I believe I have enough patch cables now... #music #bass #pedalboard #guitar #synthesizer #wah #blog

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Rebuild pedalboard KLAXXON! This is one task my personality can really get into. My experiments with pedals (I’m usually a multiFX Guy) has yielded enough surprising tone that the pedal count needs a bigger board. So... I GOT A BIGGER BOARD. @gear4music did next day on this without asking and delivered yesterday, bless ‘em. So now the synth rack is going to get a serious mounting. Looking forward to the Great Arrangement... it’s all for the new project in the new year, exciting times #blog #musician #bass #synth

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Open Mic night down at the Redan bar in Wokingham. During the summer it's all outdoors out back, but its moved back inside. Suddenly it's like an oven in here! Full band is on call, the house already has 2 sax players, 2 drummers and 3 bassists. The inimitable Jack Craig is on guitar. The mans's a machine. The quality of the musicians at this is daunting - the PA is great too: actual live mixing. The sax is getting an excellent reverb treatment as I type. Moody. #blog

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My office for the night - the Fisherman's cottage in Reading, right next to the Kenner and Avon Canal. When you see it from the front, you have no idea how nice it is inside! Music night out on by Laaz of Laaz Readirock. Good acts, just jammed with a looper act and on with the Old Souls @ezra78 @silqemusic @demetriuslawrence @jajiiofficial soon. #blog #music #bass #basslife

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Nice lighting for a gig in the wilds out west just before Xmas - Rikkers in the house #basslife #blog

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More surprise weddings! I'm here near Cambridge on a 24-hour notice Dep gig with LoveShovel (Berkshire's hardest working band!) - the venue is a beautiful converted barn, and the set is very funky indeed. Good times. #blog

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Sometimes the Music takes you to beautiful places. What a place to get married! #blog

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So much fun last night headlining BBC Introducing at @purpleturtlereading with @shaydesagram - nice working with you, @demetriuslawrence! And @marisasingsalot was in huge voice. Massive sounds from David on keys and violin, I call him the "polymuse". #blog

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Time for a gig with the wonderful @shaydesagram - @marisasingsalot and @demetriuslawrence the talented buggers #blog

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It's painstaking work, but it'll be worth it. Matchsticks make excellent filler for pickguard holes drilled in error by previous owner. She'll have full pickup covers and look very retro chic. Just redrilled the front pickup position so it's actually centred on the strings. #blog #bass #bitsabass

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The #bass build continues. This is a nice Allparts body (http://ift.tt/1ObKUyh) which a fella loaded and sold fully loaded to me on Fleabay for £117. The fella who worked on it tried to fit the scratch plate and bridge at least twice - luckily the hardware covers the scars. I've just spent the last couple of hours filling in all the screw holes!! #blog

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I'd say I have a project to finish... #blog #bitsabass Seymour Duncan quarter pounders, ebony fretless neck, Schaller tuners, and full fender pickup cover set. It'll be a beauty and sound good with any luck!

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I'm out here at Yates's bar in Reading (near the station) for the Jam night! 6 string to the fore #blog #music #jam #bass #Roland #gr55

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Ready? Set? (Yes)... go. #Shayes #blog #music #camden #proudcamden

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Just repaired an old friend: my Crafter BA-500 acoustic. New nut, new brass pins: she's as good as new! Ready for summer acoustic gigs. #blog

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Marshall do a Bluetooth speaker(!!) - they do these for £150 at GAK, and they sound really good! http://ift.tt/1RfIkMs #blog #music #Marshall

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Jam Night at Yates's in Reading - nice venue up here! #blog

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Not just a pretty #bass groove - I can fix 'em too! The OBP-3 stopped working last night: tracked it down to the blue cable which had dropped off the volume part of the Warwick pot. FIXED! Yay! #blog

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The only trouble with this MarkBass cab is that it's waaaaaay to fluffy and comfortable. #FelineBassLovers #LowEndBeds #blog #shaydes

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