Paul S

I also always take a spare - 'just in case'. At the moment a Hohner B2V which takes up very little space or on 'stage' (= in the corner of the pub) or in the car. I also pay my house insurance premiums every year, even though I have never claimed in 40 years.

I read a quote somewhere, something like - 'some bands rehearse until they get it right, we rehearse until we can't get it wrong'. That is my favoured place to be. Not always possible but if I feel under-rehearsed then I don't enjoy the gig as I am always waiting for the inevitable train wreck. And for me it is all about enjoyment so I begin to question what I am doing there.

I have a Quilter and am really impressed with it. I bought it to use as back up and for rehearsals but find increasingly I'm using it for gigs.

[quote name='Japhet' timestamp='1487511282' post='3240310'] Can't beat this in my book. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW9Cu6GYqxo[/media] [/quote] Good call. I've seen her sing this twice and, both times, it set the bar for vocal performances I have heard.

The Country scene churns out saccharine ballads profusely but this is one of the best I have heard in years. 'hardy a dry eye in the house'... [media]http://youtu.be/mVGm93II-UA[/media] Another favourite - the former singer from the Illegal Eagles, Ray Brown, sings this one solo so beautifully: http://youtu.be/39HnzHlTCtA

I had exactly the same one, too, in answer to a wanted post of mine. A recycled picture from several years ago and the exact same wording.

[quote name='Andyjr1515' timestamp='1487436389' post='3239815'] Always happy to talk through interesting projects [/quote] ... or even some of my boring ones....

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1487153218' post='3237484'] It'd be cheaper to just go on stage wearing a t-shirt saying "Woo! I'm really mad and wacky, me!". Would give precisely the same message. [/quote] Maybe a Spongebob Squarepants T shirt, as it looks like it was made for that. Give me the Jolana any day, nice and sensible...

I really like it. I am a 5 string sort of chap now but a couple of years ago that would have been headed to the Essex Riviera for a new life.

I've tried lots and the two best for me are the Minotaur Deluxe Bass or Neotech Mega. Wide, but not too wide that they cut in, and padded.

In a search for a lightweight 5 string to use as back up for an expensive 5er I recently bought a Yamaha BB425 for something like £330 new. I don't know how they do it, frankly.

Deep Purple Mk II

OBBM. Superlative service, top quality materials, total gentleman.

Another Barefaced fan here, you really can't go wrong with them IMO/IME and have been using nothing but for a few years. I recently bought a Quilter Bassblock 800 and, for me, it is a better option than any of the class D heads I have tried. Couldn't be easier to use and set up and it has a fabulous inherent tone. It is also the smallest and lightest so ticks all the boxes I needed.

Peavey Fury. Made in USA, fantastic build quality, usually described as sounding like 'a Precision on steroids', really slim neck, both width and depth - similar dimensions to a Geddy Lee Jazz, I would say. Because it says Peavey on the headstock you'd probably have £1250 change, too.

I saw them last Sunday at the O2 Arena in Greenwich. Just because, really. I wouldn't have missed it but, as a performance, I thought it was rather patchy. Some songs were epic - Warpigs was just amazing. Others lack-lustre. Ozzy wasn't in particular good voice or form with some rather strange phrasing to the songs, like he was singing at a different tempo to the band. Screen close ups of Geezers hands showed some fairly bad arthritic bumps onm his hands - he must have been in some pain I would think. Even Iomi was off colour - guitar sounded very muddy from where I was. Massively long drum solo whilst the rest of the band had 40 winks - kind of split into 4 sections but he did pretty much exactly the same each time. All done by 10pm, too. I saw them a couple of years ago at Hyde Park and it was like a different band - just 2 years ago they had more of an edge, this time it was largely going through the motions. Glad to have been there but glad they are done. Support was Rival Sons - they were the business, I thought. Reminiscent of an early Led Zep (without the plagiarism).

I'm very pleased with a K&M boom stand I bought a couple of years back.

[quote name='fleabag' timestamp='1486046188' post='3228761'] These are mine .. E - Z - Fold steps. I use a pair for extra stability Flat for transporting Flip open for placing cabs on [/quote] I use one of these, too - having tried most of the rest of things these are just so simple.

Be strong, brother....

[quote name='dood' timestamp='1485904372' post='3227689'] They are Rotosound. [/quote] Indeed. Strings Direct chap said that to me when I bought some the first time and asked him the direct question 'Are these Rotosounds?'.

Collection only in Oxford. This will make someone smile for that money. Includes a practice amp and other gubbins. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SGC-Nanyo-SB320-Series-Active-Bass-Guitar-/302212221956?hash=item465d408c04:g:vd0AAOSwUKxYkdNo"]http://www.ebay.co.u...d0AAOSwUKxYkdNo[/url] I do not need another 4 string I do not need another 4 string...

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1485877220' post='3227429'] To quote the web site: [/quote] That'll teach me not to read and just look at the pictures....