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Stiff Little Fingers - White Christmas

Mike bought some strings from me (or off me, I can never remember which is correct) and he was a pleasure to deal with. Instant payment, great comms, a credit to Basschat. Cheers!

Live and Let Dye - Wings

The Glen Killer Band

Pop Will Beat Itself Axes, Pigs and Spacemen Death In Vegan Paging Speedhorn Babylon Poo Flagging Molly The Tragically Hit A Bribe Called Quest Public Enema Wields Of The Nephilim

What format should the finished product be in to appeal to busy pub managers?

I'm painfully stuck between one of these (or the other Bassrigs but seem to be leaning towards the fifteen with all the comments of how well it sits in the mix) and an Anagram - I know they're two totally different bits of kit, but I like shiny new stuff! I was sold on the Anagram but everyone seems to mention the "feel" element of the Origin Effects stuff and that's huge to me, I can't imagine anything digital replicating that. My two concerns though - firstly, I spend half of my set using either a solo'd octave or C4 with some gnarly synth patches and I'm concerned the cab sim will cause issues with these, but I'd be reluctant to turn it off if it adds to the feel element.. Second, Headphone practice and C4 patch creation are a big thing for me and I'd need FOH sound available for headphone use when making C4 patches - anyone doing anything similar? I know this box is ticked off easily with the Anagram.. Sorry for the lengthy post, especially on an appreciation thread! Any input would be massively helpful though as hoping to order next week...

Can’t remember exactly but I’m pretty sure I just squeezed mine flat between a couple of pieces of wood and a couple of clamps.

Santa Dog by the Residents If that isn’t unusual enough, there’s Santa Dog ‘78

Hi folks I'm learning the funk/disco aNYway by Duck Sauce and am playing a rough facsimile of the line using disco octaves and some stock funk patterns. I've reached the limit of where my ears are with fast chord changes. What I'm playing isn't really giggable at the moment. It's been requested by a punter for a function gig. I can't find a chord chart, tab or notation on line and there's a lot of quick (one beat) changes in it that I'm not sure of. If anyone has something (Ideally a chord chart), that would be fabulous and super helpful. Thanks Sean

I'm disposing of a 1960s tape recorder. Having realised that it is worth less than the genuine 1960s ECC83 valve that my Trace Elliot amp also uses, I'm going to nab that valve and dispose of the rest of the machine. So if any wants any of these valves, collect or cover the postage. The machine works so I assume they're all in more or less working condition. EF86 - audio pre-amp ECL82 - audio triode EZ80 - full wave rectifier

Daryl, is that ASAT the same as an L2000 but just a different body or is there some unique ASAT-ness to it?

Roots Bloody Roots - Sepultura

Going Underground — The Jam

Re Tame Impala - both! It's the one man psychedelic pop/rock band of Kevin Parker. He plays everything on all his albums, as nicely depicted in this video he made back in lockdown days: I get what you're saying, Hofners are a particular vibe and I certainly don't want to play mine all the time, but they're also more versatile and can fit into more genres than most people would have you believe.

Hi, I've been gigging for a few years with an Ashdown OriginAL HD1 300w. For the most part it's been brilliant, small and more than powerful enough for 90% of the gigs I play. The band is becoming more successful, bigger stages with higher expectations! Of course the bigger gigs is through PA and amp is jsut for monitoring. I wondered if the Mesa is going to be that extra little bump I need for those 10% of the middle ground. I like the idea of something nice and small, low maintenance and reliable. I play through either a single RM 112 (small venues) or RM 115 + 210 Large venues - all 300w 8ohm cabs.

I had one of the new Levinson Blade guitars (a Tele) come through earlier this year. It was very good quality. I'd like to try one of the basses, especially the 2-band active "Austin Standard". The UK Distributor is Scan.co.uk. I just noticed that the swanky B3-Custom flame maple topped Active Jazz is £1400! But to get Levinson Blade quality for £399 is certainly a good deal. I'll be interested to hear what you think of them, Brian.

OK - just not really ubiquitous though and I've not heard (of) a couple of those bands anyway. Is Tame Impala a person or a band? As per my previous comment, I'm not saying they're bad instruments, but the numbers starkly say they're not inspirational must-have choices.

This year has been really busy for me with bands. I started the year in a 3-piece rock band that we'd been doing for a few years. Originals, obscure covers, mainly desert rock style. Only a few gigs a year at small venues. I'd recently early semi-retired and was looking for something else in addition. I joined what appeared to be a busy established (15 years) classic rock covers band and learned the 30 songs and went out gigging regularly. It was good to get back into that regular routine however there were issues that I've covered in detail on other threads and I wasn't 100% happy. Then in September, the band announced it was going to split in December, so I started looking around. I auditioned for a busy, long-established Bristol-based cover band and got it. I'm currently learning a 40 song list. The new-to-me band has a great vibe, a very interesting crowd-pleasing set and is a real team effort. I got to see the last show with the outgoing bassist and chatted to him at length, which was really useful. I think I've learned around 80 songs this year in total, I've also managed to focus on improving my technique, my reading, my ears and my theory all in parallel with learning the sets and working on my sound and getting back into doing backing vocals. I'm up to around 30 hours a week of focus and am enjoying it more than ever. Not having to be part of the corporate machine anymore helps a lot. The band I started the year with split, the band I joined to expand my activity split and now I'm getting ready to rehearse and gig in '26 with a band that so far has been very positive. The overall effect on health and wellbeing has been tangible.