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  1. meterman
    Had a quick recording session last week and the CV Mustang was on the couch. I apologize in advance for the electric sitar and the archtop! I keep thinking I should bin the tort and get white pearloid on there, although that’s possibly my meds working overtime 😂
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    Oh now I am jealous! I only saw the Sensible / Scabies / Vanian / Gray lineup, they were superb though 👍 Their version of “White Rabbit” was wild. I sort of knew from the records that the Captain was a decent guitarist but seeing him fully Hendrix it up live was something else.
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    Rufus & Chaka Khan “You Got The Love” works for me. Mid tempo but so funky. Also this, which used to be dance floor catnip back when I used to DJ in clubs: Or even this, an absolute belter of a tune from one of my favourite bands: Every time I hear it at home I’m like a dog jumping up at the window when the postman comes, pogoing on my own couch like a sad old git 😂
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    Years ago I’d love a bowl of cereal when I got back from playing a particular regular gig. I actually used to look forward to it during load outs and the drive home. But if it was a tour situation I’d make do with whatever was available and nearest - pizza, kebab, gyros, chip butties, burgers, even crepes or waffles, all the stuff I wouldn’t usually look at during the day, but after a sweaty club gig, phwoar! I still reckon Greece was the best place I’ve found for post-gig scran though. And it helps that loads of places are still open at 3am, so yer post-gig eats is easy in a lot of places.
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    Thank you, her name is familiar because Green Seagull supported a band I used to session for, think we’ve crossed paths at some point. Initially I thought about getting a nitro refin but there doesn’t seem to be anyone even remotely near to me.So I’m keeping an eye out on Reverb for replacement bodies. My fave was my black Mustang. Shouldn’t have sold that one
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    I’ve seen that top one before, does it belong to the bassist from the psych band Green Seagull? I know it was a custom order. I’d definitely go for something like that 👍
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    Okay so my main bass is a lowly Squier CV Mustang bass, and I love playing it but in terms of the colour scheme it’s a bit vanilla. Oly white with a tort pickguard. It’s not offensive but I would like a different colour for the body. Apart from Stratosphere online is there anyone else I should be looking at? I really appreciate any advice in advance. 🙏
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    I think she’s a great player and having done sessions on bass, keys, drums and guitar I know that Donna Lee isn’t the easiest tune to negotiate on any instrument. Having said that, all I’m hearing here is muso show off dry w@nk business. But she rocks it nonetheless. I couldn’t play it ever, so full respect from me for having a go 👍
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    I used to take a little 1970s Fender Vibro-Champ out for smaller gigs, plus my pedalboard. But that was usually for smaller volume situations or maybe where the PA might only be for vocals. I have used little amps for biggish gigs a few times (Jazz Cafe, 100 Club, Sage Gateshead, etc) and the engineer just takes a line out from the amp into the desk. So small amps definitely can work, depending on your band. But usually for larger gigs or festivals or anything away from home there would be backline already provided, some good, some awful 😂 Worth trying to work with what you’ve already got I’d say. Unless GAS is part of it...
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    Can’t give advice about the best place to find a band but for session work either be based in a decent sized city that has a lot of music going on, or be within easy commuting distance to one. Your favoured choice of genre might focus your search as well.
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    Haha, that is fabulous! And I would have paid money to see that. My wife’s lot were merely arty and weird. They’d perform at Sadler’s Wells or Bloomsbury Theatre and them sort of places, so there was always pro crew with them. But I don’t think they ever did any pyro work or stuntman-level stuff. Full marks, sir!
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    Brilliant 😂 My wife’s outfit had the same management as John Cale though, so I think they leaned more towards the capitalistic end of the avant-garde. If that sort of thing existed?
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    Found the Fields Of The Nephilim video that my wife was an extra in. She was part of an alternative / modern dance troupe that used to do theatre gigs and art gallery stuff, and they were booked as extras for the video. My wife is about as un-goth as it gets nowadays. Funny to think of her being in a Nephilim video
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    This just reminded me, my wife was in a Fields Of The Nephilim video. She reckons she can’t remember which one it was so I’m going to trawl through YouTube later to see if I can find her all gothed up 😂
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    They did a brilliant cover of “I’ll Bet You” by Funkadelic on that ABC album as well. Don’t know how overlooked it is but there’s usually a couple of absolute belters tucked away on any of the early Jackson 5 albums.
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    I know! I missed a MW Mustang by about an hour on a local classifieds site earlier this year for something like €130. Bah!
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    I’d echo other folks advice about trying to find a used Flea signature Jazz within budget. It should be possible and they’re really good basses. A mate in the UK has one which he stripped the finish back to natural, other than that it’s stock original, even the strings. Lovely bass to play 👍 Good luck with the search.
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    That’s weird, I remember really liking the pickup on the MW Mustang I had. It seemed to have a fatter sound than the other Mustang basses I had. Probably should have kept mine!
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    Oh that’s awful news He was a great player (“Barbarism Begins At Home” was my favourite of his recorded bass lines) and The Smiths were the first band I saw live. And I had no idea he was only 59? Shocker.
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    Should be fine, I’ve had them on a Telecaster bass, a Mustang bass and a Precision, all fretted. They feel and sound great 👍
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    I got a used W (maybe Warwick?) electric guitar gigbag for free when a local studio was having a clearout and it does a pretty decent job of keeping the dust off my Mustang around the house. Not sure if I’d want to tour with it, I’d probably want a hard case for that, but to keep it clean at home it’s fine. For occasional gigging I’d get a proper gigbag for it. I’ve got a Taylor acoustic gigbag that does the same job as the W bag but it’s a bit roomy. But for home use it’s alright and it was a freebie. I’m such a cheapskate 😂
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    That looks absolutely spot on 🧡 You must be very happy with it, I certainly would be!l, it’s a beauty! Hope I don’t derail the thread but I have a question for you regarding the chrome covers, specifically does the bridge ashtray cover require special screws to fix it in place? I can buy the Fender bridge cover online but it’s not supplied with mounting screws. Not sure what to use. I’m guessing pickguard screws wont hold it down? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. 🙏 Congrats again on such a fine looking Jazz 👍
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    Os Mutantes. Brazilian psychedelia 👍
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    A friend of mine has LaBella flats on his Thunderbird reissue and it sounds fantastic. One of the hugest sounding basses I’ve ever heard. Booooooommmm for days 👍
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    One I often noodle away on is “Bass Catch” by Carol Kaye / The Greasy Bass Blues Band. Carol plays electric pick bass and (I think?) Ray Brown plays upright bass. It’s only a two chord vamp with a simple turnaround but I love jamming along to it: Another one would be the version of “Have I Sinned” by Lloyd Charmers. As with a lot of 1970s reggae singles I don’t know who’s playing bass but it’s a great line to play along with. Easy peasy but I love it:
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