My favorite Dutch guitar player is Harry Sacksioni. In his teens he was not only a talented guitarist but also a very talented football player who was in the youth team of Ajax. At the age of seventee...

Now, while most people in the UK probably never heard of Supersister or Alquin I guess there are some who will remember the Dutch seventies band Focus. The guitarist of the band, Jan Akkerman, in thos...

Another Dutch band from the seventies, and for me the best Dutch band ever, was Alquin. First time I saw them live was in 1975. They split up two years later but reunited in 2003, only with a new (and...

@frocesterbill It's a Rickenbacker 4003S in Midnight blue. Attachment : image.png

Today I would have been playing with both my bands "Akoestische Heeren"and "Lemon Curry" at the local Rock Urbanus festival. But a virus got in the way. This was the last gig we did shortly before the...

To tighten the mood even more here's one of my favorites from Richard Cheese.

I take you all back to the seventies of the previous century, when I was a young rebel at secondary school. One of Dutch band at that time was 'Supersister'. Attachment : image.png Four long ha...

@clinton It's a great amp and a wonderful cab. I chose this cab with my ears. A couple of years ago I was attending a gathering of bass players where there was a blind test of cabs. One bass, one clea...

What are you using to make a noise? I've used several amps and cabs over the years. But the last two years my noise comes through an Eich T-900 amp. Attachment : image.png It's a very small am...

A mate of mine has a very pretty natural blond Gibson 335..... Gentlemen prefer blondes....

It reminds me of when I was on one of the courses I did at the Bailey workshop. There was a young man there who was making a fretless bass with a trem on it. Now, if there is one thing you don't need ...

I really can't see any any benefit of a 5-string short scale bass myself. It's different yes, but other than that?

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Two years ago i was asked by someone I knew from a bass player's internet forum to make a neck for a 5 string short scale (30") bass. I don't know how he got the idea for that but I agreed to make it ...

If you don't like it, just make a new one.

I love this song “Gangsters”. There are indeed a lot around these days (always have been I suppose). As long as there are rules and laws, there will be those who will break them.

@johnnierox-boo Thank you, I never could have dreamt that just doing in my little shed what I enjoy doing could ever inspire someone else.

Selling my first Stingray gave me a good excuse to make another one. It has an alder body, birdseye maple neck, ziricote fretboard and a quite spectacular maple top. It has burl, spalt and many colors...

It is the step of double checking all over for any imperfections that needs addressing before finishing Ah, thank you.

@darrenking Thank you, I always try to use nice looking wood. A flamed maple top is not something very special, but you hardly ever see them on the 'standard' models like Jazz basses or Stingrays.