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Now that's a venue worth playing. Absolutely gorgeous building. Dave

Punk gig with Emergency Exit at The Riverside Bar in Dumfries. As always it turned out to be a great wee night. Was reasonably busy from the word go, lots of dancing and lots of vids being taken. Hopefully i'll get to see some of the vids. Used the Sandberg MarloweDK fitted with D'addario XT's but i've gone off these strings. They just dont cut thru the mix. Tomorrow i'll fit a set of the DR Black Beauties same as fitted to my VM4. Love them on that bass so hopefully they should sound amazing on the Marlowe too. Lots of good comments at the end from both guys and gals which is nice. Few said they were arranging a bus to come up to our Dreadnought gig in Bathgate in 2 weeks. Lovely. Just home and had my coffee and biccies before beddy by bo time. Night night Dave

Is that right enough. I hate eating banana's, its the texture it just makes me feel like throwing up. I do love the taste tho so maybe a banana shake before a gig. What do you think. Our drummer likes chocolate shakes while playing rather than water. I'll drink 1-2 litres every gig more so with the Glam band. I find hand / finger stretching exercises before i start helps a lot too. Dave

Me from my first gig with Emergency Exit punk band just over a year ago.

Yep 100% Mark got me a great price on the glacier white VM4 i have. Such a pleasure to deal with, so helpful and never pushy either which is a good thing. Dave

I remember him posting the song he did with Also Eden. It was a great bassline for it. Here's hoping he's ok. Definitely miss him on here. Hoping he's won the lottery and taken a long trip away from everything to settle down as a millionaire and avoid begging letters Dave

Like that. Any vid or audio clips of it anywhere to see how it compares to the standard VS4. Dave

He was doing some work with his old prog band but i cant remember the band name ? If anyone knows let me know and i'll ask on their FB page to see if anyone has heard from him there. He's not on my FB page and not sure which Rob Palmer he is when i search his name. Dave

Its not sounding good at all. Dave

A lot of people don't get Prog because its not really their kind of music. I don't mean that in a bad way. its just not for everyone. For me Prog songs had stories within them where you could let your imagination run wild. Probably more so when i was younger and had more imagination. As i've gotten older i'm finding that i prefer a nice vocal melody in the prog songs i buy now. I used to enjoy those long epic songs from bands like Genesis and Floyd when i was in my late teens / early 20's but i tend not to listen to them these days. Dave

Think the big difference between Nick and other bass players from that era is that he developed as a player both on bass and then with The Stick basses. He admits he had to change his style of playing to stay a full time bassist / musician. For me that's a sign of a true professional. Learning styles to suit the market place. Dave

Was hoping someone knew him personally and could ask if he's ok. This question has been asked last year and nothing came from it. Such a great guy and nice to talk Prog with too. Just hoping all is ok with him. Dave

Did @Bilbo resurface ? I haven't seen or heard from him and i follow his transcription thread on BC. His transcription site is also down at moment ? I know there was a question asked already but search couldn't find it. Dave

I just found the Longevo strings got lost in the mix compared to other strings i've used. Put DR Black Beauties on my Sandberg VM4 and i cant hype them enough. I have Elixirs on my Warwick Thumb and they still sound great after about 10 yrs altho the bass very rarely gets used even at home. DR's are approx £20 less than the Elixirs tho so time will tell if they go the distance. If not I'll be looking at the Elixirs again. The DR's have less tension than the Elixirs and feel more like my D'addario EXL's for tension. Dave

Ach you're just a lad. 63 soon and still hammering out Glam rock and Punk songs in 2 different bands. As long as i'm enjoying it and healthy enough i'll keep going. Stay positive and enjoy. Dave

Is that the same bass too ? Nice one. Dave

We use the venues trolley or barrow from the back room. Park in the alley road at the Bungalow. Skoosh mate. Great wee venue, i always enjoy playing in there but my gear is all lightweight except for the 2 pa cabs. Larger drums and PA cab go on the trolley and depending how i feel i'll either use the trolley or just carry my Mesa cabs. Sounds like it was a good night tho. Dave

Blue Angels gig went well. They were celebrating Burns Night and we had to stop half way thru 1st set to allow the piper to bring in the Haggis. Fair old size of haggis too, must have been a farm fed one Also had an issue with lights cutting out in the venue which delayed our start quite a bit till they sorted it. Usual road closures on way home meant a 1 hr drive was 2 hrs using single track back roads to get round the closure. Dave

Doing another gig for Blue Angels tonight. Its the only gig where we've been offered a hand loading in and out by our audience. Plus they let you eat from their buffet and what a buffet they put on. First gig of 2023 so here's hoping no mistakes. Dave

I believe he was into his prog music back then too with Chris Squire being an influence and based on that poster behind him i'm guessing Geddy too. Would explain the Ric copy. Dave

Cheers for that. I quite fancy a simple 3-way selector switch for twin pup basses. I have VVT and VBT basses but i always run pan in centre and my J basses have volumes at max. A switch would make it simpler for me. Nice looking bass.

I tried it but i've always found active basses in "passive" mode never really sound like a proper passive bass. Just my own opinion of course and i'm sure others will disagree but that's what makes life interesting. No right or wrong, just differing opinions. Dave

Well done and a good cause to support. What bass are you using here ? twin pick ups but only 2 pots. ? Dave