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    Is the cost of living crushing music?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    1 hour ago, prowla said:

    My interest in music peaked when I could download easily from Pirate Bay; I'd have a listen, buy the album, and often go and see a band.

    As the option withered away, so did my interest and I've not really got into watching on YT as much as I might've.

    The last band I saw was James Oliver at the Kempton Park Guitar Show - he was really good.

    James is a force of nature. He can’t sing but he can sure play guitar!

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    Rickenbacker 4003

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    8 minutes ago, Dov65 said:

    Well Dave the next time your playing Methil club your more than welcome to try my one out. I’m only 10 mins if that from Lower Methil

    You’re saying it’s good for Methil?😂

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    How was your gig last night?

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    34 minutes ago, Obrienp said:

    Wow! Cheap beer or what? Even in the backwater I live in (Norfolk, UK), a pint in a pub that puts on live music is going to cost you from £3.50 to £6, depending on how hip and up itself the establishment is. Door charges in pubs are quite rare (tends to be special nights) but clubs and other venues will have them. Sometimes it includes a drink and can vary enormously depending on the previously mentioned parameters. Also the drinks can be very expensive. 

    No way will it be a pint though. Probably 12 fluid ounces (pint is 20).

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    How was your gig last night?

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    5 hours ago, Obrienp said:

    So, I got through the dep gig previously posted about. I ended up being the one wearing the mask, while Covid afflicted drummer coughed away behind me.
     

     It was a private function for a bloke’s 70 in a large pub. As can be seen from the photo, it was pretty cramped for the 6 of us. We had a lot of feedback issues tracked down to one of the drummer’s overhead mics, the sax player’s mic attachment and I suspect the guitarist’s miced cab. We cured the first two after an anxious half hour but the latter announced itself between each song. 
     

    The gig itself went really well. Lots of dancing and general appreciation from around 100 party goers. I only came unstuck once, which was not being able to remember the groove for Stand By Me, which is embarrassing when you are doing the intro. My mind went a complete blank. By the end of the third set, about a quarter past midnight, I was really enjoying myself and wanted to keep going. Gear was a Maruszczyk Elwood 4a (medium scale) through an MB LMIII and Barefaced Two10, with a DI the PA. Got home about 2am.

     

    Crossing my fingers that I didn’t catch Covid from the drummer and I will be able to have my operation on Tuesday!

     

    No that’s what I call a gig review!👏

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    How was your gig last night?

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    3 hours ago, msb said:

    Our little Mexican instrumental band , The Spurs played last night in our favourite dive , not a great crowd , it was a dirty old night  , but a warm and appreciative one. This time of year the police set up checkpoints to nab drinking drivers. I drank ginger ale all night and had one beer for the tear down and wait for the pay. Sure enough , there was a check point on the way home and I did confess to having one beer so it was the breathalyzer for me. Blew into the tube and the officer said “ You did have just one beer”. 
    Don’t have any gig pics yet , but here’s the stage after drum check.

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    Halifax, eh? I recall the cops in New Zealand doing similar!

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    How was your gig last night?

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    1 hour ago, Rayman said:

    Good gig….. first one using the TC BQ500 head via a house Hartke 4x10 cab. Happy with amp, although I didn’t really need the cab at all, because the DI sounded great without it. Great crowd, a lot of fun.

     

    Tell us where and with whom please!

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    How was your gig last night?

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    6 hours ago, bassbiscuits said:

    Just back from two shows at Bibi’s Italianissimo - sort of big 1920s-themed restaurant in Leeds. We do a matinee and evening gig there most times we play, as we did today. Really good vibe, nice crowd, up for singing and dancing. 
     

    Took my Mustang bass along for its first gig this year - I’d put it up for sale, then withdrawn it, and thought I owed it another bash to see how it performed at a live gig. 
     

    And the answer was “brilliantly!” Glad I hung on to it. 
     

    The projection of a cosy winter hearth on the backdrop did make it look like our drummer was on fire when viewed front on…
     

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    Who are ‘we’? Sounds like a good gig.

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    To Flea or not to Flea.

    in Bass Guitars

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    7 minutes ago, Mister RLP said:

     

    Snap! I tried a Flea in Andertons in August 2017 just to see what it was like - might have even been the same one! 

    I have researched the date and it was May 2017. So highly likely it was the same one!

    The one I have was made in 2016, hence my confusion…

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    To Flea or not to Flea.

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted · Edited by Mickeyboro

    20 hours ago, Misdee said:

    I really can't see what advantage the more expensive original model has, except it looks like someone has been using it to do the gardening with.

    It’s strange. The Flea made an impression on me when I tried it in Andertons in 2016 and when I had a chance to buy in 2023 it was as good a player as I remembered. 
    The big pluses are the neck (non roadworn) and pickups. I am not bothered either way by the battle scars. 

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