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Huge Hands

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  1. Reminded me of my old ZX Spectrum loading a game......
  2. Thanks, What I was looking for was something that would give me good back support and be very sturdy as I am ashamed to say I am a hefty chap. I am 6'3 and around 145kg so wanted something strong and durable, that I could lean back in if my back was giving me problems because I am sitting at weird angles to help my wounds. I did consider a director's chair., but I dont have the best of experience with folding mechanism chairs as I tend to break them! On top of this, the problem is many folding chairs also have armrests and I don't want those as they will get in the way of the bass. I did have a good look over the weekend and nearly went for a shower chair type thing with removable armrests but have decided to give it a go tonight with what is in the rehearsal hall (plastic school chairs) as I wouldn't have been able to get anything this quick anyway. If I can find a good, not too worn/broken one I might be ok, but I think it might be too low for me. We'll see. Wish me luck!
  3. Hi Lemmy, Thanks for this - it is he sort of leftfield stuff I wouldn't have thought of (I don't do fishing) that I was hoping someone would know about! However, this one is quite expensive for something I should only need for about a year and I'd be worried about accidentally catching my wounds on those poles sticking up, but it is definitely on my shortlist (of this 1 so far)... I will definitely look deeper into the fishing world though. I thought they would be a lot more "sit back" camping chairs type thing where I wouldn't be able to get comfy with the bass, but this one is definitely a possibility.
  4. Thanks for that. I have a specialist hospital supplied cushion called a Valley cushion which works well. It is a supportive sturdy portable chair that I need to put it on that is what I'm looking for. Something that is more adjustable than just a basic classroom chair, but that can be folded/broken down and taken away after each rehearsal. Google seems to suggest there is no such thing but thought someone on here might know of something.
  5. Hello fellow Basschatters, This might be a very odd and specific request, but here goes. I have recently returned from hospital after extensive surgery on....ahem.....my posterior. I usually play in a concert band where everyone sits down and plays. I have a long way to go in my healing process, but I would like to return to rehearsals soon. I certainly won't be able to stand and play for any length of time. We usually sit on plastic classroom style chairs. My issue is that even with my support cushions (which I would take), they are quite low and there is no back support. I do have a Transit van, but don't have the strength to hump big chairs around. I'm basically after a drum stool style folding detachable tripod leg base, but with an office chair type top on to give me a wide base for my support cushions and comfortable sitting position. All of the office chairs I have seen seem to have fixed heavy tripod wheely bases. Due to the support cushions working in a kind f square cushion type way, I don't think a round or moulded drum stool top would work. I am also dismissing most folding audience style chairs as I am quite a heavy chap and again I thik height will be an issue. I'd love a sturdy gas strut like the better drum stools. I just wondered if any of you knew of anything or had used something like I'm looking for? As I realise I have opened myself up for this kind of thing, please feel free to let loose with the piles jokes too. It is not piles, but I'm sure some of them will be funny.
  6. If I remember correctly it was used in a TV advert and then on the back of that got re-released and did really well as a single.
  7. On the Dua Lipa NPR Tiny Desk (Home) concert, IIRC the MD is the bass player and the drums are on track.
  8. I think the thread reflects this as a lot of the suggestions on here are dead or retired! I agree with a lot of names on here and many are my heroes too, but some recent ones (over the last 20 years) I would have are: Thaddeus "Terry" Tribbett Joe Cleveland Robin Mullarkey Michael League
  9. When I was a kid, my dad (who is massively into blues) recorded a BB King concert from the early Days of Channel 4 at the end of a VHS tape. The programme was called BB King at The Forum. I believe it was filmed at the Forum in Ontario, Canada around 1978. When I found it, most of it had been recorded over as my dad wasn't a BB fan, but I certainly became one. His bass player at the time (Russell B Jackson) became a huge influence on me wanting to play bass and I wore the tape out constantly playing this. I have tried to find a copy of it over the years but have just found this on Youtube: I have never seen the first 4 and a half minutes before as that had been recorded over! . EDIT - Just watching it through fully now and this version has loads of chunks missing in the middle which is a shame. Would love to get a full copy some time...
