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[quote name='rogerstodge' timestamp='1398201442' post='2431693'] won't the email still be in "trash" ? [/quote] I checked, it's gone!

[quote name='JamesBass' timestamp='1398200527' post='2431674'] No worries, where are you trying for in Southampton? I'll drop you a PM with my email address in it [/quote] Legend, e-mail sent!

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1398199294' post='2431647'] Well, it's never a good idea to destroy legal documents when they are your only protection against sharp practice - but I guess you know that now. [/quote] Learn and live on!

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1398198611' post='2431636'] That kind of BS does exist in Scotland as well, thankfully I've only ever encountered it a couple of times. [/quote] From where I've been and played in Scotland, everyone has been hospitable to the point of making us want to hug every Scottish person we came in contact with. Lovely country. lovely people and from the experience I've gathered from other NI bands touring, Scotland is the gigging promised land of the UK compared to England, sorry England. Although, I've got loads of things to say about Huddersfield for example, we were booked for a venue that I can't remember the name of and last minute we managed to ring up The Zephyr Bar and they put us on, gave us 2 free pints each, paid us directly out of the bar till and 2 of the bar staff bought a CD and shirt.

Like I said, we cleared our inbox and the e-mail got deleted so the agreement was gone but yes, I can remember asking for petrol money and they had said yes. I've named and shamed before and it's come back to me in a bad way, but that just comes from living in a tiny city with a lot of bands and music, it comes back to you, I forgot to realise that it's Manchester in question. Just a force of habit.

[quote name='JamesBass' timestamp='1398196611' post='2431595'] Please tell me at least one of you or your band mates have looked in to the Musician's Union? They are the people to contact to help sort any and all problems presented by gigging live. If you have it in writing then you can, if you're a member refer the matter to them to try and sort out. As for the venues on the naming and shaming, I'd love to know the Sheffield venue? Sheffield is traditionally meant to be a great music city?! Also, if you're planning on coming as far south as Portsmouth, PM me and I'll try and sort you out with some advice on who and where to avoid! [/quote] Unfortunately I've since deleted the e-mail to clear space and I don't wanna go into so much fuss for it. Once again, I'm looking for a gig in Southampton and it's proving difficult at the moment, but if the e-mails I've sent don't work then I'll get onto you for Portsmouth! Cheers!

[quote name='Wooks79' timestamp='1398195739' post='2431579'] Cheers man, if you end up popping over again, lemme know and I will get something sorted out for you in Middlesbrough. [/quote] Cheers dude If our gigs in Workington doesn't work out, I'll send you a message!

And also due to peer pressure It's The Roadhouse in Manchester.

Lovely support bands And Wooks79 Bar Bloc - Glasgow, free pizza and a pint too 20 Rocks - Dundee, don't go in summer, no students to fill the place Bannermans - Edinburgh, they give you an entire apartment with about 9 beds and a stacked fridge The Bungalow - Paisley, got £150 here

Hello all, I have some opinions to gather up from you all. As you'll see, I'm from Belfast which is an awkward area of the world considering that we're attached to one country but are part of another country and naturally, we want to tour the UK, even though we're separated from it, a ferry can cost the upwards of £400 for 4 people and a van which for young bands with no money, that is a lot. So we gathered the cash and went on tour back in July, it went well apart from a few scrapes (bands pulling out last minute, van getting towed in London) but we had the last date in Manchester, I'm not gonna name and shame. The venue was great, lovely basement type venue, nice and big with a good bar (Guinness on tap too, extra points) and the gig was good, people seemed to really enjoy it. Prior to the gig we had agreed to a £20 petrol fee in order to get us from Manchester to Liverpool for the ferry to Dublin and right back up to Belfast and they had humbly agreed to this. After the show I approached the promoter to get our pay after she had praised us for being one of the best bands of the night, we even had a nice chat about the venue, who had played and why she loves putting on bands, it was really quite touching to hear passion from someone. That passion was short lived, when I asked her for our pay she pulled out a sheet of paper and consulted this paper for a good 5 minutes and turned and said "Only 3 people said that they came to see you, you'll be getting £3 tonight, we hope to see you again". At first I thought she was joking and I asked "What about the £20 we had agreed on in e-mail" She said that it was the venues policy to only pay the bands who had people to come and see them. In a fit of rage and I kind of caused a ruckus in the venue, saying some things I'm not exactly proud of and ended up being ejected by the bouncers, they wouldn't even let our drummer to go in and collect his drum stool, so that was about £50 lost. We were furious and I was shocked that this policy even existed, thankfully due to the generosity of the local support bands, we got £10 from their pay. This has happened again today trying to book a venue for Sheffield and we were told that we couldn't even get our petrol paid and that they had the same policy. I'm writing this because I know that a majority of Basschat is based in England and I'm just asking, is this normal? We played Scotland and we got paid £50-£100 a night and a place to crash. Why in England does this policy exist, or am I naive in my little Belfast bubble that is this of the norm?

Looking for a replacement for my Orange SP212 I love the cab, it's done me well for the past 4 years, but I'm looking for something that'll push a little more air, I'm looking for a 2x12 cab that I don't have to perch up on a table to hear it better. I'd love a Barefaced 2x12 but they're a little out of my price range (£500-£550). I've looked at Zilla cabs, I know a friend of mine got a pretty lovely 2x12 done by them but I'm interested in what's out there that would be good, used or new. Cheers guys

[quote name='Prime_BASS' timestamp='1397371477' post='2423191'] I think Sibob beat you to it haha. I think I just don't like octave as an effect, I think it sounds crap. [/quote] Thank you I thought I was the only one.

Excellent pickup, make everything just sound better

Hey guys My Ampeg SVT 3 is good but I'm just wondering what I could maybe replace it with? I like the Ampeg but I can find it to be a bit thin at times and makes my distortion just a little bit too thin (could have something to do with the mid focus on Ampegs), it also can be a bit temperamental in how it sounds. Looking for something that's just a little bit bigger in sound and better to run distortion through, I've been looking at the SVT 7, the Streamliner 900, the Tone Hammer 500 and the PF500 but I'm open to any suggestions, just needs to be a reasonable pricey, portable and decent sounding! Cheers!

If you want cheap, the Mooer Shimverb isn't bad for it's price and I find it works well on bass too

Guy who plays in our practise space nabbed one of these for £50, had no idea it was as rare as it is!

Fuzzrocious Demon

Makes the Rat sound ten times bigger then it already is, GET THIS PEDAL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5yeUlj1_M0 Surprised Lou hasn't been mentioned yet, him and Lemmy are the first people I think of with a Ric

I'm tempted more and more by a Knightfall...

My band just finished recording our debut 7 track mini album/EP and we're looking for something cheap, affordable but ultimately good mixing. We play hardcore/post-hardcore kinda music, the guy that's tracked it gave us a fee of £700 for the entire mixing, the EP is about 30 minutes long. Anyone know of anyone decent?

Fuzz and distortion, absolutely Modulation, reverb and delays, I'd say no, you end up just playing an effects box and not a bass going into an effects box.