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[quote name='Platypus' timestamp='1488809131' post='3251916'] My recently acquired Demeter VTHF-300M all valve power amp: [/quote] Not much compromise on tone there then. Flipping monster rig.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1488785868' post='3251634'] Another random DS fact some of you might not know - the band recorded this one before MK decided it should be sung by a lady. So this is basically Tina Turner fronting DS. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4QnalIHlVc [/quote] Unbelievably, my aforementioned mate did do the demo for this. He thought nothing of it, although he said can imagine how miserable it sounded, forgot about it, then heard the Tina version and it took him ages to remember why it was ringing a bell. I'll stop banging on about him now. For the time being 😉

[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1488712618' post='3251169'] Let's not overlook a superb example of design brain-fartery (body included). [attachment=239650:Ampeg bass.jpg] [/quote] One of my all time favourites!

Given in, mine arrives Tuesday.

I thought these kind of discoveries didn't happen any more! There's hope for us all!

A friend of mine was given the opportunity to engineer Brothers in Arms, but he declined to work with McCartney instead. Turned out to be the Frog Song.

Great lines and tone on Nirvana's nevermind, loved it. Tommy Cogbill on tracks like Wilson Pickett's Midnight Mover and Funky Broadway pushed me more to that style of playing.

Let's stay together, lovely day and blame it on the boogie, equal first for me.

[quote name='Jono Bolton' timestamp='1488560122' post='3250081'] Any G&L. [/quote] Oi!

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1488403181' post='3248742'] My carlsbro viper was awful... underpowered farty monstrosity... although it was miles better than the HH bass baby it replaced. The HH was so bad and I became so enraged with it I ended up smashing it to pieces in the garden with a sledgehammer... i think the speaker magnet is still stuck to my parents radiator. 😐 [/quote] The sight of my hh 215 sticking out of the skip in my rear view mirror was one of the happiest days of my life.

Encore PB3 into a BC rich 30w combo, via a green glow in the dark lead. 90s!

G&L asat, polytune, bass soul food, mxr octave, source audio manta, markbass tube 500, Aggie db112s. In tweed. Makes a big difference to how they sound. Oo, and suitable top notch cables, obbm speaker leads, planet waves and those solderless jobs on the board. They really do make a difference!

Tommy Cogbill, by a nose from Duck Dunn. Lowdown greasy sleazy bad asses that people still dance to.

[quote name='Low End Bee' timestamp='1487670159' post='3241601'] Non watch, music stand. clip on truner related comment. Waffle. That bit between songs when someone has to do something to avoid the awkward silence. As an audience member I can happily do without a few of things. Band in-jokes - Keep them for rehearsals. Personal non gig related stuff - I don't need to know about your life. Originals bands - I don't want an in depth analysis of what the next song is about. In fact any big gap between songs that stops the flow of the gig. I used to be guilty of this too until we played with a band who went on before us who went on endlessly 'This songs about the time I was at low point in my life. My cat knocked over my beer. My aunty had a hip replacement...Hey Gary on drums could do with one of them....etc." I saw myself but much worse. I limited myself to very brief, relevant intros. The drummer moaned about not getting enough time to wipe his sticks but it was a much punchier gig. Obviously as with all gig things context is king and working an audience is an asset. But if I'm watching a band I don't want to know if the clutch on your Astra needs replacing. [/quote] You need to talk to one of my clients, guilty of all of the above and it's killed his promising career. Still does it.

Had tickets to see them, Aston Villa leisure centre. Still gutted I never got to see the band of my generation.

[quote name='Old Man Riva' timestamp='1487611703' post='3241212'] That's the one..! [/quote] The 'One' no less

[quote name='Yank' timestamp='1487414483' post='3239592'] gig tip. Have a medical kit in your car. i.e. bandaids, aspirin, anti-diarea pills. [/quote] Our guitarist and drummer play in another band as well. They're playing a remote village hall in deepest darkest Herefordshire on a Saturday night and the drummer tucks into the buffet at the interval. 2 songs into the second half and he's gone green, and jumps off his stool and runs through the middle of the dancefloor to try and get to the toilet, fails spectacularly and pebble dashes the majority of the hall. Turns out he has a shellfish allergy he'd managed to accidentally avoid for 40+ years, and the prawn sandwiches were his downfall. The upside to this is the guitarist is a GP and had his spare doctors bag in the car and was able to save the drummer from being very poorly indeed. So now we travel with the doctors bag and expert paramedic to every gig!

That Aguilar rig is the thing of dreams.

[quote name='gapiro' timestamp='1487405740' post='3239503'] Not massively challenging, but full on. I've not done legally blonde so can't compare, but definitely easier than hairspray. There's 36 pieces in it and is just constant. Sounds great with a good horn section though, a good portion n of it is standard function tunes. (endless amounts of I will survive!) [/quote] Thank you, I've missed Hairspray somehow so no true comparison yet! Pleased some interesting shows for bass players are becoming popular, these things can be more I V I V than a hank Williams tribute.

Oo, Priscilla, I've got that show in October, is it any good? Just had the roasting of legally blonde and want every show to be as much of a challenge! Slightly detached means there needs to be a fraction of silence inveteeen the notes. A slight lift of the fretting hand usually creates the desired effect.

[quote name='KingPrawn' timestamp='1487360285' post='3239344'] I've been watching this thread and have decided it's time to contribute. in 1989 I owned a Warwick thumb, kubicki factor and a Wal Fretless. These were at the time my three ultimate basses. I was 18 and playing through a lovely Trace Elliott rig. I was playing loads and loving life. Long story short. I'd bought my first house with blood sweat and tears recession hit in the early 90's. Anyway mortgage payments to be made work drying up. The Wal went first. I took it into Musical Exchanges in Birmingham. For those who knew the place it was Gaz. He looked at me and said " are you sure" I had no choice. I covered my mortgage payment for that month. The factor and Warwick followed. I wouldn't change a thing but I'd love to own them all again. It is what it is ! [/quote] To bassists, that story would be worthy of a special edition of Oprah.

[quote name='uk_lefty' timestamp='1487245082' post='3238298'] Was not was, walk the dinosaur [/quote] Yes! Just had to listen to it immediately, instant school disco flashback. Those horns, super tight. Couldn't figure out how the bass has been processed, any ideas?

Traded in a MIM P from the 80s with a bill Lawrence pickup for a 50w JCM800, which promptly spent the rest of its career breaking down. Top of my gas list since joining here- a nice solid P.

[quote name='gapiro' timestamp='1487080622' post='3236828'] (and not that sort of pencil) or several sharp pencils [/quote] Short of a pencil before a band call I bought a pack of ten pencils (the only things available from the tracks by the venue at short notice) Turned out to be one the best things ever, the rest of the band always go to you as the pencil guy! Oo er mrs