casapete

Just sold my GK MB800 which would probably have been great for you Smanth. 
500 watts into 8 ohms, 2 very quiet fans and great eq, and only 2.22kg.

Worth checking out, and within your budget s/h.

52 minutes ago, Mickeyboro said:

She is annoying, that Marguerita… 😀

Yup, she was a right pizza work….

20 hours ago, taunton-hobbit said:

I hope they've done the sums -

 

 

27 years ago, Hoover offered two free international flights with any £100 purchase. Today, it’s remembered as the worst sales promotion in history.

 

😎

 

I actually copped for 2 tickets to the USA using the Hoover promotion. Bought a Hoover vacuum cleaner

on New Years Eve in 1992, and after a lot of hassle finally got the tickets to Florida in September 93.

Me and a mate went on a 2 week road trip, had an amazing time. Vacuum cleaner wasn’t bad too. 😆

Our monthly residency with the acoustic duo at a pub in a Hull suburb. Regular faces in the crowd, and 

plenty of requests to get through. Most challenging one was ‘September’ by Earth, Wind & Fire! My

guitarist mate actually made a pretty good job of it, leaving me to try and remember the bass lines

and backing vocals! 
The evening ( for me anyway) was slightly marred by just two people - one guy on his own at the back

who seemed gone on more than alcohol shouting out stuff in between and during the songs. He actually

came up at the end to thank us too, very strange. The other was a woman in her 30’s sitting right in

front of us who had the loudest voice I’ve heard in a long time. Really off putting especially during the 

quieter songs, and annoying some of the audience too. I think she’s a friend of the landlord’s wife

( who was away on holiday) so difficult knowing what to do. She sang along and clapped out of time,

making it difficult for us. When she left before our third and last set we breathed a sigh of relief,

only for her to reappear ten minutes later with a pizza from the takeaway over the road!
Just hope she’s not in on our gig in December. 

I’ve used WD40 Specialist Elecrical Contact cleaner with good results.

Currently £7.99 at Halfords.

Not sure about the graphics on this one but hey ho….😆

Played this old Brenda Lee tune on a gig last night, wonderful version here by Alison Krauss.

https://www.gumtree.com/p/guitar-instrument/fender-rumble-100w-bass-amp/1470106897

On 25/11/2023 at 09:14, casapete said:

Another +1 for the Fender Rumble 100v3. New they go for around £330, but can be had for around

£150/200 second hand. No need to look at separate cabs and amps, as the Rumble weighs 22lbs!

One of these for sale in Hartlepool on Gumtree (see link above) for £225, and it looks mint!

We (Milestone acoustic duo) played another gig last night at The Lookout on the Pier in Scarborough.
 

Capacity audience in this small venue meant I had to sit alongside my Rumble 100 combo instead of having it behind me. It surprisingly worked out fine, another myth debunked! Some great requests from the audience, including ‘Mack the Knife’ and some Buddy Holly right through to ‘Wichita Lineman’ and Chasing cars’. Best audience response yet, wouldn’t let us finish before doing a couple more tunes. Probably my favourite ever regular gig, despite a slow 50 mile drive home last night due to icy conditions. 
We are there in a couple of weeks for their Christmas party which should be brilliant, and then

a couple of Sundays every month starting January 2024. 

1 minute ago, MichaelDean said:

I see it all the time in the Bristol store.

Ah, okay. Doesn’t seem great business practice to me then. 
I’ve seen this before with some clothing companies where the price difference has been

small, but £367 is crazy. 

Hard to think that PMT would do this - could have been a genuine oversight maybe?

1 hour ago, meterman said:

Even though I no longer tour, I still keep the cases with the guitars stored in them. No idea why, as gigbags would take up less room. But Hiscox cases are ace 👍

Me too. Don’t like storing my basses and guitars on stands or hung on walls by their necks,

just have them in their cases standing vertically using a rack type arrangement I made.

One or two are in gig bags, but they’re the ones that are either next to get moved on or

cheapies that probably stand me to less than the price of a case! I use a luggage label

tied round the handle of each case to show what’s in it, less messy than gaffa tape which

can leave a sticky residue.

Hiscox cases are great, I only have one though as generally prefer oblong cases for storage.

Had mine for well over 20 years and it’s been superb. 

Thank you all for your interest. Band leader has the details of people who have replied, so 

hopefully it will be one of our own who end up with the band!

Cheers, Pete.

