There’ll be more details on the bass centre site soon, I hope, and there’s a thread about it over at .uk. It’s not wanky bass nonsense, it’s great singer/songwriter material that happens to involve some seriously great bass playing. But for the rest of you, click on his name there and head over and have a listen – he’s an electric bass playing singer/songwriter, of extraordinary talent. OK, a few of you will have already had me bending your ear about how you HAVE to go and see Seth Horan at the Bass Centre. So, now go and get John’s CD, from his website, or at least have a listen to some tracks on his myspace page.įinally, a blog post that doesn’t feature a video from the 80s… hang on, gimme a minute here, I’ll find one for you… He’s a great performer and great songwriter, and last night he had the cream of London’s musicians playing with him – Andy’s one of my favourite bassists in the world, Theo’s, well Theo, i don’t think he’s ever played a bit of music I didn’t think was outstanding, and Roy’s the perfect sensitive groovy player to be in that band. Since then – with no help from me at all! – he’s been touring and playing bass for Gretchen Peters, where he plays in her band and opens the show, blowing away audiences night after night, and winning himself so many new fans along the way. ![]() He sold a shedload of CDs, won himself an army of new fans, and it helped to establish him in some way in London. And John is probably the best example of that, even though it was through a tour with Michael Manring that the push came about (and I always pull much bigger crowds when I tour with Michael, for some inexplicable reason… o) – anyway, John came out and opened for Michael and I on a bunch of gigs, and was quite frankly awesome. It’s what I want people to do for me, and in the spirit of ‘do unto others as you’d have them do unto you’ (what wise-ass came up with that? pretty simple formula for changing the world, huh?) I have always wanted to use whatever meagre platform I have to give other musicians a boost. I played on Union Street (which is one of my favourite songs of John’s – no mean feat in a set packed with favourite songs of mine) and Good Intentions, another great song off the new album.Įver since I started playing solo I’ve wanted to be in a position to give other people a leg up. No looping, no Ebow, no fretless, no big delays… just my 6 string fretted and some rather fun jazz guitar parts. And then, in the second set, me for two tunes. His band was him, Theo Travis on sax, flutes and marvellousness, Andy Hamill on bass and magicalness and Roy Dodds on drums, percussion and groove-based tremendousness. Ideally I’d like to get this as close to original condition internally.įYI the electronics aren’t screwed in as I was preparing to take the following photo.Fine gig last night – John Lester was launching his new album, So Many Reasons, last night at the 606 in Chelsea. I may just gorilla glue pickguard material vertically if the other two parts work and there’s no replacement parts in sight. I saw a few on Ebay and it’ll be a $10 investment for the on/off switch and power plug. If anyone knows any websites that sell these parts let me know. I read these switches are the same as the Fender Jazzmaster switches. The off switch is useless in its current state. Can I buy a replacement 2.1mm power jack (ala Boss) and rewire it for that plug with no issues? Boss power supplies are easier to find than a vintage EH power supply (the GC guy that the new EH pedal use the standard boss pedal barrel power supplies). The closest thing was the adapter for the Line 6 pedals which have a smaller barrel, but it would not power up completely (might be an issue with the on/off switch). As of now Guitar Center does not a functioning power supply that will fit in the hole. I read that the power input should not be daisy-chained via one-spot pedal chains. Naturally I’ll need 10 of them (or at least 9). Can I buy replacement sliders (the upside down T-shaped item you physically move)? I’d be interested to find out even if this means removing the entire part from the PC board if that part is available? The part number is 442NA4H104CDN 9915. So I have a few questions I’m hoping that the forum can help me with: ![]() As I am playing bass in another project I’d like to be able to get this pedal working again. It’s got all but one slider snapped off and the on/off switch is lossey-goosey (if you shake the pedal left to right the switch moves accordingly). It was abandoned by a former inhabitant of the practice space since it is in a “broken” state. I found a EHX Micro Synth pedal under our drummer’s drum riser.
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