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Three of us lived in a flat in Cheltenham a long time ago. We had quite a successful band, a six piece playing Trad because it was what people wanted to hear. But we were modernists at heart at an exciting time when Adderley was in his pomp and Miles and Coltrane were the coming men. We also enjoyed and discussed classical music and the radio was on all day tuned to the pop stations and the pirates. So nothing was ruled out and I’m sure it made me a better musician if not a better person. Others to judge, of course.

I wear incontinence pants for Trad.

Good point, Owen. I’ve always said that expressing a preference means you miss things too.

Just to remind you that as part of my downsizing/retirement purge I’ve got some amps and cabs for sale in the relevant section. All these items have been used with my double bass and work very well with the instrument.

I’ve always said music is a great hobby but a rotten way of earning a living. In my time I’ve played with a few that have gone on to good things - Jamie Callum comes to mind among others. And I’ve played with superb professional musicians who, even before Covid, were scratching a living, eking it out with teaching. You’ve got to be really committed to teaching: a lot of it must be quite dispiriting. I really admire anyone who is a full time professional.

I take a spare class D along not so much out of professionalism but simply to feel comfortable that in the event of an amp failure I can do a quick plug in. In the same way that I carry a spare set of strings. What pees me off is the player who turns with an amp/keyboard/whatever and a two metre kettle lead. That’s not professional.

Creative whingeing studies.

Went to Covent Garden to see the Royal Ballet with the Mrs and her friend. Friend’s man was dept editor at Autosport and he brought some overnight copies hot off the press. So he and I read them while the ladies drooled over the dancers. Fair enough? And we were in the stalls, so a bit visible. The only time I’ve walked out on bands is at festivals where things are quite ‘mobile’ anyway.

I’m not much of a Bubble fan either. But he carries a good band round with him.

Ooh, very nice!

Well, Bassman Sam, go back to the start of the thread and put an s on the end of drummer and well all be so cool we’ll be freezing.

Oh yes, there are some of those.🤭

Should we rename this thread ‘How many drummers can you name?’ They all end up like this.

That’s quite tidy.

That would be good, wouldn’t it. Let’s keep our fingers crossed; would be good to stretch our wings. Sorry: mixed metaphor alert!

Just to go off piste for a moment. I arrived for a gig and the boss was putting out the PA, powered by an eight channel Yamaha as I recall. Something made me notice the speaker leads and they were long coax instrument leads. I told the guy he shouldn’t be using those and he just wouldn’t believe me. He said that’s what he always used. So we started the gig which went well. Until there was a distinct plasticky smell in the air, when the amp went up in flames. So, yes, the load on the output stage is critical. Best not to monkey with the ohms.