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Gonna give this a shot this week now that i've just received the CD and the music downloaded from @Bilbo Its more of an exercise for me to improve my technique. Not sure i'll manage to play it as fast or as well as Jeff Berlin tho. Can usually manage the speed but lack the stamina to keep up the quadruplets for any length of time. That's the exercise part for me.

Because of the style of band and costumes i have to wear i do sweat a fair bit and will always have a bar towel on my amp to wipe the neck if it gets a bit sweaty or sticky. I'll probably wipe the back of neck after every 2-3 songs and sometimes give the strings a quick wipe too. I wipe my bass down after a gig. Mainly strings and neck with the body getting a quick wipe. I usually polish my bass before a gig altho we only gig every couple of months. I'll do a full clean and polish at every string change. Have flats on my main bass so string changes are none existent at moment but as its my main gigging bass it gets done before a gig. Oddly enough i cleaned amd Briwaxed my Warwick Thumb today as its not used much and not been done for a while. Thought i should after the recent hot spell. Reckon i do the un-gigged basses once a year with occasional wipes if i use at home. Dave

With Covid issue this might be relevant for Xmas.

Not usually a Reggae fan but that was nice. Easy relaxing song. Dave

They had quite a few drummers over the years. Dave

Our drummer played with Glitter Band with twin drummers during 90's. He did say that his job was to play the bog standard drum stuff while the original drummer played the fancier fills and show off bits. If there was a drum solo it was mainly Pete Phipps that played them. I don't recall the drums sounding "bigger" when i used to see them on TOTP but i was very young. Dave

Has anyone mentioned Floyd live. Is that one drummer and one musician (percussionist) Dave

Neil Peart had 2-3 different kits live. Does he count as 2 drummers ?

If one misses a beat the other covers it. Failing in unison is something they should aim for then no-one will even notice. Think i may have contradicted myself there. If they both have double bass drums they can play quadruplets on bass drums dead easy.

Nah its to make sure all the drummer failings get covered over.

Aye me too and staying in flats we never had any complaints from neighbours. Must have been good then

Watch it.......our drummer was one of those drummers in Glitter Band during 90's. Even had lessons from Mick Tucker (Sweet) when they were younger. Then there's Genesis with Phil Collins and Chester Thompson. Dave

I did and moved to Scotland to get away from the noise.

That's a small car

Just ordered that album @Bilbo. Thanks again

Don't think I've ever been lucky enough to have had a great deal like the ones listed so far. Dave

Don't stifle the bass, move house. I'm not in Edinburgh so its def not me. Dave

Now that's a stadium bass rig if ever i saw one. Does the Fork Lift Truck come with it Dave

Did actually notice you hadn't been commenting much but assumed you were busy doing building work on the house. That sounds pretty horrendous. No idea what the Gall bladder does and i shall now google it. Hopefully you are now doing well and making a full recovery minus a couple of spare parts. 👍 Keep us posted on the recovery and remember we are all one big "happy" family on BC looking out and caring for each other as families do. Dave

That just put me in the mood for some of this. One of the few "punk" albums i bought. Well ahead of its time i always thought.

Very nice indeed and what's your opinion on it so far @ClassicVibes ? Dave

Brilliant. Thoroughly enjoyed that. Old Rog is wearing well tho. He still has an issue with Dave even after all this time. Shame Dave