Bafflegab

I don’t think Friedland does covers, plus he’s a great player 🤣

Haven't been over to Gloucester in a while, is Remus Sounds still there?

Yeah he was awesome It was called Aroundabout Sound.

I’m impressed that you recognise the owner and the shop from one photo of the bass Yeah, Mark was a great guy - I bought quite a few guitars, basses, setups, strings etc, from him over the years. Boring story alert... First visit was just before Christmas 1992 (I was 10 years old) for a replacement string for my terrible catalogue guitar. So obviously when my birthday came round a few months later, I wanted a new guitar and I begged my Dad to take me to Mark’s shop so I could try some out and choose one. I fell in love with a Yamaha Pacifica which was £25 over budget, but Mark overheard my Dad trying to steer me towards something cheaper and reduced the price on the Yammy. And threw in a gig bag as well. That was the kind of guy he was And his setups were second to none, extremely thorough and quality service. Great guy, great musician, great shop.

Yesterday morning I had the amazing chance to play the Holy Grail (for me) of bass - a 1960 Fender Jazz What an incredible bass, and a wonderful piece of history. It belonged to the the owner of my favourite music store, who sadly passed away in 2016, but his wife still owns it. All original, and he had it strung with medium gauge flatwounds, which were nicely broken in, and it played and sounded incredible. Needless to say I was pretty stoked to have the chance to play such a bass, definitely a day I’ll remember for a very long time! Here’s the beast in question (pic attached). Cheers, Ryan