This year, I'm going to do something a bit different.
There is still a long way to go in the collection but this is something that I get asked and I, in turn, ask other people. What are your musical influences, early favourite bands, later favourite bands and what numbers do you gig? Fair enough, sounds like a good idea.
Musical influences would need some long thought, before I put finger to keyboard but early favourites would have to include Slade. Nothing more to say, I grew up on this sort of stuff and I still love to listen to it now.
On another note, Peter Frampton has been reunited with his Les Paul. I bet he is so excited!!
This is my last entry for 2011 and 2012 may see me complete the collection - there are lots more to come!!!
Bit of a delay since my last post - what with all that is going on and Christmas, I have been a bit busy.
Cryer at The Asylum. What a great night!! The support was from a band called Quartz, who are now all in their sixties, apart from the singer. They Rock!! Brilliant show - would go and see them again. Slightly odd to see Derek, one of the guitarists, looking like he was off out to a meal but when the band struck up - powerful drums, thumping bass, Jeff on guitar and keyboards (had something to do with Sabbath, in his career) and clean crisp vocals, Derek launched into some truly great shredding - Top Job!!
Quartz and Derek, doing their stuff!!
Cryer were just brilliant!!
Fez had given me a CD with some of their recordings on, which was listened to a lot - So, when they got started, I knew all the songs!
All of it, just damn good "Brummy" Rock! Solid, powerful, melodic - another one of those bands you see and think how come they never stood alongside some of the more well known Rock Bands??? You have to be in the right place at the right time!! Simple as that!
Anyway, here are some of the pics I took, showing Fez and the Jaydee.
A truly great night.
If I have this correct - both bands are doing some recording, so Watch this space!!
I would like to wish you all a Happy New Year and look forward to seeing you again in 2012. If you would like to drop me a line - telling me about your experience of some of the instruments I have listed so far, or if you have any questions, it would be great to hear from you. contactflateric@gmail.com
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Quick Edit. Message from a regular in Finland - I missed out the Finnish greeting, so Carl - Hi, this is for you and anyone else in Finland. Onnelista hyvä vuotta. :)
Cheers. :)
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Lots of interest in the Jaydee - really looking forward to the gig on Friday. :)
Ibanez Musician
I have already listed the other one I have, some time ago but this is the one I had first and for some reason have never got round to taking any decent shots of it.
I can't say that this is a decent shot but for the time being, this is all I have - taken at last weekends gig - it was, erm - a bit compact in there but we had a great night. Looks messier than it really was!!!
This one seems to have earned it's living and has a few small battle scars but what a bass!!!! If you ever get the chance of having a go on one, jump at it, I'm sure you'll love it. Passive, it sounds great - active, even better - so much you can do with it. Not too heavy, nice balance, just nice to play - very much an "alive" bass, if you know what I mean.
Controls are Master volume, Master tone, Active/Passive balance and Treble, Mid and Bass boost and cut. So much fun.
Will get some good shots another time and show him in his true glory.
Jaydee Bass Guitar. . . . . . . With a difference!!
Eight on the top - Four on the bottom.
This is a unique Jaydee Twin Neck Bass Guitar, that is almost 34 years old!!
It was made by John Diggins - Jaydee, in 1978, as confirmed by John, for Richard Ferriday of "Cryer" - a Birmingham based, that were around in the late 70's and early 80's. The serial number is 0027, making it, I believe, one of the first few instruments that John made as Jaydee.
I bought it almost 3 years ago and have tried for some time to track down the original owner. After some digging around, I have now managed to find him and he is still playing.
Richard Ferriday, or "Fez" was in the 70's band "Cryer", who were very much a live act - pyrotechnics, the lot!! The Twin Neck was gigged extensively until the band broke up in the 80's, at which point Richard sold the bass. According to my research, it surfaced several times and then disappeared again.
After tracking down Richard, I found out, that as one of their band members, Stuart, had passed away, they did a re-union gig last year and they were were going to do another one this year.
Richard and his good lady met up with me, a meal was had with some very nice beer - Mmmm, Very nice - and the Twin was was left for it to be re-acquainted and rehearsed with by it's original owner.
The gig is at "The Asylum", Hampton Street, Birmingham, Friday 16th of December and the Twin will appear, with Fez, at the gig - where it belongs - up there, rocking!! http://www.theasylumvenue.co.uk/index.php
I'm not sure who is more excited!!!!! Cryer were doing the circuit over 30 years ago, so it will be great to see them in action again.
For those who pop back on a regular basis, to what's new, I have been a bit busy recently, so blog content has been lacking a little. Sorry!
Anyway. . . . . as I only have a small amount of time today, I will put up a couple of images, just to whet your appetite! :)
First up is a GUITAR! Yes, it's true! For those who have mentioned there seems to be a lot of basses but not many guitars, this is for you.
Burns Brian May Red Special. A lot more detail when I have a bit more time.
At last, after several times of mentioning it, here is a pic of my Jaydee Twin. What a truly great bit if kit!! I managed to track down the original owner, who currently has a loan of this beast and is rehearsing with it for a gig on the 16th December at The Asylum in Birmingham. Lots more pics and details on the next posting.
Just 17 weeks since I had hit the 20,000 hits landmark, another 10,000 visitors have dropped in. 10,000! That's 588 visitors a week!
To all of you who have dropped in, Hi. :)
To celebrate the occasion, I thought I would do a few more "Guess what it is", as that created a bit of fun a couple of posts ago.
I you want to have a go, I'll be putting the answers up as soon as someone gets all of them correctly, or after four weeks if no one gets them all. Answers to: contactflateric@gmail.com
Here's one to get you going. This one is to be listed as "Easy" The rest of them are a little harder but they have all been featured in the blog, so you may have to do a bit of research! :)
