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[quote name='vmaxblues' timestamp='1437125625' post='2823744'] We do a couple of Jam numbers and those Foxton bass lines are supremely wonderful. Down in the tube station at midnight and Going underground if you were wondering.... [/quote] For 12 years I played in a 3 piece band called 48 Thrills which played classic punk [i]strictly [/i]from 1976 -1979. We did most of the first Clash album and lots of Buzzcocks, Damned, Gen X, Ruts, Elvis Costello, Ramones etc. Sadly the guitarist subscribed to either the Clash or the Jam philosophy so we only did 3 Jam songs and it was a struggle to get those into the set I can tell you. We also did Tube Station and Going Underground plus In The City. I would have loved to have done Town Called Malice, Start, & Eton Rifles. That said this was the subject of one of the best 'heckles' I've ever heard on stage. Many of our regular punters were die hard Clash fans and at one gig one of them shouted out...' Can you play a Jam song, I wanna go out for a fag!' Bruce was down in Deal recently but sadly on a night I was gigging and it's the same story at Dartford I think.

Just don't play Jazz!

Have you thought of getting an electro-acoustic? I have an Ibanez AEB10E which is perfectly audible unplugged if you just want to learn a part or generally practice and it won't disturb people in the next room never mind your neighbours. If you want to gig it you have to plug it in but it does have an XLR out so when I use it in the folk-rock/americana band I am in I go direct into the PA and it sounds fine. Another bonus is that whilst the action is fine generally if you learn a tricky part on the acoustic it is often easier to play on the electric.

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1437167568' post='2824238'] You should automatically get asked for payment when you post the ad. If that didn't happen it's best to get in touch with a moderator. [/quote] Yes it took me to a page asking if I wanted to 'subscribe' which I didn't so I ignored it. Typical of me doing this sort of thing. Thanks to you all for your kind help. I will subscribe now so if you are in the market for new gear I have 4 basses and three cabs for sale. Cheers Guys! PeteB

[quote name='Old Man Riva' timestamp='1437160344' post='2824170'] Similar here. For most kids of a certain age back then TOTP was the only access we had to actually seeing what the bands looked like - Radio 1 was where we heard them, TOTP was where we saw them. Bowie doing Starman, Roxy Music doing Virginia Plain, Thin Lizzy doing Whiskey in the Jar, The Faces doing Maggie May, Alice Cooper doing School's Out, Slade doing Coz I Luv You... all great moments. [/quote] w TOTP, The Old Grey Whistle Test & Radio 1, (particularly late at night and at weekends ) comstituted my musical education. That said I should mention Nicky Horn on Capital Radio.

OK Ta! Any idea how much and how I go about it?

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1437165516' post='2824214'] Did you pay ? I'm told that's the reason you can't see sale ads sometimes. [/quote] No! Do you have to pay then?

I've just tried to put up an ad on the gear for sale forum. It seemed to go ok apart from loading up my , (admittedly rubbish), pics on their side? However when I tried to look at it, it doesn't 'seem to be there despite saying that mine was the most recent item added to the forum on the right hand side of the screen? I admit I'm crap at this sort of thing but can anyone help?

Ooh a list! I love this... Andy Fraser John Paul Jones Jaco, (popular to dismiss him these days but there was a 'before and after' just like Jimi on guitar) Bruce Thomas James Jamerson Norman Watt Roy George Porter Jr Bernard Edwards John Entwistle Dave Pegg

I can remember it as if it were yesterday although I was only 12 years old....6th June 1972, TOTP, David Bowie doing Starman. My whole world changed until...24th August 1972, TOTP, Roxy Music doing Virginia Plain. That just took it to a whole new level.

Coming in late here but I think one aspect of this topic that maybe hasn't been mentioned is that, love em' or hate em', Yes are a genuinely [i][b]iconic[/b][/i] band in the same way as the Who and Queen are. Over the years I've seen Wishbone Ash live with only Andy Powell being the original member; 10CC with Graham Gouldman as the only original member; Budgie with Burke Shelly as the only original member; the Blockheads without Ian Dury and several versions of Dr Feelgood with no original members. Now all of the above are great bands IMO but I doubt they would stimulate the same level of passionate debate as Yes or The Who or Queen etc My point is that if we really don't give a sh*t that Fairport Convention are still recording and touring as a five piece band with only Simon Nicol as an original member then what right have we to suggest that Yes should pack it in completely because of Chris Squire's sad demise? I wholeheartedly agree that as fans of any band we have the right to express our opinions on any aspect of that band's activities, however no-one ever has the right to tell someone else when to stop playing. If the remaining members of yes want to carry on despite Chris Squire's death then it is entirely up to them whether they are doing it simply for the money , because they don't know what else to do with their lives, or any other reason. If, as a fan, you wish to express disappointment/disapproval at their decision to carry on then you can always do that by not buying any new recordings or going to see any shows. A last note. My understanding is that Rick Wakeman has arthritis to a degree that makes it nigh on impossible for him to tour again. I admit I heard this from 'pub' sources so it may have been exaggerated.

