RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1448889998' post='2918864'] I used to have an original (unused) membership card from the Hacienda nightclub and an old ticket from Donnington Monsters of Rock (1991), both sold on eBay. I also used to have one of Jason Newsted's plectrums... I caught it when he threw it into the pit at a Birmingham NEC gig many years ago. Can't find the damn thing now, so it's probably been unwittingly thrown away! [/quote] I've got a donongton tkt ( Bon jovi ). Left original at home , bought one on the day . Can't do that now

Ride the lightning sweatshirt signed by lars in the duke of Cromwell pub . It ended up in the washing machine , so it's very faint now . Nuclear assault. 1 St album whir label test pressing with a press release note Motörhead f@@jk off bootleg ep Iron maiden sound house tapes

Probably active circuitry( providing your bass is active ). Had this problem with my Washburn status . I got it changed from an active to a passive. ) you may not want to go that far ).

There was me thinking , of a small fluffy toy or something

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1448478221' post='2915797'] Fixed. ... [/quote] !

I still have m o d party harty t shirt ( 1988?) Still wearable. I found a Charlotte and the harlot t shirt , covered in paint which I still use when painting the flat

[quote name='Naetharu' timestamp='1448551676' post='2916398'] Just a heads up Ray, you mentioned you were looking into finding a sampler: Amazon are doing a Black Friday deal on the Korg Volca Sampler which by all accounts is a rather nice little unit even at full price. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Korg-Volca-Sample-Digital-Sample-Synthesizer/dp/B00NKD1PUI/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1448551596&sr=8-4&keywords=Korg+Volca [/quote] I'll look into this in the morning , cheers

[quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1448553785' post='2916421'] The full moon's gone, Good Luck. [url="https://twitter.com/pettore/status/669850473931870208"]https://twitter.com/...850473931870208[/url] [/quote] Thanks . That's great

Some great advice here , as always . The worst year of my life is almost over . I feel very mellow tbh. I may make a big decision next year . Put on loads of weight due to steroids, I keep waking up around 2.30 am ( steroids?) Apart from that , and a change of life needed, I'm fine Thanks for your kind words . I'll probably start playing the bass again around Xmas time , when I be got time to assess

[quote name='Highfox' timestamp='1448530234' post='2916112'] I hope you didn't do the ripping ! [/quote] I did . well, there were quite a few of us involved. He ran into the crowd

Judas Priest evening star clear vinyl 12" , complete with part of rob halforfd s leotard ripped off his back at the rainbow theatre 1981;) Alice cooper constrictor pic disc album signed by him and his session band at the time. Lots of tour programmes ..ac/ dc highway to hell .. Metallica damage inc. Judas Priest British steel Dodgy Dave lee Roth , and a couple of monsters of Rock from late '80s

Mmmm.. I did have stacks of original screen print tour t shirts of all the metal bands I saw. Threw them out over the years - doh. Had a white label test pressing of Jim on the fire 12" Metallica . Met them and got cliff and all to sign plus hell on earth poster . Sold - doh Still got master of puppets European tour poster which I bought a hammy o Got sound house tapes - maiden Halloween 7 keys tour poster overkill supporting Stu Hamm music book signed Schenker cd signed Jarred cd box set signed Robert Calvert hype book and lp signed That's it for now

If you're playing along to black sabbath or korn,( or even Metallica ) it's not gonna be e a d g

Wrong neck of the woods for me , but I love the band name . Have a bump

Cheers . I'm not one for jam nights . There's only so much blooze I can take mind you , if I play my records backwards I may get my car/ house / baby back . The dog might even recognise me

I would say that some of the somgs you're jamming to are played in a different tuning ( low d/ e flat ?) seems everything else is fine .

Yeah, I've had long periods off in the past like a lot of people . This year is the worst year I've had regarding personal / work life ( just under a month to go before its finished;) ) Maybe it's just a break that's needed for the moment

..I am putting this down to myasthenia gravis , which I still have . It just makes you tired/lazy/lethargic. Looking at the amount of basses I have , the fact I'm not gigging anymore , and looking at some of the posts on here remind us that ' bass is not a solo instrument ' I feel that maybe I could try a different angle musically .( enjoying playing something again ). Even with the various effects I have , the enthusiasm isn't there . For example , I completed a collection of boss mini rack effects from the '80s , as yet I have not bothered with them . Same with the bass whammy o got on here . I have a couple of USB keyboards ( akai mpk mini and a full size radium oxygen something or other). What does appeal to me , is a sampler as such that can record my bass in a pad format , so I can play some key sounds with it . I know I complain about GarageBand ( and computer recording in general ), but when I get more financially comfortable I will get a new iMac / laptop and get logic and get the apple genius people show me how to use it . When I bought my Mac mini , I never knew that you get free lessons . I like the look of the moog keyboard that's like a Taurus .( can't remember name ) . I don't wanna play guitar as it doesn't feel Right in my hands. So , question is ; should I reduce my bass collection to one ? Any other instruments I could use in a flat ? Cheers

Basschat jumper

Malmsteen hammy odeon . Schenker pulled out of the gig, as it was supposed to be a co- headliner .Tw@t! Malmsteen was awesome. He even threw a broken strat which my friend got

[quote name='leroydiamond' timestamp='1448382027' post='2914940'] The first time I heard 'Deep Purple in Rock' it had a profound effect on me. Got me totally hooked on rock music and still am. Saw Deep Purple in Knebworth in '85 and they put on a cracking show [/quote] Purple were good a knebworth , but the scorpions smashed it

Van halen , the classic tangerine dream lineup, Actually , as I started going to gigs in '79 I would've seen franke/ frose/ and one of the others .Missed Chris franke at the festival hall ( tho the album is boring ). Had a tkt for Pete nam look at the Astoria ,but it was cancelled and now he is dead Tool on the 100000 days toir. Just getting into the album , after the tour was done