Boom n Twang Day 3
Day 3. The most EPIC day. Morning dawned very cold! Spotted the frost last night. The shower I had this morning was epic - [...]
Boom n Twang 2023 Day 2
OK - here's day 2 of this cool guitarist and bassist conference, hosted by Jamiroquai's own Paul Turner and Rob Harris! It's worth mentioning [...]
Boom n Twang 2023
I was lucky enough to do this amazing event on the 10th, 11th and 12th of November. Organised by Paul Turner and Rob Harris [...]
Dean Town – Bass Cover
Dean Town Cover (Vulfpeck) Here's my playthrough of Vulfpeck's Dean Town (https://youtu.be/le0BLAEO93g for the original). I've been practicing this for a while now - I'd love [...]
Rehearsals And Lockdowns
Huge news. Last weekend, I actually got a rehearsal in with the amazing Kayda May (YouTube) and the live musicians she's gathered together. Total blast, [...]
Basses: a wealth of styles, technologies, sounds and shapes.
I saw a picture this morning of a black Rickenbacker bass - even the hardware was black: I've always thought of the Ricky as a [...]
Rikkers Build, Part 5: THE FINAL STRETCH….!
Background - I commissioned a custom Olive-faced 5-string bass from Rikkers in Holland - 15 years or so after first considering a custom bass. The experience has [...]
Rikkers build, Part 4: The Bass Emerges (and “The Inlay”)
Background - I commissioned a custom Olive-faced 5-string bass from Rikkers in Holland - 15 years or so after first considering a custom bass. The experience has [...]
Rikkers Build, Part 3: Hand-carving the back and neck joint
Background: I've commissioned a bass from Rikkers in Holland - it's proving to be a seamless, easy and fun process (I saved the money up before I [...]
Rikkers Build, Part 2: Hearing about early progress!
As I type, it's the 1st of March 2015 and I pick up the Bass in a week at the London Bass Guitar Show: I'm documenting [...]