Johnny Winter and Donna Summer once recorded a blues/disco version of the old Justin Hayward hit 'Forever Autumn'. It had a Spring release.

[quote name='taunton-hobbit' timestamp='1436969790' post='2822441'] Did a wedding gig back in the 70's where the best man pleaded with us not to play 'Shotgun Wedding'.... ...enter the bride, and we realised why........ . [/quote] I played with a mate of mine in a duo at his son's wedding and I suggested that it would be a laugh to start with Shotgun Wedding, so we did. Well the room in general thought it was very funny and my mate's son was pi**ing himself. The bride, her mother and indeed the groom's mother however gave us looks as like to turn us to stone! Strange chaps women.

If you do ever discover how to get the perfect tone out of any bass through any rig in any venue/situation please let me know first and then sign the piece of paper I will send you shortly afterwards. Apart from that good luck .

I did just that 4 years ago, and I was 51. I have to say that I have a wonderfully supportive partner who accepts me earning very little money indeed. I wish I had done this at 22 and who know's where my life would have lead. Just go for it mate. As other contributors to this thread have suggested you can do music full time, for say 5 years, and if it doesn't work out you still have time to pursue a more stable career. I also think you should be realistic with your expectations. I'm sure you want to be in a band that are globally popular but as long as you are making a reasonable living from doing what you love to do then that's good enough. To make a football analogy...of course you want to play for Man U, or Chelsea or Liverpool but if you end up playing for Gillingham, Exeter or Bury you have still been very lucky and very privileged. Apart from that I give you a couple of very apt cliches... You only get one go at life Always regret what you did rather than what you didn't do. Best of luck with whatever you decide.

I grew up, (10 -20), and indeed started to play bass during the 70 so I have a huge feeling of nostalgia for the decade. I found a great deal of the popular music of the 80's incredibly insipid at the time. I can look back on it more fondly these days however I'm not ever likely to join an '80s' band. The thing that the 80's did do for me was to make me go and (re) discover the 60's and for that I will truly be forever grateful.

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Speaking as someone who is close to that pinnacle myself..[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Good grief![/font][/color]

I once did a dep for a band that were playing a wake of all things. It was all very rushed and I never got to meet the band, ( apart from the drummer who I was working with in another band at the time), until the night of the gig; never mind rehearse with them. It was standard rock covers stuff so that wasn't really an issue. What was really extraordinary though was it was actually on the day of the dead guy's funeral. Apparently he had been quite a well know 'lighting' guy on the circuit and there were a few semi- famous people there including Kevin Ayers and the woman from Buck's Fizz who isn't Cheryl Baker...who looked unbelievably horny in heels and black tights Mmmmm. Anyway what we also found out on the night is that the deceased, poor guy, had actually hung himself. Now I know how when you have been doing a set of songs for a while each individual one kinda looses it's meaning outside of it's place in the running order but I felt compelled to suggest to my temporary bandmates that 'Since You've Been Gone' by Rainbow and 'Jump' by Van Halen were probably not the most appropriate choices given the nature of the event. As a postscript to this tale and the thing I remember most about the evening was that the grieving and quite spectacularly drunk widow insisted on closing the evening with a version of John Lennon's 'Imagine' which was even more tragic than the recent loss of her husband.

Ex SE Londoner now refugee in Kent. Good luck and have fun.

