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    Auditioned a grumpy Hammond player a couple of years ago for an originals outfit I had going at the time. Despite having had over a fortnight to learn three songs he kept coming in with the wrong chords then waving his hands for everyone to stop & telling us WE were playing the wrong chords. We weren't & the audition didn't last even an hour before I told him we'd be in touch. Got home to an email from him with bullet points on where we are going wrong as a band, culminating in him saying he didn't want in! Pr1ck. Also auditioned a guitarist some years back for another originals thing. He was ok, then halfway thru the second number emitted a horrendous shriek of pain. His hand had visibly swollen & stiffened up so we suggested he get it sorted & come back another time. He refused & said he'd soldier on - he spent another hour or so trying to play but clearly couldn't & it was awful, never seen grimacing like it. Halfway thru my drummer cracked up & was trying to hide his laughter which set me off & we ended up pretty much laughing in the face of a guy who was obviously in a lot of pain. Just horrible. Said drummer still mentions 'Old Hurty Hand' from time to time XD
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    Was chatting with the missus last night (must remember to do that more often) & the conversation turned to my recent bass acquisitions (actually scratch the above). Tbh tho it was pretty lighthearted & we ended up coming with different names for GASeous states. It passed the time & made us chuckle so I thought I'd share. Chip in as & when Natural Gas - the requirement to purchase something that you actually need, like a replacement for knackered gear or if bassless/ampless etc. Trapped Gas - an urge for gear, likely outside of the Natural Gas category, which just won't subside. Gas Leak - trying to keep an imminent purchase on the downlow from your partner but getting too excited & letting it slip, a little bit. "Have a quick look at this on Basschat...isn't it lovely?" Controlled Gas Leak - gear purchased on the downlow is incoming & the time has come to gain a partner's implicit agreement prior to impact. "I got in touch with that bloke on Basschat in the end JUST to ask if he'd drop the price IF I could buy it & he said yes..." etc. Methane Gas - gassed for ages for something, get it & it's a real stinker. Fracking - perusing for sale ads for ideas for new & unneeded acquisitions due to money burning a hole in the pocket or inability to cope with no recent acquisitions. Deep Horizon - spending a load of dosh on unneeded gear which leaves the mortgage in jeopardy/makes the kids go hungry/results in eventual kneecapping.
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    [color=#141823][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]2005 MM SR5H in natural/maple. It's been gigged so not immaculate but VGC. Has the 3 position pickup selector (series/parallel/single coil) which makes it more tonally versatile than the 4 string Stingray. Action goes way low if required. Neck is a dream. GAS'sed for one of these for ages, got this & realised that I'll probably always be a Jazz & Precision man. Comes with original MM hardcase & strung with new D'addario Nickels.[/font][/color] [color=#141823][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Bass is located in Cardiff. Would prefer local sale but will ship at cost. Cash only ta, no trades.[/font][/color] [color=#141823][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Specs:[/font][/color] [color=#141823][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]MAKE Musicman MODEL Stingray 5 CONDITION pre-owned 2005, very good ORIGIN USA BODY WOOD(S) Ash COLOUR/FINISH Natural, gloss lacquer NECK/SCALE LENGTH 1 piece, gun oil finish, rock maple, bolt-on, 34″ scale FINGERBOARD Maple, gun oil finish WIDTH AT NUT/12TH FRET 44mm/63mm ELECTRONICS 1x MM Humbucker, MM 3 band EQ. Controls for volume/treble/mid/bass. 3 position pickup selector switch. HARDWARE MM chrome plated bridge with stainless steel saddles, MM open-gear vintage style tuners, LOXX straplocks WEIGHT 9.8lbs / 4.5kgs CASE MM fitted hardcase[/font][/color] [color=#141823][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][url="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzZPUlaTxnNyNjdzMmtLX0Q5UGc/view?usp=sharing"]https://drive.google...iew?usp=sharing[/url][/font][/color] [color=#141823][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][url="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzZPUlaTxnNyemFUZVRzVThQMm8/view?usp=sharing"]https://drive.google...iew?usp=sharing[/url][/font][/color] [color=#141823][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][url="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzZPUlaTxnNyTmEzRm0zUmV0VnM/view?usp=sharing"]https://drive.google...iew?usp=sharing[/url][/font][/color] [color=#141823][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][url="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzZPUlaTxnNyd29wUnIxQkFOVFE/view?usp=sharing"]https://drive.google...iew?usp=sharing[/url][/font][/color] [color=#141823][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][url="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzZPUlaTxnNyTkJmZTRCRGxaSFk/view?usp=sharing"]https://drive.google...iew?usp=sharing[/url][/font][/color] [color=#141823][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][url="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzZPUlaTxnNyMmJHcFpFQS04aE0/view?usp=sharing"]https://drive.google...iew?usp=sharing[/url][/font][/color] [color=#141823][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][url="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzZPUlaTxnNyUjFnVDZiYjRNM00/view?usp=sharing"]https://drive.google...iew?usp=sharing[/url][/font][/color]
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    PYT Michael Jackson is just one of the funnest, simple lines I've learned. Really chunky & on the groove, especially on the chorus. Another Part of Me is another fun MJ bass romp.
