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Twat: "You guys were AWESOME!! I never expected you to look and sound so good... and I can't believe you did the firebreathing, blood spitting, smoking guitar, rockets and pyro!! Immense....!! The best tribute show I have EVER seen in a club - and maybe even better than the real thing!! One criticism though, if you don't mind....?" Me: "Thanks mate! Sure... go ahead...." Twat: "You need a little more hair on your chest...." Me: *jaw drops in disbelief*

Twat: "Nice bass..... is that a 'Warwick'"? Me: "No, it's a Spector" Twat: "Oh, is that like a cheap Warwick copy or something?" Me: *lifts bass above head like a samurai sword and prepares to swing......*

[quote name='ern500evo' post='1250880' date='May 30 2011, 10:24 PM'][attachment=81353:bass_rig.jpg][/quote] Nice Spector

Mmmm.... more Wal goodness

[quote name='twowheeledwriter' post='1247349' date='May 27 2011, 05:14 PM']It must be my Friday afternoon mood, but the idea of Neil Peart being relegated to percussion in favour of double drummers made me chuckle (no offence to all the percussionists out there...). Are you sure he'd take the job?[/quote] It's his own fault.... he acually describes himself as a 'percussionist' rather than a drummer!

Bought Gary's Bergantino NV610 'SVT Killer'!! Stunning and monstrous cab in amazing condition & luckily, being local, delivered to my door. Big thanks as well to Gary for his patience in payment Highly recommended and a great bloke

QUOTE (cetera @ May 26 2011, 04:50 PM) Steve Perry (vocals) Tommy Shaw (gtr/bv's) Neal Schon (lead guitar) Todd Sucherman & Deen Castronovo (double drummers) Neil Peart (percussion) Steve Porcaro (keys) Tower Of Power horns, Memphis horns & Chicago horns (one massive horn section!)[/quote] [quote name='barneyg42' post='1245921' date='May 26 2011, 05:19 PM']This line up GIVES me the Horn![/quote] Even with ME on the bass?!? Mate, you're too kind...

Steve Perry (vocals) Tommy Shaw (gtr/bv's) Neal Schon (lead guitar) Todd Sucherman & Deen Castronovo (double drummers) Neil Peart (percussion) Steve Porcaro (keys) Tower Of Power horns, Memphis horns & Chicago horns (one massive horn section!)

Loving the Spectors

My 'white' Spectors..... from left.... Euro NS2JA-CR, Euro4, Korean Kramer NS2A & US Kramer NS2 LUSH!

Here you go: [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Talisman-Worlds-Best-Kept-Secret/dp/B0007NB9LY/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1306151140&sr=1-1"]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Talisman-Worlds-Be...1140&sr=1-1[/url] [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yngwie-Malmsteen-Far-Beyond-Sun/dp/B000JCF21G/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1306151188&sr=1-1"]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yngwie-Malmsteen-F...1188&sr=1-1[/url] Enjoy!

[quote name='markstuk' post='1240672' date='May 22 2011, 07:01 PM']What about one of the Tech 21 rack mounted preamps? RPM/RBI?[/quote] ^ This

Love mine!

Look for the DVD of Malmsteen from the 'Marching Out' tour. He's on there... I believe there is also a Talisman live DVD available as well? Great player and sadly missed

[quote name='KK Jale' post='1241073' date='May 23 2011, 01:07 AM']Now THIS is a bass player who knows how to move Some band called Rich Kelly & Friendship, somewhere in New Jersey, 1978... be sure to watch past the 1.30 mark. [/quote] This guy is amazing!! Love it!

KISS for the fun stage production/live shows and the 'babes'.... Journey for the amazing songs/harmonies and all round musicianship The Doobie Brothers for the rock/soul/country/rnb crossover grooves, harmony vocals and great basslines

See if you can fit some EMG 35DCs in there..... that should do it!

I have never taken part in BOTBs... I know the bands I played in were the best - I don't need some greedy Landlord/Fake Promoter to tell me that! But seriously, they're a complete rip-off/scam....

On stage in front of an audience on a regular basis with a good drummer

[quote name='icastle' post='1234193' date='May 17 2011, 12:38 PM']I'd guess that the location of the gig also added to your expectations as well. I was asked to dep a gig many years ago at Crystal Palace. I got very excited, learned all the material and then found out that the Crystal Palace they were talking about was a pub in St. Albans... [/quote] Legend!!

[quote name='icastle' post='1234181' date='May 17 2011, 12:29 PM']Ah. You got lulled into a false sense of security. I treat unreharsed dep sessions like I do other road users - only they know what they are doing, treat them with caution and be prepared to slam the brakes on... [/quote] Lol! Indeed, lesson learned.... Being given such strict & helpful upfront information made me think it was gonna be a high quality function act I would be working with.... I couldn't have been more wrong!

I was hired with one day's notice as a dep for a very posh do in a famous Knightsbridge department store last New Years Eve..... and I was told the following by the band's MD: 1) Here are the 3 sets in song order. 2) Here are the few songs that we play in different keys (& the new keys). 3) Arrangement-wise we play them just like the famous versions so that the audience are completely familar with them. I knew a few of the tracks and already had many written out, so I wrote out the rest that I didn't know/needed to transpose. The reality of the situation was very different, thus: 1) They changed the song order on a whim as they went along, leaving me scrambling for my cheatsheets from 3 separate piles of paper! 2) I'd explained beforehand that I needed to change to a detuned bass for a couple of songs so to give me 30 secs to do so. This they forgot/ignored, leaving me scrambling for a new bass & then back again as necessary... 3) They changed/jammed the arrangements on many songs on a whim...or to their 'usual' way of doing it (NOT like the famous versions) again leaving me fighting to keep up with where they were going. On top of this, the guitarist then took on endless 'widdly/tapping' guitar solos in EVERY song, even stuff like Soul Man!! Afterwards the keyboard player said "that's just how the guitarist/MD does it....it's not great but I try not to care", and the dep drummer told me he survived by the skin of his teeth & likely would not work with them again... All things considered, I actually played pretty well that night and my experience of jamming/listening closely to what was heppening around me got me through. All I can say is that I can't believe such an unprofessional, poorly executed & loose sounding outfit managed to get themselves such a prestigious gig.... and thank God I earnt handsomely for my efforts that night! They thanked me profusely afterwards and said I played great, but I for one will NEVER perform with them again! My trouble is I CARE about performance and hate something as seemingly straightforward and familiar as function band covers being turned into bad, loose jams with little thought for feel, arrangement or suitability of solos....

It does seem crazy not to make it compliant with the local requirements of all the biggest musical markets in the world.... very short sighted in my view... Still a VT bass pedal or two in front of decent poweramp should do the same....