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Thanks Jack - will check those out! There are so many excellent Bowie videos on YouTube these days that, for fans like me, it's been so interesting to get an insight into how some of his albums were made. But more generally, it's so cool to hear from those Producers who were there when some of those great, classic albums were made. As well as enabling the artists they produced to be the best they could be, people like Martin and Visconti were very talented musicians in their own right!

Such a cool insight into the artistic process... Needs to be watched in conjunction with this though to keep things in perspective:

Not sure if this helpful or not, but thought I'd share it just in case... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55752541

I love this thread - it's like a thousand thousand Hail Mary's for those of us who've ever felt a tad guilty about our Bass Acquisition Programme over the years... 😁 @Merton - that Status Groove was a quality bass! Wish I still had it (famous last words round here of course). Naturally, I blame @ped and @Kiwi for setting up this cloud based porn shop in the first place ... "I'd have never, ever purchased all that bass gear if it weren't for them, your Honour..." 😩😁 Back on topic, I can't remember all the basses I've had since I got my first Woolworth's special as a Xmas present when I was about 14... 🤔 ..But I'm guessing it's at least 10(0). 😉

Just bought a Zoom H4n from Pete @mybass who as ever, was an absolute gent to deal with! Highly recommended to one and all on Basschat, not just for this though but also for the incredible basses he builds and for being a great guest at the South East Bass Bash in 2019! Oh - and before I forget, he's a pretty nifty player too.. 😁 Thanks Pete and stay safe & well until next time. Nik

Yep, me too Chris! Apologies to the OP but @Paul S 's post and your link to the 4 Yorkshire Men Python sketch (one of my all time favourites) have had me in absolute stitches.. 😂😂

Brilliant, Paul! 😂 Back in 2012, our keyboard player selfishly fell in love with a beautiful Australian girl and buggered off to live in that shanty town called Sydney on the other side of the world.. The upshot of which was that I decided I needed to change my rig to 'fill out the sound' in the band a bit more now we were down to just guitar/bass/drums. So, I picked up 2 empty Peavey 115 cabs and with the very kind help of @Chimike, fitted the cabs with 2 pristine Altec Lansing 15" drivers which, to my ears at least, sounded great with my Hughes & Kettner Bassbase 600 amp. At the first gig with the new rig at a pub very near to me, a load of mates and work colleagues came along to cheer us on which was great... After about half an hour things seemed to be going brilliantly and I was feeling very chuffed with the bass sound.. Then out of the corner of my eye, I noticed that our Office Manager's husband made a swift exit for the door, leaving behind an unfinished pint on his table which was a bit strange as I knew he liked live music a lot and his beer. So after the first set had finished, all very concerned like, I went up to her to ask what had happened and to enquire if her husband was ill or something.. Turning round, she looked at me dead straight in the eye and said he had to leave because the bass had made his false teeth fall out! 😬😁 Best gear compliment I've ever had! 😂

Good question! I currently have 3 rigs, 0 rehearsals and 0 gigs and zero prospect of that changing soon. Proof that I was never good at maths, ratios, algebra, budgeting and forecasting.. 😁

Hi Dave, I can imagine the Ampeg /Berg combination was an absolute joy! A few years ago, I used a Mesa Big Block 750 with a Berg 212 and that was a really punchy rig...

That's my kind of rig right there! 👍😊@dmccombe7

Wow! 👍

Awesome vibe in that room...! 👍👏👏😊

The infamous Bromley contingent...