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Graham S

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  1. What is it about that number? We have to do it time & time again all over Limassol. I feel I ought to have a bag over my head in case anyone I know sees me playing a Neil Diamond song! On the other hand, the professional side of me says, if they want you to play crap, and they're paying you to play crap, then you have to put good taste to one side and play crap. You don't have to enjoy it, though.
  2. NNOOO!!!! Every b****y gig I do here seems to have to include this. It's a bad enough "song" in its original form, but really - do I HAVE to....??
  3. If only you weren't 2000 miles away I'd take it off your hands like a shot......
  4. I don't know about the basses, but I had a Columbus Les Paul for a while in the late 70s and it wasn't all that great. I replaced it with a Hohner Strat, which despite being plywood was a far superior guitar.
  5. I never thought I'd say this, but probably my HH Bass Machine. I wouldn't want to cart its weight about now, though. The other amp I'd dearly love to re-live, as I've mentioned in another thread, wasn't moved on but stolen - a Selmer TB50.
  6. I usually wear black, unless it's an informal gig such as a social event at a friend's or friend of a friend's place. Paid gigs, always black. Graham
  7. Funnily enough, I have an oldish Telecaster copy that I'm setting up for slide, and I was considering going steampunk on that. Having seen the bass, I'm glad I didn't - I sprayed it sparkly metallic blue instead.
  8. My first bass was a Top Twenty, bought from Kay Westworths in Cherry Street, Birmingham. My first amp was a Dallas 30w valve "combo" - combo in the sense that the amp lived upside down in the top of the speaker cabinet, and to play you unscrewed two bolts, turned the amp right side up, seated it back in place and screwed it down. If I recall correctly it had an 18" speaker. Happy days..... Later I acquired a Selmer TB50, which got nicked. It was a cracking little amp, and I'd love to find another one now! Graham
  9. Rubbish! An hour and a half drive each way for an audience of about 30 where you had to join hands to try to contact the living. Learned not ever to go THERE again!
  10. [quote name='MoJo' timestamp='1476050593' post='3150905'] I hope I'm still playing at 63 [/quote] No reason why not; I'm still gigging at 71.
  11. [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1508951165' post='3395595'] Funny how we endlessly agonize over our basses and what they look like, when generally your average punter can't tell the difference between a bass guitar and a banjo at three paces. [/quote] I've worked in bands with so-called musos who had that problem!
  12. One of the instruments I play - and occasionally get paid for playing - is the melodeon. Not exactly a mainstream instrument - you may have to look it up to find out what it is. Still a bass player first & foremost, though! Graham
  13. Last night was a bit bizarre - a fundraiser for a dog rescue, I played in 3 bands, none of them on bass. I played guitar in a country quartet, a blues trio and a rock n' roll quintet. Weird,but fun....... Graham
  14. I haven't sold anything for a while on Ebay, but a number of items on my watch list have buy-it-now or best offer options, so the feature's still there somewhere.
  15. No contest for me - a Jazz every time. For one thing I have quite small hands [i](no comments please!) [/i]and the slimmer neck suits me better. It's also more comfortably shaped and better balanced, at least for me, and most importantly has a more versatile tonal range than a Precision. I've had two Ps and six Js over the years; any time I've been down to one bass, as I am at the present time, it's been a Jazz. Graham
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