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[quote name='jimijimmi' post='330640' date='Nov 17 2008, 01:32 PM']i use comfort strapp... BUT can anyone tell me where the hell i can buy another?????? i cant remember where i got mine from?! jj[/quote] [b]BassDirect[/b], if I'm not mistaken.

[quote name='solo4652' post='330450' date='Nov 17 2008, 09:29 AM']I was going to contact them. Shan't bother now - I'm 51. Way to old for anything.[/quote] You're a mere child my friend. Their loss, clearly, IMHO.

[quote name='Sean' post='330103' date='Nov 16 2008, 02:42 PM'] Dude, some punctuation and a nod toward standard English syntax would be much appreciated. That post is utter garbage.[/quote] Indeed.

[quote name='stingrayfan' post='325373' date='Nov 9 2008, 04:51 PM']I really like the Dan/Fagen solo stuff but I wish they'd smile once in a while. They look miserable when they play![/quote] Nah - I think you'll find they're cool, not miserable.

[quote name='Mike' post='325169' date='Nov 9 2008, 10:47 AM']I always liked Tom Barney's bassplaying, but I'm really digging Ready Freddie Washington. He's a great player! Would love to see WB play bass at some point - this might happen (possibly) if he does some solo gigs, but I'm not holding out.[/quote] Amen to every single word of that!!

[quote name='tauzero' post='325096' date='Nov 9 2008, 01:37 AM']So am I the only person to have listened to "Night Fly" after seeing it lauded to the high heavens and found it tedious and bland?[/quote] I think there's probably little, if any, doubt that I'm afraid. Vive la difference though eh?

Amen to all of the above. Great, challenging stuff to attempt and fantastic stuff to listen to. Nobody puts a chord progession together (or a harmony, come to think of it) like Becker and Fagen IMHO Pretty much the soundtrack to my life since 1973.

[quote name='steve' post='324698' date='Nov 8 2008, 10:14 AM']doh! yeah, I meant Magic Stomp[/quote] Bugger!! Thought I'd discovered something else to lust after.

[quote name='steve' post='324282' date='Nov 7 2008, 04:04 PM']Yamaha Bass Multistomps are pretty good and have a (relatively) small footprint if you can get hold of one[/quote] Do you mean the Yamaha [b]Magic Stomp[/b], or is the [b]Multi Stomp [/b]something entirely different?

Utterly shameless self promotional Sunday afternoon bump.

[quote name='karlbbb' post='307142' date='Oct 15 2008, 03:12 PM']I'm hoping to change from my Zoom to just 2-4 pedals that will give me "my sound" no matter what amp I plug in to. Don't get me wrong, the Zoom is a great pedal, but I only need one sound. I was wondering what 3 or 4 pedals should I be looking at to give me a good sound. I'm guessing a compressor/limiter to be one of them, and then presumably some form of DI box (MXR, SansAmp etc) at the end. I was just hoping I could get a couple of ideas/recommendations and then go from there! I will be selling my basses and Zoom in the coming weeks (hopefully) and getting myself a Squier VMJ after deciding to get back to basics and not go for a 6 string that I asked about in another thread. Thanks for any help![/quote] All I can tell you is that my signal chain is: [b]Bass>Boss TU2(Tuner)>BBEOptoStomp(Compressor)>SansAmpBassDriverDI>AmpInput[/b] That cetainly helps me to achieve "my sound" with just about any rig I am presented with, but I have no way of knowing what "your sound" is.

Quite right. Sorry about that. :blush:

[quote name='molan' post='305592' date='Oct 13 2008, 04:25 PM']More likely the house PA - I've run that desk before & it was full of dodgy wiring. I seem to remember an odd 3 monitor system on one channel & a single one on the other side. i was always afraid of the nasty mis-matched impedances![/quote] I shall bow gracefully to your infinitely superior memory/recall.

