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Author Archives: Bruce
New Toys
These are a couple of Danelectro basses recently imported from the US. Left, is a Hodad with three lipstick tube pick-ups and a state-of-the-art “Selectomatic” tone switch. The other, is the Rumor Bass (also known as the Danoblaster) which has a built-in chorus effect. Both are long-scale and, as they are made from plywood and Masonite, are pretty lightweight. Both have that Mosrite body shape and a sparkle finish, too – very “surf”. I’ll be doing YouTube clips with them … Continue reading
Who did it?!
The Who claim that their set at Glastonbury was one of their worst they’ve ever done because the equipment was sabotaged.
Who
With all this talk about the Who — I thought it might be a good time for a pic of the band.
Andy Fraser 1953-2015
So another great bass player passes. Free’s Andy Fraser had a very original approach to playing … ‘less is more’ …as exemplified in the classic track, All Right Now, which he co-composed with my ex-Roadrunners cohort, Paul Rodgers.
A Pensioner Writes
Y0u may recall that not long ago I was involved in an exchange with those two grand gentlemen of letters, Wilf Turnbull and Derek Philpott, who write to various pop songsmiths to point out the anomalies in their lyrics. For example… Dear Mr. Costello, Re: Everyday I Write the Book I am perplexed my bespectacled friend. Either one is to assume that you pen a tome every twenty-four hours, or you have been working on the … Continue reading
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My Top 10 Albums
As suggested earlier, here’s a post we can all dance around… Here are my Top 10 Albums with a sentence or two about each as a template to get you started. The Moderator has kindly given us a bit of leeway to include compilations, soundtracks and greatest hits … so here we go… John Lennon: Plastic Ono Band Hard to describe the impact this had after Abbey Road. Raw, honest and brave. Probably has to go at No. 1 … Continue reading
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Mustang
This is a quick post of my Mustang Bass for Boris. It won’t be up long — there’ll be a new one on the way shortly. You can hear what I was playing on the link.
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