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[i]Even later response by someone who has nothing to do with this and has too much time on his hands and watches too much Judge Judy ....[/i] The evidenced facts are [i]Evidenced by whom ? [/i] 1. The band member behaved in a way that was unacceptable: Evidence: letter of customer complaint received by Americano’s outlining how abusive a band member had been [i]so no independant 3rd party view , sounds like 1 persons word against another to me and that's hearsay...[/i] 2. Prior to the booking – the band had been offered free accommodation, food, alcohol throughout the evening, as well as payment – i.e. Americano’s look after their bands [i]What like the poster in post #44 whose band didn't get paid because the venue only had 5 punters in and the management let them play regardless or was he lying as well? Remind me to [b]NEVER[/b] let you look after my band .[/i] 3. Despite the outrageous behavior of the band member [i](HEARSAY)[/i], the accommodation offer was honored, and in fact taken up by a band member and his girlfriend. The band also made full use of the hospitality (both food and drinks) and the band was paid IN FULL. [i]So what you are saying is that BigBassBobs's guitarist has lied to his 2 bandmates saying that he only got "fuel money" from the venue when infact the day after your establishment has lost 16 orders for meals , in the cold light of day you've had a change of heart and paid them in full ? That does not sound very likely to me , but even if you have , you should have paid them in full on the night as per their contract . That's how you "look after a band"![/i] 4. Vetting of venue policy – Americano’s vet all bands on quieter days so both parties are aware of the space limitations, and that both parties are clear on expectations – the band was more than happy with the set up and had asked for a number of gigs.. the said night was at least their 4th gig….. quite clear that there is scientific evidence that the space had not changed [i]Unless you stick tabling enough for a booking of 16 people in the place where the band usually set up , that would have a space reducing effect , and that is scientific and rather obvious.[/i] 5. Also after having paid the band in full… the bands were so disappointed with Americano’s – they requested return gigs! [i]Can't comment on this as i only have your word for it , I'd be inertested to hear what the OP says though ...[/i] 6. The lies weaved throughout this thread has now infected many unsuspecting bands with misinformation/lies… and to hear that the space should be smashed up in return is to be frank something that should be reported to the authorities [i]errm , what authorities would they be then ? The posts made regarding smashing the place up are quite clearly tounge in cheek and not meant to be taken seriously,i mean those comments were made in March and I don't recall seeing anything on the news in the following 3 months about hoards of angry bassists rampaging through music bars in Wales...[/i] 7. The attached complaint letter from a customer about the band’s behaviour and the return letter from the establishment is attached for those who would like to read the evidence [i]To be honest you could have just typed that up yourself though couldn't you ? and the whole thing could have been avoided if you didn't take a booking that you couldn't seat when you had a band on that you have prior knowledge of how loud they are and how much space they take up . The letter of complaint has lots of inaccuracies of logic itself but I wont go there for now ...[/i] 8. Extremely disappointed, despite Americano’s bad experience of the band, they did not expose the band in such a public way; thus behaving in a professional manner; yet the forum thread here is deemed to be acceptable lie peddling [i]It's a internet discussion forum , not the front page of the Times, and again you only have "your customers" word that a band member used abusive language and in reading both the letter of complaint and your response I note a similar use of language and grammar so would not be suprised in the slightest if you wrote them both . Either way it's no sweat off my testes but I'll never play your dive but fair play for coming here to try and justify the outrageous and indefensible actions of your staff for not paying a band as they should have and you can stick your late response up your "intimate, yet lively space"![/i] all of the above is in my humble opinion of course(which is worth nowt!)

James Jamerson Paul McCartney Norman Watt-Roy Graham Maby Keith Richards (all my fav Stones Basslines seem to have Keith on Bass) John Deacon Bernard Edwards 'Duck' Dunn Larry Knechtel (or until recently as i knew him "the bloke on bass on the Bridge Over troubled Water album") Bob Babbit oh and about 3 dozen others

[quote name='Musky' timestamp='1339656332' post='1691956'] You Can't Always Get What You Want by the Stones? [/quote] I saw the thread title and ^^^^^ this^^^^^^ is what immediately sprung to mind !

For me it was the Bass player in my band ... He got seriously ill and had to quit playing live , the options were to fold the band , get a new bassist or for me to switch from guitar to bass ... I started filling in on bass for rehearsals until we decided what we were going to do and just stuck at it .

Bought some flatwounds from Ian , everything quick and easy , wouldn't hesitate to do business with him again ! Thanks Stu

I just bought an EBMM Stingray 5 ltd form Chris , absolute gent to do business with , bass was well packed delivered next day , all communications very friendly , I wouldn't hesitate to buy another bass from him .... Just have to save up first ! Thanks again Chris , pleasure doing business with you! Stu

I've just got an all new rig , just in time for tonight's rehearsal , Squier 60's CV P bass and a TC BG250 ... And what with the Stingray 5 lts that's on it's way from Chris Horton it's been an expensive but fulfilling week , pics to come when the Stingray arrives...

RIP Duck , a true Soul Bass Legend

I Feel Fine , for my money is one of the greatest "pop" songs of all time , great hooks and harmoines and all over within 2 min 30 secs .

Can't go wrong with browsing the for sale section here , some right bargains to be had ! and Welcome

Thanks for the speedy delivery and help !

[i]Just bought some Machineheads from APA , next day delivery , helpful , friendly and an all around top bloke to deal with ![/i] [i]Thanks Andrew [/i]

I played guitar in my Motown/Functions band for 18 years and I was always just going through the motions , a switch to Bass (learning the 'proper' parts) , and alot of hard work and the smile has come back during rehearsal . We did a charidee gig in October with a string quartet and 4 piece Brass section , lots of hard work but the feeling and smile lasted weeks and gave us all a renewed enthusiasm. So we added a second keyboard player to cover more parts and the smile has turned to a grin