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[quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1485476609' post='3224340'] Cheers chaps. It was a quiet night. Only a handful of people there. January bites. Although I had my own kit with me and I had turned up before time, the music had started early and so I didn't feel it wise to set up while the stage was occupied. I got called up to play the "house" bass. It was a Fender P of some description or other and I didn't really have any affinity with it. I stood and played for a bit with the singer-guitarist organiser but we didn't have any common ground on song titles. No matter. The twelve bar blues served well enough. Chatting afterwards we've arranged a few numbers to have in hand for the next time there is a quiet night. It's a weekly thing so in fairness I should attend for at least a few weeks to get an idea of what the "busy" nights are like. More to come. Give it a week or two maybe. [/quote]you are a braver man than me, I'm way out of my comfort zone playing stuff on the fly, or 'winging it' they never seem to play songs that I know (how to play, that is), at these sort of Jam sessions the same songs do seem to crop up a lot

DR Neons (green or pink), guage? whatever's cheapest, must admit can't tell the difference, but then I use a pick and it's probably all in the fingers

let me know how it went, been thinking about trying this one out, I play acoustic guitar and my partner limited drums for open mics, got something else on tonight though

depends entirely on what crowd are expecting, we are a punk (covers and originals) so none of the above, about the nearest we get is Ballroom Blitz, the Damned version. Stuff like Pretty Vacant and Ever Fallen in Love always go down well, basically Punk hits

wasn't the SMX just the preamp? then they bolted on different power amps, I've sot a SMX 12 EQ with an AH200 power amp

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1485184159' post='3221861'] Mickey Bradley, bassist from the Undertones, became a local BBC radio presenter. My mum sometimes gave him a lift to work. [/quote]yes but he still plays with the Undertones, always a great gig when I see them

yep, keeps happening to me off and on, doesn't seem any pattern to apart from it's always on Basschat

[quote name='Downdown' timestamp='1485113539' post='3221229'] John Deacon reportedly gave up music altogether after Freddie Mercury died. And what about that guy in The Troggs who went into researching UFOs - or was that just the drugs? Personally, I can understand why people decide on such a big change, especially after being so successful as in Deacon's case. Life is short and it seems a shame to focus just on one thing, unless that's the only interest you have I guess. Nico Rosberg is another example (though not musical obviously) - has achieved what he wanted from one activity and decided to move on to new things. [/quote]the guy from the Troggs was Reg Presley had a keen interest in UFO corn circles but carried on performing with the Troggs till shortly before he died, AFAIK, saw them on a few occasions, always good fun, made a shed load of money when Wet Wet Wet had a huge hit with his song Love is All Around

Fergal Sharkey, after leaving the Undertones and a short solo career, didn't leave the music industry, but worked for some Government QUANGO to do with the industry bit never performed again AFAIK

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1485112665' post='3221217'] According to most advice these days one simply can't gig or even jam without at least all of 400+ watts [/quote]well I manage quite easily with 200 watts, I'm coming to the conclusion that class D watts aren't as loud as what has gone before, or it could be they lack 'heft' and just don't sound as loud, no doubt someone with a lot more expertise and knowledge won't agree with me, but that's been my (limited) experience

[quote name='project_c' timestamp='1485075606' post='3220835'] Lots of people live in small apartments with no storage space, thin walls and have neighbors really close by. Those people tend to live in big cities where they have to use public transport to get to gigs and carry everything by hand, and many of those gigs are in tiny venues where loudness and power are not much of an issue as sound quality. As long as they sound good, they should do well with these. [/quote]I would have thought a light weight combo would have been a better bet under those circumstances, no amp to carry or store at all

