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For all you Locked Out Of Heaven fans, don't forget to check out the cover by the great & lovely Marta Altesa on YouTube. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox74xe6l2Yg[/media]

Wow, welcome aboard Guy. I hope you keep posting. I saw your masterclass at the Mansons guitar show a few years ago. It was a real inspiration. A few of us caught up with you afterwards at the Mansons stand. I bought your book which is great and highly recommended. There is a picture of me on here somewhere playing Betsy. I regret not going to your standup that night in Exeter and will be keeping an eye out for another one of your gigs. I'm another big Floyd fan who's pleased to be able to share the same platform as one of my peers.

[quote name='barkin' timestamp='1366584193' post='2054619'] Always. Can't see jack without 'em, and wouldn't want to miss a jugfest.. [/quote] Indeed. We gig to watch the audience, while they watch and listen to us.

In our current bands previous incarnation we had the JAWS tune!

Another for Audacity.

Taxi driver for quite a few gigs, orgainse the odd gig, do the PA mixing during the gig.

[quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1366367484' post='2051489'] If you make a pigs bollock of the 1st 10 seconds, by all means, call a halt and start again, make a joke of it, but once you're in and going then keep going to the end, [/quote] +1 for this. Been there & got the T-Shirt.

It's an original late 80's Charvel before they were called Jackson. It's the 2B passive model with bolt on neck. Similar to mine but I have installed actives. Plays a treat.

We always have a few and keep changing them. Currently listening to the first 2 Stereophonics albums.

Welcome to the club. My EBMM 2 band eq Ray is still my go to bass.

There is plenty of Bowie on the box at the moment. Seen some great programmes recently.

This video has been posted before. I like it. The bass player is the guitarist who swaps with Gail Ann Dorsey for this song.

Never heard of Chordify, but sounds interesting & legal. IME all the official tab & notation books are far superior to almost all uploaded tabs.

I have only used an OC2 & the Ashdown octaver. IME a lot depends on the bass. Passive basses seem to track better. When using my Ray I will play further up the neck to help out. Any other passive vs active comments?

Come back to this thread after posting and reading later comments. In my post case my TE head will only send the effects loop through the post not pre. If you have effects and need them FOH then make sure they are in the signal chain that goes that way. Last time the engineer wanted pre I got rid of my effects loop and ran them into the amp input.

Post for our band PA as I have worked hard to get my sound right. I will then give it a tweek if needed FOH. If playing a venue with an engineer and another PA rig I would give him the option of either.

I do some backing vocals, but struggle to talk much at all if I try. I have fiddle with mixer sometimes, but only if I'm playing an open string or have a suitable gap.

Everything will need to go through the PA. Your amp should be ok as a back line. A 5K rig at least should be ok. Good monitors with plenty of power and 3 mixes would be good. A decent PA company should be approached by the event organisers who will suggest what rig to use. Give them your requirements such as line up for instruments vocals and monitor mixes. Good luck with it, outdoor gigs are a blast.

Well done. First April Fool joke I have seen today.

The 2 cabs give some options if you don't want the full on monolithic stack.

Status Quo are still going strong.

Joined the nickel club a couple of years ago and love them on all basses except my active Charvel which craves steel rounds.

[quote name='Jimryan' timestamp='1364411400' post='2026175'] Also, could all participants consider contacting their local press. Where's it's a relatively quirky idea, they tend to like it. It'll help raise awareness and in turn, hopefully raise some more donations. [/quote] That's a great idea. What we need is something we can give to them. Ideally a single link to the website or document that sums up what the relay is all about. I know you have prepared the bass relay rule and set that out to all participants, but i feel we need a press release type of thing. Could you sort something out Jim?

Check out Fast Freddies Fingertips. Some good songs and videos on YouTube.