PaulWarning

Garden Party, "You can't please everyone so you gotta please yourself"

at the end of the day the only way to decide on an amp is to try it out, and I don't mean in a shop but in a band situation which means buying one and living with it for a while (or finding a rehearsal studio with one, that's how got on the Trace Elliot amps), this thread just proves it's all a matter of opinion we all have different needs from equipment depending on a host of different factors otherwise we'd all be using the same bass through the same amp and speakers

I enjoy both, I will say I think you can write better songs through having learnt to play covers

and also a fine example of why Macca's songs could be a bit corny without Lennon's input, originally it was "looked like a beauty Queen", apparently.

this and try for a not too complicated name, people have got to remember it when you say check us out on Facebook, I'd avoid stupid spellings as well for this reason

I know what you mean, I think Segs Jennings play it all down strokes, but I can't do it so resort to up and down and it's not quite the same, some songs I can play on a good day but always liable to trip up, the intro to In the city being one, can't do I Saw Her Standing There either, but I use the excuse Macca's playing a short scale bass

and through a poor quality tannoy, the sound quality is appalling, something like dial a disc on the phone if anybody can remember that, but really loud

My Dad used to buy me the latest Beatles LP for Christmas, bless him

I agree with the sentiment but BC would be a very boring place if people didn't try and justify their opinions, that's not to say we should start insulting each other, IMO (see what I did there :-) )that just polarises opinions.

this is true, but there's total dross in any era of music, I don't think there ever been an era that progressed so much, started out with manufactured solo artist like Pat Boon and finished up with heavy and progressive rock like Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Black Sabbath and Led Zepplin

I have been known to say our Drummer on occasions "Sometimes less is more" or "what you don't play is just as important as what you do"

just had to google Neil Peart to find out who he is lol, I'm not really into prog rock and hate drum solo's, I think Ringo did one once

as has been alluded too in another thread 'what makes a good drummer' it's not just how you play but if you get on with your band mates, I think Ringo was the only Beatle not to fall out with anybody, he was the only one they all worked with after the split

similar to fleabag, I plug into my laptop and use headphones

another device to get people to buy stuff they don't really need with money they haven't really got

love the profanity filter

Macca's take on that was he had written his good songs while in the Beatles, he just couldn't get them on albums, it was downhill after all things must pass he seemed to be suggesting, then again, most of the post Beatles stuff wasn't as good (imo), no quality control, i.e. that song is stinky poo Paul,

regarding Macca and Lennons songs, I'm the other way round, apart from a few exceptions I found McCartney's songs twee and middle of the road, Lennon's had a lot more bite to them, something for everyone I suppose, Ringo's drumming always sounded ok to me, I'm told he was behind the beat, but then again a drummer's got to be really bad before I notice, it's not difficult hit the snare on the off beat, right? it's not like they've got to play the right notes

that's fair enough, no reason for the fee to include free drinks then, but if some members aren't driving and it's free drinks don't be surprised at the result

must admit I'd be very wary of a fee that included free drinks, in my experience drunk band members do not put in a good performance

cheapest way, connect your casette deck to the mic input on your computer and use audacity (free) to record it and chop it up how you want

and nobody's mentioned Mr Phillips yet

a drummer who can put up with smart arsed bass players who think they have no faults

we charge £500 double our normal fee, but we're cheap and we know it