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YEEE-HAAA!! Just bought a pre-owned Wlcock Mullarkey from Bass Direct 🙂 Same colour as the one recently sold on here by Clarky but with a scratch-plate from the red end of the tort spectrum. Will be delivered Tuesday - can't wait. Watch this space!18 points
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Great gig, nice size crowd and lots of dancing. It was a real fun night for me. I didn't use an amp. I played direct out and the stage monitors were great. Daryl12 points
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this is it as of now Sometime in the future I’ll add ampeg scr-di & boss sy19 points
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courtserve.net has the attached under Leicester Crown Court's listing for Monday 27th October. Looks like it was kicked up to Crown Court as suspected. Roll on 26th November!7 points
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So some great suggestions for remembering AJ's brilliance. I liked the Michel Camilo and Hiromi stuff playing with piano and, in the former case, a Latin situation. In contrast, and to show AJ's range and adaptability, here is a high quality video of AJ in a guitar trio setting with the ultra textural and improvisational Wayne Krantz.7 points
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@Chienmortbb I've gone from thinking how to make a small box 400mm x 300mm with a speaker in, to looking at bracing and wadding, to 3d printed vertical braces (that are too long to be printed) to a newer diagonal brace which is sqrt(150^2+200^2)= 221mm (which is printable) and I haven't brought the plywood yet By tomorrow evening it will have probably evolved into a sentient life form.... Rob5 points
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I would say the increase in people chatting throughout shows is more to do with a decline in manners and respect, enabled by social media. After all, people seem to feel like they can do or say anything these days and there will be little/no consequences..... despite always protesting "Cor, you can't say nuffink in this cuntry anymore.... you get locked up for freeze peach!"5 points
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Sounds like me getting ready for a night out.5 points
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Fender Precision Bass 1978 Natural Finish Lightweight with Gig Bag Fantastic Fender Precision bass from the late 70’s the only non-original part is the pickup which is a noughties US Fender wired to a series parallel switch. The pots, wiring, and hardware all original. You can see there’s currently a D tuner on it but if it sells I’ll return it to stock as I have the original tuner. The bass is factory natural with nicely grained wood. It’s light at around 3.7kgs - amazing for a bass of this era and the neck is slim with a shallow profile. There are the usual ID marks and sticker under the scratchplate with serial number matching the headstock. Sadly no case but I have a light modern Fender gigbag for it or if you prefer a scruffy heavier duty generic one. The bass balances really well and plays easily. There is lacquer wear at the upper bout and the finish has crazed over time. The finish is rubbed to near bare wood in places but it is honest wear and not particularly bothersome. You can feel the crazing when you rest your forearm on the edge, it didn’t irritate me when playing live. Great opportunity to buy a lightweight 70’s classic Fender. I’m sorry but the only trades I may be interested in are for a Rickenbacker 4003/4003s or 4000. Pickup preferred but I can post if absolutely necessary. UK only.4 points -
A rare beast indeed this is No 18 of 50 made. So it a Little Bastard valve preamp mated to a 550w class D power amp. All in a nice petit head very flexible interactive EQ. pics are a bit crap lol it’s in great condition and comes with a slip cover. Trades Amp head similar power ? Pice includes UK postage4 points -
Or "I 3d printed a clock - you won't believe what happened next!"4 points
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To give it its full name. Spa Francorchamps, is being saved for the twin 18" cab. 🤣4 points
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I think what lots of you are forgetting is that one reason bands used to go on tour was as a loss leader to promote and sell a new record. Now, you make a new record as an excuse to have a tour and make some money. It's not a coincidence that gig ticket prices exploded at the same time as Spotify took off.4 points
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Playing in a reformed NWOHM Band, getting a few gigs, having fun, but I was"going down for the third time" financially. Then we were booked to play Wacken (in Germany) but had to come up with the money for Flights, Accommodation etc., in a rather short time, so that was me out... Introduced them to a (rich) Bassist I knew, and he fitted like a Glove, so happiness reigned all round. Two weeks later, I wandered into the local Hostelry to find a 'Tibute Band' playing, and the Singer, who i'd known for years, asked if I could jump in for the 2nd Set, as their Bassist was spewing his guts out in the Bogs. (Food Poisoning). I said yes, jumped up and had a great time. Five days later, the Singer popped round my Abode, and asked if I was doing anything, because their Bassist had suddenly decided they were gigging too much for him. One swift Rehearsal, and I was on the road again, making a Mint, so it all turned out well in the end. Stayed with them until I had to retire...4 points
