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Sad news, like others have said, Take On Me was a breath of fresh air completed by an incredible video, great singer. My eldest lad has a mate whose Dad has been trialling a new treatment up here in the NE with amazing results, he even made local news a while back. He's back on his bike and living a very improved life so far 👍🏼

Nice one, I'm definitely not a fan of the relic thing as I've always tried to look after all my basses, but that looks authentic enough to me 👍🏼

I love his vids, he's absolutely hilarious, but really informative too, brilliant 👍🏼😎

I quite enjoyed that, had no idea he was a guitar collector mind, amazing 😳 I liked the way he tries to improve his collection by swapping out guitars with dings and dents for a similar model that's in better condition. Safe to say he's not a fan of the relic look then 😆

Get to a venue well ahead of 'first set' or playing time. Leave nothing to chance. Your overall sound.... .....is everything 😉

This. Bang on. 👍🏼

Unusual as usual Jim, love the experimentation you try 👏🏼👍🏼

Great job 👍🏼

Local Social Club in Sunderland called Steels on Saturday night, a bass playing mate sent me this pic. Big club but had a full house with a great crowd in 👍🏼

You mean you don't lift the needle off the record after each phrase then write it down? 😳 Or rewind the cassette? 😯 Sheesh 🙄

Brilliant 👍🏼

Fabulous gesture, and a fantastic looking instrument, beautiful work 👌🏼

Pm'd Jimothey 😉

Excellent, he's just great craic isn't he? 👌🏼 I loved his podcasts during lockdown, and in particular his hilarious anecdote about recording for Michael Jackson - I think it was for Earth Song (look it up, I won't spoil it if you've not seen it!) Great trick with the strings and foam on the Telecaster bass too 😳👏🏼 And interviewed with an upturned collar and ripped shirt sleeve 🤣 Brilliant GP 👍🏼

Stunning work! What a unique and beautiful bass, fantastic 😍

@NickA this was the spec sheet for the ones I bought direct from Warwick..

I've used SS rounds on my '98 ThumbNT for years, and played regularly with the bass. Those Warwick bell brass frets are very hardy 👍🏼 I like them so much I've recently had them fitted on my Vigier fretless to fretted conversion featured here: https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/509739-vigier-passion-ii-fretless-to-fretted/

Mint that @Hellzero, and similar looking to the one I had! Those books were a great resource mind you, I can remember it being the go to for so much of the curriculum (O level back in the day) as well as working through the grades. These days, to my shame, I couldn't tell you a single note on a sheet of music 😕 back then I recall I could write a four part cadence 🙄 Everything I did bandwise, from starting up during schooldays onwards - sax, bass and guitar - was all done by ear.

I did up to grade 5 clarinet when I was at school, with the lure of an alto saxophone if I got merits in grade 5 (just managed to scrape by!) Whenever I hear of folks doing grades, I wonder if this is still their bible? It was in the 70's.. 😉

Cracking band that @wateroftyne , and what a setlist! 😳👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Great showreel on your website too from Dee and the lads, great lineup 👌🏼😜