Piers_Williamson

since we are getting into show and tell territory..... This one form Feb 1980, so a bit younger. It looks like a batch of lefties were made around then....this is my second...

Is the fight with an angle grinder on this one because the previous owner retro-fitted a comfort-curve or what ever they are called? It's a lovely looking bass by the way. I wish you joy in you releasing your inner Bernard Edwards!

I do have a somewhat involved cautionary tale about different forms of tuning... Our keyboards player (an aged pop star who didn't do tech) had a pretty ancient keyboards set up where the backup (motherboard...internal) battery finally gave up the ghost. He had a panic and asked the rest of the band to help. We looked it up on the internet and found the (very involved) replacement routine on a You Tube demo, which we proceeded to follow, half an hour before a gig (big mistake!). The routine involved opening the keyboard and taking at least one very substantial motherboard off to find the one CR32 buried at the bottom of the last motherboard. OK so far. We replaced everything and turned the keyboard on (five minutes before gig) to discover that the pitch of the keyboard had returned to factory settings : (concert (??) pitch). Basically this required all the band to de-tune about a tone, about 30 seconds before said gig. The Keyboards player then re-discovered the tuning option on his keyboard to return to normal (10 seconds before gig). Luckily we all had our own tuner pedals to return to where we started.

I bought mine ages ago (it's bomb proof). The functionality is way OTT for me, and there are now much lighter versions. Also your tuning is only as good as the rest of the band (weak link theory). I think it will last longer than me. My guitarist uses the boss pedal 😁

So these are bomb proof and utterly reliable if they are plugged into the mains. If I am honest, I don't understand 95% of the functionality (and hope I never will), They are heavy, but they are very accurate, including those OMG moments between numbers when you think you pulled a little too energetically on a string... If you look carefully you will see it on mute at the front of my Pedaltrain.

Did you learn this one too?

Antidote to big rigs...my humble set-up for our Cuban Jazz outdoor last night. Note Noble and Cali Compressor on the floor. Also DI'd through the PA

Their video does look like the Marshall factory packaging area......very ACDC esque, but with no egos...as you say

From memory mine took ages to get through customs clearance. Anyway, I wish you much joy when it does arrive. I love mine and play through it nearly every day.

And isn't the irony that Jeddy now owns most of pre-CBS everything Fender Bass? (or did he borrow them for his book?)

Comes with a large pot of bostik

If you liked that, you will like this!

Is it just me, or does this say Michael Jackson to you?

I thought this was a bit sad (but predictable of the music business....Quote from today: In 1989, Rourke and Joyce took Morrissey and Marr to court, arguing they were owed an equal share of earnings, having only earned 10% each of the group's performance and recording royalties. Rourke settled for a lump sum of £83,000, but Joyce persisted with the legal action and was awarded around £1m in backdated royalties, and 25% thereafter. Rourke later filed for bankruptcy in 1999. It's a sad day, and 'This Charming Man' is one of my favourite basslines to play, albeit I attempt to play it finger style...which is probably a mistake!

A little funk jazz impro night then?