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FINAL PRICE £1450 Selling this lovely bass with a heavy heart. Gigged a couple of times but mostly used for Studio work. As much as I want to keep it, I need to sell this beauty as we are expecting our 2nd baby and I just paid for my ILR Visa so need to recoup some funds. Bought new from BassDirect this June. No mods, only thing I changed are the strings to La Bella Low Tension Flats. Bass weighs at 3.9kgs. I sold the original gig bag thinking I would never sell it but life happens so yeah. For collection only at SW19 area so please bring your own Gig bag/case. Willing to sell it with the Mono Vertigo for an additional £150 if needed. Collection only at SW19 or can meet somewhere in London on schedule. Any questions, feel free to message me.3 points -
Rickenbacker 4003 from what I believe is 1998. Bought very recently from bassbros but to be completely honest (and I do this a lot) whenever I buy a ‘bucket list’ bass I always find my way back to P basses. The recent I went for this specific one is it has a really warm fireglo. Some look very bleached in the middle but this is lovely and vintage looking. It has had a full set up at PSG Guitars in Radcliffe where it was fitted with my favourite Elites Groundwound strings. What comes with the bass:- · Original Ric hardcase with keys · Bridge pickup bezel with thumbrest · Zero Mod clear thumbrest as per pics · Neck pickup cover Currently has Loxx strap locks fitted, can leave on and give you the strap fittings too or I can switch out for plain strap buttons. Ive tried to love this bass, I really have. It looks stunning and some evenings it sits on its stand and I just stare at it J. However, as per when ive bought Spectors, Burns, Warwicks etc in the past its only really Fender P’s that feel right in my hands – to this affect im going after something late 70’s fender P – black/black/maple would be ideal but the search continues. Condition – its played and is absolutely not a case queen. There is buckle rash to the back, several dings on the sides which ill try my best to picture and a few small knocks. Ive highly recommend coming to play and view this in person. Im also willing to travel for the right deal. Im looking to recoup close to my initial outlay (ignoring the set up, strings, zero mod etc) if at all possible but im very conscious of the current climate so serious enquiries and offers would be cosindered. Trades – as mention I like vintage P’s (late 70’s blacks with maple boards) J’s are a constant tease to me also. Not into 5 strings, actives or anything other than standard Fender thigs to be honest (I know im boring). Location is Bolton, Greater Manchester3 points -
I don’t buy a lot of basses. In fact, I bought a CS Jazz some years back and haven’t bought a single thing since then. Mostly I’m happy with my lot. The Shuker gets a lot of play time - I mean, we’ve bonded me and that bass what with truss rod explosions and it being away at the hospital for a year… Anyway, I digress. I find myself in need of a bass with some flexibility. I need tonal variety, and I decided I needed 5 strings. I mean, nobody needs 5 strings, but still.. Then I found this bass. And I bought it. Like with my money. And it wasn’t cheap either! It’s a Mayones Custom 5 eye top walnut thing with too many knobs, and pickups the size of a small country. But I flippin’ love it. It’s got a 43mm nut and is a nice flat C profile. It’s light (for a 5’er) at 8lb 12oz. It has active/passive which means I can have a nice good old fashioned passive P, or a passive Stingray, or active versions and combinations of the above. The preamp is USB-C charged or 9v battery. The USB-C job is for a headphone amp built in. It’s got one of those bumpy resin-filled tops and a not smooth back, but the neck is rather smooth and lovely. I’ve stuck some Chromes on it and tweaked the setup and I have to say it’s one of the nicest playing or sounding fretted basses I’ve tried (can’t be upsetting the Shuker fretless or it might explode again). Bought from Peach - because they had pretty much the exact configuration I wanted. Some of the photos are theirs - the last one is mine with it on the sofa in its new home. Fancy that. Me, and a New Bass. Crikey.3 points
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I have traded a few basses into Bassbros and the deals have always been spot on, Will is a great host and very knowledgeable. I visited earlier this week and picked up my dream bass. The hospitality and service could not have been any better.3 points
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I've got a Trace V4 Mk 2 which I love, and it's got a lot of history behind it. I don't think I'll ever part with it. Itused to be a 15" combo, but the band who were using it (who I spent a season with in Andorra at the Aspen Bar in Soldeu) finally wrecked the cab so badly - and the drummer partially dismantled it before asking for help as it was languishing in a leaky shed. No joke. Miraculously, the amp survived completely intact - after supplying dimensions to Zilla Cabs, they constructed a gorgeous head case for it, to my specs (with the V4 and V8 carry handle arrangements on it - which is so useful), and now it lives at home in the studio, although I do take it on gigs occasionally. The amp has some surprising features which make it ideal for studio use, including the ability to turn off the entire power amp section and use the all-tube preamp for recording. Aces.3 points
