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First live gig I ever saw Liverpool stadium in 1975 saw him many times after that the last being in a small tent at Glastonbury in 2017, Cockney Rebel were the soundtrack of my teenage years. Great performer and excellent musician as George pointed out above while he is best known for make me smile there are so many more great tunes in his back catalogue.

RIP Steve and thanks for the memories 

Just sold my Classic vibe Precision to Steve fast payment great communication very easy transaction highly recommended top bloke 

hope you enjoy the bass Steve

At 64 I'm by far the oldest in our covers band with the singer being early 30's and the guitarist and drummer in their early 20's. I've known Mike the singer for a long time through playing cricket and when he wanted to expand his acoustic duo to a full band some years ago he asked mew to help out which I agreed too until they found a regular bass player. 10 years later and I'm still here, original guitarist and drummer left maybe 4 years ago to start an originals band, found replacements and got on with it. 

Probably busier than we've ever been averaging around 60-70 gigs a year definitely helps me keep young and I'm still enjoying it. We do a nice  mix of functions and pub gigs which is good. Although i must admit i wish I had a quid for every time I've been asked whose dad I am. Thing is as long as you're still enjoying gigging them age is no barrier just get out there and enjoy yourself is my motto. 

Last gig of what has been another extremely busy year for us a wedding in Garstang up in Lancs. Nice change as for the last 5 years covid permitting we have played a dinner dance at a hotel in Ashton Under Lyne which year by year has had less people attending, so was really looking forward to tonight. 

However, like many others it seems I've been afflicted by a sore throat and chest infection for most of December so just going to dose myself up and struggle through. Good luck to everyone who is gigging tonight hope you all have a good one and happy new year to you all. 

I don't mind at all not sure i need to weigh it and I'll get back to you shortly if that's ok ?

Cheers Steve 

I've dropped the price on this to £250 as I could do with moving it on 

Let me know if you have any questions 

Cheers Steve 

Squier Classic Vibe 1960's precision in Sunburst. Bass is in excellent condition with no visible marks. Has just been professionally set up and had new GHS precision flats fitted. Bought 2nd hand with the intention of using it as a back up but i already have one and three basses is excessive for me as even though i gig most weekends this probably won't get used enough to justify. Plus i want to get one of the new Ashdown Pro DI pedals so this would cover it. 

I'm based in Wigan and happy to post for £20, if you have any other questions please feel free to ask , as always my photography skills are very basic and i'm happy to provide extras if needed. 

Cheers Steve 

funnily enough i picked up an identical bass for 185 quid at Cash Generator in Wigan its in pristine condition, going off to get a pro set up and new strings then it'll become back up to my Maruscyck for gigs and will definitely get a few outings

On 14/06/2023 at 10:01, dmccombe7 said:

Are they ok ie reliability ?

Behringer can be hit or a miss from what i know.

Dave

We’ve been using in ears exclusively for the last 3 years and I’ve used one of these instead of an amp probably done over 200 gigs without any issues whatsoever. There are undoubtedly better and much more expensive Options out there but for the price these are reliable and great value. My intention was originally to use it as a short term solution in case I couldn’t get use to in ears , but honestly never seen a reason to upgrade 

cheers Steve 

Price drop to £500 including postage for some reason I don't appear to be able to change the price on the header 

Thanks Nick I’m really in two minds but I’m not using it to gig with because I’m struggling with the body size , I’m good thanks busy with gigs which is good , how are you all good I hope 

This is a reluctant sale as I wanted one of these for some time, however despite it looking and sounding great I'm just struggling with the body size. 

As a result it's not getting gigged so I really need to move it on, The bass is around six months old and has only been gigged a few times having mainly been used in the house. It is in excellent condition. The bass is Currently strung with GHS precision flats and comes with an epiphone gig bag. I can post if necessary or local pick up is available I'm based in Wigan up in the north West.

