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7 minutes ago, skankdelvar said:

 

Well, the HH bass combo my pal Ricky brought home (and which subsequently went out the window) was the one I sold him (hee-hee) and I can tell you it was a nightmare to transport, weighed a ton and it wasn't really very loud for all its behemoth dimensions so he took it off my hands and the rest is history.

 

Good for cracking pavement slabs though.


I suspect there’s a very liberal dose of sentimentality in my viewpoint. 
 

Just like I will always have a soft spot for Peavey Bandits. 
 

 

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3 minutes ago, Frank Blank said:


Me too, it was these or a green Carlsbro back in the punk days.

 

Oh man those green Carlsbro amps. 

 

Mate of mine had one and the grille on the front used to rattle but only when he played an A fretted as 5th fret on the E string. Open A? no rattle. 

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23 hours ago, peteb said:

 

This depends on what type of band it is and if the guy is actually any good. It’s OK to have fluid arrangements and for the guitar player to change the length of his solos, breakdown sections, etc if he is good enough to carry it off. Part of being a good musician is about being able to listen and adapt / change arrangements on the fly. But this requires the guitar player to give clear cues if he is going to extend passages (or cut them short) and for him to listen to the rest of the band too. Just adding or cutting a solo by a few bars because he can’t or won’t count isn’t acceptable by any means.

 

It’s pretty clear that the guitar player and his singer brother are the band leaders, so you either work the way that they want to work, or you walk…

 

We had a trio that would do 2 or 3 hour sets, with a loose list of tunes we'd cull from. We'd end up playing a tune and jamming on it, then either me or the guitar player would introduce a modally friendly riff from another tune. Maybe we'd segue with it, or remain in the same tune with the new riff running with it. 

This kind of thing invited all sorts of permutations and grooves. It was a fun party band, and had that DJ gig thing of not stopping- you could dance until you felt like quitting, no standing around waiting for the band to get it together and play the next tune.

Once we had the rule laid down we could run around in it and whomever wanted to could break it- it was a blast! You had to know the tune, and listen.

Doesn't sound like that's what's happening here. Disorder is discouraging at best... I hope you're moving on.

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I got told to step back my bass part on a track tonight - just to try something different.

 

I almost protested.

 

And this thread sprang to mind.

 

i did as requested - I’m not the biggest fan of the track as it is, but it made the other guys happier so…

 

 

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5 minutes ago, AndyTravis said:

I got told to step back my bass part on a track tonight - just to try something different.

 

I almost protested.

 

And this thread sprang to mind.

 

i did as requested - I’m not the biggest fan of the track as it is, but it made the other guys happier so…

 

 

It's ok to get along.

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26 minutes ago, Bridgehouse said:

I must admit I've had better relationships with some amps than with some previous band members :D


I’ve had better relationships with some amps than with some previous girlfriends, none of them had such a variety of interesting sockets round the back.

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1 minute ago, skankdelvar said:

 

Peavey: the king of bargain amp brands. Had a bang on a mark one Bandit a few years ago. Storming little amp.


Yep - specially if it was one with a Scorpion speaker in. 
 

Frank would love it too as it had a proper smorgasbord of connections round the back 

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Just now, Bridgehouse said:

Yep - specially if it was one with a Scorpion speaker in. 
 

Frank would love it too as it had a proper smorgasbord of connections round the back 


I tired of the interesting sockets on the back of my Peavey, it was like braille pornography, all the best bits were worn out.

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2 minutes ago, skankdelvar said:

 

M'mmm, dunno about the speaker. I was having too much fun blasting away in front of it to go poking round the back.


IIRC they did an utterly cracking bass amp in the late 80s that looked like an oversize Bandit with a big 15” driver in it. 

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1 minute ago, Frank Blank said:


Give him the benefit of the doubt, perhaps he was 56 an hour ago and is having a good run.


Given the subject of this thread I don’t think “benefit of the doubt” is good advice. 
 

I’ve given a few guitarists the benefit of the doubt and musically it was a disaster!

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19 minutes ago, skankdelvar said:

 

Peavey: the king of bargain amp brands. Had a bang on a mark one Bandit a few years ago. Storming little amp.

Got an old Mk-III refurbished a couple months ago. Two mixable channels, it's a beautiful thing- the sound I've been after for years. Seriously. 

I'll stop derailing now!

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1 minute ago, Count Bassie said:

My old Combo 300 looked like one, but it weighed about 100 lbs (sorry...).


Combo 300!!! That’s the feller! Brilliant amps. Yeah, heavy tho. 
 

I have realised I prefer talking about gear as it’s a great way of avoiding conflict, or talking about conflict…

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2 minutes ago, Bridgehouse said:


Combo 300!!! That’s the feller! Brilliant amps. Yeah, heavy tho. 
 

I have realised I prefer talking about gear as it’s a great way of avoiding conflict, or talking about conflict…

I pulled the head and saved the sleeve section of the enclosure, put the head back in, cut the grille to fit and put the logo back on it. It's a pretty cool gag now, sounds fine.

I loaned it to a guy, I have to get it back at some point.

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