joeystrange

There really isn't a great deal in the city centre. Although 'between the hotel and train station' actually covers most of the city centre in this case. There's Musicroom in the Victoria Centre which is ok but generally a bit overpriced. There's the Drum & Guitar Centre which is sort of near the station, if you take a small detour. Music Inn is in the opposite direction to the station but only a 5 minute walk from the hotel. There's Millennium Music too, which was once Academy Of Sound, near the Drum Centre but it's pretty pants these days. HotRox is good but it's the furthest out of the way from where you'll be. There's also a brass/woodwind shop called Windblowers near the hotel too, if you're into that sort of thing?

I had a 450H for 7 or 8 years and never had a problem with it. Sounds great, looks great and won't break your back.

I've got some flats lying around. Maybe I'll give those a try. Thanks for the idea.

I reckon I need to change the strings on my acoustic bass. Is there any reason I couldn't put electric strings on it?

My friend works for a company in upstate NY that make custom drum heads and amp grilles. They just made a drum head for The Bacon Brothers which features Kevin Bacon. And his brothers.

Brian Cox played keys in D:Ream before he was known for being a physicist.

A few wrestlers I can think of... Chris Jericho sings in Fozzy. Lita sang in a band called The Luchagors for a few years. She also sung on my band's album. Jeff Hardy had a band that were terrible. Not sure if it's the same band but he did his current entrance music. Also terrible. The Rock plays guitar, I believe, and once did a song with Wyclef Jean. John Cena released a hip-hop album a while ago.

[quote name='Adrenochrome' timestamp='1406277878' post='2509980'] Aren't the brothers from 30 seconds to Mars actors? [/quote] Jared Leto is. In fact, the band started before he made it as an actor then got back together when he was a big star. Not sure about his brother though. Gary Holton, who played Wayne in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, was the singer in Heavy Metal Kids. When they reformed a few years ago the guy that played Nick Cotton in EastEnders was their singer. Then he was replaced by Phil Lewis of LA Guns. I suppose everyone that's ever been in Neighbours should be on this list. Didn't Christopher Lee do a metal album a couple of years ago?

Shatner.

[quote name='Prime_BASS' timestamp='1406232124' post='2509672'] Michael Cera, actor of divot pilgrim, does actually play bass in some band, I heard they are ok. Him who was lead in Mice of Men and CSI:NY plays bass too. [/quote] On Scott Pilgrim, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, who played Ramona Flowers, recently started a band called Got A Girl who have just released a record. And that guy is Gary Sinise. He plays bass in Gary Sinise & the Lt. Dan Band. He also once played in an episode of CSI:NY.

Juliette Lewis had a band called Juliette & The Licks who were a really solid rock n roll band. Dave Grohl even played drums on their third album. Neil Buchanan (off of Art Attack) was in a metal band called Marseille back in the '70s. They reformed a few years ago and I heard that they're not the greatest band but he's apparently a really good guitarist. Zooey Deschanel has played in a duo called She & Him for years. She thinks she only got the role in Elf because she could sing. Johnny Depp has been in and out of bands for years. He played some guitar on an Oasis album and has played the odd song live with Alice Cooper, Marilyn Manson, Aerosmith... These are a few of those that I can think of that are genuine musos and really have in interest in making music. On sure there are plenty that do it solely as publicity stunts too.

I don't see why you would get criticism for wanting to sound good and look good. I could understand it if you took a 6ft high drum riser and pyros to a pub gig but a PA and lights... That's just regular gig gear.

Recommend, yes. Free, sadly not. Our guitarist is a great designer/illustrator. I mean, really really great! You can find him at http://www.bingercreative.co.uk/

I had no idea that was him in the video. Small world. I like his bass!

My good friend has a pickup company called Crash Magnetic Transducers. This week they introduced their first bass pickups for Precision and Jazz and they sound really REALLY good! Everything is 100% handmade in an old lace factory in Nottingham. Even down to the coil winding machine thing. Take a look at http://www.crashpickups.com if you want more info than I'm capable of giving.

Check out Danko Jones. He's brilliant!

A friend of mine was helping out Bootsy's tech last night. According to him, his setup was: Custom Warwick w/4 outputs and 4 cables plugged in 2 2x18s 5 Ampeg 8x10s 2 Mesa 8x10s 2 Mesa 2x15s 3 Mesa M9 Carbines Ampeg SVT5 Ampeg SVT6 All running together. He also said that his pedal board was something else too but didn't take any pictures and said it was top much to remember. Sounds like that'd be fun to set up every night!

Played to the sound guy once. Demanded that he left the room so we could play to nobody.

Bet you can't get away with having a golliwog on your bass drum these days!

I use Allianz too, after being recommended on another thread on here. Haven't had to claim (thankfully) but I got all my gear insure for just under £9 per month.

[quote name='skidder652003' timestamp='1401467345' post='2463955'] signed, does this relate to the Bristol venue? [/quote] I believe this is exactly what happened to The Fleece, yes.

Didn't they already go out of business once, before Peavey brought the name back? That being the case, maybe Peavey are just trying to sell it on name alone and putting most of their effort into Peavey branded gear? It must still sell otherwise they'd surely have ditched it by now.

[quote name='Sandmann' timestamp='1400594682' post='2455266'] of course, you have the same volume dialed in on both channels, haven´t you? [/quote] Yes, that's when it seems noticeably quiet. The overdrive channel with gain, volume and blend all on 10 is comparable to the clean channel with volume at 3-4. I'll look into getting it sorted out. Thanks.

Well it turns out the overdrive channel (active) is WAY quieter than the clean channel (passive) which makes switching between them difficult in a live setting. Has anyone playing these had this problem or know if it's just the way they are? Aside from that it sounds great!

Thanks for the input. Went with the Evostick. It's setting now so I'll see how it is tomorrow. Hopefully it'll hold fine.