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Ok so we played a regular venue tonight where we always pack the place out and do a great show. Tonight being no exception. However as is usual at the end of the night when its time to get paid the landlord and landlady are nowhere to be found. So as usual I hang around the end of the bar to grab one of the bar staff's attention who then goes and gets landlady with the money. After waiting around for ten minutes I give the drummer a hand with some stuff and in that time, the landlady has come down and given the money to the guitarist. Seems its 50 quid less then we normally get so I go back to see whats occured but again the landlady has disappeared so I explain to one of the girls behind the bar whats happened and she once again goes to get the landlady... who finally comes down, gives me the missing 50 quid and then starts having a right go at me for 'discussing money with the bar staff'. WTF? I dunno.. maybe she was trying to stiff us on the money and was pissed off she got pulled up on it, or maybe she had the painters in - who knows. But honestly, I'm 40 years old and haven't been told off like that for as long as I can remember... and now of course I'm thinking about what witty retorts I should've come back with but didn't think of at the time!! I really shouldn't let this bother me but things like this always play on my mind so just venting here really and spoilt an otherwise great gig!! Grrrrrr! peace c

yep .. got this earlier.. PRIMUS SUCK!! c

Harry Shearer isn't Homer Simpson!!

hmm.. seems increased reliability is not this amps strong point! it turned up today... went to try it out and .....dead. nothing... checked the fuse and although it looked fine i replaced it... ta da! amp worked fine! til i turned it off and on again... then .. dead again!! again the fuse looked fine but i changed it once again but this time to no avail.... one dead amp. not best pleased - admittedly it was secondhand but its in immaculate condition, still with original box etc and came from a dealer. i've got a rehearsal tonight and important gig tomorrow and the reason i bought this is because my current rig is being slightly temperamental. dealer is being fine about it and getting it picked up again tomorrow for his repair guy to look at, but that doesn't help my gig situation, and of course the whole point of buying the amp was to get something newer and more reliable than my current stuff. even if this gets fixed now i'll worry about it conking out in the future. who knows when it'll die again!? really quite pee-ed off :-( bah. c

yeah could do that.. was just thinking that i won't get the full 575watts then though with an 8ohm cab on each ?....

Should have one of these arriving today!! Bit of a change for me as I normally use rack stuff but i was in need of something new and fancied a change (also I had an ABM 900 before and liked it alot!) Quick question though - the Klystron 1000 has 2 power amps (each 575 watts @ 4 ohms) - I'm guessing its fine to just use one power stage with two 8 ohm cabs (thus making 4 ohms) and leaving the other power stage unconnected will be fine? cheers c

[quote name='AttitudeCastle' post='907225' date='Jul 27 2010, 02:47 PM']I know! I'd love one of those! (sorry to thread hijack!) I have one of the latest ones the sea foam green ones from the new line though i'd love an orginal! my heart sinks every time i miss out on a sale of these lovely solo btw to you both and nice blog[/quote] to be honest, neither of my Yamaha Attitudes get much use these days... so there is a [i]vague[/i] possibility they might come up for sale in the not too distant future.... peace c

probably just facebook being pants as usual... i've just sent you an add request anyhoo!! c

[url="http://www.facebook.com/clivehjones"]http://www.facebook.com/clivehjones[/url] is me! few musical meanderings under the 'my band' tab! cheers c

skimmed through the blog and watched one youtube clip - sounds good to me! i'm in the process of something similar myself in fact [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPyZCsvgM10"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPyZCsvgM10[/url] peace c

[quote name='Stylon Pilson' date='Jul 21 2010, 08:10 AM' post='900728'] I laughed at this. Who in their right mind would think "I need to get an urgent message to someone as I am running late. It is important that they pick this message up immediately. I know, I'll [i]write on their Facebook wall[/i]." haha yep.. ridiculous! what is wrong with people today!? peace c

just saw this.... [url="http://www.starnow.co.uk/listings/ListingDetail.aspx?l_id=174748"]http://www.starnow.co.uk/listings/ListingD...spx?l_id=174748[/url] may be of interest to one of you.....

never heard this cover of the Dury classic before... it kinda nearly works! peace c

great venue.. played there myself coupla weeks back

not great quality but you'll get the idea.. rare footage of me with my Precision too! cheers c

I always use 3 fingers on my right hand so the downbeat is on a different finger each time... as long as its consistant though I don't really think about it and yes.. Steve Harris only uses 2 fingers apparently.. peace C

[quote name='spinynorman' post='865606' date='Jun 12 2010, 11:06 PM']Really you answered your own question - "I took my P bass along and that just seemed to fit better sound wise! ". I had a similar problem. I never wanted a P, but one came up at a price I couldn't miss and, from the moment it came out of the case at the first practice it felt and sounded right in the band. It was a wrench, admitting that the boring old P worked better than basses that appealed far more to my image, but the sooner you admit it, the sooner the pain will go away. [/quote] hmm yeah maybe so! used the P bass at rehearsal again tonight.. and again... soundwise it was bang on... only thing is, compared to the Zon its nowhere near as nice to play!!! Aaaargh!! Got a few gigs away this week so think I'll take both and decide on the night. The other thing, which is stupid really, is that I prefer using the Zon because its much more unusual! The gigs we're doing are heavily populated by fellow musos and i always like to stand out a bit and Precisions are ten a penny!!! haha oh well. peace c

ah go on then.. heres one from couple of weeks back.. first gig with new band! peace c

Is it just me or can anyone else never decide which bass to use?! I've got a few different basses (2x Yamahas, Fender P, Fender J and a Zon Sonus) and whenever it comes to gig time I can never decide which bass i want to use!! Aaaaargh! I'm sure many of you have been in a similar position but its really annoying! The idea of me buying the Zon was to get a good all rounder bass and its so easy to play/sounds great and ticks most of the boxes but despite having used it exclusively in my new band, last rehearsal I took my P bass along and that just seemed to fit better sound wise! But then I like the look/sound of my relic Jazz bass too! and whenever I have a gig i can never decide which basses to take!!! i guess it doesn't really matter and no one in the audience probably even notices but it bugs me! Wish i could just make my mind up and stick to one bass + one spare and thats it!! bah. peace c

[quote name='LukeFRC' post='861720' date='Jun 9 2010, 12:38 AM']your myspace has your equipment sharing policy on it! just show the promotor that.????[/quote] yep.. a policy which says 'no exceptions'.. so stick by that - you let it slide once and it'll happen again,... and again.... peace C

i'd buy it, but then i have been known to wear nail varnish onstage from time to time!! nah.. is good, go for it. peace c

i've used these before for small runs [url="http://www.screensprinting.co.uk/"]screens printing[/url] - 10 nicely screenprinted, good quality t-shirts for £30 including setup etc. peace C

to the OP - don't do it! you're clearly not comfortable with it, you've been burned before so i think thats fair enough. Like others have said, how can you be in a band and not have amps or transport of some kind?! (Obviously sharing a rig would save change over times etc, but honestly.. how long does it take really?!) I don't let people use my rig these days as a rule BUT i've got a handful of dates supporting an American band who are touring over here and they aren't bringing any amps with them so want to use ours (fair enough in this instance to save on their tour/travel expenses). I'm reasonably OK with that as they're all mature musicians who (i'd hope!) respect gear and know how it works. My guitarist/bandleader is bringing a spare bass head along too just in case so if I don't like how they're using mine they can go with that instead. peace C