Japhet

I'm not a huge Beatles fan but the thing that completely blows me away about them is the way their music evolved over such a short space of time. To go from 'She love you, yeah, yeah, yeah' to Across The Universe in a handful of years is quite extraordinary. I can't think of any other band whose evolution has been anywhere near as spectacular.

I think the BBC misunderstood Squeeze - Cool for Cats. After some of the stuff they banned I'm pretty sure they didn't get the connotations of the lyrics 'I'm invited in for coffee and I give the dog a bone'.

I'll go with Oasis. I could quite easily ignore the banal music and they'd blend seamlessly into the background, but the arrogance and general sneering unpleasantness unfortunately keeps them on the radar.

I'd recommend the Keeley Bassist.

Robin and Jimmy Dewar were a match made in heaven.

Terrible news. Steely Dan have been a huge part of my life.

Huge fan of Robin, and have been for decades. He's an absolute tone monster and his playing and phrasing is (to my mind) utterly unique and superb. Seen him a few times in recent years and seeing this little old grey haired guy come on stage, plug in and then melt your face is a wonderful experience. He gives me the encouragement I need to believe that you're never too old. Love the bloke.

Played a privet party once. We took a break between sets and when we came back into the hall a totally pissed woman was staggering around on the dance floor with my EB Stingray round her neck, being cheered on by other guests. Not impressed at all and subsequently bought a cheaper P Bass copy which does well enough for me with far less worry if anything horrible was to happen.

This for me; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt1Pwfnh5pc

Anyone have any experience of these by comparison. I'm considering a sub 100w combo and like the sound of the Bassman but not heard the equivalent Rumble. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Sold Richard a Tecamp cab. Couldn't be easier to deal with. Credit to the forum.

The G Lab Bass Wowee Wah is well worth a look for some cool ideas.

I have a clean sound through my amp and use pedals for different songs.

Wish I still had my old SMX head. Contrary to some opinions, I liked the pre shape sound with a bit of a 'grumpy' face EQ setting and found it cut through the mix just fine.

We usually finish off with A Town Called Malice which the punters generally go a bit berserk to.

I'd just mention that playing on a raised stage, which I presume was the case at your festival, can often add a lot of clout to your on stage sound (at least, it does in my experience).

Aguilar Filter Twin does up and down sweep (and you can mix the two).

Hoping for the very best possible news on this and a speedy and full recovery.

Our drummer recently got himself a DW kit. I preferred his old Yamaha kit, not least because we could control the overall volume much better.

2 gigs I went to see many years ago stand out for me on this subject. First one: Buddy Guy. He made loads of mistakes but put on such an entertaining show. Lots of banter with the audience and put everything into being entertaining. Second one; Robert Cray Band. Faultless but soulless performance which left feeling like I could have simply listened to the CD. I'm OK with mistakes.

I'd suggest jamming some stuff to get them improvising. Set a groove going and see what comes out. Classical music is very rigid and most other types are the complete opposite. It will take time to adapt.

I've got the Chowny Fuzzster. Cracking little pedal (imo).

Diago do a good solderless kit called the Patchfactory.

Just had Can You See The Real Me (The Who) come up on the 'learn for rehearsal' list. Yikes! Doesn't seem too hard but a huge amount of pentatonic noodling up the dusty end. Really looking forward to having a bash at this one though.