Mickeyboro

Pics of amp out of bag would be appreciated!🙏

Edit title to say sold and it locks thread

Post 369…. Another recommendation for Clarky. Bought an Elf from me with no problems whatsoever. Thanks mate!🙏🏻

That works well if the drummer looks at you. I asked a dep why he was fixated on the singer and he said ‘Cos he pays me’

Boxed and bagged, with power lead (not pictured). Great condition. Price is posted UK.

Power: 200 watts at 4 ohms and 130 watts at 8 ohms

Input Level with signal level display

Ultra-high input impedance precursor especially for passive basses

3-Band EQ filters for classical trace-sound

Post EQ XLR DI output

Ground Lift switch

Headphone output: 6.35 mm

Dimensions (H x W x D): 3.4 x 17.1 x 10.4 cm

Weight: 0.73 kg

Incl. Trace-Elliot nylon carrying case

I see no pics…

Robert bought a microphone from me in timely and efficient fashion. Recommended Basschatter!👍

One careful owner from new. Mostly served as a backup. Industry standard vocal mic - grab a bargain at half new price!

PS In case of doubt I have the sales receipt to prove this is a genuine Shure.

3 hours ago, Beedster said:

Thanks for the balance Micky, he might do better if you did his copy 👍

Kind of you, Chris!

I met him through my friend Deke Leonard, who adored him (and vice versa). 
 

James had a band called Glas, but fell out with the singer. He asked for my career advice and ignored it - rightly! I never saw him as a frontman. 

He can’t sing, but neither could Wilko. He just carries it off with sheer strength of character. I think he may be on the spectrum, but boy has he made the most of his talents. How long he can keep up the relentless touring is another matter. 
 

Apologies for raving, but nice guys can make it. And in my book James Oliver is a worthy contender. He gives 110 per cent and I would be delighted to be his bass player. 

James is a darling! Not everyones cuppa but he has certainly worked for his success. And, I admit, proved me wrong. 
 

His relationship with NWR is touching, respectful and an extra facet of the act. 
 

My final sales pitch is that James has delivered every time I have seen him. Which sadly couldn’t be said of Norm’s previous employer…

1 minute ago, peteb said:

From a quick look at your FB page, you might want to consider sprucing up your image if you want the band to move up a level. It's playing blues, so it isn't as image conscious as other genres, so you don't need the leathers and full sleeves of ink or anything. But if you look at the bands that get the gigs on the festivals and blues clubs, some bands have a very definite look and even those who go for the jeans and a shirt approach will make sure that they have a certain image. 

 

Another good point, well made. I played my last gig in sloppy gear as We were late on stage and i was forbidden to change… 

I always thought Dr Feelgood had the ideal ‘non-image’!

2 hours ago, Steve Browning said:

It's not always easy, but you often find that video posted by audience members is poor quality, might include bum notes etc, as an example. We suffer from that as well, and so we do try and have a good think about what we post and whether it represents us as a serious band. The same goes for the images we post.

 

Very good points. I have posted dodgy footage as it’s all I have… need to reconsider!

As @Steve Browning has been kind enough to follow us, it would be rude of me not to offer you all the opportunity to do likewise!😁

http://www.facebook.com/OtisJayBB

27 minutes ago, Steve Browning said:

@Mickeyboro I am ashamed to say I don't know the name of your band. I'd love to come and see you guys play.

 

I should also have pointed out that we do about 50% original material in our set.

Steve - we are the Otis Jay Blues Band. I have your email so I’ll send you our dates. 
 

I must try and get over to Portsmouth and buy you a drink one of these days - sure it would yield a lot of good info!

16 minutes ago, pete.young said:

I think writing your own material makes a massive difference.

Some people who see us now think we do, as we tend towards the obscure. 
 

We might as well be hung for a sheep. As long as we don’t cave in and do Mustang Sally!

2 hours ago, chris_b said:

A blues band could be anything from JJ Cale to Muddy Waters, SRV to Keb Mo, Joe Louis Walker to Bonnie Raitt.

 

Can't you expand your repertoire and tailor your set to the venue?

We do that already - basically, there are audiences who expect the Commitments/Blues Brothers and those who are broader minded. 

I want to know what blues clubs and festivals expect…

New and unplayed, Ruf Records latest prodigy’s new release. Features Kingfish Ingham and Shemekia Copeland.

Powerful stuff from someone who’s touring  here in the autumn and should not be missed.

£20 from Amazon, £10 posted UK here.  NOW £8

My band has been around for three and a half years.

We could like to play blues clubs and/or festivals as well as the local venues we’ve found suit us - pubs and social clubs seem not to work so well.

So my question is - what do these more specialist venues/events require? Original material rather than classic blues? A following to boost their attendees? A commercial recording?
 

How can we take the next step? I’m sure many here have made the journey, and I’d value your thoughts. 
 

Thanks

Chop off their bass playing fingers!😁

3 hours ago, Bilbo said:

I played that festival. Nobody nicked any of my gear.

U2? 😂

4 hours ago, AlexDelores said:

Ha, you’ve triggered a forgotten memory!

Epiphone Les Paul Special out of it’s generic Gator case, he couldn’t believe his luck… It had transformed into a rather ugly but very expensive Parker Fly.

 

 

Now I’m thinking Bono as The Fly!

On 24/08/2025 at 08:44, HeadlessBassist said:

Oops. Hopefully Miss Kenworthy saw the funny side and didn't have you all arrested! 

 

It does happen. Our Jerry Lee Lewis tribute from the live show once picked up my glasses in a case and they ended up in his clothes bag after a gig. (I often wear prescription sunglasses on stage with the stage lights.) Unintentional post gig exhaustion/kleptomania! 

Surely that should have been a Roy Orbison tribute? 🤓 

Btw I have never heard of Ms Kenworthy!

Please put sold in heading. 🙏

19 minutes ago, casapete said:

Saturday evening (23rd August) there are some interesting programmes on BBC2.

 

Starting at 9.10pm is ‘We want the funk’, a documentary showing the roots of funk

right through to Parliament - Funkadelic. 

This is followed at 10.30 by a showing of James Brown at London’s Electric Proms from 2006,

and then at 11.30pm is the original classic movie ‘Shaft’ from 1971. 

Get yer wah-wahs out!

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