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Minimal really Mart. The body (agathis) on mine was quite light, but the neck didn't seem overly weighty so it balanced okay, with a good strap. You know you want it.....

Here's one I'd forgotten, got a mention on Radio 2 this morning. Plus rather, errm... interesting Wogan TV show clip.

Nice bass, just like mine. TBH do try the stock pickups before shelling out on replacements - I found them okay, and along with the rest of the bass just fantastic for the money.

This is just one of many reasons I don't do stuff near the audience like pedals / power supplies

Know what you mean. Gave up all that faffing a while ago now, nearly always just set the eq flat and make slight adjustments if necessary on the fly. Works for me

But did Rod Stewart really play harmonica on Millie's 'My boy lollipop'?

+100 Also quite sad how few acts featured live musicians, just tracks.

RW also played piano on T.Rex's 'Get it on' (despite the TOTP appearance with Elton John miming it), and perhaps bizarrely played on Black Sabbath's 'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath' album.

Agree with Paul S - I have a gen1 Compact and it's a brilliant thing. I was one of the original guys who had the demo cab which Alex sent around the country, and was / still am blown away with it's quality of sound. If the rest of the range are as good or better it's really a no-brainer, but as cetera says , try before you buy as your personal preferences may not be met. Couldn't see why though ( Disclaimer - I am currently saving up for a BF Super Compact....)

Yeh, t'was him. Was on a recent Mick Ronson documentary showing how he played it, and what a wonderful chord progression it was. It was also Mick's first attempt at writing and arranging strings, amazingly!

Rick also played wonderful piano on Life on Mars.

Elton John and Eminem - Stan KLF and Tammy Wynette -Justified and ancient David Bowie and Bing Crosby - Little drummer boy

Keith Richards has recorded with some maybe unlikely artists, including Feargal Sharkey, Max Romeo and Tom Waits. Keith also played bass on Billy Preston's album 'That's the way God planned it'.

Manager of a function band I was in quite rightly used to say that if the audience saw any of the musicians with even half a beer, they would assume the whole band was pis*ed. Vodka in the bottled water maybe the answer...

Mentioned on here before - Rick Wakeman famously ate a full Indian meal. "It was 1973 and we had released Tales from Topographic Oceans, which I didn't particularly like. The third piece in the show was a particularly long percussive piece and I didn't have much to do. Now, I used to have this roadie that worked for me, he would lie underneath my keyboard ostensibly to fix things, but mostly he would just mix me drinks and pass them up. So on this occasion he asks me if there's anything I need, but I heard it as him asking what I felt like doing after the show. I just replied 'oh, I'll probably go for a curry' and then he asked me what I would have so I started naming various menu items, 'onion bhaji', you know...and then, 20 minutes later there is this smell. Of course you know that curry is a smell that wafts, you detect it. And he's standing there under the keyboard rig with these bags of takeaway curry." The story, a classic pull-the-other-one, is "absolutely true". And Wakeman says he proceeded to "lay out the meal across my keyboards to have some." If you are thinking Spinal Tap right now, remember this is 10 years before that film. And Wakeman chuckles as he adds the coda, "I've probably been offered curry at gigs a couple of dozen times since, I don't have it on stage, but I'll arrive backstage to find that someone's sent a takeaway curry to me, or it's been ordered, or there's a takeout menu there. It's nice. It's funny.

Great stuff, cheers. Always liked Ronnie's Zemaitis basses, looked so cool.

Anybody know where it is now?

Just booked tickets to see James Taylor and Bonnie Raitt in July at Leeds. Don't usually do big gigs, but for these two I've made an exception. Got tickets fairly near the stage so hope it's a good one. Both have their bands with them too, so hoping on bass duties it's Jimmy Johnson with JT and Hutch Hutchinson with BR. Also George Marinelli with BR is one of the best electric guitarists I've seen so can't wait.

Great band. When I was in my teens it was either the Stones or the Faces that held my interest. Most of my mates at school were into ELP / Yes / Sabbath etc, but I always preferred the more blues driven rock bands, still do! Ronnie Lane was fantastic , both as a bassist and songwriter. Watching this makes me realise how sad it is that we lost him so soon, along with Ian MacLagan too. The Faces live had that wonderful 'loose but tight' thing going on, which didn't always translate to record IMO. Thanks for posting!

Remember this? David Paton on the bass we don't mention....

Epic gig, and a great read too. Thanks for posting, NOW GET SOME SLEEP!

Oh yeah, there’s currently a Barefaced 4x10 for sale on here, £600. I know you said no 4x10’s, but this one weighs 53lbs.....

I think you’ve already answered your own question by emailing Alex Something Barefaced for a one cab solution will be great. Your amp is well known for having good tone and output, so it shouldn’t be hard to find something in their range that will suit, although it may mean adjusting your budget a little! I did a gig on Friday using my GK800MB into BF Compact gen 1 cab (8 ohm 1x15) and it easily kept up with 2 very loud guitars, keys and drums in a large pub. Sounded great as well. Years ago this would have been unthinkable, and it has literally changed my working life. Wouldn’t hesitate in going down the BF route. Good luck, hope you get sorted!

Fantastic pictures Michael, glad it's going well.