SteveXFR

I've had a couple amps repaired. Both cost me under £100 and one included a new power amp fitted. I think my local tech just asks for £20 for diagnosis. Definitely at least worth getting checked, could be as simple as an internal fuse.

Does that mean they're less suited to low tunings?

Green machine - Kyuss

Do short scale basses use lighter strings to get similar tension to a normal length bass?

Angel of death - Slayer

Knife party - Deftones

Snakes for the divine - High On Fire

Psycho therapy - Ramones

Man in the box - Alice In Chains

Joker and the thief - Wolmother

I liked the last album. I'll agree letting Sergio go was a mistake, his playing was perfect for the bands overall sound. Steph knows more about this than we do, he's been around the globe dozens of times, he knows it's flatter than his guitar tuning. Seriously though, the man smokes far too much weed and it's scrambled his brain. I met him a few years ago and hung out with him and Sergio for half an hour and Steph is fried in the head, I've no idea how he can still play.

Word on the street is Deftones new bassist is Fred Sablan. It makes sense, he's a man who doesn't really commit to one band and that might work with a band who don't want to commit to a bassist. He is a very good and very experienced metal bassist https://www.punk-rocker.com/alternative/deftones-hiring-big-marilyn-manson-name/

I've recently changed to DR strings and loving them. DR DDT on my Thunderbird for tuning to C and Fat Beams on my Stingray in standard tuning.

I was shown how to set my tone by a drummer/ex-bassist. He showed me that if you get the EQ right, you don't need a lot of volume because you're not fighting for the same frequencies as the rest of the band. He also taught me that my isolated tone counted for nothing in a band.

When I was in a band it was easy, make it cut through and fit between guitars and drums. Make it sound clanky and horrible in isolation and it worked well. Now I'm just playing at home it's even easier because it just doesn't matter.

Vindaloo - Fat Les

Sex on fire - Kings of Leon Any links with a reference to nasty infections or antibiotics?

I think in most cases, the artist would have just faded away and not been the legend they are. Hendrix would have ended up as Lemmy's roadie.

I didn't think the record was as special as it should have been but I saw them in Portsmouth and the live show really was something special. They played so much more than what was o the record.

Last night I watched the Killing Joke death and resurrection show documentary so this morning I'm listening the the record of the same name.

Ghost town - Specials

King of New York - Fun Lovin Criminals Huey Morgan still refers to himself as the king of new York and goes on about how much he loves NY. He loves the place so much he lives quarter of a mile from me in Frome, Somerset.

Machines of hate - Fear Factory

Bullet in the head - Rage Against The Machine

Electric Head - White Zombie