ricksterphil

nuff said 😂

Talking of Mr Bowie, I'm in a Bowie Tribute band and am lovin it. When we play to an appreciative audience it's brilliant (they know all the words too!) but we don't go down well in a covers type pub - except when we play Starman and Dudes. If it folded I'd look for something else...I might go for a functions band for the money.

I might have someone for this if it's still available

Here's hoping I get lucky with tonights Euromillions https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jack-Bruce-Cream-owned-Warwick-Jazz-Man-Fretted-Bass-flight-case-Photo-Certifi/282216920578?hash=item41b5707602:g:cIIAAOSwYIxX~p2x

Signed....hope it helps

Sold a compressor pedal to Richard (Painy) All went very smoothly - no bother at all!

Cheap and good back up bass here https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Yamaha-BB200-Electric-Bass-Guitar/163210768708?hash=item26001eb144:g:-5kAAOSwYwFbebt4

Drums first, the rest of us set up the PA while the drummer is farting about. Then the amps etc and the last thing is the lights. We always forget to put our banner up first and so end up clambering over stuff at the end of set up.

We use a chauvet 4 bar, a couple of 56 par can floor uplighters, with an uplighter bar behind the drummer This is the 4 bar thingy. all garnered cheap n chearful of of ebay here https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/Stage-Lighting-Systems-Kits/12921/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw= I'm going to start setting up with lighting from the back given the advice from on here above and will probably get some more uplighter bars

Korg pitchblack rack tuner and a TC Polytune clip You can set the rack tuner to do sound to light which looks as cool as fonck!

Anyone visiting Bass Direct is a serious potential buyer. I would like to bet that they get almost no casual 'walk-ins'. I've spent time at the retail 'coal face' and have to agree with mrtcat (and therefore disagree with FDC484950) that if they want a long term future they should/must pay attention to making the customer feel good about the purchase. I travel on Ryanair by necessity not choice - even Michael O'Leary, about whom it has been said that he is capable of starting an argument even when in a room on his own, has realised that a business has to give the customer the 'warm fuzzies' as my kiwi mate calls it. I am not saying that Bass Direct is as bad as Ryanair btw - far from it, but they need to up their game in that department

I think it's ok if a business i sending by courier as they will be fully insured and under distance selling regs you are protected as a consumer

I would think their stuff would be covered by a commercial insurance policy