Cliff Edge

Very recently I saw a 1980 EBMM 2 EQ Stingray on Facebook Marketplace for roughly half the price of an identical model on Reverb. Now I can’t confirm if the FB offering was a scam or just a post by an idiot, but it was a long way from me and frankly if I bought another bass right now I’d be looking at a divorce.

I’m not condoning illegality just putting forward an option. I’ve never been stopped and asked or had the car even get a sideways glance as I drove off the train at either end. I’ve never had anything to declare anyway. Apart from a few boxes of wine.

If it’s pre owned option 1 is Eurostar to Amsterdam and from there collect the guitar and bring it back yourself as your own property. Option 2, probably the best, is drive to Folkestone put the car on Eurotunnel to Calais and drive up to wherever in the Netherlands it is. Stick it the boot and come home. Either one will probably be cheaper and safer in the long run with off peak travel and it’s a nice reasonably quick drive up to Amsterdam.

Marty Stuart and the Fabulous Superlatives in Bexhill on Sea last night. A perfect example of performance professionalism. Could not fault any part of the show, the sound or the members of the band. Chris Scruggs, Earle Scruggs grandson, did some amazing stuff on upright, including a frantic rendition of Wipeout. Surf music at a country music show? You bet. Much use of b benders by Stuart on Clarence Whites old Telecaster and Kenny Vaughan on his. Harry Stinson on drums is a pleasure to watch, the man can really sing too. Last time I saw him was many moons ago at London’s Boarderline with The Dead Reckoners Kieran Kane and Kevin Welch. A fabulous evening’s entertainment, preceded by a fine dinner at a local Italian joint.

This is true but I got the Nordie’s cheap and it made a difference.

No issues on either site here using Safari on an IPad. No AV or Malware apps here of course but Safari will flag up issues when appropriate. The problems some are seeing are related to ssl certificate configurations, and in some cases Windows certificate caches. It’s wrong for the AV software and Malware Bytes to say the sites are insecure or contain malware because of this. The site owners should contact their hosting companies to sort our the problem, it’ll take about 5 minutes.

I put Nordstrand Big Singles in my SR900. Straight swap for the Bart’s. The pre amp isn’t great but the bass now has a much better tone all round.

When I read that I first thought you were leaving a gig in a taxi. Then I read some more

I got tickets today to see Lulu in October. 2023. I hope we’re both still alive by then, hate to think I wasted the money.

I bought an MM Stingray when I was in New York in September 1996. The serial dated it to September 10 1996. So about as new as you can get. Lovely looking instrument, sounded awful and clanky to me most of the time despite a professional setup. Probably me but I could never get it to sound the way I wanted. I played it on and off, mostly off, for about 3 years before selling it and reverting to my Jazz full time. I have considered getting another one from time to time for a wall decoration. Cheaper than a Rick.

According to my daughter, despite All The Amazing Attractions, music aside, at Glastonbury these days, it’s still pretty poor compared to Burning Man. Which she has so far failed to drag me along to unless she can hire a large RV. I do not do tents, especially not in a bloody desert.

Shouldn’t a Jazz from that year and finish be Alder. I thought ash was only used for natural finishes around that time, which would make it heavier. My early ‘72 natural is over 10lbs.

That’s mostly down to the Southern God Botherers bothering their senators concerned with their job security.

My wife is practically tone deaf. Can’t hold a tune in a bucket. I’m sending her out as a Diana Ross tribute act next week.

She was doing the same at the jubilee concert. Great band, who is that front and centre on bass? He’s getting plenty of screen time.

This has to be the worst legends spot ever, surely.

Ah ok my fault then. Shows how much out of current music I am, I’ve never even heard of St Vincent. But the island is very nice.

Oh dear, this is flipping awful.

I once had a chrome set off a Telecaster guitar on my Jazz but it was a long time ago.

In that case I apologise I was obviously mis informed as to who I was watching. I’ve never seen Billy Eilish and I’m not familiar with her music. My comments apply to whoever it was.

Yes. I’m sure she has talent to have got where she is so young. Not my bag either, and I would have probably switched off anyway. But I found the visuals incredibly annoying and added nothing to the performance. Except may be for some pre pubescent kids and dirty old men.

I have seen Robert Plant and Allison Krause live in smaller venues and it’s a really exceptional show. Yesterday the musicianship was amazing but the vocal levels were way too low. You can never rely on the BBC to get live sound right. Apart from a a few minutes of Eilish I have yet to watch anything else.

If she dropped the rather silly and not very attractive backing singers and just concentrated on singing instead of trying to be sexy I might have paid more attention. But I switched her off when she finally realised she’d forgotten to plug her guitar in. All that bumping and grinding on stage is getting rather tiresome and outdated. If you want to watch dancing watch Strictly.

Your guess is as good as mine, probably better. What would that signify anyway? I have never been able to decipher anything else on there. All the original pots and wiring were junked years ago when they became unreliable. There’s nothing else on it beyond the name stamps of the guys who put it together. All were working at Fender in the late 60’s early 70’s.

Ooo shiny. I was always drawn to those aluminium necks.