Frank Blank

i did exactly this with a 90s thrash band I was in. We got back together 23 years later and did one gig. All our old punters came and we sold the venue out, played a blinder, had a gas, got paid and got it all on video for the Grandkids. Now, the important thing is not to take that one excellent evening and extrapolate that out into a fantasy of reforming, touring again or anything else, just do one night, hopefully smash it and then go back to tending your herbaceous border, if you let the event ignite your egos then you've had it.

Bad News Tour (1983)...

Another vote here for King Rocker, sublime. I believe my learned friend is referring to Bros: After the Screaming Stops, I watched this when it was first aired in 2018 and posted about it during transmission... ...I was kind of half way through doubled over with laughter when I realised the absolute tragedy of the poor twins delusion. Complete car crash viewing.

Artisanal vegan Fish Fingers woven from top notch tofu.

The Fish Fingers I paid £3.99 for in 2018 have gone off, go figure.

Paging @Bassassin

I play a fretless acoustic bass but had similar requirements as you. I try to get the fretless sounding as much like a double bass as possible. Both my fretted and fretless basses have piezo pickups so, again, I was in a very similar position to you. This depends on how much tone shaping you require. I have owned the Fishman Platinum Pro twice, it was lovely. The on-board compressor was particularly useful. If you want a cheap, reasonable pre then the Fishman PP is a good choice. Noticeably inferior unit to the Fishman PP IMHO I used the Fishman with several types of amp and it was fine with all of them. Unfortunately I was trying to avoid the baked in 'colour' of the amps EQ. In the end I went for a QSC K12.2, an FRFR powered speaker cabinet which was perfect for me. The last trad amp I used before going FRFR was an AER Basic Performer. I've just seen one on reverb for £599, I know it's a bit above your budget but if you can find one and afford it, it's the perfect set up. Once I bought one I noticed loads of double bassists using them at small and large gigs. Both the QSC and the AER coped with the piezo basses going straight in without a pre. I would say the advantage of an FRFR powered speaker is that you don't need a pre. Playing a double bass through any amp will colour the sound so you never really know what the uncoloured sound of the bass really is. When I plugged my fretless acoustic into the QSC at the shop to try out I was blown away. The QSC has a 'bass amp' EQ preset but I just leave it on 'Default'. If I had to play just plugged into the QSC I'd be perfectly happy, in all honesty I just go through a Grace Design Felix because I'm a tart.

Hmmmm, a 2025 gas list... Xenon Krypton Oganesson (headless) ...and maybe a nice Radon with a tort scratchplate

Well put that away and choose a bass 🙄

Jug.

You say flanger, I say flanjer You say flanjer and I say flanger Flanger, flanjer, flanger, flanjer Let's call the whole thing (a poncy phaser) off...

There's something wrong with mine (pics in post).

Gandhi made my top ten flautists, Ghandi, however, was arrested for impersonating G. Handi the infamous puppet thruster.

Ludovic Kennedy Lord Lucan Betty Boothroyd Shep the dog Timmy Mallett That bloke off Daktari Kirsty Wark Ben Kingsley Arthur Negus Roobarb

Nobby Stiles, I mean he didn't play drums or 'owt but... you know... Nobby Stiles.

Come With Me - Dennis Bovell & Dennis Curtis.

Bloody hell, Soul Coughing. The only band (IMHO) who released three albums without a duff track amongst them. I had no idea they'd reformed, good job I suppose as it saved me a flight to the US. I am praying they'll put out another album 🙏

And yet another excuse for...

You must have been in the bog... when he talked about Doctor and the Medics.