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    Bumpingtons
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    Bump
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    [color=#141823][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Put some lovely Genz Benz goodness in your life this Xmas! Awesome, lightweight 300W 8ohm cab with switchable tweeter. Just over a year old, one careful owner (me), bit of scuffing to the tolex but pristine grill & otherwise in perfect nick. Sounds like a beast, can do modern & old school with the tweeter options. C[/font][/color][color=#141823][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]asters fitted for the ultimate in mobility. Try-outs welcome in Cardiff.[/font][/color] [attachment=207334:20151213_220828.jpg] [attachment=207335:20151213_220910.jpg]
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    I only go out with a 210 these days, raised off the floor to just below ear height. Admittedly we do always have PA support with the bass DI'd. We had a biggish corporate in Leicester last week & I added my 115 for the first time in about a year, thinking I'd need it for the large room. All I had was mud & the general sound was much improved for the second set after I'd disconnected it. Consequently I'm looking to flog it now Can't understand guys going out with 810s etc.
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    Just play man!
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    Sounds like a planning session over a couple of beers mate
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    Haha. There'd be no room at all in there then tho! [quote name='FuNkShUi' timestamp='1448897566' post='2918959'] See, that's what the studio is missing!! [/quote]
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    A KISS Dynasty limited edition picture disc from back in the day (500 made) I got signed by Paul & Gene . Swapped with an old drummer many years ago for some er, substances which of course were gone within 24 hours. He still has it up on a wall in his house & one day I'll pinch it back on grounds of principle. A fully functional KISS pinball machine which I gave FREE to an ex when I finished with her also many years ago to assuage my misplaced guilt. It used to play Rock & Roll All Nite when you scored enough points. Really missed that one. Also a Saxon VIP sew-on patch from when my dad incongruously roadied for them for one night back in the 80s.
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    [quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1448226898' post='2913858'] I'm not sure there is a target demographic. He has ideas. They manifest themselves into what you've just watched. He thinks it's perfect and doesn't care what anyone else thinks about. History tells us that he takes some degree of pleasure in doing virtually the opposite of what is expected of him. [/quote] I take it Dancing in the Streets isn't included in that XD
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    True about him staying different, good on him. Actually quite liked the last album. Still reckon the best work he did since Let's Dance was Stella Street tho
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    Love Bowie to bits but this is horrible.
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    Well-timed topic, my SR5 is getting Picato flats installed this very evening. Pretty excited to see/hear the results. I've got the same strings on a Squier P & they pop well with a lovely old skool sound, so hopefully will sound the bomb on the Ray
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    Yes, Fools Holland gets a ten from len.
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    [quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1446831177' post='2902787'] I've resisted posting on this thread, but I reckon it's time for some perspective. I don't really think it's fair to have a go at someone you've never met - granted the image that some people create is less than favourable, but editing has a LOT to do with how people are perceived than you'd think. I now first hand how some unscrupulous journalists can 'paraphrase' you to the extent that within a few short paragraphs you end up having said the opposite to what you meant. Mainstream media love its soundbites too, and you can give an interview comprised of 95% positivity and rainbows and sh*t, but guess which 5% ends up being taken out of context and circulated…. [/quote] Granted, but not everything's in print - there's televised interviews too. Camera never lies etc.
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    Met that little Huey fella off the Fun Lovin Criminals once. Despite my protestations, I was dragged towards him by the manager of a bar in Cardiff who proceeded to gush about my then band and force an album in to his hand. He could not have been more disinterested/rude if he'd tried & the whole thing was really awkward. Couldn't really judge if he was an all-day-long twat based on that situation, but saw him a fair bit on the telly after that & came to the conclusion that yeah, he's an arrogant cock.
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    [quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1446815379' post='2902576'] Do you not think Pete Criss is a bit of a one too? I always thought he had the best voice out the lot of them. Ace seems like a nice guy. But it has to be said, you'd have to go a long way to find two monumentally bigger bell-ends than S&S. [/quote] Simmons is a detestable bellend. To be fair, PS never really did any bellend-ish stuff unless you think his whole schtick is unbearable. PC & AF got beset by severe alcohol & substance abuse & chaos ensued (I bet their families & loved ones pegged them as twats at various points) but again, no real public nonsense. Simmons is responsible for 99% of the bad image the band gets tarred with. Someone has to stick up for KISS, & that someone is me!
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    [quote name='Huge Hands' timestamp='1446736815' post='2901891'] I always had this dilemma with Jamiroquai...... Loved the music though (at least until Stu Zender left). [/quote] +1 Ineffable twatism. Love that bit of footage where the paparazzi guy lamped him one XD
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    [quote name='stevebasshead' timestamp='1446727007' post='2901768'] Not cheap at £50 but takes 150kg/23 stone so [i]more[/i] than sturdy enough even for old school cabs and valve amps and handy for standing on to pin up backdrops etc. http://www.screwfix.com/p/square-hop-up-work-platform-aluminium/38093 It's overkill for the OP I guess but thought it worth mentioning here anyway. There's probably cheaper versions too. [/quote] +1 I use one of these every gig for my 210. Folds up tiny & looks great covered in black gaffer.
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    Sting. Just Sting.
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    Maceo Parker in Cardiff on the 15th. Never been able to make one before, finally I get to see the great Skeet Curtis up close & personal. Can't bleedin' wait
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    The Beached Whale Boys
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