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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..!

@terryj Here's the text from the original ad. I'm reluctantly selling my 5 string Sandberg nighthawk plus, a wonderful bass. Read the review in issue 402 of bassplayer magazine, quote " the nighthawk plus is one of the finest basses we've ever played with a neck to die for" I bought this new from Thomanns a out 18 months ago and gigged it once due to the pandemic and is in A1 mint condition, with a Sandberg gig bag, it retails at around £1850/ £1900. Unfortunately finances forces sale. £1450.00

I bought one of these for my ska bass and am very pleased with it. If the specs suit your needs then I can recommend it. Obviously the headstock needs shaping but that's an easy enough job. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/274973283843

Me Myself I - Joan Armatrading

Solitaire - Neil Sedaka and Phil Cody.

I've seen a lot of comments on US sites/pages suggesting that it is just a re-badged Peavey Mini Mega. I can only assume they're looking at a different Peavey Mini Mega to the one I'm seeing, because apart from the EQ having 4 bands I can't see much similarity at all.

Moon Over Bourbon Street - Gordon Sumner

Smells Like cat pee Teen Spirit - Nirvana

Channel Z - B52s