Steve Browning

I take the above picture was taken just after LB had the phone call!!

I have had the great pleasure of playing with Dave Mattacks. If you are in West Sussex he occasionally surfaces around Worthing playing with Bob Brookes and Miller Anderson.

You should do as you feel. I do wonder whether the Jazz bass should remain and other gear go. The reason for that is that gear is relatively cheap to replace and a nice Jazz bass will always be worth a good deal. Just a thought. A tad excessive for noodling I accept.

For me, a lot of it is being 'triggered' by the kick drum and playing a line that i sympathetic to the overall drum pattern. Over time you get to be able to read the drummer and you play the songs almost as a duet.

Really sorry to have missed this but was away gigging all over the weekend. I hope to be there next year - on whichever day it is held.

Congratulations on the outcome. Just need a tort scratchplate now, of course.

It was this that turned me on to the Pbass.

The SKB by a mile. I tried both when choosing cases and the SKB was the only one that didn't allow the bass to move around inside. The SKB is a specific fit whereas the Hiscox is essentially a generic case.

I had a similar thing and found that the cause was some staples that had attached to the magnet by the cone. The guy attaching the wadding when the cab was being made had obviously reloaded the staple gun and dropped some into the cabinet. Took them out and no problem.

I don't use any effects but I do have a (Lehle) switcher to allow me to change between passive and active basses. I am currently using an old Palmer Y box with a buffer in it between the switcher and the amp (which is a Mesa). So my plan is to change the Palmer unit for either a Lehle unit or the Boogie. Does anyone have any thoughts on either of these? I certainly noticed a difference when I first started using the Y box so am pretty sure having such a unit is worthless.

No, a ship's chandlery.

Graham Wheeler, who can be found one day a week at GAK in Brighton. His workshop is just outside Worthing.

I'd go for the Wharfedale at the price but my band (vocal only and a smidge of guitar) use Alto TX10s very happily. You don't need massive speakers for vocal only.

I meant to start a thread when it started last week.

I had to sell my Walkabout a few months back, to finance a blown Transit engine. I am delighted to report I have just bought a replacement one - and it's 240 volt. Admittedly I use mine mainly for rehearsing and recording but I have used it on many a decent sized gig and it's never been too quiet. Absolutely nail the vintage sound.

So, that's what they're all up to back there. Fascinating series and some superb playing in there.

I could mention (again) the gig where the guy in the audience died but that was more his worse gig.

Now that was a place. No disrespect to the specialist shops but a warehouse of bass stuff on a single floor was something to behold.