Rich

Shut Up, Madness Sweet Child, Guns'n'Roses Old Man & The Angel, It Bites The Big Money, Rush Something About You, Level 42

I don't, consequently there's 3 minutes of my life I'm not getting back.

With all due respect, that's easy to say when you don't have to a.) set it up, b.) mod it or c.) admin it. We already get enough things posted for sale in the wrong sections as it is.

AIUI there are two types of Haggis, the Clockwise (short right legs) and Anti-Clockwise (short left). Which are more rare? And do they taste different?

So was this a gig, or a sub-plot from a black-&-white Scandinavian art movie?

Greased Lightning - Grease OST

Yeah, but that's what THEY want you to think. #flatearth #JFKwasarobot #lizardroyalfamily #ohFFSyouvejustsatonmytinfoilhat

This is all the proof we ever needed. wAkE uP aND sMeLL tHe sOuP, sHEepLe!!!1!!

My ska bass is my ultimate budget instrument. The initial Jazz copy was picked up for free as it was in a bit of a state. The EMG eq I'd had for more years than I care to think about, this is the 4th or 5th bass it's been in, so I'm not costing that. Likewise the Schaller pickup which has been in the spares box for at least 15 years. The major outlay was the neck, which was 50. Decal was a tenner, paint about the same, oil was a fiver. Chequer tape was 3 quid, the Trojan logo roughly the same. So it owes me 90 plus a lot of elbow grease. Admittedly my gig rig is expensive, but in theory with a big PA I could get away with the Behringer combo I use for rehearsals, which was 30 quid.

Smoke on the Water - the Purps

Last night was a 45 minute set supporting the Complete Madness tribute act at Melksham Assembly Hall. We did a blasting greatest-hits set (minus all our Madness songs, obvs) and though I say so myself we played an absolute blinder. Crowd loved it, we got loads of praise afterwards, we'd brought some t-shirts with us and sold the lot. We're getting a whole load of new followers on our Farcebook page this morning. Here's a couple of pics... god I'm really digging into that E..!

Score! What a bargain.

Oh come on, it's obviously the bit just after it goes dum-de-dum-dum "la la something" de dum, as any fule kno.

Yes. My favourite line in any song ever: "but it's hard to get by when your àrse is the size of a small country".

As a big motorsport fan in days of yore, the old F1 theme (that bit of F.Mac's "The Chain") is burned indelibly into my brain. Its first note is an A and I can make a pretty good stab at getting the correct pitch. EDIT: have just tested my theory by humming at a tuner, I was only a few cents out. In the absence of any sort of tuning device, it'll do.

Start! - The Jam

Oh god yes, Ugg and his greatest hit "ugg ugg ug UGG ug uggg". It's a classic.

Weird Al. Love 'im.

I remember an audition from many many moons ago, myself and another bassist turned up and we both did two songs each. I'd done my homework but the other guy very obviously hadn't, he was all over the shop. It also became apparent that the band were playing a bit fast & loose with it too. They called me next day and said they were going with the other guy because he lived a bit closer to them. 🤦🏻‍♂️

This is brilliant, I didn't know we had a Genz guru in our midst. Now I know who to page if I get problems with either of mine. I have an old Neo-Pak too, it's a great amp. Currently serving as the live room amp at my mate's studio.

Some nights, I wish I had a dustpan and brush with me to sweep up my bum notes. I can't help feeling that rather than being offended on their behalf, we should ask our female members what they think? When I was at tech college back in the mid 18th century, one of the guys there was an afro-caribbean fella named Alex; he was a bus driver doing the BTEC electronics course on his days off to try to get a better job with prospects (his words), being a drive he'd obviously been subjected to a bit of abuse in his time but he said the thing that offended him far more than the actual racism, was being told what he should be offended by... more often than not, by well-meaning white people. Remember the whole 'you can't call it a blackboard' and 'baa baa black sheep is racist' stuff? It made him absolutely furious, he said it was patronising in the extreme. As he put it, he was perfectly capable of knowing what pssed him off and what didn't. He was a lovely bloke and I really hope he went on to get the career he craved.

Ace of Spades - Motörhead

My 15" cab wasn't powered. Just huge. God knows how much an active one would have weighed..!