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Re..... Need to thin the collection: against logic and probably against Basschat rules, the whole point of a collection is that you collect the items in it, it's not called a 'thinection' Don't need another bass: again, against Basschat rules, you always need another bass, every member of Basschat always needs another bass I don't really need a Jazz Bass: how can you possibly know that you don't need a Jazz Bass if you don't have a Jazz Bass? I hope I've clarified things for you Marc3 points -
I am thinking about how to do the same with a Warwick Gnome and the Basschat 8" as well, but that'll have to wait until we've defeated Skynet as my speaker evolves into a Austrian accented killing machine, so probably Sunday afternoon....3 points
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this is amazing3 points
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Look, you want to buy second-hand stuff or not..? ... (And 300km in my EV costs 3€, total distance for both items was <100km. ...)3 points
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Standard Fender-esque shaping to my eye (I think Mayonnes do have some interesting headstock shapes on other instruments).3 points
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My other half and I go to gigs pretty regularly, but always at the bottom end of the price/venue market - luckily, there's some really good bands out there touring that you can see for £20 or less. She/we have a group of friends who are even keener on live music, and they loop us in on stuff we might've not noticed. Whenever a ping comes through to hershe'll ask 'Do you want to go to see xxxxx?', my first response (in order) is 'How much and where?' We've found Twickets to be a great resource for cheaper tickets, too: for example, we went to see Larkin Poe last Friday for £20 each, when the cover price of the tickets was £38 I've moaned before about big stadium stuff and how much I don't like it (at one point we'd walked out of about five or six on the trot as it was a pointless exercise), but the smaller gigs are newer bands, they're hungrier and more enthusiastic (and generally not creaky old geezers) and the experience is just so much better. We'll look at a gig, then go listen to the band and decide if we'll give them a try, we've discovered some great new (and new to us) bands this way. The Picturedrome in Holmfirth is my favourite venue; good sound, rarely too loud, free parking, you can find a bar that isn't four deep, and I don't think we've paid more than £25 to go see anyone there. The price of tickets is what you pay for giving Spotify a tenner a month to listen to anything you want, while the artists get very very little of that. Then there's Ticketmaster/Live Nation, who have sewn up all the big venues and cranked up all the prices...again, the artists see a small percentage of that...3 points
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After sitting in the van talking about the talking at gigs thing quite a bit (ironic). My theory is that, i think we’re seeing people talking a lot more and being rude to the artists more and more because gigs are so accessible to everyone now. People that go to gigs are no longer just people that love live music and enjoy the artist. People don’t have to go to the box office to buy tickets or find out where their favourite bands are playing or just pop down to music venues because they want to be entertained by live music. People can now like one song of a band, or can see a clip on the internet that they enjoy and will go to a gig purely as a ‘night out’, because they can get a few mates and buy the tickets online and not think anymore of it other than a night out on the brew… Going out for a night out is so expensive anyway, people don’t really think twice about paying whatever it costs for an ‘experience’ … I genuinely think the only people concerned with the inflated prices of gigs are those that remember a time when gigs were affordable. For example, i grew up loving blink-182 but couldn’t bring myself to pay the prices when they recently reformed, much like a lot of my friends who also love the band. My ex-girlfriend however (Who grew up listening to R&B and absolutely hated anything with guitars in) went with a group of friends and plastered it across their instagram. But, this is just my theory on it and is more than likely to be wrong. Also, i know i sound like an old man talking about the good old days but I’m only 34. I just remember a time where going to gigs was something you only really did if you liked live music, and you learned a bit of gig-etiquette. Now, families will go for trips to watch a band or mates will book a stag do and pop in to watch a bit of a show because of one single, or because there’s nothing else going on.3 points
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Full disclosure: It came off a ‘98 BT6 that I bought. At the time I didn’t realise that someone had swapped out the pickups and placed two bridge units in the same bass. You could see that the C string particularly was out of alignment with the polepieces leading somewhat to a lack of volume. It cost a fortune to order a new neck pickup from the States. I wrote ‘neck’ to keep track of the units as in time it needed a new circuit too (another story and fortune!) I now have this lying around…3 points -
