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I got the same guitar about six months ago and it really is excellent for the money. I've considered getting that amp too. I believe it is a clone of the Laney Super Cub 12

It has a very NWOBHM feel to it, which I quite like, but yeah, the vocals are very annoying.

That's a strange one. It's as if Fender were making a left handed offset body guitar, but someone forgot and carved the bottom of the body, for the arm, rather than the top. The bridge, trem arm, and pickguard all look homemade.

That looks great. I love the cracking on the sunburst finish

I prefer the pink one.

Basschat's very own Fred Dibnah

One bass, two electric guitars, one acoustic guitar...

Sounds great. Very cool to have Andy playing on it. Good luck with it.

Welcome!

I'm not in a band, but I would suggest making use of as much social media as you can. Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are the biggest ones, obviously. Tag in the venues. Use as many suitable hashtags as possible without making the post look messy.

I always thought Bananarama were singing "Robert de Niro's waiting, talking to Tanya" as if he was making idle chit chat with the receptionist.

I remember when I started playing bass at first, CBS era Fenders were generally regarded as a bit crap. I'm sure there some decent ones, but from what I read QC wasn't great. Nowadays, any old 70s Fender is almost revered like the Holy Grail and commands a fortune.

I saw them live a few years ago. They aren't really my thing, but I don't mind their music. The best bit of the gig, for me, was when they played the old bluesy stuff. He really is a very good guitarist.

I always thought it was "thumb police"

Sister Sledge - We Are Family "we're making love in a Femidom"

Photos?

Over on Guitar Chat (shut up, they aren't that bad) that I got two free bottles of Grolsch beer with a couple of straplocks at the weekend. @Dad3353 reminded me that you can get these basschatlocks

I thought something similar - "with my manchirons". No idea what a manchiron is. Malachy McCourt (brother of Frank of "Angela's Ashes" fame) wrote a book called "A Monk Swimming", based on the same mondegreen.

I don't go out in Belfast often, these days, but as far as I can see the live music scene seems to be picking up. There are the established venues, like The Limelight, but in recent years venues like Voodoo, The Dears Head, The American Bar and The Sunflower have been hosting live music.

Nobody really. A mate and I started a band when we were about 15 or 16. He was on guitar and I was the singer, for want of a better word. We had a school friend's boyfriend on bass, but he was older than us and had different musical tastes, so I ended up taking on bass duties. I suppose Peter hook might have been an influence as we did a cover of Transmission, but we also covered Peggy Sue, Sheena is a Punk Rocker, House of the Rising Sun and Therapy's cover of Isolation, so there was quite a mix.

Go on, a quick peek won't hurt. 😈

Was it just me or did anyone else find something umm, alluring about Nurse Ratched? 😍😏

It certainly isn't the heartfelt "X-Factor" hands.

Yeah, I only remember downtube shifters, though I have seen cheap Chinese bikes on eBay with similar, modern versions of these.

I often chuckle at the memory of a band in a Barcelona bar singing "Moostaaang Sallee..." 😄