Paul S

Thank you for posting this. Absolutely brilliant. Like you, @ambient, I'm not such a big fan of the 'Something About You' and Running In The Family' stuff but this early period they were just the mutts. And also more recently, post 'Sirens' I would say they have gone back to these jazz/funk roots. The current drummer, Pete Ray Biggin, is a force of nature. Great stuff

I say use a pick and give your fingers a rest. It might sound rubbish to you but no-one else will notice. Most people won't even notice if the bass is playing or not

Fender Precision Lyte is good - not made anymore (late 80s to mid 90s I think) but often pop up secondhand. MIJ, scaled down stratocaster sized body, exceptionally slim neck, active electrics, P/J. They seem to be increasing in value for some reason. Once they were discontinued Fender brought out a Zone bass that was essentially the same, different electrics, but Mexican, with a top end MIA model. I think.

I've gone through a couple of phases when I've been clean, no GAS at all. Then suddenly out of nowhere, like Messerschmitts flying out of the sun, I'll be hit again and fall off the wagon. Bit of a mixed metaphor there, sorry about that. GAS seems to be a negative term but I never see my purchases that way so I prefer to think of it as just curiosity.

A deeply tragic waste of a life, the impact of which reaches so many. Drug abuse is so complex, I'll never understand it, but time and again heroes and loved ones are destroyed by it.

yes, I have the Spectradrive. Does everything I need apart from a tuner - maybe they could pop one in? The Spectrapolydrivetune? I don't understand compressors so just use the one knob, but the drive patch I like is 'clean boost' which just gives a smidge of drive.

Our very own @Dood did a rather splendid and comprehensive review of this.

I always eat a meal before a gig. I am borderline diabetic and if I don't eat (and my blood sugar dips) I get shaky. And grumpy Afterwards I just want to get home - most of my gigs are about 70-80 mins away.

My old Maruszczyk Jake 5 has just come up for sale in the classifieds here. £825 is a 'very' good price.

I had a few lightweight (8lbs or less) 5ers. A Maroos-chick Jake 5, around 8lbs. A Hohner B2V, around 8lbs (not less, surprisingly). SGC Nanyo Bass Collection SB 315 was around 7.5lbs I think. The lightest was a Fender MB-5 which was around 7lbs. Don't see them very often.

quod erat demonstrandum

https://www.originalscratchplates.com/ Tim is very good for this sort of thing. Do anything you want - they print it then bond it to the underside of a clear guard.

Thanks Bas. Good to see you again and meet Paul. 😊

It still doesn't alter the fact that the way the Americans pronounce it is closer to how it should be pronounced, even if it isn't the way it is usually pronounced in England.

It is actually closer to how it is 'supposed' to be pronounced. It is a Latin American word, should be HAG-waar, with a rasp on the H.

Wouldn't that glue the strings to the nut? Also works with superglue/graphite powder, albeit slightly more slowly, if you need a dark grey finish. I've repaired a few non-bass things with that including the snapped-off arm on a favourite pair of sun glasses.

Movement of jah peupel, I think.

Why doesn't that surprise me Slightly OT but the good folks at RHS Hyde Hall gardens are going to make a border that contains all the 'titter-ye-not' latin names for the entertainment of kids - whatever age they are. Should be fun.

It seems that when we Anglicise most things it is OK but then sometimes it's not - and there doesn't appear to be any kind of uniformity to it. We don't call Paris Pah-REE, don't called Seville 'Seh-BEE-ya' , most people call Puerto Rico 'Portorico' etc etc. Loads of European cities are still spelt and pronounced the 'English' way in everyday English - Rome, Genoa, Naples, The Hague etc. I personally don't feel it is worth making a stand over paella. Even worse when you start looking at how to proniounce Latin/Greek derived plant names. There are certain conventions in place but they are largely ignored because they sound silly

FEN-der. No need to worry about all that other stuff.

Yes, my fave track on the album, too. A rare talent - in his day to be considered one of the best mdern jazz guitar players AND on of the best singers is quite remarkable. And he can roller skate backwards! Respect.

Ah, OK. Can't help with that.

There are several Switchblade models, only the pro Deluxe is comparable with the Boss. Which one do you mean?

I find this, too - the thinner picks don't give me the sound I want. For some years now I've been happy with the Dunlop 1mm nylon ones. I tend not to drop or lose them and, in time, the point get worn to a more rounded profile - at this stage it gives a softer attack than a new point that I find easier to control than using the back shoulder of the pick.