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Have to do The Gallery! Great gear,great guys and great prices if you know what you are looking for. My wife "enjoyed" half a day in The Gallery whilst I tried every amp and cab combination in the shop before settling on my current set up! Mark [quote name='jerseytrev' post='263543' date='Aug 16 2008, 11:50 AM']glad i am not the only one to that did that .my wife was in fits at the bass centre site ,and the gallery saga was the icing on the cake . weird sense of humour women have so next visit to london ,the gallery is top of the list [/quote]

Have you tried the NGM complex at Thornbury? Their link is below: www.ngm.org.uk We used to rehearse there and they have an amazing studio. Mark

Had a chat with him afterwards and to top it all he is also one of the nicest blokes that you could meet - Typical! [quote name='jakesbass' post='241250' date='Jul 16 2008, 09:07 PM']Roger is a fantastic player, really lovely feel. He is also a very good upright player.[/quote]

Marlborough Jazz Festival was on last weekend and after we played I went and checked out some other bands and there were some really good ones. Highlight of the day was a band called Protect The Beat. My understanding is that these guys are all top session musicians and boy could they play! Their music is instrumental jazz/funk and it really grooves. The bassist on Saturday was Roger Inniss but I think he was a dep. Played Shuker basses and was awesome. If you get a chance - go and see them play. I guarantee you wont be disappointed.

Hi Guys, I have a 6 piece instrumental jazz/funk band and people tell us that we have a really tight and professional sound. The problem is that we are struggling to get good gigs. Any one have any booking agents or managers that can get work in the south west? Happy to play corporate stuff and regular gigs. Thanks Mark

LOL - nice one!!!! [quote name='Mr Bassman' post='241119' date='Jul 16 2008, 05:55 PM']You're worried? My band is called "The Watermelon Men"[/quote]

God I am worried now!!! My band plays two of those in our set - Mercy,Mercy,Mercy and Watermelon Man. Mind you the Mercy is done in the Morrissey Mullen style ie very quick and with some rip roaring keys and sax solos and Watermelon Man is done in the Headhunters style which has a real groove and a dirty funk bass sound courtesy of my EBS Bass IQ!!! If they were in the standard jazz style then yes I think they might be classed as PAP. What about Nature Boy? [quote name='bilbo230763' post='240952' date='Jul 16 2008, 03:23 PM']Prompted by responses to the guy who is gooing to play jazz at the Jazz Cafe..... Some jazz standards are just sickeningly over played and almost always suck. OK, I accept that it is still possible to do something creative with them if you are Iain Ballamy but, in the main, these 'evergreens' keep appearing at jam sessions etc being played badly by people that can't play. I have heard (and played) them all a million times but now refuse to play them (really, I do). Its the jazz equivalent of 'James Galway plays The Beatles'. So I am starting a campaign to have them banned. The offending tunes are: Fever Mercy, Mercy, Mercy Canteloupe Island Watermelon Man Summertime Mac The Knife Tenor Madness Please feel free to add any jazz standards you consider banal, boring or just bad. I get the last say [/quote]

Just got an EBS Multi Comp and would strongly recommend it - excellent compressor. Mark [quote name='Faithless' post='235542' date='Jul 9 2008, 10:21 AM']So, we got three there - BOSS CS-1, MXR Dynacomp and Line6 Vetta.. Which one do ya prefer, guys? I'm looking after a bit of compression, but dunno what's really worth choosing, so, waitin' for opinions..[/quote]