SteveXFR

Surely just different set ups for different purposes. If you're music best suits a simple set up then why buy any more? It worked for Lemmy so who are we to argue with that? If you're in a doom band where a dual amp set up with a ton of effects is needed then why not? There's some great sounds to be had with a range of effects.

The Cornford amps sound like Marshalls but cost twice as much. I really want an all valve head but can't justify it at the moment

That sounds too much like my last band experience. They'll get that album released by the end of the century.

Bloody should be better for 20 times the price. Somehow I doubt it's even twice as good let alone 20 times. It is 20 times uglier though.

No, they wouldn't play anything as common as a Marshall, they had Cornford amps. Basically, they saw that most bassists who play arenas use Ampeg SVT heads with SVT 810 cabs so obviously that's the only acceptable thing for me to use. They asked which famous bassists use solid state Orange amps (that's what I use) but they'd never heard of Sergio Vega (Deftones), Troy Sanders (Mastadon) or Geddy Lee (you know).

I've been booted from one band. I knew it was coming and was fine with it but the way they did it sucked. It followed an argument about the two guitarists insisting I needed to buy an Ampeg SVT classic, I said maybe after some gigs when I know how things are going but they insisted it had to be straight away. They then booted me a few hours later saying it was because they wanted to play 3 gigs a week and knew I couldn't do that. This was back in January this year. No one is getting 3 gigs a week at the moment let alone a new band. I'd rather they'd just been honest. As it goes, the drummer quit shortly after and they've not replaced either of us or played any gigs. I did get a text from one of them last month asking whether I'm in a band now, obviously I told them I am and playing four gigs a week.

I've got both and have no preference either way. The only time I'm reminded that one of mine is neck through is when people comment that they're surprised to see a neck through Epiphone.

There's definitely some great basses that cost bugger all used. Some of the old Peavey's like the Zephyr are superb and can be had for a couple hundred squids. I much preferred my old Zephyr to my Fender Jazz which cost 3 times as much.

I think you misunderstand petrol heads, most love a basic, no frills hot hatch even if they do own a super car. I'm quite a fan of the Suzuki Swift Sport, wicked fun little car and dirt cheap. The Fiesta ST is fantastic fun as well. My car is one of those stupid fast cars and while you'll use a fraction of its speed on the road, what is fun is using the monster midrange grunt to fire it between bends on a twisty B road. There's also track days Nurburgring trips and V max top speed events. There's also the fact that a car with 500+ horsepower makes for an extremely relaxed motorway cruiser. There are some car snobs but I'd say they're less common than instrument snobs. I've experienced more reverse car snobbery with people ranting at me about fuel consumption and too much power etc, etc and telling me I should get a sensible car, I have one and it does 90% of my miles.

They're just weird

People with inverted basses are peasants

If I was looking for a combo, I'd probably go for an Ashdown MAG 300. They're pretty cheap, not too heavy, bombproof and sound decent.

Maybe I'm guilty of a kind of snobbery. The reason I don't own a P bass is that they're so popular and I want something different. I'm starting to realise that a P bass would probably sound great for what I'm doing right now so maybe I will get one.

Both his basses were stolen earlier this year so he's now just got the one Jazz bass. Sounded pretty good. The old dude can really play and looked like he was having a whale of a time .

Gravedigger Song - Mark Lanegan Sorry for two in a row but I couldn't decide on one

Funeralopolis - Electric Wizard

I did have the Crush 100 and found that wasn't loud enough but it depends on how loud the rest of your band are

Never judge a player for having a cheap bass. Alice Coopers bassist uses an Epiphone Thunderbird Alvin from UK Subs uses a Squier Jazz as well as his Fender and he is fecking brilliant. Matt Freeman from Rancid has a Squier P bass as his backup and he's one of the best bassists in rock. Mike Kerr from Royal Blood still uses his budget Gretsch Electromatic even now thar Fender give him their top kit. Judge them by how they play, not what they play. Just because someone is skint doesn't mean they can't play and just because they've got the money for fancy kit doesn't mean they can shred.

Foals, Skunk Anansie, Pigs x7 and The Damned are the only redeeming features I can see other than the lack of Coldplay.

It's been awful every year since Emily Eavis took over booking acts.

But European bands touring the UK only have to pass through one border while British bands touring Europe have to pass through several (rarely all 28, more like 5 or 6). I guess it now makes more sense to tour the US instead of Europe.

Isn't brexit more an issue for British bands touring Europe than for European bands travelling to Britain?

Bad Religion in Bristol tomorrow night. Tickets booked in 2019, completely forgot about it until a few days ago.

Fear of the dark - Maiden

Beauty school - Deftones