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[quote name='cheddatom' post='613628' date='Oct 1 2009, 10:28 AM']When I play the drums I hang my jaw down like a fish and [b]lick my toungue[/b] out occasionally.[/quote] Drummers eh? So what do you lick you toungue with, Tom?

I think the medical term for it is Georgebensonism.

I don't qualify on the playing experience but .... We've seen a few fake CS Fenders come by on ebay so make sure it's a real one... Also, although I appreciate BIN aspect of GAS in action, there is a very interesting new Shuker just about to arrive that may be of interest to someone looking at a CS Jazz ....

[quote name='MacDaddy' post='613316' date='Sep 30 2009, 09:40 PM']not yet. I've just got together with a new band and we are arranging a rehearsal. I'll post how it goes.[/quote] I hope it doesn't scare them away "'ere. that ain't a Fender"

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='108987' date='Dec 24 2007, 06:07 PM']I asked another builder what the difference was between bolt on and through neck and he said "the size of the bill!". Obviously if you dont want a heel then you have to go through neck or set neck but if you rarely venture to the dusty end it probably makes no difference.[/quote] W&T do some nice carved heels on their bolt ons ....

Wow That[i] is[/i] different.

[quote name='cetera' post='612991' date='Sep 30 2009, 02:32 PM']Fri 20th November... hopefully![/quote] Dressed to Kill?

[quote name='bassatnight' post='612806' date='Sep 30 2009, 10:25 AM']Why is bedders never interviewed in Bass guitar mags!? If I get the editor of Bass magzines E-mail address - whose up for filling up his in box with requests for the underated Madness four-stringer to get the in depth interview he so richly deserves I am fed up with reading interviews with American Bass virtuosos lets get some good old influential British boys interviewed!!!!!!!!! Steve.[/quote] Add it to the BGM thread ... I lourve his basslines and sound ..

[quote name='cetera' post='612887' date='Sep 30 2009, 12:19 PM']Same as the situation at The Point... We're scheduled to play The Globe in November. Fingers crossed it goes ahead.... Alan at the venue said gigs would continue throughout the appeal and (if they lose the appeal) when he takes it to the Crown Court....[/quote] Yeah he's hoping the appeal will take long enough to save up to do the extra work. What date are you here? OG

[quote name='thebeat' post='612812' date='Sep 30 2009, 10:33 AM']Playing devils advocate here, but as someone who's had problems with a commercial enterprise causing me problems with excessive noise, i can sympathise with the complainer. Surely the venue should have soundproofed before they started having gigs? Doesn't take a genious to realise that close neighbours might be affected by gigs and complaints may follow. My downstairs neighbour is a funeral directors and when i first moved into my property they had the cheek to complain that my music was disturbing the services as their chapel of rest was below my lounge. I pointed out to the manager that if they could hear my music, have they ever thought that i might be able to hear every word and every note that is played, loudly i might add, at their services...of course they hadn't thought of that cos all they care about is the money they make from the bereaved. When i asked why they as a commercial enterprise hadn't soundproofed their chapel of rest, knowing that they had a neighbour directly above them, they had no answer...they just wanted to have their cake and eat it too. Being a nice guy, sometimes anyway, i have agreed to keep my music down when they have services but i still have to listen to them as they don't seem to give a sh*t that i can still hear their noise...there's only so many times i can hear the Lord Is My Shepherd before i go postal and then they'll be sorry...it's be back to Going Underground at full belt if they're not careful [/quote] They did as much as they could at the time, as much as the planning dept asked and for what investment dosh they had. Seems it wasn't enough. If they'd not done anything then more than two people would be complaining. There's a music pub 50 yerds down the road that's hasd all sorts of complaints and problems and the Globe's only had 2 .. As for your funeral directors below, ask them to soundproof their ceiling. Fairly simple and relatively cheap.

