Paulgm1

I have nothing but admiration for Marr in sticking to his guns and looking forward rather than backwards. Robert Plant took the same view with the Led Zeppelin thing. I can see the attraction of these big reunions though - There is something joyous in celebrating the past though, remembering your youth and reminiscing (boring!) my kids with stories of seeing the Smiths for a fiver at Portsmouth Guildhall in the eighties!

Is it just me or following a recent update I’m now getting more pop-ups to the point where the site is virtually unusable?

Bit of harmonica playing - Love this version as much for the clothes with cool cat Jr Wells

I have the Boss WL20 - been reliable and pretty spot on. Only issue I’ve had is there is a micro cut off switch on the guitar bug which is designed to stop noise and crackle when you unplug it - the switch is pretty sensitive and I’ve knocked the unit a couple of times with my leg during gigs causing the sound to cut..

I have a ray34 - bought new about 10 years ago maybe. Really good quality and it’s my go to bass at home - the neck is pretty chunky though I would say.

Just bought a rather nice Precision Elite from Dan. Well packaged and really quickly sent out - all as described and a smooth transaction. Cheers.

Our local rehearsal studios are re-opening and we’ve made a tentative booking for first week of July. We’re going to see how we feel at the time about five of us in a fairly confined space. The studio we use does have an outside door that we can leave open which is a plus and they’re having gaps for cleaning and disinfectant between bands. Not sure how I feel about it yet but gotta get back to some sort of normality at some point! We’re all missing the playing..

Try these lads: www.teenagekicksband.co.uk One of my friends used them at a Pompey wedding and I thought they were great - really worked hard to get the right stuff going for the guests and came across well.

I love these stories - part of the fun of playing!

Was gigging with the blues band at the weekend at an outside charity gig and after smelling burning I turn round to notice my Roqsolid amp cover is on fire! I'd put it behind my amp but on top of a very hot bare bulb that was behind the stage. Much stamping and flapping and I managed to put it out without stopping playing! Don't think anyone in the audience even noticed. Anyone else had similar near misses at gigs?

Is this Basschat or have I stumbled into some place full of people looking at throwing insults at each other

Love the Stones but they've been looking like they're going through the motions for some years now for the sake of the brand/Stones industry - guess its good for them to keep topping up their offshore family trusts though.

Hello from up the road in Horndean!

Guy Pratt - My Bass and Other Animals. Good lively read and a great bass player.

Welcome - l'm also nearby (up in Waterlooville) and suffer the London train commute!