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[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1419037394' post='2636032'] I think Matthew Hopkins is a member on here. [/quote] Yeah one of the Moderators.....

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1419036673' post='2636028'] That makes perfect sense. Anyway I'm consumed by inane righteousness as I haven't had a drink for months. I'm usually on the lash every day from November to January. And then the rest of the year. [/quote] But don't tell anyone or they'll send the Witchfinder General out after us.....the Bass Chat Witch Trials.....

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1419031379' post='2636006'] Why do people think it's a great idea to celebrate the birth of Baby Jebus by getting hammered? It is illogical in the extreme. [/quote] It's all us Pagans celebrating the winter Solstice and Yule.....for us perfectly logical

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1419023129' post='2635879'] Sorry i had to be the one to break the news. [/quote] I can't respond.....i've left 😐 😉

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1419022518' post='2635869'] Hold on kids!!!!!!!!! The version in the op is NOT the original TV version. It is a version by the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. [/quote] WTAF.....right that's it i'm off..... (picks up music stand and leaves) 😂

Not done much all year really.....only a couple of gigs. Really need to recruit a Synth / Keys player next year and be a bit more disciplined about getting some gigs in the diary but we do hopefully have something already booked for the Summer Solstice ☺

And one of my favourite back in the day shows.....👍

I'd be interested to read this document please Ta muchly 😊

[quote name='ubit' timestamp='1418973110' post='2635285'] I'm the bass player in our band, but also the singer and I find that when I'm singing, seven times out of ten, my eyes are closed, which means , stand or not, I'm not engaging the audience with eye contact. I wonder, do all the " professionals " amongst you who sing and play, do the same or are you continuously bonding with the masses? I am a firm believer that as long as you are making a decent noise in a pub, no one gives a jot, what's beside you onstage [/quote] Ditto

Saw Psychedelic Warlords last night at the Camden Underworld.....Alan Davey's Ric 4003 through the Fender Bassman and Ashdown 4×10 cab was just superb and had a thunderous growl.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1418844648' post='2634056'] Most players I know don't even know what this place is. Mostly they'd check in to see if it was a reasonable place to network or some-such... get involved with the idiots, decide that they had very little in common with them and that there were too many numpties about and drift away... [/quote] A whole new topic of discussion here.... BTW what is an Idiot / Numpty? 😂 Okay i'll sling me hook now.....

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1418844540' post='2634052'] My band are Amateurs and we don't use stands. Does that make us Pros? But we do faff too much between songs. So that makes us Amateurs again. If you shut us in a box, would we be Pros and Amateurs at the same time? [/quote] Perhaps we need to discuss the more philosophical Pro / Am topic with the music stands merely being a subject on the periphery of the debate..... 😲

So are you ruling out a ritualistic funeral pyre whereby you could launch this war torn veteran to bass Valhalla? 👿

Could somebody please clarify.....was the conclusion that we like music stands or not? If you are a 'Pro' and use them are you not an actual 'Pro' thus meaning you are an 'Amateur'? Oh and BTW what is a Pro anyway? And does anyone have any pictures of their music stand? Thank you

Silverburst looks cool! Interestingly i am a fan of the Gibson/Epi 3 point bridge which i know to most isn't popular.

Looking good! I'm so tempted to do one of these in Silver Metal Flake.

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1418758099' post='2633053'] This year by playing at The 100 Club in Oxford St. Which is nice [/quote] Great venue.....when?

Now what was the question again? 👹

Is this thread starting to peter out before it reaches 10 pages?

BC Rich Coffin Case?

[quote name='lojo' timestamp='1418759527' post='2633080'] I'm not a pro, don't know theory and have a limited skill set, but sometimes get paid quite well for playing covers whilst people dance and enjoy themselves , this seems to piss off some pros. [/quote] I am in this category if indeed a category exists for such a player.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1418749522' post='2632949'] How glamorous the music business is! Punters milling about like drunken skittles with bad haircuts, bumping into things and vomiting on one's pedalboard... bliss. [/quote] Seems like a good reason to have a music stand.....to deflect the puke away from your pedal board 👍

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1418742763' post='2632874'] not sure what Canada has to do with it, I'm from the "once you've said you'll do something you do it" school of thought, I was merely trying to point out that if the boot was on the other foot there'd be a load of bassist on here saying what a miserable bunch of robbing bastards agents where. [/quote] It would possibly be the difference between whether i tell him to sling his hook or not tbh..... Many a contract has been binned over the years by both parties with little sleep lost..... If he was abroad i'd ditch him and say i'm not doing it.....if he tries to get his 12% let him foot the bill for legal counsel.

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1418740595' post='2632842'] just wondering what everybody's reaction would be if an agent changed his mind about a series of gigs after the contracts had been signed [/quote] Is this agent in Canada? I feel we need this information to formulate a response.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1418740073' post='2632837'] I think somebody should start a poll to decide whether we have a pie chart or a graph. [/quote] Oh come on.....graph?? Seriously! Pie chart gets my vote ✋