Cliff Edge

Bit of a Queen night on Sky Arts kicking off at 8 this evening with the 1986 Wembley Stadium gig.

Singing lessons? For a blues band? Interesting.

Same here. I have to confess to not being able to name a single bassist beyond McCartney and Wyman when I started playing bass. Probably shows you how long ago that was. And honestly I still couldn’t tell you who plays with what band, even if I am familiar with the name. I have often been asked who my favourite bassist is over the intervening years and I really don’t have an answer. I suppose I’m just weird.

A bit different to most of the artists in this thread, Rick Wakeman tomorrow evening in Bexhill on Sea. Almost an annual for us as he’s an old friend of Mrs Edge. And on the 27th. Peter Pan. Yes, really. The only show next year so far is Derren Brown in Brighton.

I always made a point of using the indicators whenever possible on my 3 series M sport. Loved the very audible tick tock they made. Happy that the current 1 series does the same. And whenever possible I make other BMW drivers wait at junctions. Does that make me a bad person?

Many moons ago I acquired a lump of wood in the shape of a Fender bass. No hardware, frets etc. just wood. We screwed it to the back of the van so it lay across the doors. Came out of a gig one night and some idiot had stolen it. They hadn’t even bothered to try opening the doors.

Thanks, found the serial number, B03721. Apart from a very nice example it was a wedding anniversary gift to myself. So doubly special. Just in case you all think bad of me, I bought my wife a very nice silver and gold bracelet in Tiffany’s the same day. She still wears it.

Great story. I would love to get my 1996 Stingray back, which I purchased in Manny’s a couple of weeks after the manufacture date. Sold it on eBay to a lady in Scotland, probably around 2000/2001. Also in a Hiscox case.

The one thing I don’t want to hear from a pub band is what every other feckin’ pub band is playing.

Very hot chili sauce might work.

My TriSound TSB 650, serial no. 119064 with Matsumoko stamped neck plate was dated November 1979, production number 64, by some Aria guru on Talkbass a few years ago. 1979 would appear correct as the headstock shape changed from Fender style 4 on the side to the more familiar Aria style 2+2 in 1980 along with a name change to Thor Sound.

Singers should be made to realise they sound much better if they don’t try eating the microphone. I had one singer who made his SM58 shield fall apart with rust. Fortunately for him replacements are available.

In the duo we have some 90 songs, and a typical gig will consist of about half that number. We change the set list every gig but obviously some songs will linger across gigs. We add new songs regularly, and some don’t last long. We play covers from the 50’s up to current.

My 2006 3 eq 4 HH bought 12 months ago off FB Marketplace for £1200, including a quality generic hard case, weighs 4.6kgs. Marginally more than my 1976 Jazz. Reasonably priced options are still out there.

Yep. Pretty sure Hank done it that way. Why 3 when 2 will do. But then again, Texas Cookin’ by Guy Clark. Just the 1.

Found this on YouTube yesterday, Fats Domino and his band playing Jambalaya live. Those guys were amazing, I have no idea who any of them were. The bass player never gives up and the sax player is extraordinary. And then there’s the guy dancing about in front. Show business at it’s best. Edit. Lee Allen and Walter Kimble, both amazing sax players

When I did mobile discos I did a few gigs on a US base. One night a rather drunk guy came up to me a number of times and slurred “play everything is beautiful” and pressed a fiver into my hand. Of course I played it every time. 1970 when I wore a younger mans clothes.

The Band. Reunion tour somewhere in London. Utter shambles. They should have stayed retired. Tangerine Dream last year in Bexhill. Convinced they were miming the whole show. The light show was good though. Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band, the most god awful racket from a show off guitarist. Had to leave at half time. Similar issues with Joe Satriani. Way too loud. The Mavericks back when they had a couple of hits. Shepherds Bush whatever it was called back then. We left before the end. More entertaining bands in the pubs.

Never heard of solid state drivers before. That review rates them highly.

Used them to listen to some Bob Seger while mowing the lawn this morning. Full noise cancelling mode. Could not hear the lawn mower at all and the sound quality off my iPhone was top notch.

I received a ltd edition Jean michel jarre digipack cd yesterday . Inside the cover there's a sticker which I had to point my iPhone to for extra content . That was a pita to sort out . It takes me to a website called Zatap where I had to register it . 😮‍💨 So now a bunch of other companies can send junk to your email address. 🙂

I have Big Singles in my Ibanez SR900 and they made a noticeable difference and sound very nice.

Yes they are, I was astonished at the quality of the music reproduction compared to my Bluetooth ear buds that I considered to be pretty good. I opened the box while watching TV and just stuck them in my ears without doing anything else and the tv sound just disappeared. I also couldn’t hear my wife speaking while sat next to me. Very impressive. 🙂

My daughter just bought me a pair of these Airpods Pro 2 as a pre Christmas prezzy. They are worlds away better than the ear pod things that came with the iPhones back in the day. I could never keep them in my ears and have several unused pairs in a desk draw as result. The sound quality of these is really excellent and the noise reduction is stunning. Just saying in case anyone is thinking of putting them on a secret santa list.

It’s a duo and we put a set list of around 40 songs together, different for every gig. That usually lasts around 2 hours and we don’t stop until the end. Unless there’s free food at some point in the proceedings.