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Merton

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  1. My ideal Fender P. If I played long scale any more I’d be in trouble! Plus @silverfoxnik is an absolute gent so you know you’re buying safe
  2. Nice! Another Hartke head incoming?
  3. Singer (who booked the gigs and then spread the money afterwards) stole £3.5k from us back in 2016. She was a childhood friend of both me and the guitarist. We haven’t spoken to her since.
  4. I often use a single BF 210 with a Trace Elliot Elf at rehearsals with the loudest drummer I know and I am too loud still
  5. TBH our drummist is a bit of a nightmare (hence making him vomit didn’t upset me 🤣) but we rein him in. Both breeds are bloody hard work when they want to be aren’t they!
  6. Dammit - just when I have no money and am trying to be good 😆
  7. My son has a Jet telecaster. It’s incredible for the money, and beat more expensive competition from Squier and Epiphone.
  8. Yup! Also meant I wasn’t getting home at 1.30am and unloading in the pouring rain before a long drive to Cornwall today. Every cloud 😃
  9. Tonight’s gig was awesome, and remarkably quiet. Got about 5 mins into my 25 min drive, then got a WhatsApp from the drummer - who was already at the venue - saying “stand down, they haven’t got the booking in their diary” FFS. So I turned around and went to the pub with the guitarist (also my bro in law).
  10. Absolutely right - we don’t normally get so silly, honest guv’. When I were a young’un I used to think ridiculously loud was the only way but it’s really nice to play in bands who can control the volume. Much better clarity on stage and an happier performance all round.
  11. Indeed! I doubt it will happen, but would prefer to be ready if it does…
  12. Pretty much. A few dates I can’t do (like the one Matt forgot to tell me about tonight 🤣) but will be filling bass shoes for most of them. Shame you can’t commit at the mo; in my opinion if you ever want to come back it’s your gig first and foremost 😎
  13. Fun gig in East Grinstead and a lovely outing for my glorious ACG Finn 5 which I keep mulling over selling then taking to a gig and going “fxxk me this is great”. Usual story with Matt starting off with good intentions following the set list only to get distracted and wander off playing songs either I or the guitarist didn’t know 😆 But we busked it and it seems no-one noticed or cared. Until the bar staff had to come and tell us to shut up at 11.30 because we should have stopped at 11…. Knackered 🤣 Edit for a pic:
  14. (For clarity, I made the drummer physically sick at last week’s rehearsal co if the high SPL … just for fun, y’know 😬)
  15. Time for the vomit-inducing rig to have two nights out:
  16. Is it wrong to be proud of the fact I made my drummer physically sick with the high SPL of my Trace Elliot TE1200 + Barefaced Super Twin rig? 😲

    1. SpondonBassed

      SpondonBassed

      Not at all.  You should tell him he's lucky you didn't play the brown note.

    2. franzbassist

      franzbassist

      Sorry not sorry 😁

    3. Rich

      Rich

      Nope. Be very proud. Simply nudge the volume down slightly whilst giving the drummer your best "not regretting that in the slightest" smug smile.

  17. That’s lovely! And not helping my desire for the one at Fair Deal… argh.
  18. I have used one, with a Trace Elliot Elf, in a loud rock covers band and no PA support. It did a sterling job!
  19. Specs here: https://barefacedaudio.com/collections/12xn-bass-cabs/products/super-compact
  20. Purely cosmetic - Ashdown have a habit of tweaking things visually all the time.
  21. Well despite Fair Deal Music in Birmingham having pretty much the exact spec Sandberg Lionel I would want I am still in. I plan on remaining “in” too…. We’ll see 😅
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