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PM'd i'll happily pop by and get these if still available. Only just noticed them!

We played at a local village festival, and England had some important international footie match to play that same evening (I forget which - I wasn’t following). We were camping over so we could have a few drinks and enjoy the nice sunny afternoon. I’d brought my own little two-man tent. The rest of the band decided they’d share this big khaki tent the keyboard player assured us was brilliant. No one could figure out how to put it up, and the decision was made “let’s just watch the football and put it up later.” Later turned out to be very dark, and everyone several beers worse for wear, at which point it became obvious it wasn’t actually a tent - it was an awning for a caravan, and no way was it going to work by itself. Making the best of it they just laid down under it like a massive duvet and passed out. I crawled off to bed in my little tent just as it started raining heavily. And England got beaten after all that.

Did a wedding at which the organisers had massively overbooked other singers/pianist/string quartet etc at (plus the usual overrunning programme of speeches etc). We spent most of the evening sitting around in a comfy side room, while the organiser periodically popped her head in to say “sorry about this -not long now etc.” I think we set up and played for 35 minutes in the end before they ran out of time. Bizarre.

Travelled from Wales to Stoke many years ago when I was a teenager to play a gig. I went with my dad, while the guitarist and singer shared another car. We got home safely in the early hours, but the singer/guitarist’s car did less well. Some spectacular wrong turns later they ended up on the outskirts of London at about 4am (a good four hour drive away from their intended destination). I’d have teased them more about it except I didn’t drive at the time so didn’t have a leg to stand on!

Mostly dark jeans and a crisp shirt of some sort nowadays. Covers most eventualities.

Sold him by Genz Benz 2x12 cab. Had a good chat about all things musical and noodled on various basses. Easy transaction, good Basschatter and a thoroughly nice chap.

Was playing guitar on one occasion and went for a heroic downstroke and smacked the corner of the neck pickup right under the nail of my right index finger. It was beyond painful. Been smacked in the mouth (by my mic) many times by drunk punters dancing into my mic stand. And got a load of broken glass in my hand at the end of a gig once from the shards stuck to the gaffer tape i’d used to tape down some cables.

Probably safe in MIA territory then.

Another Leicesterfarian here (we’ll just over the border into Harborough district nowadays) Howard Smith is highly recommended. He’s done all my bass and guitar repairs and set ups since I moved here 18 years ago. Top man indeed. Welcome aboard @Ian Somerville

Been playing theatre gigs since last summer using a 500w Markbass LM2 and two Markbass 2x10 cabs. It’s all very lightweight and modular, never been short on volume onstage, and easy to transport. Gigs that size will have a big FOH system and decent monitors or IEMs anyway, and for smaller gigs I can get by with a one of the cabs. Im also from the era of “big is best” cabs, but having lugged around 8x10s, 4x10s and various combinations thereof over the last 30 or so years I just don’t want to do it anymore.

Leicester (where I live): Kasabian Easy Life Englebert Humperdinck Mark Morrison Cornershop Showaddywaddy John Deacon Swansea (where I’m from): Badfinger Cerys Matthews Man Hybrid Bonnie Tyler Dire Straits drummer Terry Williams Spencer Davis (him out of the Spencer Davis Group…)

John Bush’s album with Anthrax was pretty cool too.

Ha ha! But 80s spandex, pointy guitars and massive hair was COOL! I was quite proud of my cowboy boots with rattly chains, billowing flowery shirts and hoop earrings. No way you’re getting me in a baseball hat and a goatee tho.

True that. I hated the sound of the Nu Metal too thing after years of enjoying what’s now referred to as Classic Rock.

Oasis’s entire career completely passed me by. At the time i missed out on the whole Britpop thing to be honest. Then I got to relive it anyway for the next 25 years in a variety of pub bands. Lucky me eh.

Yeah I’m doing nothing this NYE. Did my last gigs of the year on Dec 19, so having a few quiet weeks. Hope everyone who is playing has a good one and fingers crossed it all goes ahead.

In: 2 x Markbass STD102HF cabs 1 x Markbass TRV102P cab Boss chorus pedal EBS Multicomp pedal Various bass strings Out: Schroeder 1210r cab Yamaha TRBX505 Boss tremolo pedal So yeah - mainly shifting stuff I’ve realised I don’t use, and getting in stuff I need for the run of gigs I’ve been doing since June/July time. …and all via Basschat!

Aha - yes I had a 2x12. It was certainly really loud and effortless to carry - I’ll give it that.

It also depends whether you like the sound of Barefaced cabs too. Yes they are light and efficient but the sound is not to everyone’s taste - I really didn’t like the sound at all, and they aren’t cheap, so I’d investigate a few other brands too. Yesterday’s gig involved a very small stage and I had to settle for using one Markbass Standard 102HF - it’s a fairly large 2x10 cab with a front bass port, rated 400w at 8ohms. I was really pushing it and it was just about putting out enough for a pretty loud rock covers band. I’ve gigged with a pair of them and the sound is massive and far better. Ample low end either way tho.