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    South East Bash

    in Events

    Posted

    [quote name='Hamster' post='44073' date='Aug 11 2007, 12:37 AM']Since my holiday plans are now on hold due to my boy breaking his leg, I'm now a definite maybe :) / :huh:

    Anything in my sig you want me to bring, or shall I just bring a cowbell? :huh:

    I live in Chertsey and have a big car, so if you need a lift for you and your rig PM me. I don't mind travelling a few miles off route to pick you up.

    Hamster[/quote]

    Could you bring your Lakland? It looks v. nice.

    My mate wants to spend £600.....

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    A mate of mine walked into Soundcontrol Oxford Street and handed over £575 for an export model Aerodyne. It was one of those scenarios where had he asked first I'd have told him where to go to pick up a, IMHO, more attractive non-export model for around £100 less.

    Parking near Camden Underworld?

    in Gigs

    Posted

    Dump it on Parkway or nearby - you can park there after 6:30.

    I usually snake round through Hlland Park and Regents Park to avoid the congestion charge, but as you're coming in from low country that shouldn;t be a problem.

    Carvin Bass Rig

    in eBay - Weird and Wonderful

    Posted

    [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/bass-amp-carvin-PB510-Bass-stack-500watts_W0QQitemZ150149575419QQihZ005QQcategoryZ58719QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcdZViewItem"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/bass-amp-carvin-PB51...1QQcmdZViewItem[/url]

    Carvin stuff doesn;t fetch a lot, so provided the reserve isn't ridiculous, there's a potential bargain to be had.

    Line 6 Toneport Promotion

    in Recording

    Posted

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    [url="http://line6.com/media/email/marketing/Toneport-Promotion-UK-080107/mailer.html"]http://line6.com/media/email/marketing/Ton...107/mailer.html[/url]

    A funny thing happened on the way to the gig..

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by bassbloke

    [quote name='ARGH' post='41728' date='Aug 5 2007, 10:50 PM']Should have just said Gothenburg......It was my second guess,At The Gates

    hang on 95...was Dissection with them? Was that the Devils Chruch gig..£2.50 to see them in the Redeye or wherever Mike had his setup?

    My mates got a great handheld vid of that lineup in Bradford.

    What were your lot called?[/quote]

    Good thing I didn't say Gothenburg - For some reason I thought they were from Stockholm. No, it was their first UK headline tour with Seance and Ancient Rites. They got as far as Manchester before the incident with the tour manager.

    We played the Dissection show too - that was Mike's last ever show at the Dublin Castle. He put on a 4 band, maybe even 5 band bill and and didn't manage the times properly. Ancient Rites played too long Dissection went on at around 10:20 and the landlady called time after 10 minutes. Mike ended up wrestling with her in front of the stage. In typical Mike style he went on record to say that it was our fault - the openers. Is he still alive?

    I used to be in a band called Dark Heresy.

    A funny thing happened on the way to the gig..

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    My tale is more a weekend of fun and games that I experienced when I was in my first band years ago (1995 I think)

    A name Swedish Death band was touring the OK and we'd been booked to open for their final show - London on a Sunday night. Wicked!

    I got a phone call from the London promotr on Friday mornign to say that the tour manager alleged he'd been mugged in Manchester and that he was carrying all of the cash needed for the tour, including payment for the coach company. Very fishy. Upon hearing of this, the coach company promptly announced they were returning to Sweden. If the headline and main support (also Swedish) wanted to get home with their gear they would have to cut short the tour, else the company would leave them in the UK. The 2nd support band werer from Belgium and decided that they'd be better off trying to get home from England.

    The promoter asked if we'd be willing to play the remaining dates of the tour so that the 2nd support could have a go at flogging some merchandise and at least making a few quid. The only problem is that they had no transport.

    We turn up at the first gig in Tunbridge Wells to find that there's no way the 2nd support can play. So, a 5 band bill featuring 3 name bands is suddenly reduced to a two band bill featuring a couple of demo bands.There was a queue of nearly 200 people outside and the venue aren't exactly publicising the billing. I had to walk the queue constantly to explain the situation. Thankfully the crowd are understanding and most demand a decent amount off the door price too.

    Next nigt's gig is in Milton Keynes. We load into our band transport -a Bedford rascal - and head on up to the gig. This time the Belgian band are playig but they have no transport whatsoever. WE do the gig and then the promoter plays his trump card-we need to get the Belgian band back to London. We drove down the M1 with 8 people and our backline wedged into the back of a 1.3 litre Bedford Rascal!

    And so went the weekend. We finally got roped into driving the band back to Dover so they could get the ferry back. They ended up leaving their backline with some strange witch they'd met in Canterbury and arranged for one of them to go backand get it later.

    Most of my gigs nowadays are more straightforward

    Audere Jazz bass preamp [SOLD]

    in Amps and Cabs For Sale

    Posted

    [quote name='mr_russ' post='40393' date='Aug 2 2007, 11:43 AM']Hi- I've taken it out of the bass it was in so can't get you any sound clips I'm afraid- there are some on the website linked in my first post though-

    I've not played a bass with a j-retro- the audere is pretty much transparent though, set flat the mid z mode is fairly similar to the passive tone.

    low z mode is earth shaking- the eq is very very usable[/quote]

    Sorry to hijack,but a quick question. Did you pay using your paypal account or credit card through paypal? I ask, because I could get a Deluxe preamp for a great price, but I've heard horror stories about the paypal exchange rate.

    Clear out time – how to rationalise gear?!

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Keep the Mackie, The two Akai pedals and the guitar. Flog the rest and buy a decent quality multi FX unit second hand - either rackmount or floor based.

    Could I have a price on the Korg Pandora by the way? :) I love mine and dread the day it finally dies. If I didn;t keep it, I have a few bass playing friends that would appreciate it.

    WTF ???

    in eBay - Weird and Wonderful

    Posted

    [quote name='mikeh' post='37537' date='Jul 26 2007, 09:26 PM']I wouldnt mind but it looks like its been cobbled together with drift wood aswell!!![/quote]

    Drift wood! Our bass uses a revolutionary new composite material called papier mache.

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