I'm not the best photographer as you can tell however if you need any more photos please give me a call

Same gig as we have done the three years before last year , dinner dance at a hotel in Ashton Under Lyne, only downside is we have to be there from 3.30pm to set up then don’t play till 9.45 , strict 2 45 minute sets and off at 11.45 pm when the DJ takes over , we then have to hang around till around 1.30 to pack up. Good payer which sort of compensates for it and suppose we should be grateful to be gigging with everything that’s going on. Event was sold out a while ago but will be interesting to see how many people either decide against attending or are isolating 

We’ve gigged almost non stop since everything reopened including two a weekend since mid November and the inevitable has happened. Friday nights gig was possibly the worst ever mad Friday in a popular pub just outside Wigan full of absolute idiots; if I could have packed up and gone home I would’ve, anyway the upshot is 3 out of the 4 of us tested positive on Sunday, we are pretty sure it was Friday as there are quite a few people we know who were there who have tested positive before us. 

Guess with itch the amount of gigs we’ve been doing it was always going to happen at some point

we’ve had to cancel Christmas Eve and we have bookings for the 30th and New Year’s Eve however I’d be amazed if they go ahead even though we should be out of isolation by then 

Now Sold thank you Russ

Line 6 G75 amp top wireless unit for sale as Ive been gigging amp less with IEMs since we started back in summer.

As a result I’m looking to buy a floor pedal unit. Got this when they were on offer and although i haven’t used it that often when I have it has never missed a beat and has a great range. Also has the cable function that supposedly replicates cable usage. 

Price includes postage however if you want to collect price will be £130 

Any questions feel free to ask k

cheers steve 

I bought a line6 G75 when they were on offer, it’s the amp top version and is a rest piece of kit, I don’t tend to use it that much but every time I have it’s been excellent and I’d recommend it, previously had a G30 which was also a great piece of kit 

Since starting back I’ve gone amp less with in ears so I will probably look to change to a pedal version of the same model 

On 25/06/2021 at 13:01, Grahambythesea said:

I have seen comments about the difficulty of getting a gig bag to fit a JC. My Peerless came with a hard case, but I found my RokSak bag fits perfectly too.

Bought on eBay, not sure if the company are still offering them but worth a look.

I Have just ordered a Burgundy Casady and need a gig bag apologies if it is on the post somewhere but is this the WG 20 model ?? I prefer gig bags to cases if possible and this looks ideal 

we have garden parties booked for the first two weekends in July and a pub gig on the 17th expecting them to be rearranged to be honest

Cheers thanks for that they have a b stock one available for around £ 200 in natural even with the taxes it’ look a lot of bass for the money 

Thanks guys the reviews I read were that the pickups in the jazz were not great , and the musician style pickup in the Precision version wasn’t the best however the split coil was good but in passive mode 

the Weight is also a worry , there are a couple of cheaper Precision’s that would probably serve my purpose especially as it would only be gigged in an emergency or played around on at home 

Looking for a relatively cheap back up to my Marusczyk Jake as at the moment we have regular gigs starting again at the beginning of July Covid permitting. 

I'm down to one bass for the first time for a while, however not keen on spending too much as i always tend to use the Jake, so a spare would at the most time be left in a case or on a stand for emergencies.

Quite like the look of these for the price especially as they have the same pick up configuration as my Jake , just wondered if anyone has experience of them be interested in peoples thoughts

Seen a few you tube reviews which seem favourable 

Cheers 

First one back for us today early evening outside gig at the local cricket club, ticketed sold out , think the appetite for live music is certainly out there we’re probably under rehearsed and bound to be a bit rusty but very excited to be back playing live again 

We’ve got 16 booked in to date starting with an outdoor gig on the Sunday of May bank holiday 

others are a mixture of pub gig functions and a couple of garden parties which start beginning of July and hopefully will go ahead 

Quite a few of our regular venues are still waiting for budget confirmation but we expect more bookings to start coming in from May 

So good to have gigs to look forward to again 

I’d really like to try one of these been looking at them for a while , been trying to find a second hand one as I don’t fancy shelling out for a new one at the moment , don’t seem to be many second hand ones around at the moment though 

Might have to wait till shops are open again and see if I can find one to try out