[quote name='LayDownThaFunk' timestamp='1485077298' post='3220845'] I've got no arms so why don't you man up? [/quote] [quote name='Rich' timestamp='1485077883' post='3220853'] I love macho posturing, it always makes me laugh. [/quote]sorry lads, thought people would realise my tongue was in my cheek by that point

must admit I don't understand this preoccupation with light weight heads, cabs yes, but heads no, I've got a 200 watt TE SMX head that weights 13Kg, easy one hand lift, even my missus can carry it, come on lads man up

a badly run pub stands out a mile when posters advertising gigs that have gone are still up, amateurs, same with out of date facebook pages, it's not rocket science is it?

sounds like what I've got, it was diagnosed as Arthritis I also have trouble gripping things (like undoing jar lids), doesn't effect my playing too much (I play with a pick) and fortunately hasn't got any worse recently, the specialist said they could never tell how bad it's going to get, might not get any worse, but it's very common in somebody my age (60+), thanks Doc, I just take a couple of paracetamol when it gets worse than usual

[quote name='2elliot' timestamp='1484843600' post='3219031'] The pedal looks useful, not sure about the head, okay as a home practice amp? Unless that's true TE watts. Bring out the big guns please. I want power. Heavy TE power. [/quote]yeah if it's old TE watts it'll be more like anybody else's 500 watts, but a class D? I'd be very (pleasantly) surprised

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1484814062' post='3218607'] A good few bands are just getting panned here, merely because people don't like the band. That is not the point of this thread surely. There are a good number of worshipped albums that I could easily diss because I don't like the artist. The real test of this thread is for those who are actual fans of a band's or artist's work to say that a particularly well regarded album is somewhat lacking in their opinion. So, with that in mind, I like the people who produced the following works, but the albums listed are overrated IMO. As ever YMMV: Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits (not a patch on the first 3 albums) [/quote] I think Brothers in Arms is the best Dire Straits album but then I'm not a fan of overblown guitar solo's

anybody mentioned Tubular Bells yet?

[quote name='markstuk' timestamp='1484747056' post='3218021'] /my settings/manage attachments... [/quote]cheers, done it

[quote name='markstuk' timestamp='1484743095' post='3217964'] [attachment=236124:16114406_1419435388088787_1860711975646707034_n.jpg]Are you sure you've not hit your upload limit? If you have then clean out some old photos and/or link to a photo sharing site.. [/quote]how do I clean out old photos? I didn't thing I'd uploaded that many, 30mb seems a very small allowance

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[quote name='Low End Bee' timestamp='1484730406' post='3217781'] This is too easy. We all have stuff we don't like. Anything by, etc... More interesting would be crap critically acclaimed albums by artists we do like. I love the Clash but I can't stand Combat Rock. Pretend arty fartyness with Alan Ginsberg, Spliffed up Strummer songs rambling on and that bleeding Should I Stay Or Should I Go fluff. [/quote]did I mention Sgt Peppers? oh yeah, and Quo's Rocking All Over the World, loved the albums before that one, then they introduced keyboards and got a 'producer' in, and he turned the bass down, bastard

wouldn't say it's crap but probably my least favourite Beatles LP Sgt Peppers

[quote name='geoham' timestamp='1484670716' post='3217361'] Apologies for the old thread resurrection! I'm driving down to Skegness for this! I've taken the kids to Butlins before, so I have an idea what to expected. I'm quite a big fan of Steve Harley and he hasn't brought his full band to Scotland for years, so making a weekend of this. My friend and both our wives are going down. About £450 for the weekend - not bad for three nights entertainment and accommodation. We've not heard of too many of the bands, but we've looked up most of them on Spotify. Moreland and Arbuckle sound decent - will make sure I catch them. Should hopefully be a decent enough weekend! [/quote]they're good value weekends, enjoy, avoid Cleethorpes though

[quote name='uk_lefty' timestamp='1484665702' post='3217296'] My guitarist loves come together by the Beatles and wants to open shows with it. People just stared blankly at a festival when we opened with it. [/quote]I think that happens in every band, you just have to except that no matter how much you personally like a song it just doesn't work, We've had the same thing with the Ramones Bonzo Goes to Bitberg