Hi to the thousands of you who are dropping in!? Currently exceeding over 500 views a day. In terms of numbers, a long way from the likes of Taylor Swift but loads of folk seem to be interested in many of my posts that date back in some cases, ten plus years! So, if you are new to my Blog, Welcome aboard. ? I played one of my 1970s Canadian Odyssey Basses on Thursday, not been out of the case for a while but once plugged in, we bonded instantly. What a truly great bass, in my opinion. For a passive bass, so much power and so much tone, from the DiMarzio Double P set up - I just love it ..read more

 Hi to all out there. ? Over the last few weeks, I have been popping in to see what visitors are reading, something that is available in the back office part of Blogger. There seems to be a flurry of activity in March, with more visitors and more variation of subjects and posts. This is usually down to people posting links on a sales platform, forums or other Blogger sites. I have noticed that when I search for one of my posts on Google, which is sometimes easier than searching in the blog, what I am looking for is also listed a lot in Pinterest! The hot ones at the moment are Ovation Mag ..read more

Hello again! I have been contacted by a reader, who has recently found an Axis Bass and bought it on the strength of what he could see. As he said, he recognised it as being of some quality and decided that it was worth giving it a go. Below are images of the bass and details from the new owner.     I found it in a musical intruments store near Portobello market in London. The seller told me that he bought alot of instruments from a member of a metal band and this bass was among others. I recognised a good instrument, despite it being in sad shape, so I bought it. Only after ..read more

 Having put up the post about the white one and my current usage, I found some old shots of The Red One, from 13 or 14 years ago. The red RB650 is shown along an RS900, at two different venues and there is also a full frontal shot, taken by Lars Mullen, of the white one I have mentioned.   This is alongside a Parkinson of Leigh bass, one I haven't had out in yonks. An unusual bass, with a bright ish tone. Parkinson of Leigh Bass Back very soon with news of another Peter Cook instrument that has come to light.  Cheers ..read more

 Hi to all out there!!? Another fairly large gap between posts. . . . where does all the time go to! Anyway, back to the plot. . . . . After covid arrived, not much play was done but during the last six months I have got back into the swing of things and even went out last night to see a friend's new band, in a hot and steamy hall. . . Summer is here folks!! Their first gig and they went down a storm, I loved it to bits. My friend, the bass player, is the custodian of my old pink Jazz bass and it sounded brilliant. He has had custody of quite a few of my flock, over the years - to try the ..read more

 To all who have been here before. . . . . Over the last few weeks, I have been speaking to Lars Mullen quite a bit, as we are still in touch, keeping each other up to date on what we are up to.  Well, it was during one of our chats that I referred back to a couple of events, including the Guitars on the beach thing in 2014, with Ian Gillan doing Smoke on the water. . . . This got me feeling a bit nostalgic, so as it was nine years ago, I thought I would search for it on the blog - this post. Guitars on the beach 2014 Having travelled back in time with a read through that, as the wea ..read more

 Whilst we are on videos. . . . The Shadows, Riders in the Sky. Nothing unusual about that but what is unusual is footage and the then Shadows Bass Player, George Ford. On top of that, he is playing a very rare Peter Cook Axis Bass. More details on the Axis Bass and the Axis Guitar. Axis Bass and Guitar Cheers ..read more

 Hi to all of you out there. This is the other video that Peter shared with me. Ned Callan Prototype, the narration tells you all about it ..read more

 Well, it's taken me some time but here I am again! So, let's kick off with the video I promised. Peter sent this to me ages ago (sorry Peter) and I have finally got around to posting it to the world. This is a very old "film", taken in the workshop where Ned Callan Guitars and Basses were made. Very period and old world grainy but very entertaining, non the less. Enjoy.  Cheers. : )    ..read more

 Today is the start of very slowly returning back to normal. . . hopefully! I have many musician friends who have adapted, modified, innovated, collaborated, Zoomed, Facetimed and everything else they can do to keep the ball rolling, just hoping that one day. . . . . In truth, it is not going to be the same and won't be for a long time but let's face it, playing to half a pub, half a hall or half a stadium, is going to be way better than what we have had. Let's take it one step at a time, move forward safely and keep our fingers crossed that we never go back to what we have experienced ..read more