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[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1459795544' post='3019763'] I only looked at the last 20 - is Ian Paice in it? [/quote] Yes he is.

[quote name='RockfordStone' timestamp='1459764545' post='3019243'] indeed, and i think in a lot of cases it turns out to be the case... but some of the comments here would have us think that only a special few ever get anywhere [/quote] I'm not exactly the most motivated person in the world but the band I was in the longest was a start up originals band & we were up & gigging regularly within three months, and that was all over the UK, not just locally. I know lots of people who are in start up originals bands who are playing live regularly. A friend of mine in Dublin has got four (at the last count) originals bands regularly gigging & recording.

[quote name='Rich' timestamp='1459763703' post='3019235'] Meg White is on the list, Dave Weckl isn't. Neither is Vinnie Colaiuiaueiauta. Pointless. [/quote] Colaiuta is at #49

[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1459695505' post='3018676'] I just happened to hit the section where he was talking about practicing slowly rather that at normal speed. That's something that has never occurred to me and makes so much sense. Definitely gonna give that a try. [/quote] Really? I thought that was pretty much standard procedure, start off slow & build up to full speed.

Generally speaking an active bass into a passive input will just give you more gain. Depends on the amp & the output of the active circuit as to how much. There's an older thread that goes into it in a bit more detail here: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/178776-does-active-and-passive-inputs-really-matter-in-a-bass-amp/

Brilliant, great experience!

Wow, that's a bargain!

I know there are a few Irish members on here so I said I'd post details for the guy. Also, the stuff might be put up for sale so it might appear on Ebay or something.

A friend of a friend of mine had a load of his gear stolen last night at a gig in Dublin. The guy's name is Brian Hogan & here's a list of what he had taken (copied from his Facebook post this morning): [size=4][color=#000000][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Hey folks, Brian From ‘Kíla’ here, got my gear nicked last night from Chamber Street Dublin 8.[/font][/color][/size] [size=4][color=#000000][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Can you all keep an eye out for the following please![/font] [font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Electro Harmonics C9 Organ Machine[/font] [font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]LINE 6 DL4[/font] [font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]TC Electronics Arena Reverb Pedal[/font] [font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Tube screamer[/font] [font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]EH switch blade A/B pedal[/font] [font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Bugera tube bass amp in a Gallien Kruger 2x10 ‘wedge cab[/font] [font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Fender delux yellow tweed, looks vintage but isn’t[/font] [font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Warwick 2x10 cab[/font][/color][/size] [size=4][color=#000000][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Thanks[/font][/color][/size]

Hiscox all the way.

In my experience Spector Euro necks are a lot chunkier than a Jazz bass, with the exception of the Doug Wimbish Signature model that has a more Jazz profile neck.

I saw him years ago with The Zawinul Syndicate - excellent player.

That's nice. Love a bit of LPB.

To be honest my ideal pub would have neither football OR music.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1459337334' post='3015525'] I'm not sure how big the fair and festival business is on your side of the pond. Here in the States, festivals and fairs are huge in the Midwest. As a matter of fact Milwaukee is also know as the "City of Festivals" As you know we host Summerfest, the world's largest music festival since 1969. We just made Paul McCartney an aggressive offer to open it this year. We had The Stones last year. Anyway, share what's coming up on your bands horizon. Share some details on what you've got booked for festivals & fairs and how you got the booking. Blue [/quote] Lots of festivals, probably more than there's ever been, but we don't have the State Fair thing over here that you do over there.

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1459336431' post='3015509'] maybe build yourself a manshed or rent a room somewhere? [/quote] No room and/or money to do either, and this won't change now I've had to give up work on medical grounds.

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1459331847' post='3015448'] In a word: no! ...but then I'm probably off kilter to many here in that I don't create music by playing in a band - I do so at home, in my own time, on my own terms, collaborating with people I like working with, when I choose to do so. My music gets played, sometimes even paid for. And none of my listeners (nor even my collaborators) know what I look like. It's like a double life alongside my day job. Which suits my circumstances perfectly. Those are the benefits, for me, of being an antisocial, isolationist, musical hermit I known this approach is the antithesis to what many of you seek from playing gigs (it's obviously nothing like live performance). But you could very easily consider it an option in addition to playing gigs... if you're in need of creative satisfaction that you're not finding elsewhere. There's then the option of taking your best material and forming a band to go and play it out, which is what I plan on doing once the kids are a little older. There are so many ways to make music these days. I've written tracks using the phone I'm typing on now. So don't let a lack of fellow musicians get in your way. Just DIY! [/quote] You need the space & the quiet to be able to do this though, and that's something I ( and I'm sure many others) haven't got. Working on my own music on my own is the ideal situation for me, but it's just not possible in a tiny terraced house full of people & animals. I bought myself some basic recording gear to try & do it but it became obvious very quickly that it just wasn't practical. In two years I've only managed to record two finished things, and these were rushed because I had to do them in the very short & infrequent periods of time when I have the house to myself. I end up rushing, making mistakes & then as a result I get angry & frustrated. No fun at all.

I've felt the same as the OP for a large part of the 37 years I've been playing, to the extent that I just don't really bother anymore. I still enjoy tinkering with guitars & basses, but the actual writing & playing of music became an unhappy, frustrating chore for me.

[quote name='Jimbogubson' timestamp='1459288331' post='3015246'] Is it a pre classic classic! Definitely 93 though. He bought it new and keeps the receipt in the case. Was there just one standard spec around this era apart from the eq? [/quote] I'm no expert on Musicman stuff, but I believe the Classic range was introduced a few years back and was meant to be a recreation of the earlier, pre Ernie Ball basses, and also a new 5 string model with the same characteristics as the four string. So your 93 will indeed have some of the features that the Classic range has, but it isn't a classic. I'm sure one of the forums many Stingray fanatics will be along shortly to tell me I'm wrong.....

I've bought stuff from them many times & never had any problems.

[quote name='Jimbogubson' timestamp='1459285296' post='3015203'] Cheers mudpup, it's all there really isn't it! So going by what I've just skimmed through, my brother in laws stingray is a classic. 2 eq, figured neck etc. Enjoy your bickies! [/quote] If it's a 93 it won't be a Stingray Classic, they are a much more recent addition to the range.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1459280985' post='3015134'] If he is an alcoholic, I'll give him the benefit of it being an illness.. but I'll still only give him one final warning... [/quote] The OP didn't state that the guy is an alcoholic, and in my experience alcoholics are too clever with hiding it to get so sh*t-faced on a gig that they're falling over.

[quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1459275078' post='3015053'] I've taken out posts with a Wiki link in. Sorry we can't have anything that might be potentially libelous. [/quote] How can it be libellous if he wrote it himself?