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So good Daryl, That was class sir. I would go see you guys. Is that a cover or original song but thoroughly enjoyed it. That little quiet bit towards the end was so nice with the build up to the end superb. I love your singers voice. Its very easy to listen to but i'd have to say its more Country than Blues to me which i prefer and please take that as a huge compliment. There's an upsurge in modern country over here at the moment and some youngsters at the gym circa early to mid 20's love exercising to the new country sound kinda Luke Bryan type of songs. You should be jumping on that bandwagon and move away from the Blues thing. Your sound suits it more IMHO of course. The bass tone is nice and deep with a nice click top end coming thru. That would make a great pic of you and the singer together for advertising the band too. Why are you guys not doing more and bigger gigs. ? Post more please. Dave

Our singer / guitarist keeps trying different "bug" style wireless with the latest being a Boss unit but he is constantly having issues with them varying from loud buzzing to signal drop outs and even volume changes with some. His vocal mic is a Shure wireless system with no issues, Other singer has a Sennheiser wireless with no issues and i use the Shure GLXD16 pedal wireless system with no issues. I started with the Smooth Hound but started getting problems with it buzzing and very occasional drop outs. It was the buzzing that caused me to change to Shure. For me and it's just a personal opinion based on varying experience on stage with different musicians over past few years i can't see past the Shure gear where iits built like the proverbial brick s***house and has never wavered at any gig, so simple to set up and use plus its also my main tuner. Dave

We are doing a Hot Rod and Classic car event in Aug at a holiday park with Glam band. We played the holiday park last year and by coincidence the car club just happened to be there that weekend. The holiday park originally booked us. The car club then asked us if we could play it in 2024 on same weekend but we were already booked that weekend so they moved their club event booking to suit us. Looking forward to it again this year and i might even get a look at some of the cars this time. Dave

Sold Gerry my Fender P Vintera today. Amazing comms, he arrived when he said he would and even sent me a message to say he was leaving the house. Such an easy transaction, no fuss, no quibbling, paid in cash and we had a great chat about basses and how we both worked for the same company at one point altho different sites. We seem to know the same people in the local music scene too and share a passion for the same kind of music. Absolute gent and a pleasure to deal with. Wish all transactions were this good. Hope you enjoy the bass. Who knows you might even keep it longer than usual for you Gerry. All the best Dave

Great PR there. You gotta applaud that. Dave

Not had complimentary meals but we have had sandwiches and juice supplied in dressing room areas. TBH its not a big deal for me as i normally take a Tesco meal deal with me. I don't like anything too heavy before playing so a cheese and onion sandwich and a fruit juice is my preferred food before playing. Dave

Came across this wee snippet while driving today. Had no idea who it was and thought it was possibly an early Uriah Heep. Got home and was surprised to find it was ELP.

Waiting on delivery of the Trevor Bolder solo album Sail The Rivers. Came across it on Youtube by chance and had a listen. Was fair impressed by the final production. Singer is very impressive and includes drumming by Lee Kerslake on a few tracks. If you like Heep, Trevor Bolder and good classic rock music then its worth a wee listen. Dave

Liked that, cracking band image going on between you and the singer. Nice one. Dave

I play a couple of songs where i need crib notes for keys. One i drop D (Into the Valley by Skids) and once had it in my head that it was D# rather than D and if you know the song you play the riff between open D and D on A string (5th fret) so that was fun but i honestly don't think anyone even noticed incl the band. Other songs i have the key next to the song in set list as we've done it in different keys over the yrs and can never remember what one we now do. Dave

Ooohh i do like a kebab after a gig but usually too late to get one. Did manage a McDonalds at last gig before driving home (drummer was driving that night as we were using another bands PA and drums) Have to say i quite enjoyed sitting in car at McD's having a burger and coke before driving home. All very civilised Quite a few of my gigs i have to travel up the A9 and its a bit poor the fact we don't have services like motorways that open all night. Probably not enough traffic thru the night to justify it but it would be nice to stop for a coffee after a couple of hrs driving and the prospect of another few before home. Got a bike rally in Tomintoul next month. Not looking forward to the 4hr drive each way but my wife will share some of the driving on that one. Dave

That's one very long gig 10am in morning to 1am in morning. Sounds like you enjoyed it Dave

Enjoyed that. Well done. Dave

100% with you on that. Its a sore point with me in both bands. Dave

Drummers, !!!!! Whereabouts in Queensferry were you ? Dave

Yep saw them a coupe of times with Gary and they were brilliant. In fact my wife even got a pic with him altho she was a bit terrified as he is a bit scary when standing next to him. Dave

I guess i'm in an odd situation here as i play in a tribute to the 70's Glam era but not any one specific band. We do dress with outfits from that era altho we have some twists to it but the effect is there. (see my avatar). I don't use the same basses as that would mean using different basses for different bands and songs plus some bassists like Steve Priest used various basses incl his Jazz, Ric and i believe an Ampeg perspex thing if i remember right so i use my polar white Sandberg VM4 which looks fairly traditional but being active i can get various tones from the one bass that are similar to the originals. I don;t want to be holding things up while i change basses every other song. From memory the bands we cover used Fender Jazz, Precision, custom Jazz for Alice Cooper, Ric, Telecaster, Gibson, Yamaha, Shergold, just to name a few. If i go to see a Floyd tribute i like to see some lighting effects etc and if the band have a similar stage set up with backing singers it all adds to the experience provided they sound like the original Floyd. I'm never gonna get to see Genesis as they were in their hey day again so hearing covers of classic Prog songs is great for me and i don't care what the band actually looks like if the songs sound good. Its nice if they can look like the originals if they are a tribute to one band but you need to be practical about it. As Cetera mentioned earlier if you go to see a band like a Kiss tribute you would expect the outfits and make up and the guitars and basses are part of that image. Image played a large part of the Kiss thing. Not so much an Eagles tribute where all i'm interested in there is that they sound like the Eagles. Dave

Never used Bass Bros. Site looks good with some very tasty basses plus some nice T-shirts too. Dave

Agree. its a better response than nothing and totally ignoring the request. I've always replied to any messages even on our FB pages for both bands i always like to be polite and give a short reply. Dave

I did come across a pic of Trevor with a jazz style bass and now wondering if that was it. I'll have another look and zoom in for the 4 dots on the plate. Cheers for that Cuzzie. Dave

I was reading something on line recently about Trevor Bolder and it mentioned he had used Seymour Duncan pick ups for the last 25 yrs. It also mentioned they were even fitted to his custom Sandberg bass. Anyone know anything about it ? I've searched Sandberg website and don't see any mention of it and can't find any pics on line anywhere. Dave

But is it worth having half your brain removed ? Dave

Yes i was wondering about the wording of that too. Dave

Well just home and having a coffee and biccies after a wee gig in The Cave in Paisley near Glasgow. 1hr motorway drive so an easy one plus a 6-9pm spot makes an early home time afterwards. Its a regular for Emergency Exit punk covers band and when we sound checked we had approx 10-15 peoples in. Within a few songs it was busy. Lots of applause and people bopping away around the pub and lots of people staring at us (i'm hoping in awe but maybe disgust ) Went down well, we played well and a few good comments at the end about my bass playing. "f***ing brilliant bass playing mate" . Used the Sandberg MarloweDK tonight into my Handbox WB-100 and Mesa SW210/115 cabs. Was sounding pretty good. Dave

Oooh that is a nice looking bass. Dave