police squad

What did you think of the album, I'm really enjoying it

yep I'm with you on that

Look at his FB page, sadly I sold my XL-2 recently, which has since changed hands again.

Actually I think you SAW bashers are partly wrong here. We play, Never gonna give you up by Rick Astley, it goes down a storm. Rick is a great singer and some of the songs SAW wrote were good songs. Granted about Kylie, I don't like her voice but she can do it live as can Jason Donnovan. SAW production made it all sound too similar which I think was the real problem.

wow that's fab too

Yes that's the one. Mark at classic and cool said it was lovely and in Denmark. Beautiful bass. Is it a one off?

Does anyone on here have this bass Custom shop bass I don't know if there is only one. It was originally in GAK , then I've just it here (but sold) I was wondering what it's like. Herbie and this bass was one of my biggest influences when I started playing

I don't understand what you mean. Songs you have or haven't covered 'scuse my thickness here

Great Story

I'm currently in an 80s duo. Keyboards and live guitar with backing tracks. There are so many good songs from the 80s. our set includes Wham! Culture Club Men without hats Duran Elton john (I'm still standing) Queen (Radio GaGa) Rick Springfield ABC Billy Idol, Survivor, Bon Jovi, Bryan adams, Depeche mode Dexys, Men at work, Erasure, Genesis, Ultravox, Toto, Howard jones, Huey lewis, KC and the sunshine band (give it up, cracking song) Kim Wilde, Lionel Ritchie, OMD, Pet shop boys, Frankie goes to Hollywood,, Soft Cell, A-Ha, The Police, Yazoo so many good songs

Gets you thinking doesn't it. Playing for departed friends, funerals that kind of thing. But thinking about it, I was doing a pub gig, standing in for a band that had just fallen apart (they were called Cunning Stunts) We were a very average pub band with a great singer, boundless energy and I had been playing bass for 6 or so years. The drummer and guitarist of the defunk band were there and we decided they should join us on Freebird. HOLY COW!! I'd never played with a drummer that could actually really play. He could spin his sticks through his fingers and he nailed every single fill. I had never felt connected to a drummer in my playing career. And then it was like having Steve Vai on guitar. He was a fab player, again full of energy, fabulous licks and it turned out to be a bloody nice bloke. We started a new band that weekend, learned 15 songs around sunday lunch and gigged that evening. Roadhouse!!. Gigged all over the south east, Hastings, Chiddingly, East London and Kent. 1988-1990 ish. But that version of Freebird, that night in the pub, that was special. It was a lights on moment for me

I've decided I don't need to play with knob heads. You're better off out of it I reckon. Look for something new. I've recently realised that band 'mates' should be just that,..........mates

pecial “2010 Dallas International Guitar Festival” inscription on headstock. Dallas 2010 “Shoot Out” McCarty Limited Run Specs: Top - Private Stock grade quilted maple Back - Lightweight Mahogany Neck - Mahogany Fretboard - Select East Indian rosewood Inlay - Green Heart Abalone “Original” Birds Neck Shape - Wide fat Scale Length - 25” Frets - 22 Fretboard Radius -10” Side dots - White Corian Fret wire - DGT/Santana Bridge - PRS Stoptail Tuning Pegs - Vintage style Color - Sunset Burst Finish - Ultra-thin polyester basecoat & Nitro-Cellulose topcoat Pickups: 57/08 w/ brushed covers Electronics: Volume, push-pull tone, 3-way toggle Hardware: Nickel String Gauge: 10- 46 Case: Modern Eagle paisley Back of headstock: "2010 Dallas International Guitar Festival" Each guitar is numbered out of 50

Could you get your old gig back, post virus?

already in my master plan for when I'm older. You have an audience that (mostly) can't run away!!

Yes but was not aware of this, I have an accounting qualification and am the company secretary, (it's my office as a shareholder as opposed to being a director)

No sweat, I look forward to listening to it

FCIS?

I've bought 2nd hand often and not yet had a problem

that must be really frustrating for you

I've been gigging for just over 34 years now. I'm nearly 52 and between 1988 and 2015 was easily doing 100 gigs a year. In the past 18 months I have cut back to about 35 per year and I try not to have my gigs back to back as it leaves me knackered the next day and the day after too. I have a full time job, I'm company Secretary in a family business with my brother. We employ about 18 people and manufacture security and search equipment. Since just before the pubs closed I haven't done any gigs, I've played at home much more, to backing tracks to polish up my guitar licks, played along with Guy Pratts videos (and really enjoyed that) I even did a live stream with my duo, in my garden. (Which I thoroughly enjoyed) I have noticed that I have much more energy, am not knackered all the time and my shoulders/ back / neck problems (mostly sports related) are causing me much less grief. I don't miss the idiots that come to the pub being a PITA, (I don't play for landlords I don't like anymore, so that doesn't come in to it) or any of the other grief, yet I still sort of miss it. If I never did another gig, well, I might be ok with that Your thoughts mighty BC collective By the way, I really appreciate how tough it is for the self employed musician who cannot work at the moment, this post is really aimed at people like me, the weekend warrior

£3.50 on ebay for Storyville

I've just ordered a copy of storyville

They were definately Framus branded strings. They were cheaper than the warwick reds at the time IIRC. Probably the same strings. They were fine