RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE

I was high up near the ceiling.. Scary! ( ok I'm a wooss . They were great tho'

Cool as ....

Sweet child o mine?

That was really good. '80s Helloween

It's a riot in Stockholm . Apparently

[quote name='AndyBob09' timestamp='1369246694' post='2086917'] Hey guys, I've just looked at my diary for the Winter 2013/2014 and it is awfully quiet. I make most of my money playing in a wedding band which is great throughout the summer but not so much through the Winter - Which makes the Winter an even more depressing time! I was just wondering how any of you pros out there earn cash other than playing weddings? Paid gigs around Glasgow are hard to come by. I have NO idea how to get in to session work, though would love to - And musicals is always an option for me too - Just contact a few MDs. How else do you guys get work? All help would be appreciated. Cheers! [/quote] Funerals ?

Apparently , he's got a new job on sky. Installing the dishes on the roofs .

[quote name='bjelkeman' timestamp='1369225601' post='2086506'] My Aussie accent isn't so good, but my Norwegian is decent. [/quote] Cool Don't watch much tv, but this Scandinavian stuff is awesome.

Welcome never been to Sweden -yet . Being in earls court, you must've picked up an aussie accent along the way. hi anyway

Shame. Great bassman(

[quote name='ChrisF' timestamp='1369153790' post='2085551'] Blimey 250 watts !?!?! ...that's twice what I was expecting [/quote] You'll not have to turn up all the way of course, but that should deal with any situation .

Mmm£200 for a light bass amp ...tricky . The way I see it, you need 250 watts to cope with loud drummer, and you would be fine with this in most pubs too. Markbass would've been my first recommendation , or gallien Krueger which are cheaper . Over to other basschatters ...

These days ; akg headphones ( cuts out noise from pram faces / bawling babies etc. ) & iPhone . Home ; at present I either just use ipad / tunein radio to listen to Canadian / us rock stations. Or I do the same thing using Mac mini /monitor audio bx5a studio monitors instead of ipad. In the bedroom/ hallway I have ceiling speakers / Cambridge audio amp/ nakamichi CD player . Haven't used this setup since brother has been staying with me. Living room ; Cambridge audio amp / b&w speakers(bookshelf) /TV . /pink triangle turntable . Again , not used since brother came to stay. Kitchen ; small radio/cd thingy for catching up with the news. Sennheiser headphones for listening to myself practising Bass , or late you tube gigs. Think that's it

Hated the doors when I was a kid ( except riders single). Thought they sounded too dated. Years later I actually like a few songs now . Think Ray was the most talented in the band. Definitely , one of the greates keyboard people of all time . Sad loss .rip

Many people will be watching the champions league final on sat. Don't know if tha matters much. Good luck

Dan lilker of nuclear assault/sod etc. timi grabber of Mercyful fate Pete Cruikshank of the groundhogs Harvey bainbrige of hawkwind Dd verni of overkill

[quote name='silky13' timestamp='1232814095' post='390491'] another one for Pat Badger! Seen Extreme on the last tour and he was great, so tight, just what the band needs! as for my personal underrated band... Symphony X (my favourite band) and they're current bassist Mike Lepond ... I've only seen them twice, because they're not big enough to do a full headline tour of UK, but each time they were amazingly tight, while putting on an awesome show! Better than Dream Theater IMO! Oh and of course my current band is far too underrated [/quote] Saw them at wembley support to dream theater. They were better imho

[quote name='martthebass' timestamp='1369050398' post='2084200'] I'll remeber that when some pillock points out that I missed the octave triplet and passing note 5th in the 18th bar......... [/quote] Yes, watch out for the beard twitchers

Good point by sponge bob . There is more stuff today , and it's a lot cheaper and easier to access than ever before. Left school in'79 , so missed Sabbath and Zep in their prime.(and never saw Floyd either). Would like to have seen ABba;) Missed cream and Hendrix and the groundhogs. Not too bothered by punk, as I didn't fancy getting spat at at gigs. When I was a kid, I used to listen to radio1/ luxembourg& Caroline. In my house, I was the first person out ofbed in the morning. Switched on radio around 7am. (It was a dansette with record player and a large lid). You used to get crackling rose by Neil diamond, lyn Anderson rose garden , mungo jerry baby jump,and the carpenters before 8am;) Hated disco(99% of it anyhow). Around '77 I didn't care about the charts on a Sunday anymore. I became a headbanger and my first gigs wre at the music machine, Marquee , Lyceum etc. if I could turn back time, I would never have worn all the badges . I still have a memory of walking about my business and my British Steel razor blade started to peel off the back of my leather bike jacket in the hot sunshine. I never had a motorbike either. So no, I don't think I would have preferred to have been born at another time;)

You'll be more confused than ever after all the replies you receive I would say stick to a Fender, as that's what you are used to. If you could get a fretless Telebass then you'd have the tone you require as well imho. Trouble is, I don't think you can get a fretless Tele .

In the future, I'm thinking of getting 1 or2 to show off my Washburn status etc. would the size and weight be much different from ordinary guitars? Oh, and are they expensive ?

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1368894420' post='2082784'] Plenty of modern surf bands with decently recorded bass. Here's the fairly "traditional" Los Straightjackets: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H75hBXvjsw And the more out there Man Or Astroman: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eKZoROEM68 [/quote] Really good

Interesting thread. While looking at old telebasses on you tube, I found surf bands like the old retro vibe. Bass is definitely picked

Nice one

.. Do you ever think that you will just end up with one bass only, whether it's custom made or your favourite etc ? If so , when do you make that decision ? When you quit gigging perhaps..