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Hereford legend. He ran a great thrift/ vintage store here called the Dinosaur Market- all the labels misspelt in the most creative fashion. His metal bass was on the hanging on the wall, he told me I could try it if I could pick it up, knowing full well that I wouldn't even attempt it with my puny frame! But the store let us and many others sell our CDs, put posters up and supported live music- it was very much appreciated. Sad news of his passing.

As an aside, our guitarist owns his old Aqualung JTM45. And blooming wonderful it is too.

I don't think many of the Black Crowes albums were that well received but I adored Amorica and Three Snakes and One Charm.

[quote name='bassace' timestamp='1484727207' post='3217743'] Yes, Pete. Our 'fame' as a band that does some charity gigs is spreading and we are getting requests from further and wider. Hmm. [/quote] Unfortunately we're getting the same problem, not helped by a gig we did last year where and I have it from the horses mouth, they'd spent £20k on the event and promotion- I've rarely played through a bigger PA or seen a larger lighting rig, and they wouldn't mix the band (we were provided with a stereo feed to the desk from ours) we had to clear the stage before we were on, put it all back ourselves in five minutes, play for an hour after waiting 7, then watch the video we took to find out they hadn't lit us at all, it was all dancefloor. We had a great gig, but in terms of 'exposure' all we achieved was promoting ourselves to the great and the good of our neck of the woods that we're a push over and cheap!

[URL=http://s284.photobucket.com/user/Thinfingers/media/IMG_2591_zpsvfwghmm1.jpg.html][IMG]http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll12/Thinfingers/IMG_2591_zpsvfwghmm1.jpg[/IMG][/URL] It's taken me forever but got myself a pedaltrain nano+, cioks dc5 and SIS cables and finally put a board together. Right to left- fake ears, fake ampeg, fake 5 string, fake fretless and fake bootsy.

In general live music is too loud in my view. We seem to be caught in a perfect storm of delusions of grandeur, a culture of 'this is how it's done properly' and cheap accessible power. All we're achieving is making venues' lives very difficult and an unattractive experience for potential audiences. That said even top end performers are guilty of this, saw Tommy Emmanuel on Saturday. No need for an acoustic guitar act to be that loud.

And the award for pretentious quote of the week goes to- Music- not what it sounds like, what it feels like.

Aguilar GS212 on here for £350, a steal and would monster the application you need it for.

[quote name='keeponehandloose' timestamp='1483740130' post='3209833'] Fx pedals have the input and output on the wrong sides. Input should be on left, out on right. [/quote] Exactly.

You mute my markbass head by pulling out the volume knob, invariably changing the volume when you do so, and when you push it back in. At least it gives me an excuse for that mysterious second set volume increase that sometimes happens though.

[quote name='Painy' timestamp='1483401593' post='3206933'] How about the neo loaded Aguilar SL410x (22.23kg)? [/quote] You'll need a heavy wallet!

Did you play a calm opening number to break the crowd in gently or go straight for the jugular with an uptempo number? Both ways are wrong.

Pedaltrain nano+ and power supply is a must. 40 this year so was thinking G&L lb100 with flats but just got the pad for legally blond (which is a great part) and I really need a 5 string!

If I remember correctly (I was at uni at the time, details are hazy) it was a solid. He'd got it from a pretty good shop in Huddersfield, but I can't remember the colour etc. I was playing trumpet in the local tech college soul band, he was the bassist and then we had a little side band for a while. I've never seen one since and had convinced myself it couldn't be a 5 because of that! The prototype looks fascinating, but I'm sure a few pencil lines by Leo don't add that much value.

[quote name='Cuzzie' timestamp='1482875833' post='3203314'] ASAT 5 is a rare beast, probably about 10 made in the world, bassist from Skunk Anansie had at least 1. There was one for sale recently but it was in the states, although there may be about 3-5 in Europe hanging around. Don't think there were any semi's though. I'll just have to stick to drop tuning mine... [/quote] There was one in huddersfield in the late 90s, first G&L I played. Belonged to a guy called Craig! I wonder what happened to both of them.

[quote name='threedaymonk' timestamp='1482844868' post='3203020'] As far as I can see, there's one little corner cut on the Tribute M versus US: the ¼" socket. The Tribute has one of those long threaded cylindrical sockets, whereas the US version has a normal socket (Switchcraft?) mounted on a plate. The former is a bit more prone to failure and can't be fixed in the field by bending! [/quote] Fair point, I didn't notice (but have had to fix my fair share of fender style jacks of the years as a classroom teacher!) The jack on my ASAT has been superb, never need looking at once. But mustn't eulogise, I realise that!

[quote name='Cuzzie' timestamp='1482830080' post='3202894'] Well,you have seen my ASAts, silve and black which i love colour wise and the honey burst is pretty handsome for the other. We have had lots of love for L2s, ASAT, JB, SB series, is there anyone out there with a J or MJ willing to testify?! [/quote] A student of mine had an M series tribute. It was ridiculously good, nothing comes close for value. Other products at that price point all feel like there's a corner cut somewhere but that bass was like the Subaru Impreza STI of guitars, giant killer!

The plank purist looks great, very curious what it's like in the flesh.

Yep, 20 plus combinations and I use.... two.

An ASAT is the only bass I own. I have GAS for an LB100 with flats on. Following the G&L factory on Facebook doesn't help, they make some proper corkers!

Blame it on the Boogie- singer requested we learn it and it's chock full great touches, really enjoying trying to nail the syncopation and swing.

On the 'GAS that'll never happen' list is a noble DI for me. American top pros go nuts for them and the unit will power 6 pedals too. Would be the one Stop solution, especially if you use in- ears.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1482407459' post='3200239'] I hate it when depping and you ask the key and they tell you the name of the first chord. . . and it's not the key. Time for a train wreck. [/quote] Or you get- Ship to Wreck, capo 3. Which is fine until you find out their not using the original chords either..... Back on topic, just digest the information in baby chunks, it can get out of hand really easily! So whilst major and minors are related, get the major keys sorted in your head first, even then probably the principle guitar-ry keys like G, A and E. feel secure with those then move on. It can be a house of cards doing too much too soon.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=28qmKOWF8bA Tried embedding it. Not one but three fabulous bassists and one monster violinist.

Vulfpeck are getting even better.