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Shame In the mid 70's as a callow youth of about 14/15 my mates and I used to vist Shaftesbury Avenue, Charing cross road and Denmark st on a regular basis, there were loads more music shops then, asking to try instruments we couldn't possibly afford and were never refused. I did eventually buy my HH Vs Bass amp from Macari's, there were two branches on Charing Cross Road. Happy Days

I've tried boiling strings but if they're knackered any iway it brightens them up for a short while and then they die prhetty quickly. Fine if you're skint but new strings are the answer. Can't imagine DK's , excellent tutor though he is, method is much more effective.

Think about a career move to another band that doesn't play Alright Now or if it's in the first set plan ahead what to go for first if it's a function with a buffet table.

[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1422379858' post='2671935'] You're the first on my list I don't hear that much to be concerned about there.... [url="http://youtu.be/-ef_D-Et7c8"]http://youtu.be/-ef_D-Et7c8[/url] [/quote]d I've played quite a few on that list plus China girl and heroes Hiram - I'm waiting by the phone�� It sounds a great gig. Keep us posted when you're playing locally. I'm surprised not to have heard of more Bowie tribute bands

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And Drive in Saturday would be a fave for me too !

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1422320972' post='2671240'] There's nothing from Station to Station, Low, Heroes or Lodger - that's quite a big ommission. [/quote] That was my first thought too. I suspect Bowie fans would like some of the newer stuff in their too. I would by probably miss out tin machine or the Tonight album.

Oh and another senior moment a few years ago: I usedto play g**tar (there I've said it) in a blues band which had the good fortune to rehearse in the back room of a Cambridge pub. After one such session I was chatting in the car park, for a bit, said good night, jumped in my car and drove home, some twenty miles away. Got home 11:00ish and heaved the Fender twin from the boot, opened the rear passenger door only to see a big space where my guitar case should be and felt a little bit sick realising I had left my usa fender strat in the dark carpark and drove off. It was the longest 4 rings in the world before the barman picked up the phone and before I uttered a word said "its OK Mike I've got it behind the bar;you can pick it up in the morning". Oh how we laughed. Not!

[quote name='Stu-khag' timestamp='1421064480' post='2656654'] Guitarist had a fancy tuner that you could change the tuning frequency (other than classical stuff, I've never seen anyone need to tune to anything other than concert pitch) . we started playing and his playing was even flatter than usual. He spent 40 minutes trying to sort his guitar (changed the strings, changed guitar, moved his amp - then realized he was tuning to something like 437 hz. [size=3]He wouldn't believe it could be his tuner - but the stupid thing is it didnt really occur to us to check his tuner either as we'd been wowed by all his nice and shiny brand new kit. [/size] [/quote] That's happened to me in bright sunlight playing At Hylands House playing to the biggest crowd I've ever performed in front of. Couldn't see the leds on my regular tuner so pulled a spare out of my bag, it was set to something other than 440hz. I had to swap basses mid song as I couldn't figure out why I couldn't find the right pitch at all until the sound engineer spotted the setting on my tuner. Awful

We used to place bets in my previous band to decide what the guitarist would forget for the gig. Examples include all of his leads for a gig in Lincs; he had to call at a Maplin on his way from Essex. Suit trousers he had nip to Sainsbury between stes to find a pair of black ones. Guitar stand etc etc

I once setting up in a hurry in a dark and dingy rehearsal room plugged my speaker lead from my hartke 500 into its own eefects loop in or out, can't remember which, It didnt like it and I had to have it fixed. First time Ive ever owned up to this. Especially as I got it mended under warranty

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1330529028' post='1558904'] I've decided. The Stranglers were Prog Punk. [/quote] Thatll be Dave Greenfield's bits I reckon.

Search Scott Devines excellent lesson breaking this down. It's hard but very good.