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='612759' date='Sep 30 2009, 08:54 AM']We were booked to play The Point and it closed about 2 weeks before. Now we are booked for The Globe in a couple of weeks and it's due to close. I see a pattern emerging. [/quote] I've played quite a few places that have subsequently been knocked down. We got to play first though

[quote name='Shaggy' post='612748' date='Sep 30 2009, 08:35 AM']I only remember this as a cinema (briefly lived in Roath in te '80's - Angus st.), but I can imagine it making a hell of a great live music venue - could do with a similar one in Swansea. Damn shame, will be writing stroppy letter [/quote] Thanks Shaggy. The orginal Globe Cinema was a big ol' 30's fleapit cinema on the corner of Albany and Wellfeild where th a Ozzy pub is now. Mates who lived here when it was still going said it was a the type pf place where the audience joined in the films, shouting out comments and throwing stuff .. When it closed the building was knocked down and a series of shops were built as "the Globe Centre". It did open for a bit but failed pretty fast in the early 90's. One of my friends ran a campaign to get the cinema re-opened but that didn't work. She says that planning for the shops was only allowed if an arts cinema was included in the plans. The Globe (venue) is the small arts cenema converted.

[quote name='gafbass02' post='612638' date='Sep 29 2009, 11:33 PM']In 'doublecross' on the tours with Styx and dokken we were properly looked after. Fed and a never ending fridge of beer, a neve ending fridge of soft drinks and a third endless fridge of water. The man would just come and restock every so often. [b]We always took a rucksack to fill with as much as we could and then divvied up later[/b]. We were also given fresh towels everynight before and after and also on our amps which was nice.[/quote] One band I dep for regularly has a poor starvin' pro musician fiddle player. Every time we play a wedding she brings Tupperware and fills it up with wedding food and then lives on it for a few days ..... She usually brings a big flask of tea too which we share..

What makes you think he uses different tunings?

[quote name='vegas_hooker' post='612623' date='Sep 29 2009, 11:20 PM']Possibly. Though it must have some large backing to take on the gamble.....even without considering the 'economy' etc.[/quote] Fingers crossed...

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='612593' date='Sep 29 2009, 10:53 PM']Clearly the venue is causing a genuine problem or the council wouldn't be threatening them - the council wouldn't take any action unless it had witnessed the noise problem first-hand. Only last weekend I was on the phone to the hotel across the street from me, asking them why I had to call them twice every weekend to complain about the noise, and why they couldn't just do something about it - maybe by closing their effing windows like I asked them to. I think I'll be ringing the council instead next time because I'm wasting my breath with these tossers.[/quote] I sympathize with you and the vicar. It's no fun living where there's a noise problem. Lat weekend we played a venue with a loading in door right by the stage. Despite repeated announcements, signs on the doors etc people were still going out through them to smoke, and leaving the doors wide open for our noise to assault the local houses and police station. Surprised we didn't get a visit. However that's having noise reduction kit but not using it... different situation, really.

[quote name='vegas_hooker' post='612584' date='Sep 29 2009, 10:43 PM']I was led to believe that the rear of the stage was adjacent to one of the complaining persons living rooms. Its not an ideal place for a live venue which has a great set up and a lot to offer in the 'diff, and part of that problem is that it was given a live music license in the first place. I hope it can wrangle something that benefits all, but facts are facts.....the neighbours were there first. I am really more sour about The Point, since that was in existence before the yuppy brigade moved in across the road. But being part of the local council, I suspect there is more to it than that.[/quote] When the Coal Exchange opens again for gigs the Yuppies will be at it again I suspect.

[quote name='Sonic_Groove' post='612386' date='Sep 29 2009, 07:55 PM']LOL -- Yeah Tara trumps any musician! Ooh I wonder if she can sing? :brow:[/quote] Managed both .. Tara last night and Wobble today. Simples He's a great character as well as a great player. He doesn't sound aanything like you imagine him to from his pictures

[quote name='lonestar' post='610768' date='Sep 28 2009, 12:57 PM']Just make him an offer he can't refuse. For starters perhaps a dismembered Roscoe headstock in the bed type of thing. badda bang badda bing. You'll enjoy the gig they're very good. Deep pan or thin crust? Mike[/quote] Ha ha I was in teh venue today - its under thread of closure du to noise problems so I'm hoping the Dans get to do their thing ... Dismembered Roscoe? How about Daisy's shorts?

[quote name='Rich' post='612215' date='Sep 29 2009, 05:15 PM']Yeah... a retired vicar and a civil servant. Says it all really. [/quote] Alan says the Vicar went to see the venue, and maybe Seth Lakeman, and liked the venue a lot Ironic or what? Al says he thinks that noise thats anoying him may actually be coming from the Vicar's DJ neighbour. Mr Civil servant, however, does have a case as the noise man's been round and it's intrusive and he has kids and stuff .... It's just a case of getting the work done. It's not an impossible problem to resolve, just needs a bit of time and money.