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Me? I'd play for nothing cos I don't do it for the money. Sure, £120 is taking the piss but I'd still do it.

Public liability insurance is NOT compulsory. When they ask you for evidence of PAT testing - ask to see evidence of their IEE Wiring Regulations Fixed installations examinations. If they can't produce that tell them to f*** off.

Luvvly jubbly Peter - I feel a drive to Kendal coming on. If only I had the patience...

Sounds Great at Heald Green (near the airport) is outstanding and is easily the best place around Manchester. Only trouble is there isn't a massive selection of basses (20-25) and nearly all the amplification is Markbass.

In the 70's my band at the time supported Medicine Head at Liverpool University. More recently Dave Finnegan (Mickah Wallace in The Commitments) occasionally gets up and sings with us. *Edit* Nearly forgot - the landlord of one of our regular gigs gets up and beats the skins when we can't fight him off - he was the drummer in Pinkerton's Assorted Colours who were kinda well known in the 60s.

Nice one, I wish I had a stronger back - I could have kept it for the rest of my playing days but I'm pleased you're liking it.

[quote name='paul, the' post='50615' date='Aug 25 2007, 04:17 PM']Have you played through an Epifani t-212? (sorry to be off topic).[/quote] No - I had a UL310.

[quote name='obbm' post='50493' date='Aug 25 2007, 07:20 AM']You must let us know how you get on with the GK 2x12.[/quote] Will do Dave - I think it'll be on the floor tonight. The place we're playing has a stone floor and walls and it's a long narrow room that's just wide enough for guitar, bass and drums. A bit of a challenging debut methinks. Anyway, I played it quite loudly at home yesterday afternoon and I couldn't get over the fact that for the first time, my Stingray actually sounded like a Stingray. Looking forward to tonight.

Just got my GK Neo 212 and it comes with castors and as I've never had anything with castors on before, I was wondering whether to leave 'em on or take 'em off during a gig. Do they affect sound?

Well my new GK 212 NEO has arrived and I've just sneaked home and had a twang. First impressions are very good, nice and light, well made, sounds good / loud enough BUT...(I know I'm anal) there's a bit of cosmetic mischief that tells me it's the one out of the showroom. Some of the stain finish has peeled off the logo and there's a 2"x1" blob of white stuff on the back that looks like paint. There's also a bit of dust in the corner protectors. I'm not really bothered about it and don't think there's anything wrong with buying something out of the showroom but I object in principle to paying full whack for ex-demo gear. Ah well, at least I've got a cab for tomorrow night's gig in Kendal.

I met Chris at Norton Canes on the M6 when he bought my Schroeder. He was such a nice bloke, I didn't bother checking the money when I handed over my cab. Imagine my surprise when I got home and it was £60 short!! Just kidding - Chris is a gentleman, it was a pleasure to do business with him.

Thanks Chris - it was a pleasure meeting you

[quote name='cheddatom' post='49475' date='Aug 23 2007, 11:38 AM']I'm not old or cynical though.[/quote] I'm both