Quite a few years ago, Scrobs was beginning to enjoy playing his guitar to anybody who could be bothered to listen, and being a huge fan of The Shadows, of course, all their music was to the fore!
The band had a few personnel changes, with Jet Harris and Tony Meehan leaving, and being replaced by Brian Bennett and Brian Locking, then John Rostill, and all seemed fine with the new line-up, especially as my Uncle Bill gave me his copy of 'Diamonds'...
The seeds of bass guitar playing began a sort of fantasy in this post-adolescent mind, as to persuing the opportunities of playing one of these huge behemoths. The six-string versions had become more available, and I long wondered if a whole set could be played with - say - two or three six-string basses and some percussion thrown in as well!
I never flourished on bass-playing, as first, I never owned one until https://scroblene-webley-bullock.blogspot.com/2007/06/rhythm-stick.html, and since then I've added a few alterations, including a sort of wooden fly-piece attached to the body, so I can play sitting down, and also I've taken the frets out as, I just love that particular sound, especially when played by serious musicians like Del Palmer or Norman Watt-Roy!
Poking around on YouTube when it's raining is a pastime which sometimes takes a few minutes longer, especially when something really good just jumps out, and I am amazed at how this chap manages to play such a fabulous version of Toto's classic, 'Africa'...
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