11 minutes ago, itu said:

Some words mentioned earlier:

CTS = carpal tunnel syndrome

back, or neck pain

arthritis

ischias

bursitis

Dupytrens Contracture sufferer here! Had it in my left hand for over 10 years now.

This is a condition where nodules appear in the palm which gradually pull the fingers down into

a contracted state. Once it gets worse then movement of the fingers gets restricted, with surgery

or recently injections the only solution. Fortunately mine has not progressed over the last few years,

and although it can sometimes give me gyp, it hasn't impacted upon my playing / earning a living.

Apparently it is common with string players generally, and the operations to rectify it can be very painful.

1 hour ago, Mickeyboro said:

Could be a new project for you, Pete - The Andre Rieu Experience…

 

And I’m on 10 per cent😂

Brilliant! No wigs needed or anything!

Wonder if bass fiddle would suffice though? 🤣

30 minutes ago, Cliff Edge said:

I thought it was the Tales of The Unexpected channel. 

Or the Queen channel, although they seem to have stopped showing every blo*dy Queen

concert for whole evenings just lately.

The Andre Rieu thing is unbelievably popular, but every time I’ve had the misfortune to see a clip

of any of the shows on Sky Arts they all seem exactly the same, just a different setting. The 

massive audiences must mean he’s minted! Good luck to him, he seems to have found a massive

market - seen adverts he’s doing a UK tour in 2024, with good tickets around the £150+ region.

Given the size of the orchestra I reckon that’s not bad when compared to ticket prices these days

for rock and pop bands with half a dozen musicians. Apparently a lot of people in the UK attend

his gigs in Europe on a regular basis too.

Another +1 for the Fender Rumble 100v3. New they go for around £330, but can be had for around

£150/200 second hand. No need to look at separate cabs and amps, as the Rumble weighs 22lbs!

I’ve had mine for a few years now and it’s one of the best bass items I’ve ever bought. Used it for

all small gigs I’ve done and it’s never been any problem - okay with a quietish drummer as well.

Everyone who picks it up can’t believe how light it is, and it sounds great too with plenty of

EQ options and an XLR for DI purposes. I honestly can’t recommend them enough.

6 hours ago, SuperSeagull said:

I’ve just put my foot down re an annual charity gig - done it for the last three years on the promise of a paid gig which has never materialised, two hours travel time for what should be 45 mins but always get shortened to 30 mins because everyone else overruns, in a pub that is packed, raking in the money for the owner without even a free glass of water for the band. Taking the proverbial.

You have made the right call on this.
An old clubland agent around here used to get bands to do these kind of gigs, using the ‘sprat to catch

a mackerel’ analogy. All we ever got was sprats. 
 

2 hours ago, markbunney said:

We thought this was a good deal bearing in mind how far, and how long we would have to travel, but they didn't want to know. I think they might be having karaoke instead 🤣

And probably end up paying the karaoke DJ more than £300 too......🤬

1 minute ago, Greg Edwards69 said:

The other problem we have is if a number of bands keep doing the same, it doesn't just undervalue their services, it undervalue the pub cover band circuit for everyone. This is one of the reasons pubs are paying bands the same rates they did 30 years ago.

That's exactly how it seems in my area. Can't believe people are still only getting £40 each on a gig, was the same over

25 years ago! I know the pub business is not looking great for landlords these days, so you can understand if they can't

(or won't) discern who the better bands are pay them accordingly? A cheap band will always find gigs.

The sickening part of turning down gigs is that there’ll be someone else willing to do it for

peanuts even if you don’t. However, turning it down will show the booker that you’re better

than that as well as no punters telling everyone else how few people were at the gig etc.

In my experience once you do cheap gigs people think you’re a cheap band.

When I first considered turning pro, a very wise local musician told me to settle on a price

I would want as a minimum for every gig and don’t waiver on that. He said that some nights 

Instead of out working I’d be sitting at home watching telly but it would be worth it in the 

long run. He was right. 

Sold an amp to Ross, all went well. Quick payment, good communications and overall an easy

transaction. Another decent BC person to deal with, cheers.

Seeing the Tracy Chapman song on another thread made me remember this.

There’s a copy currently for sale on Gumtree in Nottingham.

Natural / maple board, £160.

11 hours ago, Downunderwonder said:

Lucky! A ceiling about that height makes an acoustic guitar bloom on every C chord. They will look right at the bass player to blame.

Happened to me last night, and the guitarist did give me the look too.