  10. As long as they are vegan chips with ethically sourced salt and vinegar on them....... Oh and my partner has a fish allergy and will only eat the red peppers, not any other colour..... etc etc etc.
  11. Regardless of my opinions of Joe Dart or the bass, I will never have that kind of spare cash, so I won't be getting one. However, I just wanted to give props to Nate Smith in that video - amazing drummer!
  12. I have a V7 and only use it in passive mode as I'm too lazy to keep swapping the batteries. That's only the first two knobs (stacked Vol/tone and blend). As per my user name, I have huge hands and I don't get too mixed up. I find the tiny volume know quite easy to turn under the edge of my hand. In all seriousness though,, I do put batteries in it and it is nice to occasionally switch in the active so I can add some mega bass boost from time to time!
  13. I have used superglue before to cover tender fingers after blisters have popped (double bass). It was the difference between me playing and cancelling the gig, so a recommendation from me. I noted it did crack and flake off after every song or two, so would constantly have to apply it between songs whilst blowing on it like mad so it would dry before the start of the next one and not glue me to the strings. I have no idea how many toxins I introduced into my bloodstream that night but it got me through and I haven't had any issues in the 15 years since.....apart from my second head that grew out of my back...
  14. I have a Tonebone Bassbone V2 to allow me to quickly switch between EUB and bass guitar on big gigs, which feeds into a Zoom B1Xon. I bought it as an option for some effects but mainly use this as a volume pedal for the EUB to try and emulate some sfz kind of stabbing dynamic effects in our concert band. My problem is, even when just running it all fully open and clean (no FX), I feel like I can hear the electronics saturating somewhere when I'm digging in. I hear a kind of compression, that I don't hear when going direct into my amp. I have never had time with my full rig somewhere to really go through it all and try and work out where it is happening in the chain. As a result I don't use it that often.
  15. I agree. I saw it a few months ago on Amazon Prime. Some nice playing by Chuck Rainey, Bernard Purdie and my favourite guitarist Cornell Dupree.
  16. Just watching it now on IPlayer - my God.....totally! Thing I don't understand is - apart from Carol, did no actual bass players audition? Why were both male bassists guitar players that were "consoled" with a bass player spot? I was talking to someone at the weekend who knows the guitarist in the hat in Lady Leshur's band and has played with him a few times - he said that all of his promo stuff now mentions the IoW....
  17. I am not normally one to have a go at anyone individually or question people's talents, but I think to have made it work they should have gone for a certain basic level of proficiency and for me, the drummer in the wheelchair is not anywhere near where he needs to be. As said before, the way he came in way too fast in Angels and that comment about "I can't see her because I have my eyes closed to listen" shows he is way off the standard he should be. I guess he was kept in to impress the disability campaigners? I myself thought it was great to see until I heard him play..... I think they should have realised his standard and swapped him out, like the 95 year old was gracious enough to admit himself. I think the guy they have used to replace the 95 year old is much more solid and that band (including the guitbassist) is sounding much better. I think the lady bass player is a bit patronising but I don't blame her for getting mightily frustrated. I have played with many drummer with basinc timing problems and it reflects bad on the whole band, not just them. For this reason, I struggle to listen to them without cringing every time.
  18. I quite like a lot of 10cc stuff, although I know Dreadlock Holiday wouldn't get played now. Was enjoying "Good Morning Judge" yesterday.
  19. I am not convinced his lack of hi-hat foot control was the issue - it looked to me like someone who was incredibly frustrated at not being able to "get" the rhythm and looking to blame out for it. I have to be honest, when I was young and a drummer I would play along to reggae tracks with standard rock beats and could not realise what was not right about it. It wasn't until I heard and saw a pro drummer play proper reggae close up (a very young Pete-Ray Biggin) that it unlocked something in my brain and I finally got it and was able to play along quite well the next time I tried. It looks to me like that guy has never played or listened to anything other than what he likes.
