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He's small and Scottish ... they're the worst.
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In the 70s it was considered dreadfully uncool to actually watch the support act at all. You were supposed to spend their set in the bar, or chatting up the merchandise girls, or having a joint in the toilets, pretty much anything rather than be seen watching a support act. Being young and naive I didn't understand all this, and therefore saw some great acts who I probably wasn't supposed to see ... Alberto y Los Trios Paranoias, Stray, etc.
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You've seen Coldplay, then?
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What, and have HHH coming after me with his chopper raised? Bwahahahahaha!!!
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Ah now, the big advantage of open mics is that the audience is also the other performers. If they make a racket during your 'turn', revenge is just around the corner.
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So it was jazz, basically?
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Now that's entertainment ...
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All fair enough, but ultimately it's our job to entertain them. If I'm being ignored by the punters then it might be because they're all self-obsessed, selfish Mr and Mrs Silly Billy who should have been drowned at birth. Or it might be because I'm not doing enough to entertain them. Just saying ...
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I bought this: 'Twas a long time ago now ...
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Inappropriate profanities in songwriting
Happy Jack replied to mentalextra's topic in General Discussion
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Dunno about EUB but, if the sound is similar to a DB, have you tried the obvious ... Fishman Platinum Pro?
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So Marylebone would become Marbun and Herstmonceux would be Herkymoo? Works for me.
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The step up from a Kala is not likely to be significant, I'd have thought. I stepped down from a Kala to a Harley Benton and was quite surprised (and pleased) at how little I'd lost. Since you can't really play it acoustically, by the time you've fed a bass uke with flobbadob strings through a preamp and a PA, there ain't a lot of the underlying sound to hear. IMHO. YMMV. WTF.
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Is that a 3/4 bass? Did you experiment with different strings? I'm thinking that string choice for an aluminium bass will be rather different than for a ply bass.
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Three gig bags, each in near-perfect, condition. They're all now surplus to requirements so I'm selling 'em cheap ... £10 each. I really can't be arsed to wrap & post them, not for this sort or money. If you want them, or one of them, just come & collect from HA1 3RG. 1. STAGG - designed for large-body electric bass, or many sorts of thinline semi-acoustic. 2. ROCKBAG - well-padded and pretty generic, not much to say. 3. RITTER - rather nice bad this, quite distinctive too. *** THIS ONE HAS SOLD *** Or buy all three for specially-discounted price of £29.99!!!
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Here's something you don't see every day. Each channel can be used independently as a 60W all-valve amp (2 x mono) or it can be run as a 120W pair of matched amps (1 x stereo). With cliched Teutonic thoroughness, the two channels are absolutely mirrored in layout, control, even the fuses. One attraction of this is that, even should one channel blow or fail on you, the other will be completely unaffected. The amp lives in a decent 6U rackcase which comes with it, and I'll happily throw in the heavy-duty 1/4" --> Speakon cable shown in the photo. This unit is fully-functional with no issues or funny noises. I tested both channels again this morning before listing it. It is completely untrue to say that this thing weighs the same as a small planet. Anyone with a degree in astrophysics knows that this is nonsense. It is, however, really quite heavy. Certainly too heavy for me to be putting it in a Jiffy bag and posting it. Collection from HA1 3RG. And I have no real idea as to its value, so offers will not necessarily be greeted with hoots of derision.
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So I guess Lemmy's old band should have been Mo-teurgh-head?
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/vintage-double-bass-bow-Snakewood-GB-Lecchi-Genova-1952-18ct-White-Gold/142695303556?hash=item21394d8984:g:s6YAAOSw6DtYVSmU
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You might want to try that in London, Blue. It's quite large really.
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Thank you for all your good wishes for my recovery. In a bizarre stroke of luck, the PA pole fell in such a way that, with my back to it (I was adjusting my amp), although I didn't see it coming the speaker missed my head and the pole fell against my shoulder. Comfortable it was not, and you can hear Silvie shriek my name to warn me since it really did look lethal, but in fact I was completely unharmed, Paul the Drums leapt up to take the PA back upright, and we launched straight into Delilah.
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The guy in the dark top? Underneath the falling PA? That would be me then ...
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Early last year, penultimate song. This is a 9-minute video. If you can't be arsed to watch it all, just watch the last 30 seconds ...