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Half Man Half Biscuit have numerous, such as 'D'ya ken Ted Moult?' and 'I hate Nerys Hughes' 'Dickie Davis Eyes' was another.

yes yes yes they were Love fIREHOSE, it made my day when I heard that

Reading this, I think I may be in a 'professional' band. Hadn't really thought about it before. And just for the record, I have a day job, but I'm self employed so can (almost) pick and choose when I work. We also schlepp miles around the country but its 90% done at weekends. And a 2hour drive? But a mere hop I think, even though I agree with all the sensible replies on here, if you don't give this a go, you will always be thinking 'what if....' Life is for living, and sometimes you have to give it a chance. All the very best with whatever you choose

Not last night but the night before, (wasn't able to write yesterday for being wiped out) was amazing. Cant even describe how much sweaty enjoyment was had at a sold out Half Moon in Putney. The awesome Preston Heyman joined us for a few numbers, which is always a pleasure. And on the same day as Kate Bush released her new album too. An evening I shan't forget for a long, long time.

Thanks to another BC thread, a Mars Bar.

Not a fan of singlecuts as a rule, but that is rather lovely. Do you think the museum paid for it? Or is it on 'permanent loan' as a badge of honour sort of thing?

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F2REq1O-cM[/media] Ah yes, I see now. Many thanks

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[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1478879978' post='3172374'] We have our very own KB trib bassist right here among our own... [/quote] We do indeed, and Cloudbusting also do the Ninth Wave in its entirety from time to time, not an easy task I can tell you. Heres a vid of one of her slightly less well known songs ( not from the Ninth Wave) which we performed with members of the London Bulgarian Choir, and a few musicians from Mad Dog McCrea, if you should be so interested like. Was lots of fun to do **post edited with correct embed code, thanks to the BC-ers whose posts appear odd now ** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z618ynL2U5s

OCD person here then I guess, I check tuning (silently) before every song if theres time

[quote name='miles'tone' timestamp='1474791149' post='3140443'] Nice one . Interesting that some have found Harley Bentons to be heavy - my Prog 5 fretless weighs 8lbs dead. I also have a HB shorty P that only weighs 6 3/4lbs! That was a bit pricier though and cost a princely £70 delivered [/quote] MY jb75 was seventeen pounds. It started to cut my arm off after two songs. Incredibly heavy bass

[quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1474563329' post='3138866'] I have gigged a harley benton, the sound is great but the weight is a bit too much for continued use. [/quote] Me too! That thing could have anchored the Queen Mary. My current main gig bass cost me less than £100. Also my original fretless was a £75 Westfield 5 string that I defretted with a shovel, gigged it for a couple of years before replacing it, it still lives in my loft just in case a future relative needs a story for Ebaying it after my demise.

Any advances on a lint free cloth?

I recently took a step into the unknown and bought a second hand EUB from a fellow BCer. Wonderful bit of kit. For my band, theres a few songs where I use a bow, but mostly its plucked. As a beginner to the bow I naturally over did the rosin when first learning, and now my strings are sticky. Id like to clean it off as I'm finding the strings sticking to my hand and then twanging back when I'm playing without the bow, whats the best product for getting them back to non stickiness please? cheers

Serious radius on that fingerboard.......errr.....finger...ingot

Id tend to agree with Roland Rock, in as much as the Shed I feel never seems to get much of a crowd in, I played my very first gig there over twenty years ago and it was much the same. Don't et it downhearten you too much, it happens to most bands at some point. Ive played gigs where the bar staff outnumber the punters, I'm sure a lot of us have. But then the next gig its heaving. Sometimes theres no accounting for it

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1472373030' post='3120576'] Ha ha sorry wrong forum. Please move. [/quote] 'Moderater wanted. Must be able to move post from incorrect place to correct place. Must be able to whistle Mustang Sally through his/her/its 'arris. Non smoker.'

Nowt wrong with flats. Love 'em.

...honestly, itll be a breeze. The techs and producers, even the man himself are so used to people being nervous that they will be very accommodating. And as said, its just you guys and a few other folk in a studio. Just try not to say f***, s*** or b*******.

Which station? Don't think about the potential listeners, when you're playing you'll be in a studio with no one else in there so just treat it as a rehearsal ( with no swearing or messing around )

I'm guessing they got totally carried away with the orbital sander and now theres nowt left?

Fancy selling it?

Lovely looking thing that. (The bass, the bass) How many reading this thread are thinking the same as me, in as much as that bass with the duff pickup went right back on display the minute you walked out of that shop?