Vox amplug

[quote name='seymourfluid' timestamp='1418238811' post='2628374'] [size=4][font=Arial, sans-serif]Ha Ha Ha[/font] [font=Arial, sans-serif]Ernie Ball super slinky 45 – 100[/font] [font=Arial, sans-serif]Just feel right on my bass. I tried different strings for about 2 years until I tried these and have not changed since.[/font][/size] [/quote] Ive been happily using regular slinkies 45-105 on my basses for a few years. Really like them too

Ive been using a pocket rockit but its just started playing up on the headphone socket so ive ordered a Vox Amplug Bass2, which seems simple enough . I only want to use it to learn stuff and playalong to the headphone out of my mac or iPad, although I guess one could record to a pc with it at a push

"Hope I'm dyed before I get old".

[quote name='KingPrawn' timestamp='1414566849' post='2590649'] Stop trying to be hip and trendy Mr D. Is he not the man who championed the well known angst singer Chesney Hawkes!! [/quote] And did tv ads for American Express

Yep big fan. Only know the Tim Buckley or This mortal coil version of this.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1413235294' post='2576291'] Gear 4 Music have got an Ampeg BA115 combo on offer at £199 (down from £374) which is 100W and would just about do you for small venues. But it's 62lb (28kg). I think you may have to compromise, somewhere. [url="http://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Ampeg-BA115-Bass-Combo-Amp/9H5?origin=product-ads&gclid=CjwKEAjw8O2hBRDKur2lseLW6C8SJAC-r1J3GOtT5M91mdsN2o7J9Ef27t6qzR3mofL-aYKDPCioERoCqeXw_wcB"]http://www.gear4musi...CioERoCqeXw_wcB[/url] Also I've never used this combo so don't know if it's any good or not! It's got a DI out though, so you could go to PA for bigger gigs and use it as a stage monitor. [/quote] Ive used one of these in a rehearsal studio nice sound and good for small gigs and with pa backup bigger ones.

Hartke ? S/h?

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1412886131' post='2573077'] Well, I was going to avoid watching it but that rant provokes a sort of perverse curiosity... [/quote] DON'T DO IT !

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1412862368' post='2572774'] Didn't know what all the fuss was about. Until I listened. I am not a prejudiced man and - though some may believe otherwise - it is a [i]very[/i] rare day when I find myself reduced to sheer, choking rage Let us set aside the ham-fisted arrangement, lumpy mix and turgid 'beat'. Let us quell the nausea we may have experienced upon viewing the soupy, simpering visuals which accompanied the 'music'. Let us ignore issues of provenance and draw a veil over questions of faithfulness to the original. The truth is that this performance of 'God Only Knows' is truly the most appalling piece of sh*t I've heard in a long life that includes enforced exposure to the [i]oeuvres[/i] of Paper Lace and Mr Russ Abbott. One may not even recline on the old chestnut of 'the valueless-ness of subjective opinion in musical criticism'. By every objective measure the song falls so low as to be skimming the bricks at the bottom of the sewer. The fact that it is intended to support a charitable effort in no way detracts from its unutterable loathsomeness. In fact it makes it worse; if this is the best the BBC can do in a noble cause, God help us all when they aren't much bothered. Stuff for charity doesn't [i]have[/i] to be half-arsed, y'know; the authenticity of the charitable transaction is not [i]undermined[/i] by professionalism, taste and talent. In any event, it is immaterial whether a musical performance is intended to relieve - say - the suffering of the Thomson's gazelle or merely to line the pockets of its composer. A song's ulterior purpose is irrelevant to its inherency. This being the case I shall now proceed to youtube, there to seek out 'The Horst Wessel Lied'. It may have been the Nazis' marching song but it's musically superior to this bloated, formulaic, self-regarding train-wreck. It will also make my ears vomit, the better to resume normal listening. [color=#ffffff].[/color] [/quote] Oh for a like button. Thanks Skank

[quote name='BILL POSTERS' timestamp='1412771166' post='2571812'] You beat me, I only lasted about 5 seconds and had to stop and go out for a fag. [/quote] If I'd watched any longer I would have probably started smoking again

Somebody just sent me a link to this awful piece of cheesy crap. I want the part of my licence fee spent on this latest BBC sub strictly calumny refunded. I only lasted as long as the bit where The Anita Dobson look a like that used to be in Queen appeared and had to stop. Why oh why as they say on points of view.