RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE

I was gonna say that you could turn it into one of them comic book basses. The basschattts who did them did a good job , for not much cash iirc;) Have a bump anyway

There's me thinking its a whiskey thread ...

I like the look of the bass cube myself . Some good you pube clips . Galleon Krueger make good portable combos. They were incredibly expensive in the '80s but are now more affordable .

Cop shoot cop

The mans a legend.( plus gecdy& alex of course ) It doesn't seem that long ago , that we thought we'd never see Rush ( after the roll the bones tour for example) . I don't think even rush realised , how missed they were over here. Saw them quite a few times now . Most of the bands I grew up with, are getting old vote are dying . I would think rush will still record, but obviously not as much .maybe a solo from Alex and geddy. Neil has a lot of things he wants to do , and thankfully he can pick and choose what he wants to do , whenever he wants . Must buy that r40!dvd. No doubt there will be loads of 'rare' stuff released. Over the coming years for us to buy .)...

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1449522150' post='2924375'] Maybe we should send Geddy & Alex a link to the recent "Do you REALLY need a drummer?" thread..... [/quote] ;)

My very first gig ,was without a drummer. It was my 30th birthday gig , we did rock covers and a few daft singles also. The line up was Vox, guitar , me and a chap who played samples and a drum machine. We 're all really good friends.We all worked in the same company at the time . The experienced people were the guitarist and vocalist . The drum machine packed up temporarily in the second set . Unexpectedly of course. I played a few comedy riffs ,which managed to get us out of trouble . So, yes I would play without a real drummer.

I had for some time , a poster which blackie lawless threw into the crowd at the Lyceum ( wasp were good then ) i forgot that half of it was torn by the other fans . Long since gone in the dustbin . Iron maiden somewhere n time watch ..sold on eBay . It was good tho'

There's me thinking you were getting a customised Tele or something ..

Mmm... Amp/ combo wise .. Even Stevens between Eden nemesis mc-250 combo & Aguilar ag500sc/ db112. Basses used ..Fender 1977 telecaster bass/ Washburn status ( passive ) Steinberger Xmas-3 and jack Daniels bass. Zoom b21u was used very sparingly for 2 songs. Fantastic . Playing rock covers and silly singles .

[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