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[quote name='crez5150' post='982425' date='Oct 9 2010, 11:49 AM']Status Hotwires DBE 35-120 (5 string) Status Hotwires DBE 35-115 (4 String)[/quote] 35? big girl's blouse

I used Warwick Reds for ages, 40-130, but I've made a big change to 45 gauge nickels. I've been experimenting with various brands... Fenders seemed nice but they stayed bright for seconds, D'Addario XLs were better. Just for a giggle, I thought I'd try the ultra-cheapo £9-99 Stagg nickels from [url="http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/strings/bass_guitar/stagg"]Stringsdirect[/url]. I tell ya what, you would be amazed at just how good they are. One very sweaty gig, two long rehearsals and a studio sesh later, they still sound just as good as when I put them on. Ten quid for a 5-string set. Absurd bargain.

[quote name='urbanx' post='981607' date='Oct 8 2010, 02:19 PM']All the way, 50 Miles North to Cambridge. I like the way they also played on the "We only have a small guitar amp" card, [b]hinting that they'd like to borrow our guitar stacks too[/b]. (Note: All of these email assume both head and cab when they say 'amp')[/quote] That hadn't occurred to me, but yes it does rather look like it. Oh dear. They're going to be a bit quiet, aren't they?

Oh I like that... [i]"We're travelling up from London [/i]{to where?} [i]so only bringing ourselves and breakables and one smallish guitar amp. Can you guys get a bass amp?"[/i] Right. So a bass amp isn't breakable then..?

[quote name='risingson' post='979988' date='Oct 6 2010, 10:30 PM']Miles Davis, The Beatles, Janis Joplin, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Fleetwood Mac, The Byrds, Jimi Hendrix, Genesis, James Brown, Stevie Wonder. Lady Gaga, The Killers, Tiny Tempah, Pixie Lott, Rihanna, Justin Beiber, Taylor Swift, David Guetta, the cast of Glee. The consumer has got lazy and considerably more people are willing to put their faith in some television based competition like X-Factor for their musical pleasure as opposed to actively seeking out new music, that's what's changed. Not that they have much choice in the matter anyway.[/quote] Please, [i]please[/i] tell me you aren't drawing any sort of similarity between pub/club covers bands and the bloody X-Factor...

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='980445' date='Oct 7 2010, 12:32 PM']Oh jeez, didn't mean to open this can of worms... I was just merely commenting on the individual threads for every single performance of this tours. Level 42 don't particulalry move me that much but I do appreciate it for what it is. Bring back Boon! Oh, and despite what was said in the other thread, [b]MK has never sounded better than he did with his Spitfires [/b] - despite going through Crashdown![/quote] I'll go along with that. I liked the GB sound. Far, faaaar better than his current sound. Yeeucchh.

God, you know what? I've just realised something amazing. Get ready for this... [i]...I don't reckon we all like the same stuff.[/i] Incredible eh? Can we just take it as read that a lot of people hate Level 42, and move on? An endless stream of 'Yeah I agree, they're sh*t' comments is about as interesting as Ann Widdecombe's sex life.

I'm of the opinion that punk should have been taken outside and shot in 1979.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='980382' date='Oct 7 2010, 11:43 AM']I'm of the opinion that 80's music should stay there.[/quote] Good for you.

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I presume the Knackered Old Hits were still there, propping up the end of the set? Fascinated by this sudden appearance of the TC gear, especially with the bling Ashdown head being quite so recent. Wonder why he's not using that?

[quote name='Marvin' post='976560' date='Oct 3 2010, 11:27 PM']Did you attend the live performance given by Papa Brittel at the Anchor? It was truly superb.[/quote] Papa Brittle? Blimey that's taking me back... What year was that? They supported my band in Reading once back in 87. I remember them being a bit tasty.

[quote name='AndyTravis' post='974623' date='Oct 1 2010, 09:25 PM']Mark King...[/quote] ...or Flea?

Ah, excellent. I'd been wondering how much longer we'd have to wait for another thread telling us that covers are a pointless exercise and that those of us not in 100% originals bands are just wasting our time. You're right of course, I don't know why I bother doing it. Oh hang on, yes I do. BECAUSE I BLOODY ENJOY IT.

[quote name='maxrossell' post='973512' date='Oct 1 2010, 07:40 AM']Whenever any of us get offered a gig we make damn sure the others can do the date before we commit to it. Apart from anything, that's the only logical way to go about it.[/quote] Absolutely +1. It's their huge cock-up, let them chase down a dep for the gig. It'll be their fault alone if they can't do it. Keep your ears open to make sure you don't start getting slagged behind your back for 'commitment issues' or refusing to do a gig.

Hold On I'm Coming, with slow gradually building piano intro.

[quote name='Dave Vader' post='971863' date='Sep 29 2010, 04:59 PM']And I'm thinking a MuppetMan Sh!tray decal ought to finish it off.[/quote] Yup. This, we like

I reckon 3+1 is the way to go.

Jamiroquai, KTT and Ray LaMontagne on the same show? Will deffo be watching that one on Friday.

Lucky escape Joe Back in 1987, my band played a Thursday night gig at the old Majestic club in Reading. After the gig, everything -- drums, backline, instruments, the lot -- got loaded into the van to go back to the lockup ready for our Saturday night at the Red Lion in Brentford (RIP). Saturday night... the van arrives at the Lion, and we start piling everything out. Drums, backline, keys, guitar, ba... hold on... where's my Wal? Not in the van. Frantic phone calls... it's not in the lockup... it's not at home... not even at my mate's house... In desperation I call a mate who I knew was coming to the gig, and asked him to go to the Majestic and see if it was there. In the mean time, I rushed over to Tempo Soundhouse in Hanwell, where resident diamond geezer Lawrie Keys was kind enough to lend me a bass after I gave him my sob story. Rushed back to the Lion... call from Simon... relax, the bass is at the Majestic. The club's manager found it in its case, left behind after the Thursday gig, and locked it away safely. Simon screams down the M4, arrives with smoking tyres 5 mins before we go on, and reunites me with my baby. From then on, it always came home with me. Coincidentally, that was the night I met my ex-wife.

Pounce on it immediately. I'd say that even if i wasn't an overjoyed Shuker owner.

'Ida Funkhauser'? Yes, I would have too. [size=1]I hereby apologise for the gratuitously sexist nature of that comment. Couldn't resist though [/size]

If I needed a gig, and a tribute band came along, and it was music I enjoyed playing, and they were good, I'd join in a heartbeat (as long as I didn't have to go wearing a wig or spending thousands on 'authentic' gear). Toyed with joining an Eagles trib a while back, until I heard them... If I needed a gig, and an originals band came along, and it was music I enjoyed playing, and they were good, I'd join in a heartbeat. If I needed a gig, and a covers band came along... oh, you know the rest. A gig's a gig. As long as I'm playing and having a good time, what the feck.