represented a bass that was ridiculously heavy when it first appeared.

I thought the similar programme featuring Tina Weymouth was excellent.