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Occasionally have the luxury of using an Ampeg V4B into a SVT810 at my local rehearsal studio. On very moderate volumes it sounds a bit like a tiger purring. Would love to try it at full blast one day. But at a combined weight of 13 stone it's totally OTT for pub gigs.......isn't it?

Played a wedding reception in a big echoey village hall. Early finish due to noise restrictions. Nice piece of homemade cake waiting for me when I got in. Best bit of the evening!

The Tourists version of I Only Want To Be With You - always makes me smile.

Played there a couple of times in the last year. The limiter is set slightly off centre so you can angle the pa away from it and it doesn't seem too sensitive. I set it off the first time but cutting the bass a bit solved that and second time we didn't have a problem. We're a fairly quiet four piece but we could have turned up a bit and still had some headroom. There's a fairly regular crowd there and they do like the standards so that could be another reason for the request. And don't be surprised when the place empties at about 11:30 as everyone goes to a bar around the corner!

Sex, I am very ashamed to say, on Fire.

My usual set up is a Hartke LH500 through a modded Hartke VX115. I also have a stock VX cab, bought really cheaply, as back up. It rarely gets used but on occasion I've taken both cabs to a gig. Total overkill I'll admit but for pose value it's hard to beat. And it reminds the guitar player who's boss.

[quote name='gary mac' timestamp='1407585208' post='2522023'] If you about on the Friday night, my lot DefunkT, are on at the Lord Haig, we wanted the Sunday off. [/quote] Sorry can't make Friday. Have a great gig.

Anyone here got a gig at the tour? Post up where and when and I'll try to come along and have a look/listen.

Apologies in advance for name-dropping. Was out with the rock and roll band on Saturday playing at the dinner dance of the sports club that Mrs Street belongs to. Our lead guitarist is no longer with us so we needed a dep. Our rhythm guitarist casually suggests his mate, who met on a campsite in France earlier this, a certain Mr Alan Warner, of The Foundations fame (chatters under 30 ask your parents). Who agreed to do it! So there's me on Saturday, the original weekend warrior, playing with a real live, professional, gigging proper musician, trying desparately to keep the error count in single figures. Think I got away with it, Mrs Street is still talking to me, and we may have another booking from it. Alan himself is a real gent and still a great guitar player. And I worked out that if you play an eighth note walking bassline for a version of Johnny B Goode that goes on for 5 minutes at 130bbm, you play 1,300 notes - which may explain why my hands ached the following morning.

Basses can have 5 strings??? What crazy nonsense is that.

May I be the first to suggest a Geddy Lee Jazz.

I can recommend this guy - did a nice job on my Crate last year [url="http://www.mphguitars.co.uk/contact.html"]http://www.mphguitars.co.uk/contact.html[/url]

[quote name='ShergoldSnickers' timestamp='1337509381' post='1661003'] I started a [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/176700-new-eu-cookie-law-web-not-biscuits/page__view__findpost__p__1658062"]thread[/url] about this - together with a link to the regulations, and a method of compliance... although it may not be directly usable with the forum software. The thread did seem to wander off topic a little though. [/quote] Sorry mate, didn't see your thread until after I'd posted. I like your solution but think it may be a bit too much for a site such as Basschat, where (as I understand it) you can continue to rely on implied consent, as long as there's a clear signpost to a plain-English explaination of the cookies used. I deliberately didn't post on Off Topic as I thought it might not be taken too seriously, especially on a Friday evening.

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1337391616' post='1659361'] Yes, that's what I imagined too. Who is policing this law though? [/quote] It will be policed by the Information Commissioners' Office (ICO). I can't imagine sites like Basschat are going to be on its radar any time soon but I thought you should be aware. [quote name='Hamster' timestamp='1337377535' post='1659207'] We could just add a line of notifying text in the joining T&C about joining the site is giving explicit permission for the website to store cookies etc [/quote] Putting something in the T&C's for joiners probably won't be enough as you have casual vistors to the site as well. If you want, when my employer puts its solution live I'll send you a link and you can see what we're doing - which is about the minimum you can do and be on the right side of the law. But as I said I doubt you have an urgent issue but just something to have on the to-do list.

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Sorry if I'm trying to teach anyone to suck eggs, but you may know that there's been a change to the law around cookies which will start to be enforced from the end of this month. All owners of websites that use cookies we need to make changes to their site - and that includes this one. I've been doing some work on this for my employer. Unfortunately no-one's come up with a definitive solution, but the attached article (from a fairly well respected organisation) sets out the position very clearly and the suggested solution will (in my view) be ideal for Basschat. I'm sure that there are many people in the Basschat community who know far more about this than me, so apologies if I've got it all wrong - only trying to help!

Excuse me for being very lazy, I could probably find this out by doing some research, but.............. Most octave pedals I've seen produce a note one octave below the note you play. Is there a pedal that produces a note one (or two, or three) octave(s) above you play? I've been lucky enough to try a 12 string bass (low E plus 2x high E etc) and it sounded amazing. As I can't afford (or probably play) such a beast I was wondering if I could get a box of tricks that might replicate the sound?

The defining feature of a GL Jazz is the neck - very slim, painted on blocks and binding, and Geddy's moniker on the headstock. So whatever this is, it isn't a Geddy Lee.

Auditioned this afternoon for a working covers band. They sent me their set list, I picked out the dozen or so I knew, they asked me to learn two more. Went along, played the two new ones and a selection from the stuff I knew. Bit of give and take on both sides. Can't say fairer than that really.

Would like to get there if I can but does depend on date and location - gigs and holidays already booked around that time. My kit's not the most exciting - Geddy Lee Jazz, Hartke LH500 and modified Hartke VX115.

This guy is very good. He plays bass which helps. [url="http://www.martinsguitars.co.uk/index.htm"]http://www.martinsgu...co.uk/index.htm[/url]

[size=4][sub][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=6][size=5][size=4]Great gig last night. Was at the Water Rats in King's Cross in London playing at the local hospital's staff Christmas party. Maybe 150 people in all getting very drunk. A short set of originals went well, and then the place erupted when Elvis took to the stage and we backed him for a half a dozen 50's rock and rollers. The guy (who works at the hospital) does it semi-pro and he's excellent - the crowd loved him. A quick break then a dozen covers - all real cliched stuff (Mustang Sally, SCOM - which got a big cheer as we started it - Stones etc) but the crowd were up and dancing. Then more mayhem when Elvis came back on (in a red glitterly jumpsuit with cape!) for a 'Vegas' set. Finished up with a couple of Christmas songs (It's Chriiiiiiiiiiistmas!). It got a bit ragged to towards the end (we were on stage for over nearly hours and tiredness and a couple too many beers came into the equation - but not guilty, your honour) but it was a real fun evening and I'd do it all again tonight if I could.[/size][/size][/size][/font][/sub][/size]

Not as mad as that, but I did audition once where I was specifically told to learn the second half of the supplied set list (which I did) only to spend the evening busking my way through the first half. Got the gig, though!