Lozz196

Nice Les Paul bass, great colour on the ‘burst.

It didn’t feel like I’d been away at all Dave, even when playing material written after I’d left. I was with them 2013-19 but had kept in some form of touch with them. Overall was really good, and great to hear some good-hearted “send him back he’s rubbish” from some of the old crowd.

Just got in from a Knock Off gig (my old band which I’m standing in for) at The O2 Academy, Islington. Was a Vive Le Rock event with a load of great bands, being headlined by Cocksparrer. Load in was 5pm, had our own dressing room and refreshments, then on at 6pm for a short sharp shock set of 30mins. We played well, no errors, backline was provided and it was Blackstar amps - for bass was a Unity 700H & Unity 410C that my trusty JMJ Mustang & Behringer BDI21 went through, with both DI and miked cab. Was quite touched to hear a good few people calling my name out when we were setting up, and afterwards caught up with some people I’ve not seen since I left in 2019. Again the black New Balance trainers got the job, might not be particularly punk but neither is having sore feet!

I don’t know about the Bugeras but the Ashdowns & Peaveys will be fine. Of the two brands Peavey are virtually indestructible, Ashdown are UK based with great customer service so any problems they can sort so that’s where I would be looking to put my money.

I remember it from the Ex Boyfriends gig you & Andy etc did in Hitchin, when I was the transport manager for the evening (as in, drove you both there).

Sounds promising, fingers crossed for you it works out

Even funnier was they both had the same snare drum, so the evening became snare-chat!

If I recall correctly our very own @Cat Burrito used to have a Jazz with Precision neck - I’ve not dreamt this have I Tim?

I think that’s great, it might not seem like much to the bands but things like this have a real impact on fans, well done to them (and all bands who do similar).

Just got back from a Spacewasters gig at The Water Rats, Kings Cross - 2nd gig we’ve done there in 6 days. Was a 2 band bill tonight, making the logistics of the evening much easier, us opening up with an hours set. The headliners allowed us to use their kit & cabs so we only needed to bring guitars, cymbals, snare, pedals & amps, the bass cab was a rather nice Markbass 410 which sounded great with my Fender JMJ Mustang and Ashdown RM500. We played very well, it was our guitarist Joeys last gig with us and it was a nice end to his tenure in the band. Home by midnight with a McDs, and lesson learned from last week, black New Balance trainers this time, much better.

Surely all of it is, especially when ended with FACT

In your position I`d contact the drummer and ask when our next wine-bar vibe/non-rock/blues band rehearsal was booked for, adding that I`m really looking forward to it after my holiday. Essentially, make the tosser squirm.

Mick @The Greek put up a similar one with BAX I think last week

I’m still trying to find a good t-shirt with that on

My band, The Spacewasters played in Malta earlier this year (I didn’t go as no longer get on planes) and they did a deal with the organising Malta band that they got all the door money, with a reciprocal agreement that the same happened when the Malta band came over here - which happened last weekend. Sadly with things the way they are it’s unlikely that similar could be arranged but it may be worth trying to set up something like that with a local band who would be willing to play for expenses only.

Hi @Riaz, Lozz who followed your stint on bass in The Shout here, hope all`s well, haven`t seen you in years!

I remember buying one of those from you way back

Agree @ezbass, my family come from SE London so I`ve been going to London all my life, it has really changed over the last 10 years. On Saturday we had a gig at Kings Cross and the route, one which I`ve been doing since the 70s, well there were places I didn`t recognise, and new one-ways/roundabouts etc.

Two injuries - upper back/shoulder done in 1984, lower back two years ago. The upper whilst it`s caused me several issues over the years I`ve learned to manage due it it being so long term, the lower I`m still getting to grips with what I can & can`t do, with most things falling into the latter category. Age also having an impact on this, I`m sure if I were 39 with this lower back malarkey rather than 59 I would have been able to sort it with exercise/gym work.

Cheers Dave, yeah back issues at play, both upper and lower now, any form of exercise other than walking sadly just makes it worse.

Yeah decided to not go for it, if it were confirmed at 7lbs I would but if it gets here and it’s 7.5 it’s a load of faffing about so gonna wait until either a confirmed 7-pounder or my superlite turns up.

Sounds like it was a good purchase Dave, sounds good and makes life easier, there’s a lot to like there.

Agree, I’ve only had my fave Precision for 10 years but because I’ve played it so much it just feels “right” in my hands, and different to the other Precisions that I have, all of which are the same range and strung with the same strings. The more I play my fave the better it feels, I get much more enjoyment playing that bass than any other.

I get that Nik, similarly I can play guitar ok enough but have never really felt like “me” when being a guitarist in a band, my home is bass.

Great venue, always a good gig there