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I carefully studied Andy Fraser's dance moves (available on a Youtube near you) and use them. If I'm feeling a bit more showmanlike, I do a variant of the hand jive. I'm trying to get Honky Tonk Women into the set so I can have another rest.

I now have Mrs Zero inured to the concept of basses possibly costing four-figure sums, though if the first of those figures was anything other than 1, I think I would get Stern Looks, and possibly even Expressions of Disbelief. And if I were to suggest further purchases of any four-figure basses (already having a couple in the house), I think that would move on to Severe Disapproval. We can't afford for me to be wildly extravagant, and although it's nominally my money, we actually operate as a sort of shared pool of money (well, puddle would be closer to it) without having a joint account, hence really expensive purchases get flagged up before proceeding. Less expensive ones operate on the principle of forgiveness being easier to obtain than permission.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1422530765' post='2673691'] But if you do jazz gigs, you are certainly going to get horn keys thrown at you. [/quote] The first band I played in was a Glenn Miller tribute band (I played rhythm guitar). That was very much at the start of my musical career (if you can call it that), when I couldn't even play 6-string barre chords. Transposing instruments - just say no (except when they're a keyboard and you want to play without the black keys, of course).

"All work done to a very high standard by Phillippe Dubreuille in Denmark street, London. The man is pretty much a guitar Luther legend in these parts." Is that Luther as in nailing stuff to church doors, or Luther as in detective who never does anything by the rules and makes ghastly cockups of everything?

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1422442034' post='2672599'] I love watching keyboard players squirm playing numbers in C# and even F#. [/quote] Stuff that, my keyboard has a perfectly good Key Transpose function.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1422440764' post='2672567'] If you have an adversion to F and Bb etc I guess you don't play with horns much..?? [/quote] Or maybe it's playing with horns that gives you that aversion.

[quote name='cybertect' timestamp='1422435836' post='2672486'] TBF, given the time signature, dancing to Floyd's [i]Money[/i] could be an interesting exercise. [/quote] My old club band used to play one club where they liked to line dance. They tried it to "Music" by John Miles once. The 7/8 section proved quite amusing.

[quote name='ubit' timestamp='1422431524' post='2672449'] But that's what I'm saying, bass was starting and stopping. Some songs had none and NO ONE. Noticed. They were all up dancing and having a ball. All they were interested in was the beat and the melody and obviously, the vocals, which I supply too, so I was powerless to do anything about it as I was trying to keep the show rolling. [/quote] I think that as long as a song isn't too butchered, as long as it's familiar, the typical audience member will hear the soundtrack inside their head, not the song being played in front of them. The ones who'll definitely notice are the musicians in the audience and any agents who've popped in to check you out.

[quote name='Mr Arkadin' timestamp='1422450585' post='2672787'] I would have thought even a casual listener would have to have the Ziggy album, which covers both those tracks, in addition to any compilation. I thought the compilation was great, covering some different stuff, and love the new track "Sue (Or In a Season of Crime)". [/quote] "John I'm only dancing" isn't on Ziggy, it's only on compilation albums. Gets rather unjustly overlooked too.

I'd rather like my old Hayman 40/40 back, mainly for sentimental reasons. PXed it for a Precision in the late 70s/early 80s (which I'm not sure was the best thing I could have done), and then traded that in for a Warwick Thumb that I still have.

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1421956314' post='2667157'] I have one of the early V-Amp2 units. One of the amp models, as written on the front, is "Amercian Deluxe". I noticed later models being spelled correctly. I held onto it hoping one day it would become rare and sought after [/quote] It could be desirable to anyone who lives in Mercia...

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1422239585' post='2670254'] I am not a fan of the [i]"open mic[/i]" and we have a lot of them over here. Usually if your not a friend of the host you don't play. Plus over here they seem to attract a disproportionate amount of newbies. Usually they are geared towards blues harp players or lead guitarist only. [/quote] Nothing like the ones over here, then, where a certain amount of juggling and time reduction occurs if there wouldn't be enough time to fit everyone on otherwise. And the host is often the one who plays least.

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1422286373' post='2670682'] I haven't read through this thread but I'm assuming the previous 41 posts is everyone saying their current rig is the best they have ever heard? [/quote] In my case, it is the best rig I've had, though that's not to say that the Berg AE112s might not have sounded even better with the EA iAmp800 I used to have. In fact, I'd say that the EA iAmp800 and Tech Soundsystems ND410S was also a formidable rig.

Must try that with "Money".

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1421919674' post='2666501'] I'm a big Berg fan, but the digital interface makes me think of those awful Ashdown abonimations. *shudder* [/quote] The front end of the Superfly was rather good. The power amp side was less well thought out and implemented. I'd really like a switchable programmable graphic/parametric EQ like the Ashdown provided.

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1421880393' post='2666286'] - having to park on double yellow lines whilst loading; - having to park 10 minutes' walk from the venue; and [/quote] The Grapes in Stafford is like that - park on the pavement to load/unload (the local constabulary don't mind), park on a road a five minute walk away, but on the positive side, they have a PA so they're forgiven.

Current set-up - Sei Original bass, Tecamp Puma 900 head, 2x Berg AE112s.

Unlined fretless Sei Flamboyant 5.

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1421675722' post='2663813'] If someone coils my cables I have to uncoil them and start again! [/quote] And me. And Mrs Zero is the biggest culprit. At least she's a good cook.

No problems playing (up to a 7-string), I do move my watch though - I'm awkward and wear it on the inside of my right wrist rather than the outside of my left.

Tim had an unloaded Omni 10.5 off me, all went very smoothly. Hope the band gets properly under way soon! Cheers, Mike

There's a theoretical advantage if you have two outputs from the amp to run one to each cab, as if you daisy-chain cabs, the signal to the second one passes through two leads and four connections. I doubt very much that you'd hear any difference unless you were using particularly dreadful leads.

I meant GK MB150 or 200MB as a possible replacement for the Hartke. About as small as a 12" combo can be and very light.

[quote name='SingleMalt' timestamp='1421864621' post='2665981'] Picture three looks like it's been used as a hi-hat.... [/quote] You've got to hammer the marquee pegs in with something.

[quote name='Badass' timestamp='1421348478' post='2660276'] Already have a light weight set up, but very powerful. Just wanted to have a small portable combo for practice once a week, and the Hartke always fulfilled this until now. [/quote] GK MB150 or 200MB?