I’m having a little spell of playing my Sei bass – 6 string headless electric – with The String Project while we’re coming to the end of 2015 and getting ready for a couple of gigs early next year. It is interesting to try the songs with a different instrument in the mix and it also gives more scope for messing around with FX from my Zoom B3 box.

I think my favourite one tonight was a combination of wah and distortion; I found myself smiling broadly as I wibbled and burbled away supporting the song. Whether these combinations will see the light of day remains to be seen but it is fun, and musically stimulating, to take time to play.