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We played Murton Officials Club in a local colliery village 20 minutes from home last night. It's a small club with a fantastic crowd, and one of our favourite gigs, with a very easy hump in and out. After a week with a chesty cough I struggled with my singing, but keys and guitarist helped out and we really enjoyed a brilliant atmosphere. I only use my Cliff Bordwell fretless on three songs, but got sent this pic of me studying the fingerboard between verses..

Beautiful ❤️

More great advice from the BC community, I hope you get your bass fixed 🤞🏼

Well done!! 👍🏼

Great work!! Don't bother being overcharged on a simple decal by the likes of Rothko and Frost - they wanted £57 for my 'complex design' which was simply a take on the Stingray logo 🙄 and since completing my BlazerRay build I've always recommended folk on here to use Rob at https://www.guitardecals.co.uk/ Two (in case you mess up!) top quality ultrathin waterslide transfers to finish your headstock 👍🏼

Excellent that @wateroftyne what a drummer! 😯 Great stuff!! 👌🏼

Touche Dave ❤️ one of BCs most regular and well read contributors, always enjoy your input and experience on here 😜 We are back out playing tomorrow, first gig in four weeks. So the bum notes, general forgetfulness and totally wrong lyrics will entertain the venue if nothing else. 😆 And that's before the other three banc members chip in! 🤭 😎

Been kidding myself I'm still a young 'un Richard, but upstairs gigs remind me I'm definitely not 😖 Young at heart tho, still 20 in my head 😜 Full 63 in my knees tho 😆

Absolutely fantastic that! And not a P bass in sight 😲🤓 The whole set up there is fabulous, and I've heard the staff are superb too, looks and sounds great 😜

Great work so far 👍🏼

Fabulous pics of an amazing local gig @wateroftyne glad you and the band enjoyed The Fire Station, looks like an incredible night was had by all, it really is a superb venue 👌🏼

Brass on all of mine, usually home made apart from my '98 Warwick Thumb and my CB fretless. See my BlazerRay and Vigier Passion threads in Build Diaries 👍🏼

Loved Sabbath Bloody Sabbath as a younger me, and subsequent albums too, played Paranoid and War Pigs in a band with my mates as a teenager, influential singer/front man who was a larger than life character. RIP Ozzy 👌🏼😞

My B2A sits behind the settee, great little bass, with the drop Dtuner bridge too👍🏼

@Buzzy Absolutely genius Sir 🤣🤣🤣 I nearly choked on my Werther's Original! 🤭

I watch a bit then fast forward through the acts my Nana would have termed 'tripe' back when she was alive, and I would agree after some of the dross I've seen so far. Strikes me there's some truly dire stuff out there purporting to be music, but then again I must be getting old 😆 Chic however, and in particular that drummer.. Talented band and timeless tunes, witness the crowd involvement 👍🏼

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. 👍🏼