Rich

68 Guns - The Alarm

I far prefer 3 over 2. My second choice would be 2 over 3. My Sire V7 is 4 over 1 and I really don't like it (the tuner arrangement, that is. Everything else about the bass is sex on a stick.) 5 in line is wrong on every single conceivable level.

The music shop local to me used to do a nice trade in guitars etc. Now he is kept alive by the music programmes in the local schools, and the in-house teaching space. He's lost almost all his serious instrument trade to the internet. One more increase in business rates will put him out of business.

Ska weekender at an hotel in Weston super Mare. It was a vocal/keys/brass PA so I brought out the big guns for this one. This was the first time I've heard the Wal through this rig, and it didn't disappoint. ❤️💚 A good gig followed by a really horrible foggy drive home. A proper pea-souper. Roaring headache this morning.

I think I'll stick with my memories of past gigs. They cost a lot less than £110.

Slip Sliding Away - Paul Simon

Guff Boy - ZZ Top

Hamer's Music in Reading. It's where I bought my Wal in 1986. It's now a dentist's surgery. On the bright side, at least it's not yet another feckin coffee shop.

Go Away - Living Colour

If it looks too good to be true, that's because it is.

Yep, it's on there. P.B.1533 I believe so, yes. It was years before I found out what the switches do..! My favourite setting is very simple; both pickups selected, all controls on 10 (actually they really do go up to 11 😂 ), pick attack on, both boost switches off. The tone is pure Geddy circa Power Windows/Hold Your Fire.

It's a Pro 2E, it pre-dates the Custom model. The controls are master volume plus separate vol and tone for each pickup. There are also 3 switches: pick attack switch, low-mid boost switch for neck pickup, upper-mid boost/bass cut switch.

Ska gig last night, a dementia research benefit at a theatre in Warminster. The punters enjoyed it and we raised >£1000 for the charity, so mission accomplished. It was the Wal's first gig for over 20 years and it sounded absolutely glorious. I took the Spector along for backup but I needn't have worried. I think the Wal is going to be my new #1 bass for ska gigs, until the colossal weight finally destroys my shoulder

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