RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE

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 .

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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

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