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    50 mins by train
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    Spent a little more money on gear than I should have done recently type bump
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    I’ll take it mate, can you PM payment details Chris
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    In fact, it will go very nicely with the Pino in more than just colour
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    [quote name='johnbiffa' timestamp='1508505258' post='3392653'] Oooh, now Chris do I need this ? [/quote] Ha ha, you won't know until you try it John, but I'd hazard a yes
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    Love it, great stuff, I will catch you live one day for sure, even if I have to get to Leeds. And of course, 'We Are Not Devo' is the only name a self respecting Devo tribute could use
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    It reassures me hugely that a DEVO tribute act not only exists, but thrives. The world can't be all bad after all
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    [quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1508437349' post='3392249'] Shame but think they could have found another band who look and sound the same...? [/quote] You'd have thought they'd have the condition under control?
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    To be honest, there's probably a few relatively non-criminal types who'd half-inch a double bass for the pure comedy value alone. I won't point fingers or name names but many such wags are to be found in our higher education system
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    [quote name='borntohang' timestamp='1508492830' post='3392520'] Pssh 'do we dress up'? This isn't amateur hour, spud. [/quote] Absolutely brilliant. Do you do weddings?
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    [quote name='borntohang' timestamp='1507800217' post='3387998'] Can report from personal experience the DEVO tribute is a better runner than you might expect. On the other hand, we don't need the competition so actually it's a terrible gig and you shouldn't even think about it! [/quote] Made my day Would love to see you lot at my local on a Friday night, do you dress up also?
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    Nik, I'll very happily take those if you're happy to hold them until I can arrange collection? Chris
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    [quote name='haimesy' timestamp='1508264558' post='3391009'] Year , month and week ... YOB bass for me. [/quote] Ha ha, likewise, a good week clearly
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    [quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1508433215' post='3392201'] My thoughts exactly... Welcome from Herts [/quote] Could have been worse, could have been called 'drummist'
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    Welcome from Canterbury. Hell of a brave username for a bass forum BTW
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    I remember the days when if you listed one of these for sale you'd have 40 PMs within a minute, with prospective buyers offering their cars or wives as security or '64 Precisions in exchange. I certainly don't think I ever saw one last an hour before being ripped from the hands of the seller by a rabid tone-seeker. So what happened? Unquestionably the gold standard of tube DIs, built like something that could probably have won the Cold War, and impossible to lose even on a poorly lit stage due it it's singular redness. But no takers?
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    [quote name='roman_sub' timestamp='1507471282' post='3385661'] a few more shots would be good - suggest detail of body paintjobs and also of the fretboard lines [/quote] [quote name='Jackemmings' timestamp='1507481905' post='3385764'] Thanks for the advice, will update this evening. [/quote] Hey mate, I think you'd do yourself a favour if you posted more pics. I'm interested in a fretless MM and would love to buy this, but the neck looks a little iffy in the photo above, poor de-fret I could live with, twist in the neck I couldn't, although this might just be the way the photo appears?
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    We put up with it for years and learned to play with a slack drummer, simply because he was also a mate. Think The Who did the same according to an interview I read with Entwhistle
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    [quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1507824326' post='3388240'] Or it could be the old trick of when you play a bum note always play it again so people think it's an "arrangement". [/quote] Damn, I thought that was my secret. Did pretty much a whole gig doing exactly that on DB, and was offered a Jazz gig immediately afterwards
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    [quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1507809851' post='3388094'] Ahh.. it's jarring to me. I've just checked and he does it on the original, too. It must just be me.. [/quote] Ha ha, there's a track on Street Legal by Dylan where the bass player plays a howler, it drives me crazy, but no-one else can hear it. Which of course means everyone else is just not as discerning as us
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    [quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1507801446' post='3388008'] I think there's a difference, 'rehearsing' means doing something in order to prepare it for performance, playing with mates for the pleasure of it is an end in itself. Both equally valid, but to my mind, a rehearsal is playing with gigging as the goal. [/quote] Which was exactly my point Dave, although perhaps not as clearly made
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    [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1507796936' post='3387960'] Rehearsing is fun partly because it is intended to lead to a performance; rehearsing for its own sake would get very stale very quickly. [/quote] One man's 'rehearsing' is another man's 'playing music with mates for the pleasure of it'
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    [quote name='Lysdexia' timestamp='1507760590' post='3387858'] It's a load of fun. Which is a tremendous value - playing for the joy of it. [/quote] +1
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    [quote name='blue' timestamp='1507751280' post='3387790'] Again, personally I don't see that and I don't get the sense anyone here is suggesting anyone is any less of a musician if their not gigging. We all gig and don't gig for different reasons. One of the primary reason I gig is to bring a little happiness to people when the work week is done and they merely want to relax, have fun and a good time. We had a marginal crowd at best Saturday night. But there was this one older women who looked like she hadn't been out for a while. She was smiling, totally focused on the band rocking in her seat. Just watching her puts why I gig into perspective. Blue [/quote] Nicely put Blue. Wish that was my experience
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    [quote name='Dan Dare' timestamp='1507734440' post='3387598'] Why does everyone posting here seem to be insisting theirs is the only right way? Some like to play for its own sake with a few pals, some like to play for a living, some like to do the occasional gig, etc, etc. So what? Different strokes for different folks. I've played as a hobby and for a part and full living. I'm currently back to being a hobbyist. I enjoy it. End of. [/quote] It's a forum. End of
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