ricksterphil

Fair enough....my bad!

That won't be a problem as Chris Squire died in 2015

'Tales of Brave Ulysses' with the surviving members of Cream Still manageable in theory.....

Funnily enough my lad (I say lad, he's 27) often asks me if I'm on that fish forum again. He doesn't get out much (neither do I come to that).

Really? I bet the ad budgets of the big brewers / big pub chains would disagree!

Hmm...one of my friends is called Lewandowski (like the footballer). The correct pronunciation in Polish is...Levandoffski. Assuming Roger Sadowski is of similar heritage, then it might well be that Sadoffski is more accurate?

We use a lightweight fabric banner I got from here https://print24.com/uk/product/fabric-banners/ From memory ours is 2500x1000mm Bung it up with gorilla tape - if the landlord objects I've got some clips and a reel of fishing wire which is as yet unemployed

Pilopoop-pone....just kidding, some of their 6 strings are ok

Our drummer spends all his time at the end of a gig chatting up women while making it look like he's packing up his gear. Meanwhile we do the stripdown and then help him load his stuff! Drummers eh! Can't gig without em...can't kill 'em!

Nice one....must remember that line when I am explaining to Mrs ricksterphil why I needed 'yet another bass'

Too late to offer my two p worth, but this would be my choice if you can put up with waiting while one comes up preloved http://mikelull.com/site/instruments/basses/bass-P4_P5.html I have a Jazz made by Mike.....it's so well made, beautiful to play and very light!

sh*t happens in bands......keep at it and something good will turn up!

2nd album I ever bought. 1st was 'Hits 68' I then acquired Sabbath Bloody Sabbath with all the Satanic imagary on the cover. My Dad (a strict Baptist), was not impressed at all. I always liked the acoustic intro to Spiral Architect and sometimes play it when I'm noodling and ask people to guess the source....no one ever gets it right (except Sabbath fans obvs). No so big into metal these days, but might well give 4 and SBS a re-listen

. Very well said that man! ...I will be incorporating 'a face like a pair of old tits' into my vocab from this day onwards!

Not bad but not brilliant. Our singer showed a video of a pub gig we did to a couple of pro musicians she knows and they complemented my playing without being asked which was a massive boost to my self esteem. Interesting thing is, since that point I've started working harder on my chops, driven by the fear of complacency!

Basses Gibson Thunderbird 2015 or Mike Lull Custom M4V Rig EBS HD350 Head in a 3u rack case with a Korg Pitchblack 2 Bergantino HT112 Cabs (1 with tweeter) Ibanez Paul Gilbert Airplane Flanger (the 'Take Off' mode is a hoot....usually deployed at the end of the gig) Big Knob Pedals Zed Drive Black Leather Hat as below....I'm the one at the back (obvs) on my (now sold) Sandberg, next to the utterly gorgeous Mel (BV and guitar). We're in a Bowie Tribute band

You've done the only sensible thing. For getting gigs, find venues on Facebook that book bands, call them, or message them and then call them. Better still, turn up at a gig and chat to the landlord

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Interesting discussion.....just wondering if recent posters realised the OP was in 2013!