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On Friday The Junkyard Dogs played the Charlie Butler, Mortlake, in that London. www.JunkYardDogsLondon.co.uk Happy Jack is the bassist and I play one of the guitars. My parents are down for a visit so they came with my partner. Rick the other guitarist brought a few people so already the small pub was looking fuller than it normally does! It did actually fill up quite nicely. Now that I'm a guitarist I spent most of each set unhappy with my sound ( ) but listening back to the recording of the gig after the first set the overall sound of the band as a whole is quite good. The pub has a limiter - bypassed - even so we were not as loud as we would normally be. The punters were in to it, parents loved it, got paid and offered another date, so another one chalked up as a success

nope, all or nothing. I replaced my valve amp for one with MOSFETS.

[quote name='TheRev' timestamp='1330591648' post='1559748'] Has anyone got experience of claiming on the Musicians Union instrument insurance? [/quote] that's who I'm with. I've never claimed but their small print isn't as small as other companies. eg gear is covered in use, in transit, on stage...

Awesome not enough bassplayer though!

the worst ones, are where the punters have to walk through the 'stage area' to get to the toilets.

who's going to start the next thread: [b] Blimey, Mani leaves BassChat![/b]

The workplace seems to be all about transferable skills so has the experience of being in a band had a positive effect on your day job? For example, having done a few gigs, is standing in front of a room full of people and giving a presentation at work easier or less daunting? Or having arranged band set lists/rehearsals/gigs etc are your organisational skill at work improved? etc?

[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1329987625' post='1550735'] As well as Lozz's strap height advice, I was wondering if you use a comfort strap (or other padded ergonomic strap)?[/quote] is what I was gonna post. The straps I use for bass and my guitars are very wide, for the comfort. They also happen to be shiny and reflective

I wish Old Git was here to comment on this

[quote name='risingson' timestamp='1329908069' post='1549336'] EDIT - an FYI, the Gorrilaz debut album sold 10 million. Quite a far off amount from Blur's combined 24 million. [/quote] I guess it depends on where you get your figures from: [url="http://www.vblurpage.com/info/chartography/sales_albums.htm"]http://www.vblurpage...ales_albums.htm[/url] a wee bit shy of 24 million.

if it's not good enough for Norman, it's not good enough for me.

[quote name='risingson' timestamp='1329905548' post='1549282'] I think it was the millions of albums that they sold. [/quote] Even though Damon's first Gorilla album outsold all Blur albums combined, and Alex had a single (Vindaloo?) which outsold all Blur singles combined?

I think there may be a tad of confusion surrounding this thread It's actually asking the question 'who was the last guitar hero?'. Guitar heroes as espouced by guitar publications back in the day such as [i]Guita[/i][i]r for the Practising Musician.[/i] There has been no mention of, or claim of anything is 'better', and no disparaging other guitarists. I still say Bettencourt. Extreme came to prominence with their second album in 1990. Gilbert was already well known through his Racer X days before Mr Big's first album in 1989, and Slash came in to the scene in with G n R's first album in 1987. Bellamy is a great player, but I'd agree with Leftybassman, he doesn't fit the old school guitar hero mould. .

It will look cool when Bootsy is playing it.

no idea, but have subscribed to the thread!

[quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1329473766' post='1542903'] And they may not know to not turn up most of the drummers mics in the PA, they are just there to make him happy. [/quote]

My parents went to school with the Yorkshire Ripper. Of course he wasn't the Yorkshire Ripper at the time, that would have been a bit of a give away in later life.

Back in the days of [i]Guitar for the Practising Musician[/i], guitar heroes were a plenty. Then gunge came along and did away with all that. But who was the last guitar hero? I mean proper back in the day guitar hero, I reckon Nuno Bettencourt.

[quote name='Low End Bee' timestamp='1329403559' post='1541940'] Horribly true;) [/quote]

frequent references to Top of the Pops to illustrate how bad music was. People seem to forget Led Zeppelin were still kicking ass, Thin Lizzy, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple were around, and Motorhead were getting started. Not to mention all the stateside funk involving Larry Graham and Bootsy Collins.

it wouldn't be easy as I'm the youngerst and prettiest

[quote name='BurritoBass' timestamp='1329299074' post='1540111'] A lot of rubbish is spoken about music [/quote] this. /thread

one to add to the favourites.