Lozz196

Use the shite sandwich approach: You’re looking great tonight (good) I bought a new bass today (bad) You deserve a night out, beautiful (good)

Yes a few times, first was at The Greyhound in Fulham, 30 Dec 1985 (was driving hence being the only one I actually remember when).

Probably something simple but best get it to Ashdown HQ for diagnosis

I used to love Wrathchild, Stakk Attack!

I’m in two bands, one which doesn’t gig cos all we do is rehearse once a fortnight (haven’t even got a singer) and the other band maybe gigs 10/15 times a year, and only rehearses for new material or when necessary. Much more easy to deal with than my last band which both rehearsed and gigged pretty much every week, with the gigs being very far-flung.

Apparently it`s the nearest in sound to an 810 cab that Ampeg make, that to me is good enough endorsement.

A true classic, great song/album.

Some people use the word to denote slave, not colour. A mate of mine used to work in antiques and his Spanish boss was always using the N word for his staff, and every single one of them was white.

Yeah we played with Filf at Amsterdam Rebellion and agree, much better now Muttleys back on vox doing what he does best.

Yeah on a serious mode although I could carry my ABM410 & 210 they were getting a little bit too much - if I lived in a ground floor flat I`d probably have kept the 410 as it was on wheels so easy to shift about. But permanent back injury and heading towards 60 (plus a healthy amount of GAS) meant a changeover was required.

I love the “all my gear in one trip from the car” statement. I’m so knackered I have to carry my plectrums in single trips 😠

Yeah that’s a good shout. John is a mate of mines brother. In all the years I’ve known my mate (nearly 40) I’ve never met him though.

At Rebellion a few years back when they played it was probably the most packed I’ve seen The Empress stage. They still pull good crowds wherever they play.

Quite, when we were recording our last album we wanted to get done to a timescale and a days mixing opportunity came up earlier than expected on a Sunday. But as we were gigging both the Fri & Sat before I said no we shouldn’t do it as our ears wouldn’t be in the best shape after that, as well as overall tiredness of two gigs in a row at distance.

I’ve liked the Anti Nowhere League & Macc Lads since the 80s, been fortunate enough to play gigs with them and meet them. For me the Macc Lads were parodying the stereotypical northern “lad” of the time, not many got it sadly. The Anti Nowhere League imo were probably a bit nearer their outlaw image & lifestyle. K$$t & The Gang, again I’ve gigged with him/met him, decent chap and I find his material hilarious.

I used Ampeg PF500, Markbass LM3, Aguilar Tonehammer & AG500, and Ashdown ABM600. Given the flat/uncoloured response of the BF cabs imo they pair really well with amps like these which have a warmer sound.

Keep saving the pennies, they’re amazing amps, and yep, don’t matter where they’re made, if they’re good they’re good

Cos it`s a nice little earner in Scrabble?

The thing for me is it said everyone in the USA. Surely not everyone in the USA is American?

Hemel Hempstead Dave Vanian - singer of The Damned John McKay - guitarist, Siouxsie & The Banshees Jocasta - Indie band from the 90s And me of course!

It’s a good little pedal, very easy to use, I recently bought one but will be moving it on as sticking with my Ashdown OriginAL which is more “me”.

Yes I’ve read that he uses, in his words, “wires” only for live use, preferring chromes for recording.

I don’t know which album it was but I read an interview with Nate Mendel where he said the producer got him to use flats on a Foo Fighters album for a slightly different (and probably almost unheard) sound.

I think they’re just about the perfect amp, light enough to carry about without any difficulty, incredibly versatile on sound due to the extensive eq, and the features as per @la bams post above. Nicely bridge the gap between the smaller Class D amps and the big all valve jobbies.

Pretty much the same with punk, bands with small amps & cabs are generally looked at as not being “proper” bands by the audiences and even some promoters, more like hobby bands flirting with doing it but not doing it right. I suppose it’s more to the fact that that’s what “proper” bands had back in the day so that’s what they should have now. I only ever heard one person actually voice such views but in the main (as in virtually all) the bands that headlined had big amps & cabs.