It’s not only the exorbitant ticket prices / fees that have slowed down my gig going, it’s also the behaviour of crowds - talking all the way through ( even in the quiet bits ), constantly squeezing past to get more pints of dripping beer, phones being held aloft obscuring your view etc etc. These days I choose which gigs to attend by trying to eliminate or at least minimise the chances of this happening, but it’s not always feasible or predictable. We’re lucky to have a few good smaller venues nearby where they do care about this stuff, so they primarily get our custom. As they’re often full, it seems like I’m not alone in this either. When I was in a touring theatre band, we always knew that the venues which kept their bars open throughout the evening would be the ones where we expected grief. People in the middle of long rows of seats who constantly got up to get pints and go to the loo used to often be the start of confrontations where the theatre staff had to intervene, often leading to the rowdy folk getting ejected. One time in Manchester the police were called to sort stuff out, as we watched it unfold during our second set - pretty grim for a decent venue. All this because the theatre wanted to make more money, very sad.3 points
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Hey Norris, If you have been on BC for a while, you will know that Daryl is well known for staring threads like this for discussions.3 points
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And, staggering in late again... Going off at a tangent from the 6-in-1 wonder oven theme (although an air fryer is mentioned in one verse) I instead decided to celebrate a comedian, a singer, a professor, a philanthropist, a cricketer and a cartoon character with an in-depth(!) delve into what makes them who they are. What they do have in common is that they all share the same surname, Fry. Ended up doing that as I couldn't think of six folk with the surname Oven. You want words? You got 'em, buster (but they're hidden below) 4-string cigar box guitar, Les Paul copy and P-bass copy. Ableton provided drummery programmery tomfoolery. A bit of RP80 for guitar effects. Recorded and dusted down with the dynamic duo of Wavepad and Audacity.3 points
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Since the dome is paper it was probably re-coned with a 2226 kit. Not ideal, but it still works. As to the wife, a man should have as many amps as his wife does shoes.3 points
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Mesa/Boogie 400+ Update I picked up my 400+ from The Amp Hospital today. It looks fabulous, it's all working perfectly, has a full set of chassis screws and just feels great. It's such a lovely thing to look at, handle, use, feel, smell, hear (it whirs, clicks and buzzes). The conversation covered how these are one of the 3 GOAT Bass Amps, how military spec and robust the 400+ is and that along with the B15 and SVT it's modelled by all the digital effects companies. But most of all that, as long as components are available, these things will last forever. The 400+ is one of my favourite products ever, to me it's up there with the Audi Ur-Quattro or Porsche 959. A lot of products that push the tech to extreme iterations fail, become white elephants but like the 959 and the Ur-Q, the 400+ is an absolute classic and a gem in all respects. Putting my money where my mouth is, the 400+ will be sitting atop a pair of Monaco cabs at two gigs this weekend. The GKs will be on the bench. Warm it up and let it rip is what the manual should say 😉.3 points
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I bet he didn't - I bet he said something more like "You won't believe how many frets you need for slap - the 21st fret will shock you!!!"3 points
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Some more photos of my build3 points
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I was looking for a second PBass to use alongside my Player II Nearly went Squier but decided to try out these new Standed series It’s a nice bass and fretwork and neck is lovely to play. Noticeable difference in tone from the ceramic pickups in as much as it’s brighter and clearer sounding, less warm and vintage and more modern Set up out of the box was decent apart from pickups were not set slanted to match neck profile etc Slight tweek on truss rod and she was playing sweetly Wasn’t sure about the Olympic White colour as it’s more cream than white but it quickly grew on me. I did own a polar white and I thought it was closer to that but I would say closer to cream Tuners are good and work well as does bridge etc For a £500 bass I think it’s a nice balance of quality, tone and cost. A workhorse gigging bass2 points
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Precisions and Jazzes should be passive. There, I said it.2 points
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Thanks for that. As far as I'm aware, the early originals had Bill Lawrence blades in them, and then for whatever reason, they (Overwater) moved to using Kent Armstong soap bars and continued doing so into the Artisan bass(on the right of the pic below). The Kent soap bar is a relatively straightforward humbucker to which Overwater (sometimes) added a coil tap to to facillitate single coil usage, one assumes...Mine are all passive and have a single jack out.2 points
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I thought it was excellent. It would be hard to match the original, but it was a good shot at it. And the drummer was excellent, technically good and with a great ear for the music.2 points
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I used to own two Overwater Originals. The older of the two had the filter pre-amp replaced with something more modern, conventional and IMO boring. The other still had the filter preamp fitted. The filter pre-amp is active and like most 80s electronics eats it's way through batteries, leaving the bass plugged in over-night by mistake would almost always drain the battery and under normal usage I would be replacing it every 2-3 months. Controls 4 single pots for volume, pickup balance and a then a single filter for each pickup. As far as I could tell the filter added a peak which could be swept using the control. I would set the bridge pickup to a slight top-end boost and the neck to a more bassier sound and then use the balance control to change the overall sound of the bass. Most of the time it was set to favour the neck pickup slightly. The filter preamp also included a DI output on an XLR next to the standard jack socket.2 points