[quote name='molan' post='305057' date='Oct 12 2008, 09:51 PM']I just found some pics from a gig when we played at the Torrington, didn't even know I had these! It was my 40th birthday I think (which is why I was allowed to wear a different coloured shirt than the usual 'all black' gear, lol). I think we were a 9-10 piece at the time so no money for us either [/quote] Nice shirt You'd only have squandered the money on food and drink. Thinking about it, if you mistook our horn section for a string section, isn't that something of an indictment of our sound guy?

[quote name='molan' post='304981' date='Oct 12 2008, 07:37 PM']I seem to remember the horns (which I mistook for strings) and maybe a girl vocalist, or even two, hanging off the side of the stage [/quote] Yep, that was us - two girlie BVs as well. No wonder we made so much money eh?

[quote name='molan' post='304934' date='Oct 12 2008, 06:10 PM']Yep - I remember Danny Steel, I seem to recall a string section? God knows how you fitted on tot he stage at the Torry I know the Rayners was one of Pete's, awful venue, nearly always half empty, saw both Paul Lamb & Connie Lush perform to about 20 people. Had some vaguely funny evenings there, once saw Viva Santana & more than half the audience were from the Thursday night salsa dancing classes, all in full frills & lace but only one guy - the dance teacher (quaite a lucky guy as a few of the girls were looking pretty good!). Very surreal at times! Pretty sure the Worcester Park was one of his as well.[/quote] No string section. 3 - 5 piece brass section though. We never actually all fitted [b]ON[/b] the stage, just in it's general vicinity really. I wouldn't want to be a promoter now either (or much else for that matter?), but I think it's fair to say that things were a little different then, unless my failing memory is playing evil tricks on me.

Very late 90's up to September 2002 with The Danny Steel Orchestra (Steely Dan Tribute, surprisingly enough). You'd know if you'd seen us I think as there were between 10 and 13 of us on (or at least around!!) the stage, depending on the night. I think the other "Feenstra venus" we used to do were the Worcester Park and the Rayners Arms? On the other hand, I could be completely wrong on both counts.

[quote name='funkmunky' post='304884' date='Oct 12 2008, 04:30 PM']Of course, it doesn't matter how good an act is, without sufficient promotion the whole exercise is utterly futile.[/quote] Indeed, and that's the eternal frustration isn't it?

[quote name='funkmunky' post='304875' date='Oct 12 2008, 04:13 PM']I can't speak for any one promoter in particular but that kind of thing is typical on the blues circuit... which is one of many reasons why the gigs are so poorly attended in this country.[/quote] +1. I think the majority of "promoters" I've worked with should be prosecuted for breaching Trades Descritpion legislation. I'll never get my head round the concept that they'd rather sit at the gig and moan that the band haven't managed to draw sufficient punters when the chances are that very few people even know that the show is happening at all. It's truly a conundrum wrapped in an enigma.

[quote name='molan' post='304758' date='Oct 12 2008, 12:24 PM']I don't think I can make it to the Abbeye de Neumunster The Bull & Butcher in Whetstone is a bit closer to home though - one of Pete Feenstra's venues (he's an 'acquaintance' of mine from the Torrington days). I'm liking "Your Love" - some cool girlie singing at the end [/quote] I'm a "veteran" from the Torrington days too. Does Mr Feenstra actually actively [b]PROMOTE[/b] his gigs nowadays? He always seemed to have "just missed the deadline for the press ads" whenever we worked "with" him.

[quote name='spector6' post='304369' date='Oct 11 2008, 12:32 PM'] Looks horrible imo.[/quote] + 1.

The Beautiful Sound show this Friday, 3rd October 2008, is available as a live stream on t'internet via the following link: [url="http://www.the-sands.co.uk/streaming/default.asp"]TheBeautifulSoundLive@TheSands[/url] Only £2.00 per stream session. Go on - you [b]KNOW[/b] it makes sense!!

[quote name='pete.young' post='286095' date='Sep 17 2008, 05:43 PM']The people in the Milestone are very nice people. Rumour is that The Railway is up for sale, if you fancy moving into the rock and roll pub business.[/quote] I am astonished!! At least there'll be nothing built into the price for "good will" eh?

BBE OptoStomp for me. Wouldn't be without it.