Steve Browning

He Hartley felt a thing.

I had a Mesa Boogie RR 2x18 that stopped the UK from lifting off into the air.

What were the other 512 results?

John Deacon's bass rack with Dbx compressor. That will be late 70's I reckon. http://www.geocities.co.jp/Broadway-Guitar/1391/bass-rack-unit.html

Agree completely. I am a dedicated Rotosound user (and, to declare an interest) endorsee. I love the tone and consistency of the strings. As you say, a home grown product (and we were both born in the same year!!).

Queen, until the synths appeared or maybe Dr Feelgood until Gyp Mayo left.

http://www.normansrareguitars.com/product.php?productid=5987&cat=199&page=1 Rather a nice maple neck at Norm's in LA (not Littlehampton)

I have a recollection of the (tall) bass player in Cockney Rebel using a Mustang on TOTP for Come Up And Make Me Smile. That looked ok.

I think Bach. I remember hearing he could improvise entire fugues which means playing stanzas forward, backwards, upside down etc (the stanza, not the performer!!). As for contemporary musician, I haven't much of an idea really.

'canal, that was clever.

I have always wanted a nice mocha Precision but the main problem I find is the fact that the finish was around in the days when basses weighed as much as a small fishing vessel. They look like they've been dipped in oxtail soup.

Has to be Queen.

David Gilmour seemed happy enough.

Help other players improve? Do they ask you to or do you take it upon yourself to critique these people?

As you see from my signature I have a number of MIJ basses. They are all, without exception, extremely well made instruments and exceed any expectations based on the cost. I remember a member posting that they had cut through the copper strip between the bridge pickup and the bridge. Don't do that! Buy the MIJ and enjoy a great bass.

Classic and Cool is run from a private home but, having been there twice, Mark is only too happy to meet arranged visitors and puts no pressure on you to buy at all. A thoroughly decent bloke.

I might be inclined to get to a music shop and try out a Jazz bass to see if you are likely to get on with the bass at all. You may hate the thing when you strap one on.

I hand you my crown. Father of the bride trumps member of the audience. Must have been awful. In my case the chap had had open heart surgery and been told to take it easy or risk just dropping and he decided to carry on and dropped.

Classic and Cool has the occasional vintage piece - including a beautiful 1970 sunburst Precision at the moment. Guitar Village in Farnham New Kings Road Guitars Wunjo's have some vintage stuff

I watched it a fair old time ago. It's a collection (well put together) of stuff already around so there's nothing new in it. That said, it is a good attempt to shine a spotlight onto one of the reasons Queen were the band they were. An absolute master of playing exactly what was wanted with the discipline to pull it off.

Yup, you're dealing with a man who has literally got away with murder!

It's quite a nadir I admit. Who knows, maybe Blue has been involved in a gunfight during Freebird?

Oh I don't know. I'm keen to read the post that can top that though (no pun intended!!). I'm sure someone can. Maybe Joe Dolce is a lurker!

This is easy, for two reasons. Reason 1 - The Birdies Song (Portsmouth Radical Club 24/12/1978) Reason 2 (same night) - a member of the audience (dancing to the same number) died on the dance floor. Over to you, everyone! :-)

[quote name='chrisanthony1211' timestamp='1510310526' post='3405458'] Ah, so using a standard unbalanced XLR cable, but using the pad on the desk to reduce the input signal? And what advantage does the DI box give you over using the DI from the Amp? [/quote] The DI output will convert the signal to (effectively) a mic signal. You won't need any pad on the input. An xlr to xlr is (usually) balanced which allows for the long cable run. Just plug into the xlr input on the desk and treat it as if it were a mic.