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[quote name='Graham' timestamp='1449416782' post='2923334'] Isn't that Ashdown? [/quote] I thought that as well but, for me, Ashdown is nothing like the classic Trace gear we know and loved, I agree with other posts in that the TE name should be brought back with real quality products....nowadays I too am a Mark Bass bitch but the idea of a similar quality rig from TE...hell yeah put me down as very excited!

Some really good points in there, irrespective of how long we have been playing in covers bands there are always tips we can learn! I also liked the bar owners perspective, it is largely common sense but it helps to think of it from that angle! The top 50 songs.....we played two, I have personally played about twelve and there were probably 10 songs I had never even heard of! so not sure about that list in this country at least!

The opening riff to Stiff Little Fingers "Alternative Ulster" always excites me knowing the song is about to kick off big time

[quote name='JoeEvans' timestamp='1449166073' post='2921270'] One definition of a professional musician is someone who earns more from music than they spend on equipment. [/quote] Oh god...I am a rank amateur then

I know we like to complain about the various delivery companies operating out there but today I got home to a card through the door from TNT, the usual "tried to deliver...no one in yadda yadda" so I thought "brilliant a trip to the local depot tomorrow to collect it" anyway about 2 hours later I get a knock on the door, the same TNT driver was on his way back from the other side of town and was a bit early to start his collections so he thought he would nip back round and see if anybody was in! Blimey, I was utterly gobsmacked in this day and age that somebody would actually go that extra mile...I thanked him profusely and will email TNT to express my thanks again. His answer was "meh it would have been back on my van tomorrow" Well done Mr TNT driver!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/REDUCED-Unique-Road-Worn-Jazz-Bass-Guitar-Right-Handed-/262172302710?hash=item3d0aafdd76:g:b5EAAOSw0HVWDnMF I remember my mum saying if you leave your toys outside they will get ruined......I rest my case

I would go for 12's on the monitors, a bit bigger but you will get a better sound and I imagine with a 5 piece band small monitors will struggle....but my strongest advice would be buy the best you can, be it either 10's or 12's the better you get the happier you will be....buy second hand if you can....a second hand Proel 12" monitor will cost you about the same as a new "The Box" 12" monitor......the Proel is 100 times better. Mixer wise you are on your own...from what you mention you are talking technology far newer than my Peavey XR800 powered desk!

Hooky.... huge respect as a bass player......as a person, from what I have seen and heard in recent years.....I can't offer the same respect

Your drummer may know other drummers, ask him if he could recommend anyone, if not "Join My Band" seems to be the go to site for musicians....if Drumchat exists then an ad on there should get you noticed....bands come and go all the time, the band dynamic will change with a new member but onwards and upwards I think they say!

Yep! A TU tuner, a chorus pedal an octave pedal (used for that Pino sound) and a Tech 21 VT pedal......mostly it's the tuner and Tech 21 pedal that gets used

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nittaku-new-unused-acoustic-Table-Tennis-Blade-bat-Lovely-New-Blade-Un-boxed-/252189615784?hash=item3ab7ac26a8:g:Y9kAAOSwFnFV~F9h Acoustic table tennis bats....whatever next! I love the description on the blade.... "special plywood technology as manufacturing stringed instruments" because we all know how good plywood guitars are! TBH I use a plywood bat...they are great for table tennis.....not sure I would want to sling a bridge and some strings on my bat and start gigging it though!

A 1979 Crass T'shirt still with bondage strap rings (I know it's a 1979 as it is numbered 521984 or 5 years to 1984 as they used to number their shirts) It is framed and hanging on the wall nowadays as the material is really brittle, and I can just push my finger through it....I also still have 1979 Acme, Pistols T'shirts, Destroy and God Save the Queen but there really isn't much left of them now. The next oldest would be a 1986 Animal Boy tour Ramones shirt,,,,arms cut off and shoe laces holding the sides together....boy was I fashionable back then! I will post pictures if I am the winner of oldest T'shirt contest

A Precision bass and an ampeg SVT2 and 8x10 cab....my thinking is......the sheer volume of the ampeg stack should scare off the locals and bitey animals, the svt would also double as an effective heater on chilly nights and the 8x10 would be the basis of both a small house and an ocean going vessel if need be....the precision is already well renown as a weapon / paddle......they don't call me Bear Griddled for nothing!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1448449990' post='2915465'] My one regret is that I won't live long enough to see the development of the perfect sex robot. [/quote] You've clearly not met my ex then

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1448467409' post='2915687'] A very interesting documentary, but it unfortunately looked like it had been filmed by a first year art student and as a result it got annoying very quickly. [/quote] I agree, I have recorded it but I watched the first 10 minutes and found it annoying, I am just not into Julian Temple's directing

Buzzcocks set list from the early eighties, promo copy of Dookie by Greenday, signed Adverts "Crossing the Red Sea LP and a signed, white label, Ramones 12" that was never actually released in the format I have

[quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1448376224' post='2914869'] . Used The Lodge much more recently when producing a talented young band; excellent facility of it's type but the guy who ran it was a bit of a prick TBH (so much so that I wouldn't recommend it to anybody on those grounds alone). [/quote] I think I know exactly who you mean I did some marketing for the studio about 25 years ago and one of our main recommendations was that "he" not get involved with customers

I guess the original Lords Of The New Church line up and the original Chameleons line up are about the only bands I would love to have seen, I saw them both under revised line ups but nothing like seeing the original line up....I guess I have seen a few gigs over the years with the current total being 558 "big" name acts seen all over the UK

I assume for that price you get the garden it was photographed in as part of the deal!

We talked about going into a studio but the results we have have got from a laptop and Cubase have been too good to warrant spending a load of money in a strange environment ending up with a rushed, compromised product, what influenced to use studios in the past was recommendation and reputation, we have two such studios near us in Far Heath in Guilsborough and The Lodge in Northampton...whether both still exist I don't even know!

I love that initial twang so would ideally change my strings every gig however, not having a string endorsement kinda puts the kibosh on that plan, I only use Elites now and change them every 4 gigs so, with the demise of the covers band, that is every other month

REM Milton Keynes Bowl, circa 1988, Supported by Blur and Belly? REM were renown for being a brilliant live band as were Blur at the time, as Blur went on the sun set behind the stage so although they sounded fine you couldn't actually see them at all, then REM came on and gave a totally lack luster performance, no energy, no sparkle.....I believe they subsequently apologised for the gig and just said they were having a rare off night

We supported a band recently who had a massive hit back in 1988, they were dreadful, out of respect for having been offered the support slot I will refrain from naming and shaming

Bucks Fizz, Derngate, Northampton circa 1986....free tickets is all I am saying

[quote name='stega' timestamp='1447956422' post='2911858'] Sisters of Mercy for me as well. Shame, cos they've written some brilliant stuff. Too young to have seen them in their original incarnation in the early 80s, but been to about 5 or so of their gigs since 1990, and they've all been rubbish! Why do i keep going?!! [/quote] I was lucky enough to see them on the "First Last and Always" tour at Rock City, they were excellent, saw them some years later again at Rock City and they were dreadful, we left well before they finished