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Wake up promotions, Strangling vinyl promotions and Dreaming in colour promotions all in Leicester have put us on at various gigs, they are all decent promotors don't expect massive crowds or paid gigs but it is decent exposure in Leicester

I saw them on the Night Time tour, I love Love Like Blood, I think it has one of the best drum / bass sounds of anything of its time, I am ashamed to say I didn't even know he had passed away, I will give the album a spin tonight

I love some of their songs but still can't listen to any of the albums straight through, if you guys like Siouxsie and the Banshees look out for Lizzie and the Banshees touring they are about as good a tribute band as you will find.

Pretty much anything that isn't a Precision! Hence 9 of the 18 current crop of basses are Precisions Hated the Thunderbird I had for all of a week Hated the CMI Rick I had recently Couldn't get on with any Warwick's I have ever owned Can't get on with Jazz basses, don't like the way their sound forms at the amp, I can never hear them on stage! Could never get on with the Stingray sound up until picking up the USA sub, which I really like, however I have just discovered it makes a crap recording bass! Don't really get on with 5 string basses so really need to sell them Can't really understand the point of the bass VI so rarely ever play it, again I should sell it really...... Yet I get on fine with most electric guitars!

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1508413439' post='3392001'] I absolutely hate dancing queen, so IMO you can only improve it. If I could have my way, a metal cover would be ideal. Get every copy of the f***ing song that exists, including digital, bury them as deep as you can & pour molten metal into the hole, covering every copy there is. [/quote] Nowt as strange as folks! Having grown up with punk rock I still absolutely love this song and think it is probably the best song written since the heyday of the Beatles!

[quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1507980544' post='3389116'] Slightly OT, but we have an ad blocker and I've noticed a recent increase in the number of sites that can detect when you're using one and won't allow access to their content unless you turn it off. My response: "Fine, I'll get the information I need somewhere else." [/quote] Totally agree, I have been struggling to find an ad blocker that works on Firefox as Adblock seems to do nothing, I have just switched on the Mozilla Adguard which seems to work a lot better

Black and Tort is a classic combination, do a quick Google search for "Black Precision" the first image that comes up for me is a Black n Tort bass

First gig circa 1985 Aston University supporting (appropriately) a band called Stress! In front of about 1500 people, they were number 12 in the charts that weekend I got up that morning and they were on Breakfast TV which did nothing for my stress levels! We got to the venue and did the soundcheck I played everything in double time as my hands were shaking so much, I had never heard my bass through any kind of PA let alone that of a proper big venue! The rest of the band were far more experienced musicians than me and they were extremely nervous which again did nothing to settle my nerves. I went on stage with a Westone Thunder 111 fretless and a Carlsboro Cobra 90 bass head and a pair of non discript 1x12 cabs, after the 4th song my bass stopped working....I stood there like a lemon until a guy ran on and swapped my lead! I still have the gig on tape I still play it and I have never been nervous again about going on stage irrespective of crowd size and up until Yodaclub I still think it was the best songs I ever played on

Gutted, as others have said, he was a huge inspiration and his songs have featured in every covers band set I have ever played in.....RIP Tom

Nice, 2 eq as well!

I brought a mint 5 stringer a couple of months back for £190.00 and that has a truss rod that works as well! There are not that many about but those I have seen tend to sell for £200 / £250

I got a couple last time as well, both still going strong!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OLP-Tony-Levin-Signature-Stingray-5-String-Bass/322738257645?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649 I know these are decent little basses as I have one myself but currently £435.00 and with a potentially dodgy truss rod.....I think there maybe some iffy bidding going on!

Just had the same thing twice today, I am running Windows 10 and accessing the site via Chrome, went through task manager and closed Chrome down that way

I decided to try my hand at playing the recorder many years back, I must admit I had learnt to play it at school so was not a total novice, anyway after a couple of minutes my cat jumped on the bed and bit me! She was never one for biting, a couple of weeks later I could see her lazing around up at the top of our close, so I picked up the recorder and started playing again, I watched her charge down from the top of the close, through the cat flap and straight into the bedroom, knowing what was likely to happen I had discarded the recorder on the bed, she jumped up and attacked it......it was confined to the loft the following day, she is long gone now but I have never played the recorder since!

Nothing a healthy dose of paint stripper couldn't fix!

Cheers for the comments guys, I will now give you a review of the new Alfa Gulia, you will all be thrilled to know that 2 Mark Bass 2x10 Traveller cabs will fit in the boot side by side....here ends the review as I think I have covered all the important bits now!

Thanks for your suggestions guys, I will take a trip over to Bass Direct and give the cabs a spin, I will also have a looked at the Barefaced options, the trouble is the Gulia boot opening is a real post box affair, I am not even certain the PJB cabs would fit through the aperture so I may be wasting my time in considering the car at all

[quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1503522177' post='3358958'] You won't get heard at all what with the Alfa not getting you to the gigs Sorry, love Alfas really, just couldn't resist! [/quote] You could well be correct hence taking one as a company car so I don't have to meet the repair bills! To be honest I have heard nothing but good things about the new Gulia

Hi, Any recommendations for Phil Jones Bass cabs, I need to change my company car later this year and the new Alfa Gulia is available if I want one, now my Octavia will swallow a 4x10 Mark Bass cab alongside a 1 x 15 Mark Bass cab, however, the Alfa will most certainly take neither without a fight and damage being done to the car so it is either case case of don't have the car or swap my bass cabs for something even more portable.....I really like the car and I hear good things about PJB gear but will it really emulate the Mark Bass rig with a couple of 5" speakers? Rog

The weight has always put me off, I remember reading about a collector who had two, the "light weight one came in at 15lbs the heavy one at a back breaking 22lbs!

So, is The Dukes of Hazzard still a cool TV show?

I find TAB useful for getting an idea of what the bass line should be but it is frustrating how many times TAB that is given a good rating for a song when it is clearly incorrect!