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I thought GnR weren't too bad. It took Axl a while to get his voice warmed up and it started to go again near the end. Rick Astley was great doing the Smiths stuff with Blossoms. If only they had dragged Johnny Marr over to join in. Pretenders sounded fantastic. Did anyone else see the Touareg desert blues band that played? Weird and brilliant.

I'm going to see Stiff Little Fingers  in August. Peter Hook and the light are on the bill, as is Mr Matlock. I'm not sure if he'll have his own band or will be playing with someone else.

Bienvenue (not sure if that's the appropriate word for welcome to an online forum, rather than an airport, but welcome anyway)

I haven't tried any of the Sonic basses, but I'm getting one of the Telecasters for my daughter. It's a decent instrument, well put together and plays nicely. I'd imagine the basses are of a similar quality.

I went into a music shop to buy one,once, but got a brain freeze and couldn't remember the word "coiled". I said something along the lines of "Have you got any, umm, spiral leads? You know, the curly ones." Thankfully, the guy knew what I meant, although he did look at me as if I wasn't the full shilling.

9 hours ago, Linus27 said:

 

Oh wow, that is shocking, we thought we had it bad but what happened to you is unbelievable. 

 

You are absolutely spot on with the singer/guitarist. We were very big U2 fans so lots of reverb on the vocals and delay/echo on the guitar. Great memory you have to remember that. So here are some pictures. They are not great and I hope the mods don't mind me posting them in here.

 

 

 

You aren't wrong about being big U2 fans. The guy in the white shirt, with the ponytail and cross earring is very Joshua Tree-era Bono.

13 hours ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

In a previous four-piece band, we once started a regular gig we played monthly as a three piece - drummer, bass (me), & lead guitar/vocalist. After a thundering opening song, the frontman said something along the lines of "You may have noticed there are only three of us onstage tonight rather than the usual four... The next song is dedicated to our late guitarist.." & namechecked the missing band member.

 

Then we played the second song and after that the frontman said that he'd like to clarify that the aforementioned guitarist wasn't dead he - just hadn't turned up yet.

 

The missing guitarist evenually arrived in time to join us for the second set after encountering nightmare traffic somewhere or other.

That reminds me of the Siadwell sketch from the TV show "Absolutely" - We lost my Grandad the other day. He's not dead; we just don't know where he is. 😆

12 hours ago, lidl e said:

Musical Youth!!

Oh, I know. Just teasing.  😄

6 hours ago, jazzyvee said:

Not a one hit wonder as such but i'm in a band who, decades before I joined, had one huge worldwide No:1 hit song back in 1982. There were a few more hit records for a few years till the band broke up. Some years later they reformed, and I was recruited as a session guitarist for a few years then got asked to join the band. A few years after that we parted company amicably, then in 2012 after depping on bass for them on a couple of gigs, i rejoined as their bass player and have been "Passing the Dutchie" with them ever since. We have not had any hits whilst i have been playing with them, though we have released an album which was started during my absence and when I returned I got to play bass on one of the tracks which was recorded at one of our gigs. In fact if memory serves me right it is the only non synth bass track on the album. The track is a cover of "I Shot the Sheriff" and the album is called When Reggae Was King. 

Come on @jazzyvee, what was the band? Give us a clue. 🤣😉 (I can remember singing that song as a kid. We all did)

On 01/06/2023 at 23:09, Bassybert said:

 

The only person at a gig who loves a drum solo is the drummer.

 

And maybe, just maybe an audience member who plays the drums. But even then it's like watching your wife having sex with another man.

An explorer is trekking through a jungle. In the distance is the sound of tribal drums. All of a sudden the drums stop. The native guide suddenly looks very worried and agitated and says "Oh no, no, no. Drums stop. Very bad, very bad". The explorer asks "Why is it bad? What happens when the drums stop?". The guide replies "When drums stop, bass solo start"

On 04/06/2023 at 13:36, Baloney Balderdash said:

Or Steve Harris, or Sting, or Jack Bruce, or Paul McCartney, or Jaco, or Chris Squire, or Geddy Lee, or Cliff Burton, or Flea, or Les Claypool, or...

 

Or Kim Deal, or Robert Been, or Roger Waters, or Steve Severin...

12 hours ago, lidl e said:

It's the future, mate.

I thought that was garlic bread.🤔

12 minutes ago, Basstardz said:

I ve sent yesterday 450gbp to à nasty person

Oh no! No chance of getting it back, I suppose? ☹️

21 hours ago, Lozz196 said:

I always keep my spare picks in my back pocket when gigging. Nice & easy to get to.

Do you not have one of those wee plectrum pockets on your jeans? Some silly people try to say that it's supposed to be for matches, but we know what it's really for. Either that or just stick the plectrum in yer gub.

2 hours ago, gerryc said:

I have a slight suspicion that it may be fake. I don't think he trashes the guitar he is attempting to play which makes me think the guitar that gets a kicking is a prop

It looks to have a lot of gaffer tape on it, so I suspect it has received some previous abuse

3 hours ago, Marky L said:

One of my most very favourite things ever!!

 

 

That reminds me of the film of the boy scouts eating their packed lunches on a rollercoaster, on the show presented by the jingly-jangly tracksuit wearer, who shall not be named.

22 minutes ago, LITTLEWING said:

Another toon I needed to run through for this new band. Is it my ears getting old or does this timing do an extra skip as the drums come in? I’m counting the ‘one’ on the very first chord and where I expect the next eight to start as the drums come in it skips an extra beat or two. 

I’ve played it over and over doing ONE 234 TWO 234 etc and the band comes in on EIGHT 23456.....

 

Is it me??

 

FWIW I can’t get Sex On Fire either unless the guitarist counts it. My head counts ONE as soon the first note starts. I can’t hear beat ONE as the second note. Bizarre I know. 

 

Sex on Fire starts on the 4 of 1,2,3,4. I've been learning it on guitar for months and still struggle with the count.

done

3 hours ago, lowdown said:

 

Why does his hair look like it's been permed by your auntie Julie, who does a bit of hairdressing from home, on the side?

On 15/05/2023 at 13:19, BigRedX said:

Are they posing for "Angry People in Local Newspapers"?

"I reported this bass to the council six months ago. They told me someone would be out to adjust the action within the week, but so far no one has been near it"

I'd forgotten how good the OHMSS theme is. A much maligned Bond film too. I always thought Lazenby was very good as Bond and that ending... 😭

I've got one on order, so hopefully this means it will arrive soon.

I'm going to play by very strict rules here and go for something my local shop shows as being in stock, so it will probably have to be the Ibanez TMB100M in mustard yellow https://matchettsmusic.com/collections/bass-guitars/products/ibanez-tmb100-mustard-yellow-1 Although I might be tempted by the Hofner Shorty, just for the fun of it.

My CD player died a few months ago, so I haven't really been listening to music in the house, other than on the radio, or via the Echo. I have an MP3 player with most of my albums on it and listen to it when I'm out (I can connect it in the car with an aux cable too). I've ordered a Positive Spark Go, which doubles as a Bluetooth speaker, so I'll be able to play the MP3 player through it too.