Bassman Sam

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1360512796' post='1971494'] Actually, don't bother answering, me and my 18 inches will go somewhere else. [/quote] You are a tripod and I claim my £5. Welcome to the mad house FG.

Have a bump on me. Quasimoto [size=1]No Longer a Newbie[/size]

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1360532462' post='1972006'] ... but the future lasts a long time. [/quote] Not denying that, that's why I said "near" future. I can't see things changing much in the next 10 years when the Cowells of this world have such a strangle hold on the music industry.

Simon Cowell etc have turned music into a bland throwaway cash cow. The labels are unwilling to spend money on bands that don't give an instant return in sales and are quick to delete anyone trying to be different if they don't generate these sales. The general public wouldn't know innovation if it bit them on the bum, they are used to being spoon feed crap. I can't see things changing in the near future.

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1360514812' post='1971526'] Weren't they the ones who might have caught chlamydia off of a koala bear? [/quote] It would have been more news worthy if it had been the other way round. [size=4] [/size]

I've played the Half Moon a number of times over the years in different bands and the sound has always been a bit iffy. It's a hard place to get a good sound but it can be done. Depends on the sound guy on the night. As Happy jack says, it's the shape of the place that makes it boomy.

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1360503759' post='1971296'] Er, can you sell something for more than twice what it's worth? [/quote] If you find the right idiot to buy it.

I think you have written Peter Green off a bit too early, he's still alive.

The Yes Album and Wishbone Ash - first 4 albums. Chris Squire and Martin Turner inspired me.

RIP Reg. [size=4] [/size]

[quote name='KK Jale' timestamp='1359769492' post='1960253'] Not me. But I know a drummer who doesn't mind a bit having being replaced milliseconds before a huge '80s singles band broke, but really, really minds his one-time musical partner taking their co-invented stage double act and turning it into a multi-million pound internationally franchised show, without giving him a penny in recognition, ever. Harsh business… [/quote] Ant and Dec? [size=4] [/size]

Just been watching the "Love Me Do" doc on BBC4. Pete Best comes over really well, not bitter ( in public anyway ). Anyone here been dropped and then your band went on to better things? Bitter and twisted or not?

[quote name='Martin Gordon' timestamp='1359736667' post='1959652'] Really? So the whole thing wasn't a figment of my imagination? 1975, I think - but where? [/quote] Queen's Hall Dunoon, West of Scotland. You played there, we supported, my band was called Hands Off,Your next gig was at Glasgow Uni and my you got my band in for free. Cheers for that.

I had the pleasure of supporting Jet at the start of their first tour '74 or '75 IIRC. Good band.

I have always messed about on guitar but wished I had given it more attention when I was younger.

Why?

This is not pay to play, this is just a rip off.

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1358544100' post='1941321'] Yes, those are my thoughts, but also, although I like his stuff, I`m not a major fan and probably wouldn`t have been going to see him on any other tour - unless he was supporting someone that I was into, like The Stranglers a couple of years ago - so I`m not going to go to this one, just because he`s dying. I`ll leave the tickets to those that are really into his work. [/quote] Well said Lozz, I'd only be going to see Norman if I went. I'll still be sorry to see him go though. A legend.

Check out the basses for sale section. Some good ones there that will save you dosh.

My ex-wife thought that I had too much gear.

John Entwistle's until about 30 seconds before the heart attack.

Blademan, you have my sympathy. I had to give just over twelve months ago due to RA and I miss playing bass so much. It was a big part of my life from the age of 14, I'll be 58 next month. I hope that you can find something help your condition or something to replace the itch.

What a nice brace of basses. Love the finish.

I'd put it back in the closet, lock the door and throw away the key. What were they thinking.