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Entire PA went down at a prestigous gig at Grosvenor House in London - culprit was the fog machine blowing its stuff straight into the power amps. Had to wait for the amps to reset before continuing. In my early band days I was playing guit*r through a Vox AC30 at a WM Club in Knaresborough when it actually caught fire along with the curtain at the back of the stage - audience thought it was pyros!

FWIW, my take on things- Great - Cee Lo Green, Plan B, Ruby Turner, Rumer, Bellowhead, Secret Sisters and the JH Big Band as usual. Average - Roger Daltrey, Toots, Kylie (looking great as usual though!) Err... - Wanda Jackson, Alison Moyet, Vampire Weekend, Stephen K Amos.... All in all still a great show IMO, plenty of variety etc. Must admit I've always thought Gilson's drumming fits in fine with the JH band, and he plays like someone who listens to whats needed to me. Always an easy target, but still the best place (IMO of course) for live music on mainstream telly. Happy New year.

Nice!!! Okay, I'll open with £300 (+ on a good day?)

These often go for not much more when in better nick. Great basses though.....

Peavey TVX210 - fairly portable (65lbs), 4 ohms and sound pretty good. Oh yeah and cheap too - circa £199 new, s/h £100 or less.

[quote name='BurritoBass' post='1062507' date='Dec 18 2010, 02:33 PM']Bass. Cable. Amp. Job done. Nothing against effects but just not for me[/quote] +1

Mine is on (so far). Am in West Yorkshire tomorrow though, so may be a tough one towards the Pennines. We've had it probably the worst over the last few weeks here in East Yorkshire, and have n't missed a gig yet! Been to London and the N.East and made it to them all. (Ironically my local pub gig 5 miles away cancelled us though!) Allow loads of time for travelling, take shovels & warm clothes and flasks etc, drive sensibly and plan your route according to BBC road/weather updates.

Mmmm.. I thought 'D' too, but sounds (to me anyway) like the guitarist plays the solos as if it's in 'G'??? When we play it we always do a big rall and finish on the 'D' though!

Am I the only one who prefers the version in the OP.......??

I stopped playing over 24 years ago for nearly a year during the period when my daughter was born, and really glad I did too. Actually quite enjoyed the break for 3-4 months, after that I was starting to get twitchy - staying in Saturday nights etc! Guess its in my blood and all that , been playing in bands now for nearly 40 years (I was 13 when I first started by the way!), and don't see myself stopping in the forseeable future - unless the amount of gigs dries up completely. Have a break, but never say never.......

Ah yes, but is it in 'D' or 'G' ?.............!!!

Having broken my arm/shoulder a couple of years back, I know what you're going through. +1 for the Rees - tried one at a show a while ago and it felt great. Agreed with comments on Hohner B2A - nice n light but the neck that much further to your left makes it a bit of a stretch. (Guess this could be remedied with the Steinberger device which attaches to the neck strap button but they are rare as hens teeth.) Great to hear of a bit of Dano love too! My Dano Longhorn is really light & quite well balanced. Great for long gigs - only one sound really, but its a good un. Would recommend some good massage to help things along too - worked well for me. Good luck.

Ok, I'll be first in to say GK - the 800RB are great amps and fairly priced/plentiful on your side of the pond. The 700's are good too! Depends what you play&where really.

I sing BV's all the time, got a good ear for it just not a great voice! Occasional lead vocal duties when the situation demands it (like last Saturday night when I ended up doing 50% of the songs!), but just don't like the sound of my voice- its tonally 'flat' (and often pitch too!), which is ok for BV's but in isolation is pretty grim! When I first started bass found singing a bit odd, but doing it a lot makes it easier to get your hear round. Hardest is when there's a repetitive riff to play whilst phrasing BV's with the singer who's had a drink! Great stuff.

I'm a very average bassist, who can't show off / slap / solo to save my life. However, I can fit in with a band fairly easily, and have a good ear & ability to play whats needed in most situations. (If I can't then I don't do the gig!) I also sing BV's and the occasional lead vocals too, which helps no end I feel. As is often true with a lot of bassists, I'm okay as a mediator / voice of reason & common sense which this mad business often requires, so think people appreciate that too. Most of my gigs are fairly typical functions / weddings and pubs. My proudest moment was doing a gig at the Royal Albert Hall in 2000 (even though it was for a financial institution's big bash!). Am now in my early 50's, and just hope I can keep playing for a good while longer, although this bloody recession is currently doing it's best to prevent this. Cheers,Pete.

[quote name='Slipperydick' post='1049889' date='Dec 6 2010, 09:18 PM']Could probably have been a lot more if the beach boys had released it in the states, apparently they recorded it, but it was never released. I did hear a rough mix of it once, and if you think about it, its got Beach Boys written all over it.[/quote] On one of his later solo ventures Roy thanked Brian Wilson (and many more including Phil Spector) for his influence. I think Roy is still relatively overlooked considering how much great music he's made - The Move released a lot of classic stuff, then he founded ELO before leaving to form Wizzard. Their 'Ball Park Incident' and 'See my baby jive' singles are classic 70's tunes. He also plays a staggering number of instruments, and is still touring with his band,playing all the hits. He's a top bloke too!

Great stuff! With all the totty distractions hardly surprising that nobody noticed you had Michael McDonald depping on keys.....

Made it to big event last night at a Park Lane Hotel from a very grim East Yorkshire. Glad we did too, went well, made some contacts etc. Got home at 6am, so bit tired now but hey! - did n't let anyone down and got paid!

[quote name='Slipperydick' post='1044018' date='Dec 1 2010, 04:52 PM']Does ramble on a bit, I had to read it a couple of pages at a time. One of those books you read in the toilet...or is that just me ???[/quote] Yup, agreed.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1043874' date='Dec 1 2010, 02:59 PM']Just about to start Chapter 6 and enjoying it. It's a very subjective account (obviously) rather than a particularly historical approach but, hey!, it's [i][b]his [/b][/i]life. It helps if you've already read one of the better biographies of the Rolling Stones.[/quote] Yeh, I've read a few. For me Keith's book sounds just like a rambling conversation - all the time I'm reading it I find myself hearing his voice! Some stuff I did n't know, some of which I'm surprised by (his account of his son's death etc). Whatever, still a legend in my eyes.

Makes sense guitar wise for it to be in B too - chorus opens up those D, A and E chords nicely, especially when in open tunings. A classic recording for me, and not an electric in sight apparently. There's a great bit in the 'Stones in the Park' where the band are tuning up in a backstage caravan with their ears against the guitar necks, moments before going out to play in front of 200,000 people! So if you want to hear the Stones really out of tune........... Anyone any thoughts on Keef's biog? Am just reading it now, and generally disappointed with most of it.

When I insured my Stingray with www.musicguard.co.uk , I got £1m public liability insurance included. Think it was around £70 IIRC.

Not quite sure what the Roland amp does? (Maybe distortion?!!) Would think that your bass would sound okay straight into the Peavey mixer amp - enough tone shaping controls on that for most uses (unless you're wanting guitary distorted tones of course!) Those old Peavey PA amps are ace - loud and bombproof. Use one myself for bass and it was fine.