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[quote name='charic' timestamp='1381404672' post='2238514'] This all depends on how much you consider to be a fortune (and possibly how long you're willing to wait) [/quote] I suppose up to £300'ish I could probably live with. Would be OK to be without for up to a month.

I'm currently using two basses. My sparkly turquoise Eastwood Stormbird and my 3 colour sunburst Precision. Now the P is a great bass but the acquisition of the Eastwood has made it look a very dull thing indeed. Especially when it's up against the guitarists Greenburst Eastwood Mosrite copy. I've never been very happy with the look of the bass but it was by far the best one of half a dozen I tried by some way so I've put up with it. No point buying another bass if I'm very happy with the one I've got apart from the finish. I'd like maybe a metallic silver with red competition stripes and a matching headstock. Is this going to cost a fortune? Anyone BCers can recommend for this sort of thing? Near West London if possible.

Last Wednesday we played the 12 Bar in Denmark Street as part of the Fallen Leaves monthly residency. We were on last at 11:15pm which is late for us on a school night. Got there at 8:30 and found a hens teeth free parking space in Soho which saved wasting £35 on the NCP. Missed the first band but then caught Super Minx 70 and the Fallen Leaves who were both great. Rob from the Leaves was the guitarist with Subway Sect (who old punks should remember). He certainly has his own playing style. Anyway. The first gig in forever were we've had no sound check. Just a quick line test. The Ashdown Mag combo sat waiting for me was a little off putting but I set everything flat and put my sansamp in front of it and it sounded fine. Our drummer did really well with the usual Quality Street tins masquerading as a house kit and the guitarist got lucky as they had a slightlty older version of his Laney valve combo so he felt at home. The stage is small. Very small. We ended up playing each others instruments by accident a couple of times. We played a pretty storming set I think to a reasonable (especially for the time of night) crowd. It turned out we had a crew turn up all the way from Ruislip who are 'fans'! Scary I never really believe we've got any. We also sold a few CD's to people who hung around and today we got a message from one of audience who hadn't seen us before saying it was a 'truly mesmerising gig'! We hadn't met the chap runs the nights. He caught us on the way out. He said he doesn't usually watch the bands but came in and stayed for our set. He wants us back on some future Friday and Saturday gigs. So all in all a top nights work.

Looking forward to gigging with the esteemed Lozz and TBM (on keys!) in their fab looking 7 piece line up. The Cottonettes are a great punky trio. We were on fine form at the 12 Bar last week too so it's a good VFM spot the BC'er night out.

I'm like Mr Big Red X. I like songs. If I hear technical bass playing above the band mix I start reaching for my gun.

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1380355650' post='2224109'] What time are you guys on? Rob [/quote] 11pm! On a school night. Rock n Roll....

Good luck. Have you ironed your chaps?

I went from OTB to TC. I need DI on my gigs these days and a bit more control over EQ. I'm really happy with the TC and as Lozz says it can get within a gnat's of the OTB tone with a little knob fiddling. The OTB has a pure killer sound though.

With the very wonderful Fallen Leaves. Punk rock for gentlemen indeed

Wayne and I have used TC RS210's with a Terror and both been very happy with what comes out of the box.

1979. Dodgy memory aside I think I saw 26 of the listed gigs at the Marquee that year. Most of them while I was still 15. All of them while I was still at school. I took my current wife to one of the Spizz gigs and she fell asleep at the front next to the PA bins.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1379367748' post='2211955'] BTW can someone give a definition of a "Pub Gig"? Is it simply a gig in a pub, or is there more to it than that? Because although I do most of my gigs in venues that are pubs they don't seem to have much in common with a lot of what gets described as a pub gig on here. [/quote] My definition? Band has to supply the PA. No stage. Free on the door. Probably only does music Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Terrific fun. Kicking leads out of pedal boards mid song. Squealing PA's. Taking a step back so people can get to the loo/go out for a fag. Playing Chic's Good Times with the lyrics to Wham Rap to fill in some time. Lots of dancing. Gentle heckling and a close proximty to lubricated audience members. Good crowd despite the biblical rain.And the landlord wants us back.

You could [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1379319719' post='2211094'] Depping on DB at The Troubadour with Dani Molino on Thursday 26th September ... [b]what could possibly go wrong?[/b] [url="http://www.participant.co.uk/participant/arrangement.aspx?id=79475&hash=746D5F81C595240BD8978BDC28749A25"]http://www.participa...8978BDC28749A25[/url] [/quote] You could trip over your spurs?

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1379058065' post='2208114'] Ad, I need more guidance on which hat to wear. I'd hate to turn up in a Pork Pie only to find you all in a Fez. [/quote] A homburg will suffice.

Tonight we're gonna party like it's 1979.

For me. A tuner...The compressor on my TC Classic does what I want it to but if it didn't I'd get one of some sort. I use a EHX Bass Big Muff and a Digitech synth wah on the one song only. I could easily get away without them though.

I quite badly want one of these. Shame I'm skint at the moment.

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And here's the result of that day. 4 tracks available on iTunes, Amazon, etc. Plus physical CDs.I've been told it's on Spotify too if any of you listen like that. Sounds a bit different to the last 3. The tracks are much more balanced to each other if you get my drift. All concern the darker side of London life. It's a power pop concept EP.... As I said, we let the producer have a free reign on this one. He came up with lots of good ideas and we listened to what each other was saying during the mixing process. This was by far the most fun to work on. I've got a very old school sitting in the mix bass sound on this one. All done through the ancient valve DI and a a 70s 24 track mixer amongst other engineering electrickery. The bass is not like my usual sound at all to my ears. I like it though. [url="http://thejetsonics.com/fr_home.cfm"]http://thejetsonics.com/fr_home.cfm[/url]

I really like that Black Starcaster. When someone BCer buys one and gets bored of it I'll be snapping one up. I even like the monkey boot headstock.

[quote name='Low End Bee' timestamp='1378387048' post='2199504'] Moondance from the tab...... [/quote] But in reality it was Hey Joe from an instruction book complete with play along flexi disc.

Moondance from the tab......

We're back in a proper boozer after a two year break. 2 sets, no stage, not a cover in sight and taking a step back mid song so people can get to the gents. I'm really looking forward to it. These gigs are so much more relaxed than when we play a 'music venue'. Looks like it'll be busy too. If we get asked back I might put a second band on the bill as my knackered body and brain prefer an all action 45 minutes rather than 90. The most fun so far has been re-arranging some old stuff we haven't played for ages to fit our current style. It's like having half a dozen new songs sorted in record time. The pub rock revival starts here.