[quote name='The Admiral' timestamp='1434859363' post='2803341'] No. I'm always wary of coming off like an arse in situations like this, and I'm very conscious of how this looks from their side - some random bloke from a pub audience telling them how to use their gear. It's the kind of thing which turns up in the 'How was your gig last night?' thread on here all the time! They also had a table full of WAGs and mates with them, plus a few people who were there specifically to see them, who were lapping it up, so it didn't seem as if it would have landed too well. So frustrating though, particulalyr as, if I put my 'producer's' hat in, I could also have given them some input on the arrangements and general performance too! I would definitely have suggested the guitarist swap his semi for a telecaster, or something solid bodied and suitably 'cool' - and whether he could be persuaded to do so or not, certainly go for an overdriven Muddy Waters type sound - which would have worked far better. I don't know if they were going for a kind of Eddie Cochran/Rockabilly guitar sound, but it didn't come off - not aided by DI'ing the guitar : far better to have played with a small back line amp, which would have taken a lot of the mush out of the PA sound too, as it wouldnt have been competing for the mid range. [/quote] In my experience telling any pub band that their sound is less than perfect is like telling a bloke that his wife or girlfriend needs to lose weight; it may be completely true but it's unlikely to elicit a positive response.

Rather another PF tribute than another Jazz band.

[quote name='walbassist' timestamp='1194983952' post='88049'] Had an impromptu gig with the two guitarists from my blues band last night in the White Hart at Witley near Guildford. Just three voices, a Fylde Mandolin, a Lowden acoustic and my Martin acoustic bass. No drums, no amps, no keys, no mikes. We played for about two hours and just reeled out loads of stuff (we know a lot of material - we've been playing together on and off for over 20 years!). Was a great time. And in tribute to Rich's post above, here's a bassist's eye of what's in front of me at most gigs with my other band... Cheers all Gareth [/quote] Does the Martin acoustic really come across in that situation then? I did look at one, the BCPA4...for about a nano-second...but the review I read said that whilst the Martin was louder 'unplugged' than any other acoustic bass around you would really need to plug it in for a gig situation. I play in an acoustic folk-rock/americana band and use an Ibanez AEB(10E?) directly through the PA. It sounds wonderful although I should point out that I own a pretty decent PA with EV SX300 speakers. The Ibanez also has the distinct advantage of being almost £1000 cheaper than the Martin. By the way. Ronnie Lane is an absolute hero of mine both as a bass-player and a song-writer. I would dearly love a Les Paul bass but having just spent over £2.5K on a new amp and cab I can't see my other half letting me get away with it.

Bon soir mon ami et merci.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1435870395' post='2813288'] Good evening, [s]Pippin[/s] Pete, and ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share. [/quote] Well thank-you Dad. I look forward to speaking to you.

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][b]Hi all,[/b][/font] [font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][b]My name is Pete. I am 55 and have been playing bass for 41 years, (must take a break soon though as I'm busting for a wee!).[/b][/font] [font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][b]I was actually on here before, a couple of years ago, but I had a run in with the Jazz police, literally, and I got the hump and left. This time I am determined not to get embroiled in controversial threads, rise to the bait when provoked and, most importantly, not to talk to anyone on here named after a Tolkien character.[/b][/font] [b][font="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"]Musically I'm of the 70's rock vintage but, with the exception of Jazz and heavy slap, I have played just about every type of contemporary music including pop, blues, country, soul/funk, reggae, punk, rock n' roll, Irish, klezmer & swing; plus the function circuit where I played everything from strict-tempo to lounge. For the last year or so I have been mostly engaged with a folk-rock acoustic trio where I play an electro-acoustic bass, ( Ibanez AEB with XLR out), directly through the PA...decent sound and less gear to hump around. I also do most of the lead vocals in that band as I have done in many of the bands I've been in. I'm getting a hankering though to get back to some more challenging bass-lines which leads me nicely on to the thing that prompted me to return to Basschat... [/font] [font="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"]I have just had a serious attack of GAS and have today ordered from Alex and the lovely Claire at Barefaced a Big Twin II plus an Orange AD200B head from GAK. So I just wanted to talk to other people who would understand and possibly share my sense of excitement and anticipation. In order to fund this latest attack I have quite a lot of gear to sell...4 basses & 3 cabs... which I will be putting on the appropriate boards once I've organised decent photographs. I appreciate that it's not the done thing to sell your gear on this thread but if anyone does want more details please send me a private message...I assume you can do that?[/font][/b] [b][font="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"]Notwithstanding my new acquisitions I would be keen and delighted to chat about any subject to any other bass-player regardless of their age, sex, level of experience/ability, style of playing, preferred type of music, nationality, creed, sexual orientation etc. The only thing I would ask is that you embrace the philosophy of 'agreeing to differ'. I really really do not react well to pithy and dismissive remarks. I also firmly believe that making music is an art form so if you are of a VERY technical disposition we probably don't have too much in common.[/font][/b] [b][font="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"]So! I look forward to talking to as many of you as I can.[/font][/b]