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+1 for Primus/Claypool for a sense of "FKKKIN' HAVE SOME OF THAT!" once you nail it, and Rage for just enjoying the groove. Tap me up on FB if you ever want to talk Claypool too, I've got a couple of Primus tab books incase you get stuck!

Did you see the thread a while back about the F-Bass that jumped out of the owners car boot on the motorway? I get pretty upset if one of my basses gets a knock, so that must have been heartbreaking!

I'm not so against lending kit myself, but I do prefer it when players at least check if it's cool to use my rig before they ask where to plug in. Seriously, I got beckoned across the room by one guy who just asks "How does the bass amp work?". "THE" bass amp? "THE" FKKKING BASS AMP?!!! It's MY bass amp mate, and you might want to ask another question before that one! Thing is, at the venue this happened at (don't misunderstand though, this wasn't the only time it's happened) we always kit share as there's not enough room for 2 or 3 full sets of backline to be waiting in the wings with another on stage. The organiser would always check around the bands when putting the lineup together to see who could bring what, and I'd always be happier to let everyone use my Ampeg/8U rack head and SWR 610 than get lumped with some tatty little combo. We quite often supply the drum kit too so we knew what we'd be playing with, but it's always - ALWAYS - bring your own breakables eg sticks, snare and cymbals. I work as sound engineer there a bit now and had a band asking for guitar leads and plectrums the other day, and they were asking me! Like it's the venues job to have then laying about! Fkkks sake.......... My advice for the OP, if he hasn't already done his thing, would be to politely decline with a half decent excuse - even if you let her know it's because it sounds like it will all go horribly HORRIBLY wrong, give your evidence. I think that if there's a strong chance you'll get thrown out of the venue on sight it's not unfair to say that it's not worth the petrol bill to get there and find out. Even put the ball in her court first and ask her to check with the venue before hand. "Sorry love, if the venue says no-go then what can we do? We're just the band!"

And cheers for the heads up on Karnivool, I'd seen the name about but not bothered to give them a listen!

Man, Aussi bands are the best! Check our Dead Letter Circus too, and Cog, and Full Scale......

Here's one I wish I'd gone for and made a project of: Here's some Ritters that just flick my switch: And although I don't really play 4's anymore, I'd still love to get me hands on this..... errrrrrrr.... I wont say beauty - but still: *Edit* On second thoughts, she is a bit of a looker actually!

+1 to you not living close enough to do my set-ups! I can do most things that I need to myself, but I'm a bit wary of trying to dress the frets on any of my basses and cocking it up and I'm pretty sure that and maybe a bit of neck shimming are what's wrong with my jazz. I have had it looked at by a well respeted guy from round these parts but he said there wasn't anything wrong with the frets he could see and that shimming the neck can change the tone. Anyways, sorry for the thread hijak - and don't let those muppets get you down! I totally understand how you feel about being bad-mouthed, but it sounds like a mug being led by an ar$3hol3 to me!

Really sorry to hear that people are still feeling the axe hovering over their necks, it's not a nice place to be. I recently applied for a job throught an agency and they've been offering me work here and there ever since, not much money but it's still wages and every so often they'll put me forward for a job I'd actually like! I'm palming them off a bit at the moment because I'm really looking forward to starting at the cinema, but if you're not too proud to perform mundane tasks for 8 hours a day then there's money to be had. I spent 2 days making Kettle chip multi-packs and another day hanging bags on those dangley plastic strips this week, met a guy in the same position as me and made a few quid more than I would have signing on. It's not the most fun you can have with your clothes on, but it could be worse. Keep your chins up guys, there'll be a light at the end of it all!

And thanks for the congrats! I'm really looking forward to starting!

Had a look online and I think the Aria V was only made in 1985, making it only 4 years younger than me! That's one of the ones that'd be really hard to part with if I'm honest, it's the third bass I ever owned and it's nice and unusual. Got no idea what it'd be worth to sell either, it's not exatly mint condition but it's got some life left in it yet!

I think I'm in possession on 12 basses and an Ashbory now, and one of my old friends tells me he's still got my first bass which I lent him but haven't seen for a few years. Only maybe 4 of my basses would cost £500 or more to buy new, so there's not a huge ammount of money involved but I like to get slightly unusual basses or ones that I think are just cool (my see-thru Wesley 5 for example!). I'm probably going to downsize some more now that I've got past the first sale, that was kinda symbolic. I really don't play 4's anymore so even my Aria flying V might be up for grabs soon, but that'll be a reluctant sale.

Thanks for the support guys, like I said, I just wanted to share as I was a little down about it. It was time it happened though, and I have to agree that now I've done it and am planning on moving a couple more) I'm not going to feel too bad about another purchase once times are better! And on that brighter note - I JUST GOT A JOB!! Only part time hours atr the local Odeon cinema but it's a start, and I'm made up about it! Yays!

For the first time since I started buying basses (some 13 years ago) I've finally sold one on. I'd only had it about 11 months, I'd barely played and I think I actually made money on it, but I'm still a little gutted that things have come to this as I was starting to consider myself a bit of a collector. It's as much a space issue as it is for the money as I've had to move back to my Mum's recently, and I think it's going to open the gates to me moving a couple more basses on. It's probably a good thing in all honesty, as I don't play all my basses nearly enough and as I always try to keep any funds made from playing gigs or selling equipment for buying more basses, I might even be able to get myself something a bit tasty rather than having an armfull of cheaper basses that just caught my eye when I was a bit more flush. There's no hidden meaning or anything to this post, just wanted to share with some people who might understand what I'm feeling. How very EMO of me! Maybe it'll be of comfort to somebody else in a similar position too, I dunno. Cheers for reading!

[quote name='TheBlueFalcon' post='623622' date='Oct 11 2009, 11:47 PM'] That's just begging for a best caption thread!! [/quote] "It was all working this morning....." Gutted I couldn't make it, really enjoyed the last one. Hope everyone had a good day!

Please PM me if you're interested, just incase I forget I've posted them up on here!