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[quote name='UglyDog' timestamp='1398620416' post='2435833'] Not quite in your league Pete but I played a gig with raging flu back in 87, I mean the real thing and not just a bad cold. I had a temperature of 101 and should have been in bed, but it was a Saturday night headline in London and there's no way I was going to see the band pulled. I got through that gig on the power of lemsip and adrenaline, walked off stage and virtually passed out into the arms of my roadie spent the next 4 days welded to my mattress. [/quote] Beaten to it, ive also played with the full on flu, where I was struggling to hit the right notes coz I was shaking so much. Worst gig ive ever played, luckily for me there was a pillar next to my rig so I let it keep me upright for most of the night. I fell off a ladder in January and have spannered up my fretting hand, very painful to play, specially fretless but ive still gigged with it. the audience just think im really getting into it when im grimacing with pain lol. Got an appointment to see a surgeon on Monday at last, so hopefully get it sorted out soon

Looks like we're all stumped with that one ^^^^

close enough. crack on

[quote name='Mark Dyer' timestamp='1396801542' post='2417471'] "There moves a thread that has no end" All My Love - Led Zeppelin Ok, see if anyone here knows this... "Is there life on Mars?" [/quote] [quote name='DaveFry' timestamp='1396803232' post='2417492'] " Its on America's tortured brow... " Life on Mars - David Bowie [/quote] or 'Ello John, gotta new motor?' by Alexie Sayle

I have a ticket for the Sept 2nd show, its cost me a fair bit but Im happy I have it. I look at it as 'research' lol

Del palmer seemed a bit miffed with the whole affair on his FB page.....or is that just a ruse?

get a sax player in and do Steppenwolf. And another vote for the HLL version of quark strangeness and Charm, My favourite album tho is Chronicles of the Black sword, so do that. All of it please.

I was told that I was a fool for selling a Guild for the price I did as there was one on ebay for nearly twice the price. This was well over a year ago, and the Guild on ebay is still being advertised for its ridiculous price....... Value is all about what someone is willing toupee....

Ive been having a bit of bother with the repetitive bassline in Boogie Oogie Oogie, but found that a good stretch before playing it seems to help with the pain

well done mate heres to many more Threads like this are great, we never stop learning, I myself have only very recently ( i.e. last gig I played) learned to write my set list in a large enough font to be able to actually see it whilst on stage. Marker pens on multiple sheets of paper are the way forward All the best, I hope we share a stage one day

Just learning it ( or an approximation of it) for a function gig. What a fun and funky little tune, I wonder who wrote the bassline? That is all. As you were

[quote name='wishface' timestamp='1392544724' post='2369789'] Flatwounds are nearly impossible to find [/quote] Really? Didn't know that.

[quote name='madshadows' timestamp='1392150225' post='2365412'] The bass I bought a few weeks ago is at #2 John [/quote] and how are you finding it?

[quote name='SpaceChick' timestamp='1391375008' post='2356508'] A question if I may, why do you close your eyes and play in the dark.... Surely just one would do the job [/quote] He's scared of the dark

Yeah, following andy mckees trail ledme there. Don Ross is another on their label who can play like a god

I exclusively play flats now on all my basses, fretted or not. <saladfingers> "Its a treat for the fingerrrrrrsss" </saladfingers>

warwick thumb 4 for me too. Lusted after one for ages, and when I finally got one, even though i tried as much as I could, just couldn't get on with it. Still think its a beautiful bass tho

Not played without a set list, but as I get older I struggle to see them more lol must start writing them out in marker pen

Although I haven't bought it from matt, he was a great help in sorting me out with some info on a book I needed from the States - many thanks for the help Matt. Top BCer

I have a prob at the minute where everytime i want to make a new 'saved search' it wont let me, tells me that i have exceeded the maximum number of saved searches. So I deleted a load, and now only have a few but it still wont let me save a new one. Ebay gets on my t*ts sometimes

cool! Always wanted a 'Tena for men' bass! aw, no wait..... he'll think im taking the p*ss.....

Im thinking that lighter guage strings might help, but as I like to use flatwounds Im not sure how light they go tbh