Steve Browning

Believe it or not but this rig and the drums all went in a Transit Connect.

Simple. Two. I didn't do this often but it was dead good fun.

I'll save terrible gig stories for another thread. As for accommodation itself, two word. Ibis, Budget. I was on a tour and was bunking with the singer (whom I had only just met). The beds (in a twin room) were separated by about 6" if that (or so he assured me 😉 ) but that was ok. Less ok was the fact that the sink was in the room itself, the shower cubicle opened into the room and the only privacy was in the (tiny) toilet cubicle. In fairness, we were ok but I wouldn't want to go through that again if I had any say in the matter.

This is the standard resource. http://www.21frets.com/

That would put it around 1986 and too late to be a JV or the silver series that followed. http://www.squierwiki.com/Serial-Number-Tracking

That reminds of the time when my new (then) Bass 400 and 2 x Diesel 2x15s were delivered to the shop and a guy tried a 335 through the entire rig. Let's just say it was impressive!! 🙂

Great review Dave and reflects exactly my experience. I went from Bass 400 in 1988, through 400+ to M-Pulse and didn't really notice any change in the sound at all (through the same Mesa 2x15 Diesel cab). The Subway 15's, again, sound no different to my (snare drum battered) ears.

Yup. Ultimately, nothing any of us says should influence what your ears tell you. Of course that (fact) renders this entire forum obsolete!!

Yes. I have been very happy with the results of mine. Very versatile piece of kit and has (what I think of as) the Boogie 'dna'. There's a sound that I've always found in Boogie gear - and that I really like.

My money's on Hugh Cornwell.

I have been a 2x15 player pretty much my entire playing life. My comment was mainly tongue in cheek but I have always loved the sound. Current set up is a pair of 1x15s and they're simply awesome.

Ditch the 10s and get another 15. 🙂

This is my band, Teed Up, on stage in Germany earlier in the summer. Some encouragement from some of the girls from a band that was on earlier in the day.

I daren't in case I like it.

Probably all spooked by the pre-gig shenanigans. Move on but learn how to co-ordinate at these events. Never under-estimate the value of the 'idiot check' at the end of the packing!!

I play in a blues/funk band and we took the decision to avoid bars altogether. There are a couple we do but we play blues clubs in the UK. In mainland Europe we do play bars but that is such a different experience. I would be with you on this. A case of 'with age comes wisdom'.

The oldest musical possession I have is my late father's 1937 Selmer Balanced Action tenor sax. I justify including it because I can get a scale of C major out of it!

The 55 hour last deadline passed without incident as many predicted. Rather like Scott Devine searching for air fares, I would only ever look at educational material in incognito mode (should I decide to start). As mentioned, I only have a desktop with no mic or camera so that is never going to be an issue. The assurance of the BC collective was most gratefully received.

Thanks all. I didn't know merely opening an email would do it. I have always known about attachments and never open them. I will take that on board. I should add I don't think I open them as such, the first line or two are visible. I opened this for the first time to copy the text (oops!!). I have F-Secure running on my pc and it scans regularly and works in real time so I am pretty confident I am as protected as I can be.

Ok, thank you. I will do exactly that.

Here's the email. For the record, I only have desktop and there is no mic/video connected (I don't even own such things) so my impression is that it's an attempted scam. Whats up! I'm actually a dude who currently possesses the access to your own system. I also have entire admission to your user account. We've also been keeping an eye on you for a few months now. If you are not familiar with this, I am about to make it clear. Computer virus provides me with complete access and {the total control of your notebook computer or perhaps any other device. Which means I'm able to see all sorts of things on the computer, turn on the cam & audio recording, without you knowing about this. Almost forgot, I do have your entire contact list plus your whole messages. And, how come your ant-virus could not identify spyware? To be honest, response is reasonably simple: My trojans uses the drivers, I renew the validations pretty much every four hrs to make sure that your anti virus continues to be silent. I produced a video showing how you take care of your self in one part of the screen, and the video you observed on the other side. With only single mouse click, I could mail the following footage to any or all your emails and social networking buddies. As well as i'll put up access to your own electronic mail letters. If you desire to protect yourself from that, forward me the total of $500 to my bitcoin wallet address (in the event that you have no clue the right way to accomplish this, just simply search: "Buy Bitcoin"). My personal bitcoin address (BTC Wallet) is: 3EmY35qvGqyTBwoA4V7riyBtniJG9WMFWp Soon after acquiring my payment, I most certainly will get rid of it and you won't ever hear from me back again. Now i am allowing you 55 hrs . (even more than A couple of days) o cover everything. I got a reminder placed on this note, and so it works when you are going to find it. Filing a complaint anywhere will not seem sensible considering that this letter simply cannot be tracked just like my btc address. I do not make mistakes. But in case if i'll identify that you've talked about the current communication with another individual, the vid ?s going to be instantly shared. Best regards!

I have had a nice email from a .ru email address telling me I've been hacked. I tend to think of such things more as scams as opposed to anything more sinister but I would be grateful for any advice from those who know about this stuff. I have an external drive I can copy all my data to and I'm not fussed about being in any way embarrassed by any great 'reveals' although I can't think of anything on the pc that would actually do that (a pic or two of me with a perm maybe!!). Any advice gratefully received.