Nice job @JerryP! PS - Your video editing continues to get better and better (kudos to @PamPurrs & @John_E for “edu-macating” us - although I am still recording on my iPhone).
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Thanks @JDDaniel ! Ed likes to surround himself with beautiful things 
Hey that’s a pretty sweet Stingray you’ve got there. I was lusting after one myself a couple of months back…
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Okay guys, I’m convinced, eff the music critics, Status Quo is 
This was great! I was listening to your cover cruising down the highway, and it definitely had a nice “road trip” vibe. I thought the bass sounded full and smooth.
, my Telecaster is like this. I almost forget it has a neck pickup because the bridge sounds so good. Both you and the Rick mellowed out nicely on this one.
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Always sound advice!
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Nice @Ed . The Rick sounds great.
I’m just really grateful no one has dragged up and covered Margarita Time 
Can’t believe it was 1979 ! Seems like only yesterday I was on my way to the Bridlington Spa to watch the Quo and listening to this album on my tape deck in my old Morris Minor
Good to see you back here @JDDaniel
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GREAT to see you my friend!
Or what’s left of you I should say.
Looks like you lost some weight in this summer heat man.
Not too bad for not practicing for so long.
A couple small timing issues and note durations but the good news is you kept the groove and you were bouncing. I did expect some signature JD moves in the down bars, maybe next time.
We are missing you man, hope to see you on a hang soon.
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Well done @Ed.
I’d say your bass was a tad low in the mix for me, sometimes hard to hear.
Are you using a compressor or compressor plug-in? That would even out your volume on picking.
You played all those fast ‘fingery’ passaages just frantastic!!!
Your finger dexterity is to be envied across the continents for sure.
The weird thing is you looked like you were struggling on the opening notes (the long slow ones) and they felt a bit late a couple times to me, but it might be the inconsistent volume of the picking.
But since you did such an amazing job here on the trickier stuff (you are really good at tricky stuff) I am assuming it is just a mix/compression thing.
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Nice playing! What an absolutely gorgeous Rickenbacker!
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Cool cover! I tried playing this song last Friday. Did you need to tune your bass half-step down?
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This is one my one of my favorite songs: Folsom Prison Blues.
This is not a cover of the original version of the song, but of the live version from the album Live At Folsom (1968).
Hope you enjoy!
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Thanks @dlamson13 ! The Rick is surprisingly versatile if you juggle with the dials and strings. Maybe not as much as a Fender but there’s still a lot of range 
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Thank you thank you @John_E
Yeah I was finding this as well but I put it down to my cheesy speakers… However, my Rick (maybe yours?) has this deadspot around B (I think it may be because of the big headstock?) and it can be pretty noticeable sometimes - particularly when I’m chugging from E (which can be quite “wolfy”) to B. I’m not sure how to compensate for this, apart from using an EQ…
The Rick is definitely a quiet bass. I’m toying with the idea of some new higher gain pickups, but I don’t want to lose the Rickiness…
I think the timing was ok (maybe a couple microsecond out 
) but I could have been accenting the wrong beats. I had to experiment a couple of times …
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Thanks @robbp. Not tuned down but I did monkey with the pots on the bass and amp to get the tone close.
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Thanks brother @John_E. Working on “reducing my footprint.” Thanks for the feedback too. Use it or lose it. I better start using it some more.
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