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My band at the time was a five-piece of 30-40something blokes, playing rock/pop/70s-00s stuff. One woman asked if we could play any Girls Aloud. FFS.
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Saxophone. My in-laws had one which they loaned to me - me thinking it would be another string to my bow etc. It was impossible - there was nothing familiar about how you play it, and it was deafeningly loud which meant i hardly wanted to blow it anyway. So it went back to them at next visit unfortunately. Top marks to anyone who can make it sing - it completely eluded me.
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I had a few pints and a chat with him once after a comedy gig in Leicester a few years ago, and he was really good company - witty, knowledgeable and full of amusing stories.
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Hello Looks like i'm going to have to replace a bridge on a Yamaha BB604 - has anyone done this already, and what bridge fitted well? It's a sort of fairly high-mass gold bit of metal, but the holes are in a different place to my BBOT Fender spare i was using to measure it. Its the same bridge as on a RBX760A, but as both the BB and the RBX are discontinued, Yamaha says they can't provide me with a spare. It's just the base plate i need - the saddles are fine. Any ideas? Is there a Yamaha experts/owners group or something? I've tried ebay and the usual parts/spares places online but nowt. Bummer.
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Aside from novelty songs which aren't really meant to be 'good' my pet hate of a song is Robbie Williams 'Candy'. It's utter tripe.
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I love Francis Dunnery's solo stuff - Tall Blond Helicopter and Let's Go Do What Happens were both real game changers for me musically, and helped me make sense of quite a difficult period in my life. Never seen him live tho, which is a real shame. Enjoy the gig!
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We briefly did Bowie's "Oh You Pretty Things" and it was a total dance floor emptier. People just looked slightly panicked and confused when we started playing it. We dropped it after about two gigs...
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Jimi Hendrix "All Along the Watchtower" does it for me - its one of the most atmospheric sounding recordings ever. Mark Knopfler's "Sailing to Philadelphia" is up there for spine-tingling, tasteful, sparse playing. On the other end of the scale, Queen's "The Show Must Go On" gives me shivers - such a great vocal performance, especially knowing he's dying.
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I had an old Volvo 940 estate for a long time - huge amount of room in the back with the back seats folded down. I've got a settee and a massive fridge freezer in there before now! It didn't have the same height as people movers do, but you did get a huge loading bay boot right up to the back of the driver's seat if required. Huge space, and lovely car too.
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That awful feeling when you let some gear go.!!
bassbiscuits replied to bubinga5's topic in General Discussion
Earlier this year I sold the P bass which had been my main bass for the last 10 years, and which had come with me to gigs in Ireland, Poland and across the UK. I was gutted and to make matters worse it was on the shop website for a few weeks afterwards tormenting me, until someone bought it. Shame but that's life sometimes. -
SOLD Purple Chili 1x12 300w lightweight bass cab
bassbiscuits replied to bassbiscuits's topic in Amps and Cabs For Sale
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Yup i'll be there too - count me in. In terms of gear - probably the Lull PJ4, the old Precision, LM3 and Schroeder cab. I'll remember to contribute something to the raffle this time too!
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SOLD Purple Chili 1x12 300w lightweight bass cab
bassbiscuits replied to bassbiscuits's topic in Amps and Cabs For Sale
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Hello all, I'm selling a Purple Chili ZB112NT bass cab - it's an extremely lightweight 1x12 Celestion equipped cabinet, rated 300w at 8ohms. It weighs just a touch over 15kg (34lb approx) which is very light! It's front ported and finished in a really cool two-tone burgundy/black leatherette vinyl with white piping on it. There are two very small nicks in the vinyl which I've tried to show in fourth photograph. It is in very good condition and comes with a fitted Roqsolid cover. I bought it from Stega of this very parish back in September, as a solution to a highly portable cab for support slots I was doing. However I've ended up preferring my Schroeder cab and using that anyway, so the Purple Chili is surplus to my needs. It's in exactly the same condition as when I bought it, as I've only taken it out three times. Looking to get back what I paid for it - £210 collected or £225 posted. I'm in Leicestershire and happy to post or to meet at a reasonable distance. NOW SOLD THANKS Cheers
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If you could have any one bass in the FS section
bassbiscuits replied to GreeneKing's topic in General Discussion
Old Horse Murphy's Reissue P bass for sure. I've been drooling over it. I already have one P but I can always justify to myself having two as they are very much my kind of bass. -
Just been out with my brother and dad who are both quo fans and heard the news. Genuinely sad. He was one of the main reasons my bro plays guitar. We're listening to 12 Gold Bars and raising a glass or two to Rick. RIP chap.
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Hello I know this is a really wide open question, and probably very subjective, but i'm after some recommendations for a replacement P/J pickup set. I have a Mike Lull PJ4, and as far as I can tell, it currently has Lindy Fralins made especially for Lull, which are very articulate, bright and open sounding, but i'm after something a bit hotter and more deep/thumpy. I've previously had Aguilar Hots on a jazz bass which i loved - they were loud, and very full sounding which was kind of my sound, but they don't come in a P/J set unfortunately. On youtube etc, the normal Aguilars sound fat and punchy in some of the vids, but quite trebly and aggressive in others, so not sure what the true sound is. Which leads me to stuff like Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounders, and whatever the current version of Wizard Thumpers are. The Lull itself has a very articulate, quite modern tone, which softens to a more vintage feel with the tone rolled off a little, and thats more the kind of sound i'm chasing. Not after super bright or modern sounding etc - more something full and bassy, even vintage sounding - does that even exist? There's no substitute for trial and error on these things, but any pointers that could save me time/money by steering me in right direction would be good. I'm using it through a Little Mark 3 and usually and Aguilar or Schroeder cab.
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I've learned that being reliable, learning the songs properly and not being a total idiot is the key to getting asked back to do depping work and getting good gigs. I've also finally fallen in love with flatwounds.