12stringbassist

Me too. And to stop any sweat for a second by giving my hand a shake.

Cancelled and reordered at £15.02. In no hurry for it. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0062747835/

Mine was due yesterday (from amazon), then it failed to arrive and new date is 'Arriving 22 Feb - 22 Mar'. Anyone smell a rat?

That is exactly right..... The full article is on my website... http://www.crazeeworld.plus.com/ian/toolsandboxes/index12.htm We are better mates now that we don't play together. He had triggers on his drums and I played his drums for him, apparently....

I saw them twice, Manchester Free Trade Hall, Jailbreak tour and Reading Festival 1977. They were incredible. They had it all and then Lynott injects himself in his feet to hide needle tracks and leaves two kids behind. A sad end.

I bought a Fender Player P last year, but they wouldn't match the Rich Tone online price, but went a good way toward it, same with the Player Jazz I bought the next month. In Salford, it only appears to be certain guitars that are unpriced, but still quite a lot of them. When a £2k Telecaster looks like a £700 one, price tags would avoid disappointment.

I must say that no price tag = no sale for me.

I was there on Dec 16th, watching this lot. Fortunately, no fools tried to interrupt.

Godley and Creme - Freeze Frame album

Rick Parfitt - Living my life without you.

Yup... £22.51. Trigger pulled.

Cheap Trick - Manchester Arena Cheap Trick - the Cavern Club, Liverpool That last photo is being used by Classic Rock.

Again, NOT my gig, but I saw Cheap Trick at The Cavern, Liverpool.

Not MY gig, but it was fabulous....

His gear has been found.

1. Fuse sled - This contains a fuse holder and shows the currently selected voltage rating for your Model 3500/5500. Make sure the voltage rating is correctly set before powering up the amplifier! Fuse ratings are 10 amp for 115 vac and 6.2 amp for 230 vac. Has anyone got a link to the correct replacement fuses just in case?

I have had a couple of messages about my Blackstar rig this week. I apologise that I can't now answer the questions, as I returned the equipment and got a full refund. I am now no longer a Blackstar Artist.

I think having the bass(es) that you need to do the gig and good quality, reliable gear is everything. Add that to being in the right band with people who you fit in with and who play well together... On the other hand, add in rubbish gear into the equation.

This weekend my old band, The Kerbcrawlers, reconvened after a 10 year gap for two shows. We had only one rehearsal - the night before - as one of our guitarists went to live in Spain 10 years ago. The rehearsal was particularly hairy for me as my bass amp failed on me (once again - the manufactures had an email the next morning about this) and I had to plug into the PA, but we got through it and came away very happy. The first night was at The Boulevard in Wigan and we got a decent crowd of friends and family down and had a nice evening playing two sets both well over an hour each. It was just a really great evening - a different atmosphere from your usual gigs. We supported The Quireboys once in a small theatre gig and had that rare level of audience concentration and appreciation. We played really well that night. Everything fell back into place and muscle memory kicked in. The second night, we played a local venue and had to cut our set lists really short to clear the stage and make way for the DJ, who started at 12. We also didn't have that much of a crowd - because of boxing on TV apparently, but we were doing this gig for us. Various cameras failed on us and at this point, we only have the one song from the two nights, though we are expecting some audience footage to be passed to us soon. We really enjoyed the get together and don't expect to be doing it again as full shows.

The 'frontman being shy' thing... Similar to the poster's experience, an old band of mine were rehearsing a set and got a cancellation gig at a top local venue. We had to think up a band name at short notice then order the set list. The main singer / guitarist obviously hadn't done any prep on this and froze after the first song at the actual gig, which was totally unexpected. He just looked like he was scared stiff. A quick hiss of "talk to them" just got me a panicked look and I had to step up and put my best Noddy Holder impersonation into place. I have been doing it pretty much ever since. Not the end of the world. If the lead singer doesn't want to do the chat, someone who has no issues with it can take over. It always amuses me, watching Cheap Trick - they have the world's best singer - a very very capable speaker between songs at his own shows -- and guitarist Rick Nielsen talks to the crowd at the gigs.

I should use this more often....

I'm looking forward to seeing it myself. The backlash in the press about it seems a bit ridiculous. What do people want?

Never gig without a spare.

My understanding is that the P Specials with the Standard logo were built with USA pickups.

I have gone too far...