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[quote name='OldGit' post='589283' date='Sep 3 2009, 11:54 PM']Which September? [/quote] ROFL! 2 weeks time, booking the train ticket asap .

I will be picking it up Saturday 19th September!

[quote name='thepurpleblob' post='589085' date='Sep 3 2009, 08:39 PM']Yeh - the acoustics are terrible. They have huge inverted mushrooms suspended from the ceiling which are supposed to help but it's still like an echo chamber. I think quite a lot of work has been done since I was there so maybe it's better. It's just the wrong shape really.[/quote] well, if it was good enough for Sigue Sigue Sputnik

[quote name='thepurpleblob' post='589059' date='Sep 3 2009, 08:15 PM']I've played the Albert Hall. However, not the bass. I played Xylophone in a brass band competition (which we won by the way). Not cool Good luck with that..... it's actually a hell of a lot smaller than you think it's going to be.[/quote] Does the Albert Hall have a reputation for bad acoustics?

my Tech combo has played the Albert Hall. Not with me though, it used to belong to Squarepusher. Hope it works out for you.

just to clarify - is the guy doing set ups, in addition to the set up master classes, as discussed on page 8?

don't forget to post the finished bass in the Iceni thread. You too Spoombung! [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=58362"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=58362[/url]

[quote name='The Funk' post='579759' date='Aug 25 2009, 12:55 AM']Syphilitic Kumquat Obama? I don't think I'm very good at this. [/quote] tea --> screen moment Sounds like the kind of album Frank Zappa would do if he was still alive.

[quote name='coasterbass' post='580427' date='Aug 25 2009, 04:55 PM']HA!! This thread is now ranked No.2 in the google search for 'Minster Lovell + Wedding'. [/quote] in which case I ought to impart some knowledge of great importance. It wasn't me

Blues name generator. [url="http://www.outliermusic.com/jokes_bluesname.htm"]http://www.outliermusic.com/jokes_bluesname.htm[/url] Apparently I'm [i]Blind Fingers Jones.[/i]

Jeff Pilson's live sound on Dokken's Beast from the East. I do realise it probably has more to do with the album producer, than him or his bass or amps. Also I want that sound from my fingers and not the pick like what he does.

Nikki Sixx. not his playing, more the running about, throwing shapes and posing.

[quote name='ahpook' post='578220' date='Aug 23 2009, 02:44 PM']deffo not WD40 ! [url="http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=27515&C=SO&U=strat15"]switch cleaner[/url] is what you're after[/quote] looks like the stuff. is it ok for use on guitars too?

what is the spray I've seen people use on amp knobs when they go a bit crackly because of dust. I'm guessing it's not WD-40? Ta.

side LED's. What's the point? Front ones on the board do the same job and have better posing potential for the punters and any other colour than pink is overated for LED's too

Here's the Iceni thread. [b]Post your Zoot's, Funkmeister's, Performers, custom build's, etc.[/b] I'll start with my custom Zoot which even MacWifey didn't want me to sell The original commision was for a bass built with every component as heavy as possible. The guy who ordered it believed heavy = better tone. I got it from VMax Blues, and the guy he got it from was the 2nd owner, who had a new neck (still made by Mike at Iceni) put on it. I have since had a new body made by Mike, put on it, and had it faffed and re-fretted by The Bass Gallery dudes, as the neck had LED's but they had been removed before it got to me. American swamp ash body maple neck with rosewood board brass nut 2 x Iceni Heartland HB's 3 band EQ, blend, vol passive/active switch Strap locks and a drop D thingy.

[quote name='teej' post='572367' date='Aug 17 2009, 11:21 PM']Street Performance with Red Jackson, Guildford, last Saturday (15th Aug). Arrived bright and early and bagged our favourite pitch (towards the bottom of the hill) before there's any sign of anyone else in town. After the other guys arrive I notice another act halfway up the hill. Eventually we realise this is the ultra-loud tasteless Polish violinist we've heard so much about: backing tracks and a seemingly endless Beatles medley. It doesn't make any difference to us, to be honest, except that we have to play a bit louder than usual: he's set up facing down the hill playing directly at us, even though, or maybe because, he's seen us there. We play across the street. It starts a little slowly, the town isn't very busy yet, but after a while we've got a good healthy crowd. Then a dumpy little Special Constable turns up and wants to make trouble for us. Our front man, seeing him, continues chugging along on a one-chord boogie and announces over the mic that we couldn't possibly sell any CDs today, because that's not allowed, and we're all law-abiding musicians, so the only way we'll get paid is from tips; he reinforces this several times and the crowd gets bigger and bigger, throwing us tips and waiting to see what's going to happen next. We wind the song up and Mr Plod attempts to read us the riot act about all the things we're doing that we're not allowed to do (in fact we've been busking in Guildford for 15 years without a problem, and have been on excellent terms with the Town Centre Manager who gets calls from people wanting to book us). He gets roundly jeered by the crowd who are watching us, and tackled by an annoyed well-spoken gent who points out to him that he's a 'Community Support' officer and the community is enjoying our show. It turns out that he wants us to move because we've been here for more than 2 hours (in fact we've only been playing for about an hour), and he says we've got to move up the hill. Frankly we don't want to do that, so as he leaves we move down about 30 yards and sell a stack of CDs to people who've followed us. Then as we're setting up, so the violinist arrives with all his gear on a trolley, clearly he's been sent to this pitch by the copper, but we've beaten him to it. He now has no pitch and hangs around for a while watching us before heading off. The copper hovers halfway up the hill watching us plying our trade and building a new crowd all over again, but clearly he's had enough and doesn't bother us again. Several real police officers walk past without a second look (we never seem to have a problem with real police, only the community ones). Well, we're on fire after all this and deliver a couple of blistering sets, our 2 new numbers: 'Iko Iko' and 'Choo Choo Ch'Boogie' are going down really well and look destined for inclusion on the next album. By the end of the day we've made a very good, well-above-average wedge, and shifted lots of cards. I think young Mr Plod did us a big favour: he got us a lot of attention, a big sympathy vote AND ran our main competition out of town! Thanks geezer [/quote] I didn't think that Community Support plods had any official authority? I know you are under no legal obligation do anything they say.

reminds me of the kind of thing Hamer used to do. Are you coming to the SE Bash, would love a play?! BTW what case have you got for it?