Steve Browning

Maybe someone in Brighton should pay a visit. Alex appears to have gone missing for some time now.

For years I swore by having the cab standing only on its rubber feet. I used to have it taken out of its flightcase to facilitate that. When that case wore out I had a live in case made and had no foam under the feet to carry that on. Eventually, I had no need of flightcases and decided to put some castors on the cab. The result/? No difference that I ever detected. I would suggest that tipping the cab on its side might make an artificial difference because of the change in the dispersion.

14.8 if you sucked really hard!! :-)

Always liked the vibe of this one, about 30 years ago at the Crypt in Hastings.

Had a bad experience myself a few years ago. I won't give them any of my money ever.

I don't have the shirt!!!

The same one as in my signature pic. Just use it on special occasions now.

This might look quite good on paper: Played bass with David Gilmour; Been in the charts; Headlined the Isle of Wight Festival All this was done after the age of 30 (to counter the disillusioned youngster earlier on)! Oh, and I killed a man while playing the Birdies Song (did I mention that before?) - rock'n'roll.

Nuremberg - 1993. To answer the question - no!!

I'd give onanism a miss for a while too!!

It's Christmas Eve 1978. I am playing at Portsmouth Radical Club with a jazz/dance quartet. We launch into the Birdies Song and, about halfway through, there is someone waving at the other end of the dance floor. It becomes apparent there is someone lying on the floor. The drummer at this gig is a first aider and goes over and the floor clears. An ambulance arrives quickly and they spend a good 40 minutes working on the guy before they put him into a chair and wheel him out, he looks grey. The drummer returns and I say to him "you managed to get him back then" to which he replies "no, he was dead but they didn't want to cause a panic". Turns out the chap had had open heart surgery and been told to either take it easy and live a bit longer or just carry on and face th possibility of a major heart attack. He chose the latter. We played The Queen (as you did back then) and we packed up. So, I have killed and got away scot-free!!

I have told the story here before but I have killed a man by playing that.

You could always feed her some pies!!

No but it has a quality to it that a fretted doesn't. It will add a colour to your palette that only a fretless can. It's really whether or not you can envisage using it (unless you just want one which is fair enough in itself). I tend to find I can hear it working in songs that I didn't before and I think it's occasional use is well worth the cost.

Maybe he was playing with food poisoning.

Come on. He's rubbish on anything but a Gibson.

Have to say I'm not sure that is the best way. Maybe the band didn't like that line (it could be why the bass player left) and you might find they tell you to play that line all the time and you're then trapped. Must be better to be yourself and get the job (or not) as yourself.

Just one I think. Peavey 1810 cab, Single 18 and 2 x 10. Loads of bottom and top end but notes in between just disappeared.

Easy one for me. 1953 Precision and 1966 Slab Precision. Quite wish I had my 1966 Jazz too.

You could get an old Diesel cab for not very much. Ok, a bit heavy but they're awesome cabs. Here it next to the Subway 15s that replaced it (eventually).

I have used 2 x 15 pretty much my entire playing career. Started with a couple of 'lesser' cabs (Impact and HH) but the epiphany (or is that epiphone) was an old Ampeg V4 2 x 15. Wonderful sound and I went from that to a Boogie Diesel cab which I used for about 28 years until I bought my current pair of Subway 15s. I had a brief flirtation with a pair of BF Compacts but it didn't last long. They've always been my sound and I still love it.

Although my 50th is long gone, if I were treating myself to something it would be an early Stingray fretless.