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I use the SKB X rack shallow cases, very good too. Used to use a Gator bag for my GK amp, fitted perfectly and did the job okay.

Ahem.....may be looking to sell my Squier Jaguar short scale - Precision / Jazz pickups, black with matching headstock. Absolutely mint condition. Send me a PM for more details if you're interested. Will be putting it up for sale on here shortly.

Roqsolid for me. Good covers and service.

Saw Tom Jones a couple of weeks ago at Scarborough Open Air Theatre. Wasn't looking forward to the sound at such a venue to be honest, but couldn't have been more wrong. The whole gig was one of the best sounds I've ever heard. Loud and ballsy but never painful, and the drum and bass sounds were absolutely spot on. No cabaret thing for Tom, it was a full on rock style gig. Great band and flawless vocals too, all balanced and sounding great. Wish I had found the sound guys to let them know,as I usually do when it's that good.

There's something great about getting paid in readies at the end of the night after a pub gig. Still hate the way some landlords make you wait for it though, leaving you hanging around whilst he cashes up etc. Why most don't have it ready in an envelope for you I've no idea. Even worse if they count it out in front of a few straggling punters. With my other band we play mainly theatres. So many now work on a 30 day payment, with some even 60 day. Don't really get this - they already have processed the payments ( and have had it in their accounts for weeks before a lot of the time) so why the delay? It must be a deal breaker for some shows. ( Also don't even get me started on ticket / credit card fees / stage crew ex's etc etc.....)

My SVT rig with 8x10 is still the sound I'm chasing, despite having sold it over 20 years ago. Maybe a touch of rose tinted glasses going on, but with my 63 P-bass it sounded amazing. Unlike other users, it wasn't the drive sounds that got me, just the warmth/power/bottom end that it produced and that thing where you feel it in your body whilst your trousers flap away. If only it was still possible for me now.....

[quote name='ricksterphil' timestamp='1499330703' post='3330743'] I think Daltry is struggling too...mind you a lot of WHO songs are very high and hard to sing and hard to transpose without tuning down a semi-tone. Jagger seems to be as good as he always was (maybe better?) [/quote] Saw Tom Jones recently. 77 years old and his voice is sounding better than ever. His range doesn't seem to have suffered at all with his advancing years, and the material sounded in the original keys too I think. Bruce Springsteen still sounding like he can still do it as well, although his delivery may have altered a bit. Despite these few notable exceptions, it's totally unrealistic though to expect these older artists to be able to perform like when in their 20's/30's. Surprised nobody has mentioned the effect of age on more our senior bassists yet.....

Definitely E-E-E -G# - A - G# - E-E-E etc. Trev was a legend, especially around here. Top player and lovely man.

Good point above regarding guitarists using a capo, although not just because they are lazy / incompetent. Some songs with prominent guitar chords do sound naff in an altered key, and by careful use of a capo can be made to sound more like the original.

I do tend to like guitarists who have a good rhythmic style, yet can solo well too - Keith Richards, Pete Townshend, Mike Campbell, Wilko Johnson etc. It's amazing how many guitarists just can't nail that side of things. I saw Tom Jones at the weekend, and he had an amazing guitarist in his band - Scott McKeon. Did it all just brilliantly, the best player I've seen for a long time. [url="http://www.scottmckeonmusic.com/bio/"]http://www.scottmckeonmusic.com/bio/[/url]

I never quite understand people being called a 'rhythm' guitarist - surely they are just a 'guitarist'? And Nile Rodgers is simply a superb guitarist, full stop. Keith Richards nailed it when he once said that you don't go into a music store and ask to try a rhythm guitar.

If we're back to 'hit' records then how about these, all of which feature a nice solo integral to the song. Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel -'Make me smile (Come up and see me) ' - Mega acoustic solo by Jim Cregan. The Knack -'My Sharona' - Nice electric guitar solo which makes the song IMHO. Al Stewart - 'Year of the cat' - acoustic into electric. Think it was Tim Renwick? Rod Stewart -'I was only joking' - Gary Grainger and or Jim Cregan again? Agree with previous posts about Amos Garrett - that solo never ceases to amaze me.

Just got back from Scarborough after seeing Tom Jones play the Open Air Theatre. Dave Bronze on bass, using a red Fender Jaguar into a MarkBass head and an Ampeg 8x10 cab. Absolutely brilliant as usual, and groovy as hell. Thoroughly recommend seeing Tom if you can, the whole band are amazing and he is singing better than ever.

[quote name='lowregisterhead' timestamp='1495664026' post='3305780'] Sold Alex my EBS 410. Like some previous posters, I had doubts about how easy it would be to do a deal with an overseas buyer with a courier pickup, especially with a pretty heavy cab, but Alex paid immediately (once I gave him the [i]correct[/i] bank details - sorry Alex) and the courier even called the day before to check the pickup time was OK. Went like clockwork. Thanks! [/quote] Exactly the same for me as above. Just sold Alex my GK 410, all went well. Great communications too, wouldn't hesitate to deal with Alex again. Cheers!

Years ago when I played guitar, I had a Vox AC30 actually catch fire onstage at Knaresborough Working Mens Club. Nobody apart from myself seemed unduly worried for some reason. Was impressed that it actually kept going though whilst the fire took hold. Sold it for 'spares and repairs' for what I paid for it, despite some charred components!

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1498553776' post='3325393'] Use a solid bass. If you're playing amplified there is no tonal benefit in having an acoustic bass, and as you've discovered it's got plenty of disadvantages. [/quote] Mmmm, don't entirely agree with this. I've used my Washburn AB20 with an eight piece band, and with careful positioning of amplification I found I could [i]just [/i]get the level needed to sound okay, whilst retaining some of the inherent acoustic-ness of the tone. Shoving acoustic basses through conventional bass amps does rob them of much of their signature sound, but using them into a good PA can still maintain this IMHO. I've gigged mine for years in an acoustic duo to good effect, usually with a small Yamaha / Bose PA for café / pub gigs. Also use my Countryman bass uke for more upright tones too.

Blackbushe Aerodrome, near Camberley in Surrey, summer of 1978. Not my first festival, but one which made me think they weren't really for me... Billed as 'The Picnic', there was a massive crowd, with various estimates saying 200,000+ Five of us went in my brother's Ford Anglia, and I remember the traffic jams being horrendous, especially after the event. Think it was NCP handling the car parking, and they buggered off after the gig leaving a free for all for all the cars to exit the airfield. We were stuck there for hours. Good lineup though - Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton ( who guested with Dylan for a few songs too), Graham Parker and the Rumour, Joan Armatrading and others. I remember helicopters flying over the crowd , dropping badges that floated down in paper wrappers - still got mine somewhere. Did anyone go,to any of the Jazz Festivals at Alexandra Palace in the late 70's? I went to a couple, and managed to see amongst others Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters and Johnny Winter. Think after a fire there it moved to Knebworth in the early 80's? Great lineups, and worth sitting through some jazzers I'd never heard of at the time ( Lionel Hampton, Sara Vaughan etc) to see some great blues artists. Edit - just remembered they were run by Capital Radio, called 'Capital Jazz' I think.

Congratulations to you both! All the best for a long and happy life together.

Eric Clapton. Lifelong fan, but recent releases have left me unimpressed. Know he's not a young whippersnapper anymore, but don't really get his laid back noodlings. Live, it's another story. Saw him recently and he was on fire, both guitar wise and vocally too. Makes me even more puzzled by his recorded output really. Still love the guy though.....