  20. Yeah, yeah @Dood 😁 - reminds me of the time I visited a guy at his desk at work to help with some tech stuff. His dept were being moved, so there were lots of packing crates everywhere. This guy had packed everything away neatly, except one crate he had "accidentally" left open - full of boxes of Durex. "Oh my, that wasn't supposed to be left open" he gasped theatrically, with a huge cheese eating grin on his face as he closed the lid..... A colleague did later point out that it would have been much more impressive if the boxes were empty....
  21. Just to resurrect this thread - I note there appears to be hardly any live footage of Donny but I just found this: I am loving Willie Weeks' (assuming it is him) - green Precision. Fred White's (again assuming it is him) drumming is just so solid. I think this is the closest to the Live album lineup I've ever seen.
  22. I remember playing a gig in central London with 3 sets. The start of the first set was fast approaching and the singer had not appeared. We kept ringing him, but his phone was dead. We decided to go ahead with an instrumental first set. Around half an hour in, he showed up, looking flustered. Apparently he'd been caught in a load of delays on the tube. Ever the professional, he jumped straight on and finished the set. Second set, we play the first song. He then stops the band and goes off on what he later claimed to be his first attempt at stand up, but what just came across as a expletive laden rant about TfL. This was especially weird as up to then I think I'd heard him swear once in 3 years.... At the pauses where (I think) the jokes were meant to be, there was just silence from the crowd and us in the band. After about 3 mins of this extreme awkwardness, he just looked at me, shrugged his shoulders as if to say "well, I tried" and then carried on with the gig which went well after that. To be fair to him, he was in the performing arts scene and had balls of steel to just try something like that off the cuff. I just found it cringeworthy at the time!
  23. Years ago I played in a blues band that played mainly obscure covers and originals. We got booked for a gig for a London borough council at their local offices. I remember helping the organist get hs heavy Hammond up the stairs - not fun! As we started - it soon became clear that we had been booked to play the council's Christmas party. Apparently the council leader loved blues music and had seen us play so booked us for his own gratification. I could see him at the back of the room slowly grooving away with his eyes closed. Unfortunately, between him and us were about 100 council employees - including a load of young staff all looking at us as if to say "what the f**k is this?". At the interval, I pleaded with the band to try and jam through some Christmassy tunes for the second set, but they gave it the "we're too cool to change" bit. We went back on and did our standard set to even more silence. It was such an awkward night....
  24. Funnily enough my brother is a heavy drinker and occasionally used to "sleep-wee" in his bedroom, in his wardrobe, on the stairs etc after a skinful. After a few of these instances, we reckoned it always seemed to be on the nights where he'd had salad for dinner before going out.
  25. Years ago, in the early 90s, as a teenage drummer still at school in my older brother's band (everyone else was 18-28), we got a gig in Hartlepool Hospital, playing in a bar they had on site for doctors and nurses. If I remember correctly, it was a school night (a Thursday I think). We borrowed a Sherpa van from someone, drove down from Gateshead and set up. We played two sets through (Commitments type stuff as it was around the time of the film). The bar was packed but no one so much as looked up or acknowledged we were there. There was a buffet, then bingo being done by a cheesy DJ. We decided to at least have some of their food and pack up after the Bingo as otherwise we would have to load out in front of it all and we were already deflated that no one seemed to like us. As the bingo finished, the DJ said "Did you like the band?"---"Yeah!"----"Do you want to hear them again?"----"Yeah". We went back on and played the exact same two sets again to exactly the same crowd. This time they were singing, dancing and we went down a storm. I think, instead of the expected 11pm, I got home about 3am! That night taught me that bingo, s**t buffet food and drinking a pub dry of alcohol can make all the difference to a gig crowd.... My other big memory of that freezing cold night was that god awful Sherpa van, having to sit in the middle seat with my legs in the passenger footwell, while the bass player had his feet on the dash. (He was a serving police officer at the time!)
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