Rich

I must be very lucky, I've never had an amp that was actually terrible. In fact the only truly awful piece of kit I've ever had was the Ashdown Freebass wireless that I owned for about a week. Now that thing really was a waste of components. The most disappointing amp I've had was I suppose probably the Delta rig I had for some time. 300w head (I couldn't afford the 600) with a 1x15 cab and a 2x8 on top. Excellent preamp with a nice sound but never seemed particularly loud, and oh my word that 15 was a huge and heavy old beast... almost as deep as it was tall. In the end the weight got too much, especially considering the lack of power it seemed to deliver. I suppose you could say its heft-to-kilo ratio was pretty dismal. Looked like this.

I have a Skoda Octavia hatch. In the boot I can get my BF Super 12, 4U rack case, folding sack-trolley, rucksack containing FX and leads and so on, Hercules bass stand, music stand if required, bag containing stage gear, and gig bag containing Sire 5-string and associated stuff... all with the back seats up and the parcel shelf in place. That boot is like the Tardis. I would recommend an Octavia without hesitation.

Generals and Majors - also XTC

Prior to my fitting, I used some of this stuff for a couple of weeks and then made an appointment with my GP practice nurse to get my ears 'syringed' (it was actually more like a warm pulsing jet-wash). It worked a treat. I think the Otex would possibly have done the trick on its own, in time.

Me? Not ruddy likely. Modern music, it's all too loud. And you can't hear the words. Bah. Is it time for my nap yet?

Yes mate, it was the very same one this thread has gone full circle! Glad it's ok and I hope it serves you as well as it has me.

https://fb.watch/bt2lPgPTlp/

What's the Hurry? - Marianne Faithfull

Oh god yes. Daniel O'Donnell makes Chris de Burgh look like Freddie Mercury. My ex-wife went to see Japan back in the day, she reckoned David Sylvian only moved twice during the entire set: once when he walked on stage to the mic stand at the start, and the second when he walked off stage at the end.

Maybe it's just my interpretation, but I was of the impression that pete's "you" was very much non-specific. I don't think he meant you personally.

Already done -- in Red Dwarf, Holly invented 'Hol Rock', where he decimalised music (having ten notes instead of eight—although he admits that this would result in "piano keyboards being the width of a zebra crossing, and women being banned from playing the cello"). His new scale went "Doh Re Mi Fa Soh La Woh Boh Ti Doh".

Relight My Fire - Dan Hartman

Similar here, with the ska band anyway. I listen to it, play along with it, then write my part out for rehearsal & practice. Sometimes if there's a tricky part that I can't quite make out, I'll check out a few tabs. And yes, most of them turn out to be wrong in one way or another. Some are total works of fiction. With the soul band, our MD does all the arrangements so we all get sheet music for our parts. He knows I'm not a reader, so bless 'im he puts all the note names along the stop, like this. I can follow a chart quite well now even if I can't tell what the actual notes are. Name that tune

Pass The Peas - JB Horns

Too Drunk to F**k - Dead Kennedys

I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying - Sting

Just Can't Get Enough - Depeche Mode

Unskinny Bop - Poison

Oops, sorry, yes that's right. *ahem* NO, OF COURSE THERE IS NO SECRET HQ. THERE IS NO CHAMPAGNE OR CAVIAR. Phew. Nearly gave the game away there.

Well the champagne in the fridge at our secret mountain-top BCHQ doesn't buy itself, y'know.

I'm hoping this one will last if I can keep the feckin mice off it.