gjones

McCartney's Yamaha back in the 80s. I saw him with one and went straight out and bought one. Then he went back to his Hofner and has stayed with it ever since.

I recommend you buy a new tuner. Or alternatively watch this.......

Karma To Burn by The Waterboys.

The RM800, in my local rehearsal room, is at max volume by 12 (mid point) on the dial and there is no observable change in loudness after that. This is with the gain at max. Of course, through constant use, all the wording has worn off the silver front of the amp, so I have no idea what any of the other buttons or switches do.

Start the songs without him and it won't be too long before he gets the point.

I used to play with flatwounds and I recall, that when my hands got sweaty, the strings got sticky.

I thought that one looked a bit cheap. He realised his mistake at the last minute, apparently. He really should have emailed you to explain the situation.

I was pushing the band to get up to speed with our set, so we could start gigging ASAP. Then our drummer told me that, because of his underlying health issues (diabetes, recent heart attack) and the risks of Covid, he does not want to gig before 2022 . Perfectly understandable in his situation but he drums for my 2nd band too.......sigh. My 3rd band's singer is seriously ill, so I will have to wait until she has recovered fully before we'll be gigging again. Things are not looking good.

I kept up plonking away over lockdown to prevent me losing all my chops, or seizing up. Our guitarist had almost forgotten how to plug his guitar into his amp, as he hadn't touched the thing in months.

It's a CIJ Jazz Bass. My guess is it's Sonic Blue (It's been scientifically proven that they have a bit more low mid than other colours).

Very nice punchy sound you have there.

Played Callander a few times. The last time we played there was a huge fight between the local yokels and some squaddies in the bar we played. They were polite enough to wait until we'd finished our set, before the mayhem commenced

He's grown into his voice as the years have gone by.

He's the last singer for Genesis. When Phil Collins left they recorded an album with him and attempted to go out on tour. The American part of the tour was cancelled, due to lack of interest and Ray got his P45. Two of his bass players are on Basschat......so be careful what you say 🙄

Ray Wilson (he whose name should never be mentioned) is big in Poland

There's an Ashdown RM800 in my local rehearsal room. Although it is pretty loud, with the gain maxed, the amp doesn't get any louder after half way on the master. Is this something RM owners have observed with their own amps? It's being put through an Ashdown ABM-410H-EVO IV.

I joined a band just before lockdown. It had just been formed by the guitarist and was in the first rehearsals stage. The guitarist didn't want to be the organising force for the band, so it appears that I'm going to have to take over that role. I know organising bands can be like herding cats sometimes but this lot seem very keen. I hope the power doesn't go to my head.

Buy something you can lean back and point to your head. Hartke combos come to mind. Peaveys do the same. I recently bought a Markbass CMD121P which I can tilt up towards me onstage. I bought my 2020 model for £450 secondhand.

Mustang Sally..... You know you want to

I used to own a Fender Bassman TV15. Which was a tweed, reissue version, designed specifically for bassists in the 21st century and is loud enough (350 watts) to play in a band with. They were discontinued but can be picked up secondhand.

I think Courtney Love has spent all the cash.

I was wanting to buy a plank for a friend to play slide on and assumed the Epiphone would be pretty rubbish but I was very surprised at how rubbish it actually was. I was also surprised at how good the Anderton guys could make it sound. And looking back at the video, I'm still amazed at how good they can make it sound.

I played one of these in a rehearsal room last night. I was through an Ashdown ABM 410H-EVO IV. I noticed, that when you turned the master any higher than halfway, the volume didn't get any louder. This was with the gain at full. I wonder what that's all about? My GK MB800 doesn't have this issue.

Not all Epiphones are great. I saw an Andertons video reviewing the Epiphone Les Paul Melody Maker E1. It was so cheap and sounded so good on the video, that I went to my local Guitar Guitar to check it out. In reality it was a horrible little thing, which sounded tinny and was impossible to keep in tune. In the end I bought a Yamaha Pacifica, from their used section, which played and sounded like a real guitar rather than a nasty little toy. Just goes to show the power of advertising, when such a horrible toy guitar, can be made to sound half decent in the hands of professionals.