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"The 80s" is a very broad church ranging from "New Romantic" and synth-pop via jangly guitar bands all the way through to acid house. Of course most people tend to forget about anything post 1985 unless the band had already had hits before then. The problem I have with bands like the one in the clip above is that for me music in the 80s was as much about the image of the artists as it was about the songs. If the music is going to be performed by a bunch of beardy old blokes in crap shirts then it doesn't matter how well they have nailed the sound, the audience would be better off someone playing the records. I hope the OP is taking note...

Great manual as well. Mesa generally do very good manuals which deliver technical information in a really player-friendly manner. I normally expect to see selectable mid frequencies on modern amps, so it is nearly refreshing to see an amp with simple pre-set bass, middle and treble controls like an old school valve amp. Yepp, definitely on my list.

I'm interested in adding a reverb module between the mixer and the amp of our back up PA system amp. Can anyone point me at a kit that gives a clean sound, and has a front end gain stage that can be modified/adjusted to takes line level signal? An off the shelf solution might be a Behringer DR600 pedal, so £35-ish would be good, unless the kit was significantly better sounding. David

There is a video and I thought it was attached. Looks like the video has been blocked for some reason. I will check/reattach when I get home tonight. There are plenty of versions of it on YouTube.

Hello!

Well, anyone with a pedal-board should go and see it and/or cheese loving guitarists. Not as good as the first one, but our singer was crying with laughter through most of it. Great band outing.....

The best fun I've had in a band was in one that did '80s covers. I'm just a wee bit envious. Good luck with the project.

Excuse me but I’m guessing a major percentage of basschatters including me are bordering on geriatric. No need to be famous.

sounds cool, let's hope the prefered singer has the chops and attitude. Sax is cool (as Matt Smith's Dr would say)

One for sale right now:

Andertons and Peach are both offering this at a cheaper price than Thomann. Another one to add to the "must try one of these" list! Rob

Down in the Park - Tubeway Army

Hotcovers are the people who make the covers for Barefaced, and I think are probably the best of the bunch.

Wow, beautiful instrument!

Another Australian covers band, The Filthy Animals also have a lot on YouTube and similarly are pretty much note perfect.

Fear of the Dark - Maiden

No spoilers.... But Lars Ulrich and several others turned down the opportunity.

What a great idea.

I must admit, despite being a hairy metal guy who's always played in originals bands, I've considered doing something similar - the 80s were my formative years, and Duran Duran, Thompson Twins, U2, Level 42, Depeche Mode, Queen, Simple Minds, Madness and Gary Numan sat happily in my record collection alongside the likes of Maiden, Motorhead, Rush, Metallica and so on. I've been watching a lot of videos of an Australian professional cover band based out of Adelaide called Hindley Street Country Club - they have a core of four or five members, bringing extra people in depending on the gig (backing vocalists, horns, etc). They do all the 80s hits from both sides of the pond, and they absolutely nail them. One of their singers does an absolutely uncanny Bowie! Their bass player looks like Lurch from the Addams Family and has a nice range of old Yamaha BBs. They absolutely nail the tunes - these aren't run-of-the-mill covers, they're note-for-note accurate, and even accurately reproduce the various keyboard and drum sounds. Something about that attention to detail and the sheer level of musicianship really appeals to me. Best of luck with the band, I hope you get it off the ground!

Hi Phil, Many thanks. See you soon. Mike

Vid is missing from this one Rob. ? Just wondering if there was one to be honest ? Dave