Pete Academy

I know this sub ject has been discussed before. I have been suffering from painful finger joints in both hands for some time. I take a high dose of glucosamine every day. Just lately I can barely close my fingers in the morning (no masturbation jokes, please). It eases as the day goes on. I did a gig last night and today the joints are quite painful. I've starting taking other supplements and fish oil. Any advice would be welcome.

Nearly Dan are playing their final gig of 2013 at The Met in Bury on Saturday 23 November. www.themet.biz 0161 761 7107

I've been watching Al McKay and his band on YouTube, performing an Earth, Wind and Fire greatest hits set. The band sounds as good, if not better than EWF. There's a clip where he's introducing the band, and they're all amazing session musicians. The bassist is great. I was wondering how he could put that set together. Is it the same as a tribute band doing the same thing, or can he do this because he had writing credits on these songs?

[b]Brilliant[/b]

Great playing, but I was disappointed with the song.

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1381674928' post='2242103'] Gentlemen, If you are unable to contribute anything positive to this thread I suggest you check Google maps to find the location of your nearest school playground and go battle it out with conkers. [/quote]

Nearly Dan are playing at The Stables in Wavendon, Milton Keynes on Saturday 19 October. www.stables.org www.nearlydan.co.uk

This bass will be a killer.

My post about the forthcoming Fender Dimension IV bass seems to have disappeared.

I've just had my hands on a USA Fender Dimension IV, maple neck model, two pickups. It has active bass, mid and treble cut and boost, and a 5-way switch that selects different coils within the humbuckers. Lots of sound options, including a lovely back pickup growl, smoother than a Stingray, a great slap sound, and a great P-Bass sound. The bass plays like a dream. These should hit shops around December. A seriously great new bass from Fender.

A strange phenomenon.

You expect a gig to be great and it turns out sh*t. You expect a gig to be sh*t and it turns out great. What's that about?

Tickets selling fast.

It's witchcraft.

Just when you thought you were a fairly competent player, along comes someone who just blows you away. I've just watched Francis Hylton live with Incognito. f***ing he'll!

[quote name='bassicinstinct' timestamp='1380211518' post='2222400'] Pleased to hear the gig went well Pete. It's a venue I used to do in the DSO days and my biggest memory of it is that the management always kept us waiting for about an hour to load-in and then expected us to be loaded out and gone within 10 minutes of the last chord being struck. Happy days!! I trust that it's improved and/or is under new management now? I seem to recall that it is where Frank Skinner learned his trade in the early days? I think Snarky Puppy did it earlier this year too. VERY pleased to hear that it is still trading. anyway. [/quote] Hi mate, good to hear from you. Birmingham is typically a no-Dan zone, but that was a good gig.

We played at your Brighton last Saturday.

Nearly Dan are playing at The Floral Pavilion in New Brighton on Saturday 5 October. www.floralpavilion.com

[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1379791012' post='2216859'] Saw it.. [/quote] Good to see you again. Thanks for coming to the gig. Sorry we didn't have time to chat.

I've got a '78 Jazz. It came with a set of DR Marcus Miller strings and sounded great. When I was ready for a change of strings, I stuck some Roto Nickels on. The sound had all but disappeared, so I stuck some DRs back on. Strings make all the difference.

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1379357357' post='2211742'] Oh come on! This is a conspiracy! Brighton would work for me brilliantly, but......I'm away in the Cotwolds on Saturday; boo! Have a great one, I'll catch you another time (unless it is a conspiracy of course ) [/quote] sh*t...oh well...

Nearly Dan are playing at Mr Kyps in Poole, Dorset on Friday September 20. Doors 8pm. www.mrkyps.net. 01202 748945 Also Saturday September 21 at the Concorde 2 in Brighton. Doors at 7pm. www.concorde 2.co.uk. 01273 673311

Thanks fellas. Ian, really great to meet you and Alexa. Jazzyvee, you should have said hello. Yep. Louise has depped before and always done a fantastic job.

Never count, not even with my foot. As said previously, it becomes internalized after so long.