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Essentially any extra bracing is good, the downside is extra weight and more work to do. There is always going to be a point where extra bracing becomes silly and you might even have to increase the volume of the cab to accommodate it for very little and inaudible changes in the sound. You can see that @stevie and I take different positions where I am more minimalist. If I were building cabs commercially and had access to CNC cutting I'd probably go the way of the LFSys cabs and for FRFR cabs it's worth going the extra distance. My designs are intended to be as easy as possible, I build and trial all the designs and if there are no problems I publish them. In the case of the 8" cab the original was built for someone else and out of 18mm ply to match an existing cab. It needed no additional bracing. I re-designed the cab to make it fit more easily onto a sheet of ply and used 12mm ply because people here wanted some weight saving. The only serious panel resonance was solved by the brace in the picture and that is the cab I use so I'm happy to recommend it. I want people to build the cabs so I deliberately keep it 'easy build' which means as simple as possible. Where we agree is that you should build the cab and try it, with or without the recommended brace. the cab is then customisable and it's good fun to try different bracing and stuffing. When I've done this in the past I've usually ended up removing the wadding except for the rear panel because I prefer the sound. I've seen how iterative your method is with the guitar builds so I know you are probably going to do this anyway Maybe some printed braces are in order?2 points
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I hate it when the ads describe what a jazz bass is. If you’re paying for a vintage one, you know the difference between a jazz and a p bass! Personally I’d only buy if they have photos that prove they’re the original pickups.2 points
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Hi everyone, imagine my pleasant surprise to see this thread! I'm thrilled to know you're diving into these materials together. What a great motivation for me to continue my work as an educator! I'll keep an eye on this thread from time to time (I generally have moved away from forums as my attention is being pulled in so many different directions), and answer questions as I can. Regarding any typos — very possible that some small things have been missed by me or my editor. I'll compile them, and eventually do a v2 release. Regarding the major 7th — it's always been my thought that minor is a tonality with variations in flavor, not a set-in-stone harmonic rules. To that point, to me the true sound of minor is always the sound of melodic minor, and anything else is just a flavor (Dorian, Aeolian, harmonic, etc.). If you listen to Paul Chambers walk over So What, he uses C# in D Minor all the time since it's the leading tone... despite the fact that the tune is in "dorian" (which it is not strictly). So, when I walk, I often prioritize using Major 7ths in minor since it has more harmonic strength and support. To everyone... I know this stuff is dense! Do your best to keep up with it and try not to get discouraged. It took me five years of practicing, and 16 months of writing this book to really deeply ingrain these concepts into my playing. A lot of it is influeneced Barry Harris's teachings and what I learned directly from Bill Dobbins, filtered through my own experiences and the lens of the bass. It will take time. But it will work. Keep it up! DZ2 points
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I've been asked for some more photos, so though I would post them here - much better resemblance of the true colour out in the sunshine!2 points -
For fleeting moment, I honestly thought 'has Drake opened a night club on a boat?'2 points
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I think this shows how they value you Daryl. Hang in there.2 points
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I've been on here for decades and I'm very familiar with Daryl's threads. Just this one seemed a bit different and some of his recent posts might have indicated a slight lack of confidence / self deprecation. I'm much reassured by his reply though 👍2 points
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Well, I've pulled it to check. D140F with the orange frame. Reconed, but with paper dust cap. I've fired it up tonight, and it's got a proper old school vibe going on with a P bass with flats. My wife is not convinced however. Rob2 points
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As far as I'm aware the Albert Hall only has 5 levels.2 points
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I would never pay £BigMoney to see a band at the Enormodome - firstly you can barely see 'em, sound in a huge hanger is usually terrible, there's no sense of intimacy and there's 20000 other people there who've also paid well over the odds. But unfortunately, while people pay stupid prices (Oasis!) the stupid prices will exist.2 points
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They offered me the gig!2 points
