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Sadness and shock. Although frail I don't think anyone would have thought that Ozzy was going to pass away so soon after the Back to the Beginning concert. He was part of a band that changed music and will always be amongst a small group of musicians who are legends.

It's worrying that no one wants to buy a profitable solvent business.

Year started playing: 1990 (sold my gear in 1997 and had a 12 year sabbatical started again in 2009) Number of basses: 2 (most was 3) Music theory: 2 Technique: 4 Groove: 7 I'm not very good to be fair.

What a fantastic set up that must have been... especially if you were in demolition of buildings. I very much regret getting rid of my 1212L. Absolute beast of a cab.

I owned a Hohner B2A that was fretless. I think it had been defretted. It was OK. The pickups were really good. Very easy to play. I didn't indulge in too much sliding. But overall, it was a good bass. I sold it, and a Peavey Basic 60 combo for stupid cheap money. But that was over 30 years ago and everyone wanted more retro gear that fitted the Britpop fad.

I was 12. I saw a few sets on the TV, but wasn't particularly interested. There seems to be a lot of self congratulatory back slapping from those involved, very little about whether it achieved its aim or achieved anything.

I've watched a few clips on YouTube. I watched the Tool set. The sound wasn't great, at times the vocals were a bit buried. But then it's a support slot. Otherwise, a good set. I could listen to Danny Carey drum all day. I watched various clips of Sabbath, and it sounded great. Ozzy, considering his health issues sounded fine. Iommi, Butler and Ward... power house. I'd also been watching Geezer Butler talking about his rig for the show. What a decent guy he is. I've never listened to Black Sabbath much, but I would have rather gone to their farewell than the other event on that night. They created a genre, they innovated and this was their farewell.

This may sound odd, but I've never been so upset to lose a friend I've never met in person. And she was a friend. Full of fun, mischief but also as @Clarky said, so very positive. Pete and Terri were a fantastic couple. Their online banter between each other, on here, and FB has had me in stitches. And if you were going through a rough patch, even if she wasn't feeling her best, she'd make a point of sending a lovely message. I'll miss her. You're in our thoughts @Tinman. Take care Pete. RIP Terri

If you 'try' something in a shop the item is still on the retailer's premises. I'm not aware of many instances where a physical shop would allow someone to take the item home, without paying for it, to sort of test it out.

The remixed versions of the early ZZ Top albums were atrocious. The added reverb sucked all the life out of the songs.

I did see the Lewis Capaldi set. I don't like or dislike his material, but he always seems a decent sort. I saw it the last time he played Glastonbury, when he had problems. Excellent that he's back and great to see the crowd get behind him. Being a bit soppy, it was rather lovely all said.

He did some stuff with Robert Cray I think

I've only watched bits and pieces of Glastonbury. Alanis Morissette, enjoyed her set. Glass Beams were good (although I assume there must have been backing tracks of some what, which I don't like much). Charlie xcx, abysmal. The presenter that introduced her on the beeb could barely control his pubescent excitement. And then... it was like watching a parody film clip of the future of live music. If this is what is being hailed as good new music, artists should be rightly worried by AI.

Mine's gotten worse in the last 6 months. It's always there, and always been there but it's definitely more noticeable. Unfortunately, there's little to be done about it. I was told you can get hearing aids that cancel out the noise you hear, but as you'd expect they're expensive

We played a small pub where 3 of us started playing together at the open mic. We were a little concerned that we'd not get anyone there to be honest. The heat, the pub hasn't got an outdoor area or a way of throwing the doors open and getting some air flow, and several bigger events going on. Oh and it was a Friday. However, we had a decent turnout, the crowd were great and we've been asked back. Can't be bad.

Singer wanted to rest her voice so we went through the set for Friday without her...turned out to be one our best/tightest practices 😎

We played a beer garden last night. I used a 210. Although, we did have monitors which helped (despite not being great monitors) I couldn't really hear myself that well to be fair, but out front was good and my wife said I always play better when I can't hear myself.

We played our first full gig last night (we did a short set at a charity event few weeks ago) We couldn't of hoped for better. The venue is outside but part covered... it's a bit different which makes a great place to play. We were all worried that we'd have problems with the mixer like at rehearsal, but all was good. There was a decent sized crowd with added benefit a hen do were there (big tick for target demographic there). It was our singer's first ever full gig and she was fantastic. She was insanely nervous to begin with, but after a couple of songs she was loving it. The manager told us it was the best attended night so far this summer and we'll get booked again, definitely. Also a guy from another band said he'd drop our name to a really good venue with good rates. A 10 out of 10 night.

I restrung the Squier P bass last night. I replaced the Fender flats with some Ernie Ball Super Slinky rounds. There is a change in tension, not huge but noticeable. I've always used D'Addario in the past, but I really like these EBs. For rounds you don't seem to get a lot of finger noise and they feel quite smooth for. For what I'm doing now, I think I'll stick with rounds.

I agree that Fender flats are very high tension. I'm thinking of switching to a set of rounds or some Harley Benton flats on my P bass. I've struggled over the past few months with it and I'm beginning to think the Fender flats maybe part of the issue.

I've always liked the tone of the bass player in Blind Melon on the album of the same name. I assume it's a Jazz bass because there's a lot of photos with him playing one. It cuts through but also sits well with the other guitars Someone will tell me now that it wasn't a Jazz bass.

Is that a personal account in one person's name?

I'm sure this has been covered many times but I can't find a relevant thread. I've never had anything to do with payment side regarding gigs, the band leader has always sorted it. In a new band and there isn't a band leader as such so we're a bit in the dark on some things. We've got a gig coming up where the pub pays by bank transfer (on the day). This seems to be the way a lot of pubs etc are going. If it's a regular payment method for the places we're going to be playing, what's a good way of organising it for a band? To be honest I wouldn't want regular transfers going into my account and the 3 transfers going out... Cheers

Unfortunately yes, as this made it all the more frustrating

Can't blame the singer 🙂... and the mixer was a freebie from a mate of the guitarists. Vocal, guitar, bass and electric drums all through the mixer. We also recorded the rehearsal through the desk. Drums and guitar were clipping almost all the time. The FOH sound was showing the bass drum distorting all the time. I wasn't clipping, but was really low in the mix and farting periodically. This all showed up in the recording with the added bonus that one channel was louder than the other. We had problems first off with only one channel actually working, thought we'd resolved it but the recording said otherwise. Hey ho.