Bassfinger

We get famous bassists visiting here?

I want to be buried with my basses so I can rock the banquet hall in Valhalla.

I'm seeing them at Aylesbury and Leicester, 2 days apart. My hero was Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond (as per my avatar), but I would also love to see Peggy with them again. To be fair though David Goodier is no mean bassmeister himself.

Slightly off topic, but are you seeing Anderson performing as Tull next year?

Imagine what the motor trade would be like if cars lasted half a century or more. In fact, it would surprise me not if cars were deliberately engineered with short lifespans. For every new bass sold there are probably 50 in circulation, and barring accident or gross bodgery they'll last indefinitely. The new instrument market is fighting against an ever present and ever expanding pool of used instruments. How long can they keep it up?

Today it's been Carry on Wayward Son.

Not necessarily. Mrs Bassfingers key becomes inactive if it doesn't sense motion for 4 minutes, making them completely inoperative until they are physically moved again. Fords of the last year or two are the same.

He's ok, harmless enough. I'm impressed at how well he plays with a prosthetic left hand.

Despite the title it is, fortunately, mainly proper music with not that much actual tab.

A private function at a local cricket club.

One nice thing about Olympia strings - break one while fitting and they'll replace it for free. The sound great on my JB, only OK on my other bass, although that's still a mile better than the strings it came with.

My worst gear purchase has been a gear4music bass. Technically Mrs Bassfinger bought it so I shouldn't be j grateful. and it did get me playing bass. My best gear purchases have been the bits needed to make said donkey sound halfway decent. Flat wounds, Entwistle pickups, and a new nut have made an improvement put of proportion with the 40 quid spent.

Aye, just fitted Olympia 100's to my JB today and the sound with a pick is enough to make the Lord Lemmy descend to Earth and anoint me with his holy Jack Daniels as a sign of approval.

I've heard that the highly trained BC stealth commando unit are all diabetic and being paid in mince pies.

I mainly play with a pick anyway, which gives me all the benefits of flats with little of the dull, thuddy downside.

Sounds like a headache to me.

Go for it. I kind of regret hankering for adventure and joining the Army instead of Uni, and had to work twice as hard getting my Masters in later life (not in music) and it did eventually lead to a well paid career. You've gotta be in it to win it.

I've just noticed that the lower picture makes the strings look out of alignment with the neck. In a panic I've just revisited with a pair of verniers and the difference is only a fraction over 1mm, so I guess the angle makes it loom odder than it is.

Olympia flat wounds have arrived. Slapped them on, set the intonation. Lovely. Action is ok, slight truss rod adjustment might be required but I'll let it hang with the strings in tension for a day before fiddling. Either way it's actually pretty decent already. And unplugged it sounds great. Quite loud, with a fantastic warm tone. I can't wait for the electrics to arrive so I can finish the job and amp it up.

I'd have a basschat T shirt if one ever was made. I've even got an idea for the wording: "Basschat. It's like Guitarchat, but better."

Not bad, 5 million for simply having been married to someone.

After 40 years of 6 string guitar I've switched to 4 string bass. Not that I've any plans to do so, bit I wouldnt think I'd have any difficulties with 6 string bass.

I'm a big unit, well above average size. Unless it's an absolute anvil the weight of a bass means nothing to 270lb me.

Ali,ey, didn't realise they were still at it. Fair play.

I have the biography too, which is actually quite vague and doesn't even mention from where he obtained the mirror, and doesn't actually contradict me. In addition, the book was written decades after his death, so the author was clearly unable to ask to the man himself. The tale I told was a radio interview with Lynott himself which I heard with my own wee ears (Caroline? It was decades ago, obviously). He may, of course, have made it up.