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I’ll have to check those out, didn’t know they did a Para Driver clone as well.

Behringer BDI21, a great pedal, not just for the money, sounds great, ideal backup to have in the bag for those just in case moments.

On a Knock Off tour, we played in Antwerp, Belgium. First off when we drove through the area where our hotel was we saw some rather mean looking people on guard duty at various properties, complete with machine guns. Turned out we were staying in the diamond district. Hence said machine guns. At the gig itself, at about 9:45 when we were nearing the end of the set this chap in a police uniform (later found out he was the Antwerp Chief of Police) got up on stage and started speaking/shouting at me. Now my Flemish isn’t that good, as in don’t speak a word of it, but I could tell from his tone of voice, expression, and hand hovering near his right hip he didn’t want an autograph. So we stopped playing. Our singer had the hump and went to have it out with him but I just said it’s the first night of the tour and said policeman has a gun so don’t Fosters him off. Turns out the venue had a 10pm curfew, and after a chat with the owners the Chief allowed us back on til 10pm. We didn’t ask him which song he wanted, miserable so & so!

My experience of my first tour was the same Len, was early 90s for me, reinforced my thoughts that music was my hobby, something I did for fun, and didn’t want it as a job. I did a few European tours with Knock Off from 2015 - 19. Aside from the fact that the tours imo were poorly organised, being centred more around which town centre we could walk around all day than being based upon making the gigging as easy as possible I didn’t find it too bad. Again the organisation of finishing a gig then driving 3hrs to the next hotel I found a bind, especially when seeing other bands drive 20mins to their hotels. Was a big factor in me leaving.

Not half, I’d gig for a year for £25k

Yep I’ve decided to go for this approach, some bits - the parts to me that stand out - I’m doing note for note, mainly verse, chorus and some rundowns, the rest I’m near but keeping to the feel.

Agreed

That’s a pretty impressive list, major high profile bands there.

Looks great Clarky

No, we don’t gig, just rehearse. and the rest of us know that we would be far too loud for a pub sized venue - we’d get halfway through a soundcheck and get thrown out, that kind of volume empties places. Plus the kit itself is bigger than most pub stages.

Sadly my band need those watts. Whatever 500/600 watt amp of the studios that I use, through their 810, its on a minimum of 5, otherwise I can’t be heard. It’s the drummist, yet another caffeine fuelled chimp with hammers.

Looked nice when you bought it Rob, looks even better now

Great bassist, plenty of attitude, whilst people might say he didn’t play anything difficult he did it with the attitude and aggression the material required, doing that for a whole gig is harder than many might think.

Was Gerald wild when you captured him…..

I couldn’t play with any kind of rings on any of the fingers on my left hand. Fortunately I’m not married so wouldn’t have to try to explain removing a wedding ring to play my bass.

If I recall correctly we tried this at a Bass Bash once, same bass and 4ohm amp into the same cabs, both 4 & 8ohm versions. Again from recall no real noticeable volume difference but the 4ohm cab sounded more “alive” in comparison.

I’m sure they’re out there

I think getting to grips with the tone stack is a big thing with these, when I had one I couldn’t get anything from it that I liked, turns out I just didn’t know about the way it was set up. I’ve used them since and now - thanks to Basschat - I understand them it’s easy enough to get great sounds, especially with a pick.

Just took a look at this on YouTube, much more complex than I would have thought given the pop-factor of the band. Think this will be added to my list of songs to do.

Maybe he thought seeing as Debbie Harry doesn`t/can`t sing them properly anymore why should he play them properly 🤣

My usual stance on this subject is to do the song how it was written/recorded. However we`re now doing Won`t Get Fooled Again by The Who, and although each part is easy enough I`m having real difficulty in remembering it all, so for me intro, verses, choruses as per recording, the rest I`ll persist with but will be ad-libbed til then.

Yep, and Glen Matlock isn’t exactly a slouch when it comes to bass so it shows those lines are well crafted and more intricate than would be expected.

Great idea for a thread 👍