Norris

Thanks - snaffled myself a copy

We came up with a great one the other night - Pauline and the Appalling Tarpaulins Inspired by a cheap pool table cover in the pub

Wall wart power supplies. Horrible, crappy fragile things. Unfortunately I have no alternative than to tolerate them If only I could find pro quality ones with the correct voltage, current, polarity and plug type. But every bit of kit needs a different combination of the above, and all power supplies are cheap crap made in China Well you did ask

I'd somehow missed RATM and Audioslave. Definitely get a lot of play now

Just bought a Sterling Sub Ray5 from Sean. In perfect condition as described, and even with the plastic cover still on the scratchplate. Great chap to deal with, good communication and met me half way for the usual shady carpark transaction

How is that likely, given the number of Basschat threads where people say they would never lend their bass out? 😂 Your typical pentatonic would probably not be that easy tuned in 5ths. The long scale would make it quite tricky

I've never had any complaints about my Rumble 500 v3 either. If the standalone head is as good as the combo it will be hard to beat. Great value for money too (cheap as chips really)

Our PA is vocals only (pub trio, 3 singists) and we use a pair of Mackie SRM450s, 16 channel mixer and a powered monitor wedge. The monitor wedge is useful not only for hearing yourself, but also for keeping the dancing punters from tripping over foot pedals, knocking mic stands, etc. We have a strip of hazard warning tape across the top to make it more visible

Is that ALL generalisations?

I don't suppose you have any photos do you? 😀 Mine's a 1980 mark I btw

My P bass Special

The Eagles: yawn Mrs Norris loves 'em

I kind of expect it to be disappointing, but live in hope. I'll be watching it when it comes out anyway

Rautia is apparently the more authentic replacement of the two (and what I put in my SB1000, but only because the original pickup stopped working). The Armstrong is a soapbar in the right sized cover Lovely bass btw

37 years of cover band service and counting...

I can't believe no-one has mentioned Terry Scott's My Brother. Frequently played on Ed Stuart's Family Favourites

A punter said tonight "It's so nice to hear some different music: not Mr Brightside, etc." Our work here is done 👌

When you've just finished playing a song in drop-D tuning, remember to disengage the Hipshot before playing the next song in E. ...far too many times!

For your first ever gig, if you got to the end of it without being paid off, that's a result! Don't beat yourself up, but take some glory out of the fact that you did it. Well done! Save the self critique for later

Squier pickups -> SD QPs Knackered original pots -> KiOgon loom with series/parallel switch Original tuner -> Hipshot drop D tuner All upgrades imho Don't get upset though, 'cos it's never going to appear in an advert until someone prises it from my cold, dead, rigor-mortised hands 😀

Life is short. Enjoy yourself and try not to fosters anyone else off while doing so. Any disaster that befalls you will be an amusing anecdote given enough time. That's about it.

XTC are/were fabulous wordsmiths, and many of their songs make me smile

One night after downing a few sherberts, I was packing the kit in the trailer. Loading my Traynor head, which was heavy enough to have it's own gravitational field, I didn't quite take the usual care and managed to squash my finger. That spilt a fair bit of claret, caused a night in casualty and three stitches in the tip of my main plucking finger. It took months before I was able to use it again and I still have a scar 30 odd years later

If you're really of that persuasion to have to try to conceal such things, the conversation goes thusly... "This old thing? This is the one that I've been saying I need to upgrade to a better bass for years. I thought I'd give it just one more try. You mean to say you've not been listening to me all this time?"