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Aah, so then Kevin knows I’m miserable now?

I had a LM2 for a while and now use an MB 800. Agree with Lozz -nowt wrong with the LM, but just prefer the character of the GK.

In my experience, January sales with the larger music shops are pretty much like any others - deals on stock that hasn’t shifted, and stuff bought in to sell cheaply to promote this. You may get lucky and find what you want/need, but chances are you will do just as well negotiating over exactly what you’re after at any other time, especially if your needs are very specific regarding the spec of a particular bass.

I drive the tour bus. The band call me ‘Petenav’ although I do occasionally take a wrong turn.

Roll ups using Drum?

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Good call, me too. Couldn't have kept up with the drinking antics though.....

Yup, forgot about Brian - good call.

Back OT, I would have loved to have Bill Wyman's job in the Stones, or to play with any period of The E Street Band. There are others, but I know I would never be able to hack it ( Chic, Motown ), but might (just) be in with a chance for the two above.

As you've probably gathered, me too....

Found images of your amp on Google, and as you say there is an external speaker jack on the front. This will do one of two things - either enable another cab to be added as well as the internal speaker in the combo (in which case will need to be at least 8 ohms?), OR enable another cab to be added whilst cutting out the internal speaker completely. Without knowing the spec of the amp and what ohmage it will work into it is dodgy trying another cab, especially if the former option is the case as it could do some damage. Only thing that may be okay is turn the treble up a bit so you can hear some hiss, then quickly insert and remove a jack plug into the socket - if the sound disappears as you do this you’ll know it disables the internal speaker. UK distributor for Stagg appears to be EMD Music in Surrey, tel. 01293 862612. Maybe worth a call to them for spec details. Cheers.

I played for Kenny Lynch a couple of years ago. Nice singer and a decent bloke, 80 next year.

Post rock and roll I'd say Prince or George Martin ( and my mate Andy Peacock who is a musical genius! )

Just heard that Aretha Franklin is the latest artist to have her classic recordings re-done with new string parts. Think she is the first artist to have this done who is still around, probably due to recent successful sales of albums by Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison. Only heard a couple of tracks of the Aretha stuff so far, but despite it being the RPO playing on it, I just can't understand why it seems okay to meddle with something that was pretty damn perfect all those years ago. The Elvis stuff was to me pretty dreadful too ( anybody hear 'Burning Love'? ), and although Orbison's material lends itself to the more orchestral approach, the originals were just sublime as they were. Some things just need leaving alone......rant over.

This. Always good to have an idea of a basic set, but being able to deviate from it as and where necessary is a massive advantage. Also reading the crowd before you go on ( for age range / likelihood of dancing / amount of booze consumed etc ) can really help with pacing your sets for the evening.

Could be TI flats maybe? http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/strings-c1/bass-guitar-c34/thomastik-infeld-thomastik-jf344-jazz-flatwound-4-string-bass-guitar-strings-43-100-long-scale-p842

I have a Dano Longhorn and a Precision Lyte, both of which get used regularly. My advice would be to get a short scale bass that is not too much the same as your standard scale job, so that when you play the SS you know straight away it is different from your usual bass. The Dano is so different from my Fender meaning I never confuse the two and can swap between them fairly easily.

Anybody any experience of these? They are the coated nickel ones. Just wondering how they compare to others like Elixirs and Ernie coated slinkies etc. Cheers.

Okay, simple question - do mics wear out? Had a couple of Shure 58 Betas now for quite a while , one of them say maybe 20 years, and was just wondering if they have a finite lifespan. Or is it one of those things where they deteriorate so slowly you just don't notice ? They both sound good to me, and are always looked after, never been dropped etc. Take the mesh/grille off every now and then and clean them, so look okay too. Any thoughts?

Last gig of our 2017 tour dates, at Cannock Theatre. Really cold to begin with, but sell out crowd were very welcoming and enthusiastic, and our tech guys did their best to distract us after finding various props. A fun night, and a good one to end on.

Average White Band at Leeds Irish centre. Original founder member/leader Alan Gorrie still fabulous on bass ( 5 string sunburst Fender Jazz ) and guitar, along with original guitarist Onnie McIntyre. Rest of the band superb as well, and they did most of their best known stuff to a capacity audience.

Mate of mine just got one of these , and got great results too. https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=cassette+to+mp3&rt=nc&LH_PrefLoc=1

I had an LM 11 and must say I prefer the GK. Both good amps IMO though. The LM was okay but a little characterless for me, whereas the GK has a bit more output ( to these ears anyway) and just seems to sound a bit more old school.

Worst for me was probably battery issues with my first Fender P-Lyte . Hint of distortion for maybe 5 seconds... and then nothing. Not the easiest instrument to swap batteries on quickly, but taught me to change them regularly. Not happened since. When I played guitar years ago, my Vox AC30 caught fire in a workingman's club. Crowd thought it was pyros!

Quite likely you're right Blue. But then again, I do wonder sometimes if I were a technically more proficient player, would better opportunities have come my way? Maybe it's just how it was meant to be, but I'm certainly not complaining - never thought when I turned pro that I'd still be able to be doing it when I'm pushing 60. I also never forget (even when doing run of the mill gigs / deps etc) how fortunate I am, having done a few tedious day jobs when I was younger. Certainly made my decision to turn pro a lot easier.