Leonard Smalls

The bridge cover comes in handy as an armoured codpiece for those rougher gigs...

Can't stand REM. But Jane's Addiction are another story!

Exactly! What's Champeg? Is it sparkling advocaat?

Ssshhhh! They're Yankee designed watts. Or at least watts designed by an employee of a Yankee company. Or more truthfully watts designed by an employee of what used to be a good ol' Yankee company, until it was taken over by Harman International, who also used to be a good ol' Yankee company until they were bought by Samsung.

Funnily enough I play bass guitar and use a Crown power amp... But having gone to Markbass speakers for lightness (the band just never seem to be around when my gear goes in or out!) it seemed wise to not buy a Macrotech, but an XLS. Not only can I lift it with one hand, but it still pumps out 1550 good 'ol Yankee watts. So my back's happy, and my drummer and guitarist are easily silenced!

Can't go wrong with the various Bill Laswell/Bernie/Bootsy thangs, like Praxis or Axiom Funk:

I was forced (not at knife-point obvs...) to play piano as a kid - got as far as grade 7 - but always preferred what the left hand was doing. Then a m8 of mine in 6th form took up bass and joined a band. He let me have a go and I thought it was much cooler than playing classical piano, especially as I'd also got into The Funk by then. So I went to uni, borrowed a m8's acoustic 6 string guitar to learn the notes on and 3 months later was in a band with a borrowed shortscale Gibson.

Aye - a PB51 in spalted maple with EMG pups. It's very comfortable, about the same weight as my Sandberg basic. It's got a fast, narrowish neck (40mm) and suits the way I play (slap, thumb, fingerstyle) with a great range of tones. Not only that but it's eye-catching!

We had one last Friday in The Valleys... It was a nasty rainy night, we drove 1.5 hours to get there. And played a pretty decent set, bar fupping up our last song (it's a cover so it didn't matter 😁) to 10 very enthusiastic people. Which I spose is better than playing to 1000 indifferent people! Then we drove home, which took a shade less than 1hr20... Still, at least my Parker bass got an outing!

ER!

We cover Where Eagles Dare, with a slappy bass line and hiNRG disco middle 8 for good measure....

Last gig for a while - writing new material for a recording... But we're at The Dragonffli in Pontypool Friday 16th with support from Capitol Confusion. Tidy!

But is it at least 9' tall? Never mind the quality, feel the width! Talking of which, Mr Mayhem could lay those 8x10s down sideways on top of each other, TKSs on top next to each other vertically with Accugroove vertically on top of those. One of the Fender Bassman amps would complete what would, on first glance, be a functional stack of Gentleman's width!

Mmmmmm, raffia! 😁 I had to use a stepladder to build my WobbleyStack (TM). And as my amp will only do a 2ohm load if it's driving both channels I'd need a 2nd identical stack to actually play through it!

Indeed! It don't exist unless we can see it... Bring on yer Stack-of-Doom!!!! And combos aren't allowed in The Rules.

My taste in music was formed by the John Peel Show of the late 70s/early 80s, and by New Romantical and gay clubs of the early 80s. Which means I potentially like absolutely anything so long as it: a) is leftfield and a bit out-of-order b) has got a daft hairstyle c) funks'n'grooves like a mutha d) would make most parents from any era demand it be switched off

There's always a flaw in every great plan... If it hadn't been for you pesky kids etc!

Just got back from an afternoon set at Down On The Farm Festival near Hereford... It was the first time out for my Markbass 4x10/2x10 stack - band were impressed with how well it cut through. Not only that but there were only a couple of minor booboos, and a bass player from another band came up afterwards and complimented my playing (doesn't happen often!), saying as well that we sounded like Rage Against The Machine blended with Jamiroquai! Eek!

Bow down, puny Earthlings!

Bought a Markbass 104 cab off Paul yesterday; meet went as planned, kit was good as was his communication. Good bloke. Cheers!

Well my wife's gone to Java. Jakarta? No, she went on the bleedin' plane!

I've tried to like Tool over the years but their complete failure to say "All the girls go 'Owww, all the guys go 'woof!'" at any point, or to break it down to just handclaps with the whole band shouting "Ain't nuthin' but a party, babba!" just makes them a no-no for me.