12stringbassist

That's terrible. Hotels need to start providing 100% secure parking.

It will go kapow....

Years ago, supporting Dave Hill's version of Slade, we settled into the backstage dressing room area at The Queen's Hall, Widnes. We took up a very small corner of the room, but when Dave Hill appeared, it was all a case of a "no no no, this won't do..." tantrum and the rest of his band giggled at him as he struggled, huffing and puffing, trying to pull a mobile partition across to divide the room into two halves. I think when we had stopped laughing, we did the gentlemanly thing and put our stuff in our cars and got out of his way. He was absolutely insufferable that day and when the rest of the band tried to headhunt me because their bassist was leaving, I politely declined.

A gig with a cabaret band at Chester Town Hall, many years ago, amused me greatly, as the raised stage sloped downward and forward and anything on wheels threatened to roll in to the audience from above. We were going round the building before showtime borrowing doorstops and gaffa taping them in front of our gear. (Not my photos, but they show that stage).

How very sad. My thoughts are with them at this terrible time.

I remember a gig in Darwen (23.6.94). The drummer and I went outside between sets and we shared a spliff. He said he'd rolled 'a masterblaster'. We got shouted to come back inside and start the second set and my legs wouldn't work. I was hanging onto this church wall for dear life. I think i was straightened out enough to resume battle after about another ten minutes. That was pretty funny with hindsight, though not at the time. So my short answer is, no I don't find drugs that useful.

While the final amounts these items went for are ridiculously high, I guess these people have spent their money how they choose to. The items all went well beyond their estimates. In some cases, I believe that animal rescue charities benefitted from the sales. Nobody except my local council tax officer and the taxman tell me how to spend my money. I spend what I have how I want to and if I had wanted to buy something of Jeff Beck's, it would be up to me and nobody else. I didn't, by the way.

My guitarist has had the worst time with knackered gear from Bax. I wouldn't buy from them if they were the last place on Earth.

Their offer isn't a rip-off, it's just too low. My local PMT have advised me in the past not to trade in with them, as they are forced to make lowball offers and have said I'd do better on Ebay or FB marketplace.

Saturday night was our second gig of this year at Hogarths in Bolton. A decent sized venue and usually quite busy. It was fairly packed while we were playing and our two spots went down really well. They even went a bit mad when we played one of our own songs off our album. Back in September.

I've never hated an instrument that I have bought. I have sometimes found that they don't get to the front of the queue for being played and then have parted with them. There's very little point in hanging on to something that you don't use.

The fault in that instance is the potential for someone else to buy the package and then it doesn't work for them, or ceases to work in similar circumstances.

As I see it, the instrument package that you have bought is completed by the essential software. There is a functionality issue with the instrument, due to software issues. There's no separating them. The instrument is within the warranty period and is 100% dependent on the software. After three months, just the same as after a day, you are entitled to go back to the shop for a replacement or return from the supplier. It is not the shop's fault, but your sale contract is with them. Once the shop takes an item back, if they can't re-sell it, in a case like this, they have to take the issue up to get recompense from the manufacturer to cover their loss. I personally feel really sorry for the stores who get caught in the middle when something like this happens. They should never lose out due to a manufacturer's mistake. Mooer have a recent product out there, probably still being sold, that ceases to work. That is something that Mooer needs to sort out.

The answer is a decently balanced mix, with the bass level matching up with the guitar for rhythm and the guitar not leaping out to an overly silly degree on solos.

18??!!! Good God. One's hard enough for me!

I'm so very sorry to read that, that's just dreadful. Christmas is such a hard time for some.

Who's Mike? I'm Ian.

I wish people would just stay on topic as regards this thread.

It's recognisable from the photo, begins with BS

I think most people in a band could be replaced. In my band it would cause a lot of disruption, but if any of us went, the band could feasibly carry on. Whether it would or not, I don't know. I am in my band to play with my drummer. If he stopped it would be over immediately.

A venue in St Helens. I began to get misgivings about this evening's gig when I first saw the venue's advertising for it. Just as they did last year, the venue advertised us as a specific glam rock band, which we are NOT. We play some glam rock, but we would never say that glam is what we do. Our own poster was far more honest. A message during the day that someone had complained last year (they put images of Roy Wood and The Rubettes on the poster, two bands that we don't touch) set my nerves jingling. We talked amongst ourselves about how to rearrange the show to survive such critics. We were assured that it was just one person and that we should do our regular show. I dressed up. Some people at tables were dressed up glam-style and I felt nervous, but we went on and played two great sets. After the show, a Chinese lady took me off to a room to pay me. Our fee was £100 short. I showed her the message with the agreed fee and she directed me to talk to the chap who had booked us. We had a circular conversation about how the Chinese lady at the venue lies to him about attendance and rips him off, the attendance being a bit short so they couldn't pay our full fee (that he had agreed in July), and how, if I took money out of HIS pocket then we would never play there again.... He invited me to think about that. After thinking about it for a fraction of a second, I said that we did not want to deal with a rogue venue who cheats bands. He's got an ego about being The Man Who Puts Bands On. I walked away from him and he followed me, shouting pathetic insults about me politely asking him not to use his smoke machine, as they mess my throat up and I live in fear of them. Our drummer Graham went for a lengthy chat with him and came back with some more money, but not our full fee. I presume this means we will not be playing there again. I don't want to play there again. He was very affronted when I said I would not be blackmailed and ripped off. I said that if he paid a plumber part of an agreed fee for doing a job, the plumber would hit him. I came home very annoyed. Happy Christmas.

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Meanwhile, after that protracted detour into outer space, where exactly does all of this planned legislation leave Basschat and other such forums?????

You know what you would like to do. Hold out for that. It is there. Advertise for like-minded people. Don't wait for them to advertise.