Lozz196

Where is Billy Apple when you need him, with his vast knowledge of these great instruments?

I’ve got one of the Peel Session albums by Stiff Little Fingers and it’s excellent, really raw but well balanced & mixed.

Especially for the ridiculous claims made as well, why not just be honest and say we want another VH in the band, rather than slag MA off in the press about being a bad bassist.

Was just thinking about bass & strings, and wondered to myself, do D’addario make Pro Steels in nickel? Doh! moment, the clue might be in the name. What a dumbass!

When I was a kid and stayed round my Nan & Grandads on a Saturday night James Last was often on the TV, both Nan & Grandad loved his shows.

Back on topic re pubs & gigs, my non-gigging band now have our only ever intended gig (a very good mates 50th) provisionally booked for March next year. I hope it works out, the band have been playing for years and only ever intended on this one gig, our mate will be heartbroken if can’t go ahead.

The Professionals are better, but not sure if nearly £1000 better. You can get better tuners/replacement pickups/bridge for £300 - at that point the only thing you can’t do is graphite rods in the neck. I’d buy a Professional used, but not new.

I think Jack is just fishing to see if anyone bought his concept album of The Birdie Song.

Great venue, plenty of room in there, decent sized dressing rooms, separate toilets for the performers, may be doable.

Makes it sound more focused & tight, but not at the expense of any low end, if anything it adds to it. Great looking bass btw Jonesy, just screams 70s - which is a good thing imo.

I think pearloid, looks great in an already great looking bass.

My first Rebellion Festival was pretty special, being asked to play the biggest punk festival in world is just amazing. But the gig I’ll always remember was being asked to play for a distant friend who had cancer. We were his favourite band, we did the gig and afterwards he got up on stage to thank us, I had a lump in my throat at that point, this poor guy saying how much he’d enjoyed the evening. 3 weeks later he died. Festivals great, overseas tours great but I’ll remember playing that gig above others. Making my eyes well up typing this.

I’d love to see a band do that 1980 list.

Rose Morris in Hemel, remember it well, used to rehearse in the basement on a Sunday Morning.

Yes a higher clank total than usual - seems in higher mid territory, just wonder if it’s due to the recording gear as the drums also didn’t seem to have much low end either.

That is a beauty!

Same for me.

I’ve never sent anything without insurance, luckily had no issues so never had to try and call on it.

And factor in the weight, those TE combos can weigh the same as small planets.

As long as she doesn’t drive a Volvo she’ll be fine 🤣

Yes I knew we’d chatted about it but the memory now only holds so much...

I can understand where you’re coming from, even though I’m a die hard Fender fan boi. I suppose due to the number of them around they can seem a bit Volvo & Labrador.

Which punk band, Roger?

Those were my thoughts too, the gap between them really isn’t a grand. I used mine as my flying/European bass, I left it in Germany for gigs over there and after 3 months locked in its case it was still perfectly in tune.

Well my experience of the regular ABM cabs in comparison to the RM cabs is that they have a lower, deeper sound. Easiest way to describe but is that the RMs get the sort of sound you want to achieve at lower volumes (so smaller venues) whereas you can push the ABMs harder (on bigger stages/venues). I can’t see Ashdown wanting these NEO cabs to stray far from the ABM sound though.