T-Bay
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My sincere apologies, I could not see the other thread and as the wording and title were identical I jumped to the wrong conclusion. I have edited my post above, Thankyou, As above, I didn’t see the other and the exact same wording threw me completely. I got it wrong on this and apologise to the mod team for thinking they had removed a post.
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Do his victims really need reminding over and over? Just let these people fester in a dark room somewhere and give them no attention. I worked with the victims of abuse for many years and even the mention of the name can reignite trauma. And the TV companies are doing it purely for profit.
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On the bike front, there are a range of options my make life easier. Conversions to all rear brake pedal for example. I know I am teaching Granny to suck eggs but different bikes have very different feels on the levers. My MTS has a very light clutch but the 750ss is like cracking Brazil nuts. At the extreme there are electric bikes with no clutch and massive regen braking making them almost roll on, roll off. I spent many years off bikes due to arthritis but have now found meds that work incredibly well. More than happy to have a chat if it would help. Good luck. -
Saw the Hives (again) last night and they were superb as always. Boy do they know how to work a crowd, proper show. The new album is the best in ages and great to see them headlining again. They were supported by Bad Nerves, a punk band from Essex according to their blurb. Proper high energy band and I will be checking out their stuff later today as sounded good last night.
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Gormless Ezra and shotgun, Mustang Sally. The world would be better place without them.
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I had a four string for a while and it was great, could not fault it. Only sold it as had far too many other basses and it didn’t do anything unique for me. Would not hesitate to get another if I needed a cheap, reliable, well made bass.
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"Sirerays" listed on Andertons (and probably other places)
T-Bay replied to neepheid's topic in Bass Guitars
I have a Sire Larry Carlton LP type 6 string. The quality is superb for the money and it plays very nicely indeed. -
Most of the gigs I go to aren’t sold out by any stretch, a couple were cancelled last year due to poor sales which is tragic. No one I know is saying it’s the only factor but only someone detached from reality could assume cost of tickets doesn’t affect the ticket sales.
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Nor me before the last 18 months, but its becoming the norm very rapidly for Birmingham and Nottingham to find most well known bands knocking on for that. I have tickets for Filter, Hives, Idles this year, none I would consider big bands but all around the £40 mark. Paid over £40 for SLF at the Academy last year compared to twenty something a couple of years ago. Even some tribute bands want £15+ around here. There are still plenty of free ‘covers band’ gigs which is great.
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I think the increasing ticket prices are as much to blame. Four gigs booked for the first quarter of this year at a total cost of well over £200, only one is what I what I would call a big band (Smashing Pumpkins), not many gigs below £30 now. I would happily go every week at £15-20 but when it’s £50+ you have to decide if it’s a band you really want to see.
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Backup stays in the bag, I used to have it in a different tuning for a few songs we did but swapping is a pain so now just retune quickly while out singer introduces the song.
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Ah, my mistake, I thought the Digbeth stuff was HS2 as well. The tramway work is crazy, they have closed loads of roads and coned off huge areas but work on a 50m stretch at a time. I know a couple of businesses in the old custard factory that area struggling because of it.
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Isn’t that area part of the HS2 nonsense? Loads of work going on around there. The academy has survived so far at least……
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What makes a song hard or easier to learn?
T-Bay replied to Phil Starr's topic in General Discussion
Weirdly I find it’s often just a different bass line writer (if that’s the correct term). I can happily play complex stuff from one band but struggle with seemingly simpler stuff from another. Some bass lines/ sequences just seem to fit my way of playing better than others.
