Rich

Over My Shoulder - Mike and the Meckernicks

Mike Huckabee, US ambassador to Israel, whose choice of instrument is a lot cooler than his choice of leader.

Pigpen plays a 3 string doghouse with 4 tuners.

Ah, but it also denotes Great Britain. One Britain is bad enough, can you imagine how awful 1024 of them would be? Oh, the tera!

There are many things I dislike, but one of the things I like least is irrational prejudices. To which an orchestral musician would say "Bass what? Clarinet, trombone, sax..?".

Invisible - Alison Moyet

I've only just spotted this thread, and I bloody well wish I hadn't. GAS is back with a bang. That sunburst 5-string... ohhhhh lordy. I do not need another bass I do not need another bass I do not need another bass I do not need another bass I do not need another bass I do not need another bass I do not need another bass I do not need another bass I do not need another bass I do not need another bass I do not need another bass I do not need another bass I do not need another bass I do not need another bass I do not need another bass I do not need another bass I do not need another bass I do not need another bass I do not need another bass I want this bass I do not need another bass I do not need another bass I do not need another bass I do not need another bass I do not need another bass I do not need another bass I do not need another bass I do not need another bass I do not need another bass arrrrrgh

@Eldon Tyrell can I assume that this has gone?

In the article, Mr Flea says that he "showed up, rocked out, and split". I must say that sounds terribly painful, and I hope the studio staff were able to administer suitable first aid until the paramedics arrived.

Potholes - GmacCash

Here's some food for thought. Some are nicer than others -- I particularly like no.7, although it's not a folding one. 35 DIY Guitar Stand Plans You Can Build - Handy Keen

Highly tempted to get some pretty wood and have a bash at making something like this for my ABG. I've got some marine plywood with quite highly-figured top plies... hmmm...

@Dood can you make it?

Stopping is easy. I've done it loads of times.

Ditto

Because I am horrified by what I have read in the pages of this thread, and the Vice link aniki posted. That's why. Like you say, we can all pick and choose where we rehearse, and on the basis of this thread I would pick and choose to avoid Pirate like the proverbial.

Christ on a bike. Having read all this and followed the Vice link, I can safely say that I wouldn't use their studios if they paid me. My go-to in Bristol is definitely Firebird in Brislington.

East of Eden - Big Country

Now unforgotten

1. Rich - Trace Elliot TE-1200 amp, Barefaced Super 12T cab, earplugs , Shuker custom 5, Tanglewood TRB-CE acoustic bass gtr. 2. Woody - Rickenbacker 4004-L5, maybe Sei Flamboyant, Same old basschat 12" with some amp, other stuff TBC 3. Pinball (tbc) - some interesting basses 4. Stubsy - Joyo BadASS, GRBASS AT212 slim - only 50W but that should give 120dB at one metre 😇. (or I bring my TE 1110 combo). Some fun pedals. Perhaps the AVII 1960 precision, the Sire P10 and maybe the Fender Performer and something unexpected... 5. Sean - Mesa 400+, Laney Nexus Tube 400 [oh jeez], MJW Taranis 200 (Filthbox Matamp clone with extra channel and EQ), GK MBF500, GK Fusion 550, 2 x LFSys Monaco, 2 x Japanese Market Spector Euros with LHZ-03 preamps, Valenti #005 Super P, Yamaha BB1300, my small but well-appointed pedal-board (Origin Cali 76, Origin DCX, Aguilar Chorusaurus, etc) plus a mini walk-in bass surgery if interested. Plus whatever I might be selling at the time. 6. Rosie - likely I'll bring my upright, set up for bluegrass/folk/jazz if anyone's not played upright before and fancies a go 7. Phil - BassChat cabs, maybe some sort of shootout? 8. MikeD - Laney Digbeth, Zilla 212, Dingwall Combusion, Revelation PJ, pedals, try to finish home made bass🤞🤞🤞🤞 9. neepheid - G&L CLF L-1000, Yamaha BB1200, Sire D5, Sire Z7, Greco LGB-700, Reverend Triad, Epiphone Les Paul (not so) Standard, Epiphone Thunderbird '64, Squier Jaguar H (with Ibanez CAP double humbucker from ATK200/800 etc), Gear4Music rat bass (with Lace Aluma-P), £150 giggable bass challenge, 1 or 2 amps depending upon space... 10. Jabba_the_gut - Note sure what stuff yet........ 11. Wolverinebass - Grainger Hades, HX Stomp, GK Fusion 1200s. 12. Japanaxe - Precision(s) & Dingwall(s), DIY 100W Bassman head if finished by then(!) as people seemed to like my B15 clone, At least 1 other amp (see sig) 13. JohnDaBass - Fender Imp combo, Fender Mike Kerr Jaguar, Fender Stu Hamm Urge 1, HB ThunderStang, Squier Paranormal Rascal, Mark Bass Bronco ( very yellow), Ashdown Capri ( very Pink) 14. Geek99 (tentative) - sire v7 5 string (rapidly becoming my favourite bass ever), vintage est96a (punches above its weight as judged by basschat midlands massive and Stub Mandrel), Tc electronic bh250 and A cab that was dragged out of the sea (Possibly) but only cost £10

Don't Let the Door Hit You on the Way Out - Hidden Figures

The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum) - Fun Boy Three

My points b and c were perfect germane and your accusation of 'bullshit' is as peculiar as it is nonsensical. In fact, the situation I described is exactly what happened to The Point in Cardiff, inclusive of my points a to c and probably an additional d, e and f too. But thank you anyway for eventually actually addressing my sole question, even if it did take you 8 paragraphs of huffing to get round to it.

So just to be clear -- you think it's ok to move in to a house close to an establishment that you know full well to be a source of noise, and then complain about it despite the fact that a} it was there first, b} you knew it was there, and c} you chose to live near it?

ABOUT BLOODY TIME. But yes, too late for many fine venues. RIP The Point, Cardiff. There are only a few lower forms of life than someone who moves in near an established music venue, knowing full well that it's there, and then complains about it to the extent that it is forced to close. Scumbags. I hope their houses get infestations of mountain-beaver fleas.