Rich

Love it! The sheer variety on that album is astonishing.

I liked that they concentrated on tracks other than Bo Rhap, but I was disappointed that they didn’t say anything about Prophet’s Song, my favourite Queen song. 

It does get better with the physio (at least mine did). Good luck Rich.

4 in the morning. Right now I would give my Wal for a decent night's sleep.

Well this thread must have tempted fate as I managed to tweak my dodgy shoulder on Sat and have been in some discomfort ever since. Wasn`t too bad sitting at home watching snooker, a tad more difficult whilst at work.

Richard Jones is also the bassist with The Feeling

I think much of her band is/was made up of members of The Feeling, if not all of them.

Rich also stood in as Bassist for Bryan Adams a few years back. 

Thanks Mick.

My Musical Director in the choir years ago said that I was as sharp as a sausage.  Good to know I can still hack it.

How does one pleasure a turkey, exactly? Asking for a friend

Why, gobble gobble gobble, of course.

Good lad. Engaged to a petrol head 👊

Yep, they're well suited in that respect. Every xmas and birthday present they get each other is a driving experience of some sort. His one this year was a day in a Cobra. He's now totally addicted to the noise of a big-block V8.  

There are far worse things to get addicted to. Can be an expensive hobby tho.

Managed to resurrect some stuff, thankfully. Everything I've been working on for the last 2-3 weeks has gone though. Absolutely gutted. If there's one thing I absolutely hate, it's having to do something twice through no fault of my own. The company will be buying me an external drive this afternoon, whether they want to or not.

I was just listening to the Dean Martin - "That's amore" video on @SpondonBassed post and automatically went into "when your worktop laptop crashes...." when I saw this....

Gotcha.

Heeheehee

👍

Could have been worse side-effects: you might have started to GAS after a Rick 4001...

How did the trial work? Were you exposed to the virus to test the vaccines efficacy, or was it only to test side affects?

Ditto South Cumbria for wedding anniversary.

It can still be - there are no instructions to return home, just be aware that attractions (few given the season?), restaurants, pubs/bars etc will be closed.  If you've rented a little retreat away from everything then that should still be good?

Ah - just read the guidelines and not returning only affects overseas holidays...bummer!

Come to Scotland, only the central belt is in partial lockdown. The midges are away now.

Ignore the rain

It's def. a heart sinking moment when you realise just how much additional time has been added to the build!

With the size of the hole from the machine head screw there was no way a dowel was going to be an option. 

What bass are you building?

Fitting a nice fretless neck to my OLP 'Ray. It's actually a Jaydee neck with a lovely unlined ebony board. Will look a bit like this when it's done. I'm also going to make a preamp for it, possibly based on the Alembic FET2-B or failing that the MM Sabre 2-band.

Isn't it 40 degrees plus on parts of the continent at the moment? I know which I would prefer.

I just want a break in the rain. The air show was a washout last weekend, I've got two outdoor events to go to on Saturday and oh look, surprise fvcking surprise, it's going to be hammering down. Again.

I've been caught out a couple of times when walking the dogs but at least you can get out. I can't bear it when it gets above 25 - really hot days are the same as wet ones - you can't go out!!

Always love playing Reggae and Ska. Even I can (almost) dance to it. Such feelgood music  

Had an audition for a half decent Ska band last week, got the job - originals with freedom to put my own flavours down...smitten, but need to get fitter

That's fantastic @Raslee, Facebook links etc when you have them plz 😎

The ultimate in unappreciated jobs.

Unpaid, being thrown about in the pissing down rain....you wouldn't get me out there.

We should all be glad that somebody else is prepared to though.

Neither my wife or I drive, so we use public transport a fair amount. Train fares are an absolute rip off to get around the country. We got a "two together" rail card a while ago that helps bring the cost down, but it's still expensive.  That said, the amount of time we use the train, it probably still works out cheaper than owning a car.

Tried it out at rehearsal last night. Overjoyed with how it sounded through my main rig. ❤️ 

I believe that. 

Institutions can get funding for nearly anything nowadays.

Blimey, what couriers are still delivering at 11pm Saturday, even Amazon stops at 10 pm here..??

Whoops. I did of course mean 11am.

Ah!!! Easily done!! I think strings direct are based near Southend, not far from me, they've always been my first port of call for strings too 👍👍

Map looks familiar

I'm sure he would do you a basschat discount @Rich and knock £200 or so off the asking price? 

...and the benefit of paying the extra money for a pro players former bass is that you'll automatically be as good as them...

It's a great result BUT we must remain wary. It wouldn't surprise me if they instead quietly closed the offices one by one while using distraction to avoid publicity.

I’m pleased about this. Whilst they - going from reports - aren’t used much they are pretty essential to those that do use them.

Fortunately, I've managed to avoid using rail services for the past few years.

It occurs to me, though, that perhaps they should look to attract customers (like me) back rather than save costs.