BillyBass
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So the Guitarguitar price is £1079, discounted from £1149, which it 'was' beforehand. As this has been on sale for less than 24 hours, how many minutes was it priced at £1149 I wonder? -
🤣 Arsenal's karma. Ask your wife what the George Graham years were like. Arsenal used to have a song: "One-nil, to the Arsenal..." Known to be really boring but then Arsene Wenger came along and everything changed. Ok back to bass stuff...
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I was at a Spurs-Arsenal match at White hart Lane many moons ago. We were winning 2-1 but Arsenal were battering us, Van Persie, in particular, was constantly in and around our box knocking shots in. The last 10 minutes of the game were particularly painful, we were just hanging on. I called out to the people around me, "Is anybody enjoying this?". No one answered but one of the other season ticket holders, seated in front, looked around at me with a really pained look on his face. We had all paid good money to be tortured. Gigs are better, even if no one dances.
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I'm an ex Spurs season ticket holder. I don't think it's possible to go to matches and also play in a band; too many gigs are on match days. There isn't enough time, to do both and also go to work. I chose to drop the football, I enjoy music more.
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And I was just starting to like you😞
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No it ain't. I support Spurs. To understand my pain you would have to support them too.
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I recall @dclaassen mentioning in a previous thread that you had just moved from the U.S. to the back end of nowhere and were finding it very tough to find bandmates. Well it looks like you found some and if you have 20 songs down you all must have had plenty of rehearsals already. A gig booked is great but you haven't got a drummer, so unless you find one soon the gig isn't likely to happen. I can understand you might want to persevere, as its often difficult finding non-flaky bandmates, even in London, but if the others aren't on the same page as you it's going to be painful. Like you mentioned above, a frank discussion would be a very good idea.
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Conveniently for you, Merchant City Music are in Glasgow. If you want a certain Reverend in a certain colour, I would call them.
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That's quite a story, reminds me of Constable Savage from Not the 9 O'Clock News fame.
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? tried googling that but nothing came up. Enlightenment required sir.
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Pick or Fingers … ongoing dilemma!!
BillyBass replied to BassAdder60's topic in Theory and Technique
My default is using a pick but certain songs we play sound right, to me, with fingers. I have come to the conclusion that in a covers band, playing songs written by different bands, keeping the bass tone constant isn't important. -
We're playing the Flint Cottage in High Wycombe tomorrow evening.
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I will admit I had a slight preference for the Mercalli sound over the Decision P when I tried them both out in Merchant City Music. Both sounded good, but the appearance of the Decision P swung it for me. The sort of music my covers band plays suits the Decision P well too. I would imagine Reverend decided to retire the Decision and bring out the Decision P due to the Decision looking a bit odd, with two mismatched pick ups.
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I bought some headphones from them a couple of weeks ago, and the 'bass basement' in the adjacent shop has a fantastic selection of basses.
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This lovely amp is for sale, as I now have 4 heads and this won't get used as much as my others. Its output is 350 watts into 4 or 2.67 ohms and 175 watts into 8 ohms. It has a nice form factor, fitting neatly on top of my Barefaced One10 and it appears to be in perfect condition. It has two contours, one a mid scoop, the other a warm lower mid bump. The EQ has a semi parametric mid knob. The DI has buttons for 1) ground lift, 2) pre/post eq and 3) mic/line level There are 1/4" inputs for 'Aux in' and headphones, so it's a great little practice amp as well as a gigging amp. Currently these only seem to be available from Bass Direct, who charge £499 for a new model, so this is a bargain. I live in Barnet, close to where the M25 meets the A1, so if you live in the London area, or Herts, Essex, Beds or Bucks, I'm not too far away. More than happy to let anyone come over and try it out. Collection from Barnet or postage is possible as I have the original box and foam inserts etc. -
My missus thinks I'm not a good listener and I don't understand her feelings. If she was a bass she would know I am a good listener and I know how she feels.
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Bit crap on the music front is Southwark but up there with Hackney for violent criminals.
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I was born in Hackney borough, as were|: Sid Vicious, Charlie Harper, Marc Bolan, Paloma faith, Leona Lewis, half of Iron Maiden, Buster Bloodvessel and countless rappers and DJs that I've never heard of. The Kray twins and Dickk Turpin were also born in Hackney, so we have a pretty good selection of famous violent criminals too. Edit: Mr Turpin the highwayman, Basschat sensor doesn't like his name.
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My dealings with them over the last few years have been positive, even when I've had to get replacements for faulty stuff. Just recently visited the shop in Glasgow; it has a basement dedicated to bass!
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Seems to be a compressor, not a pre amp. Looks about the same size as my Spectradrive and is certainly bigger than the M81 But thanks for taking the time to reply fellas.
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Too big for what I currently want a pre amp for but should I dust off my larger board I might try out some Tech 21 stuff.
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I'd never heard of these. The lack of DI isn't necessarily a deal breaker as I could always just get a stage bug but that ups the price. They don't seem to be available on these shores at the moment anyway.
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You are probably right. Having a small board is quite convenient with the tiny 'stages' we play on but a bigger board would probably fit in most of the time.
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You'll have to let us know how you managed this. I had a pedal I sold to someone on here go missing and never managed to get in touch with a human.
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McCartney's Lost Hofner - The Project to find it.
BillyBass replied to Buddster's topic in General Discussion
They should tell him to go around all the Cashconverter shops, its probably been gathering dust on sale for £50 for years.
