Spike Vincent

Then there was the time when we were supported a band called Shockhead,who's claim to fame was their keybored player was apparently in Hawkwind once. Suffice it to say they were Hippies.Backstage,their bassist offers me a go on a large hand rolled cigarette.Now,I'm partial to a smoke now and again,but after 2 tokes I am completely trashed.I have no idea what it was to this day (I'm hoping it was Skunk..) Spent the entire set standing stock still thinking Oh sh*t Oh sh*t Oh sh*t Oh sh*t Oh sh*t Huh? Oh we've finished.Didn't play one bum note,but I certainly didn't enjoy it.Oh how I wished I'd drank.

Each to their own.I wouldn't play a solo if I was paid to.I'll stick to thrashing out chords while the guitarist plays solos.

So,so many..... New band,first gig,our drummer shared a flat with a DJ at a prestigious local nightclub,and blagged a gig at what we were led to believe was a student night.Set up,waited patiently,got a big build up from the DJ,hordes of squealing girlies at our feet,lunged into the first number ( think Discharge..) to see the audience recoil in horror and the DJ cut us off after 2 numbers. No money but a free bar tab all night.Oh how we drank. Played a biker festival,turned up at the field in the middle of nowhere to be greeted by 2 guys with shotguns on the gate (really!) Got very muddy,set up,played the opening number to be greeted by absolute silence by several thousand patch holding bikers.Cue all 3 of us crapping our pants,then the promotor runs up on stage and says" Don't worry,they like you,if they didn't they'd soon let you know". No money,a crate of cider,a crate of lager and a big bag of white powder that wasn't washing powder.Oh how we drank. Played our one and only London gig,got lost on the way,this being during my recovery from a spinal injury,so rattling round in the back of a freezing cold Transit for hours wasn't a good start. When we finally got there,the headlining band asked if we would mind headlining.Drummer enthusiastically agrees,despite the obvious warning bells going off around him. Guess what? Headliners play,vanish and take their audience with them,we end up playing to half a dozen drunk blokes who weren't particularly interested in the finer points of Punk,and the mens toilet was actually at the back of the "playing area" resulting in a procession of drunk blokes barging past the guitarist/vocalist to go wee wee.I vaguely recall a large German woman ( possibly born a man) trying to sexually assault me. Then the headliners invited us to the party they'd deserted the gig for.Oh how we drank.

I had a VS Musician guitar head with the 2 x 15 cab ( and yes,I used the reverb ). Sold it,bought another one,sold it,and my only regret was to get the first one I sold a Selmer Zodiac valve head.....Duh.

Kind of inevitable,really.

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£135? Bargain.I believe the Post Law Suit headstock only applied to the USA.And you got a free cardigan too.

Caz Campbell,if I was 20 years younger...And Lemmy,he owes me a pint.

I've actually had to run for my life from a house fire,and believe me,I didn't think about grabbing a bass.

Come on,we all know the real answer is Strings.

There's a section on the Daddario home page about string tensions,although I haven't looked at it myself.

[quote name='Johnston' post='1217035' date='May 1 2011, 11:20 PM']But then do you go for Cross ply, radial or even Belt Biased . Road, competition, Dunlop, Good Year the list is endless. What is the best tyre for metal anyway ??[/quote] Slicks!

I'd have been more impressed if he'd used the wheel with the tyre still on it.Bloody lightweight instruments.

[quote name='chilievans' post='1215588' date='Apr 30 2011, 10:31 AM']Do basses improove with age?[/quote] Define improve..

[quote name='Bankai' post='1216010' date='Apr 30 2011, 06:09 PM']Has anyone been tempted to use all their heads and cabs to create some mammoth wall of sound,[i] and[/i] try it at home?[/quote] Hell yes.Technically,they weren't all mine,but a 600w poweramp through two 1 x 18" cabs bi amped from a 400w Peavey mk.6 through two 1x15"s made a lovely noise. Fortunately I live in a detached house.

If stuff doesn't fall off shelves then you're not doing it right.

I've got a set of the Alice strings,and actually they aren't that bad.Took a bit of playing in,but they are perfectly adequate strings that I would use in preference to Rotosounds..( I think everyone knows my opinions on Rotos..).I wouldn't use them on stage though.

Just once.I always wanted a Thunderbird,even before I started playing.Being left handed kind of limited my options to bugger all,Gibsons being out of my price range ( not that they made many) and Epiphone followed suit by making none.Which left me cursing people with their affordable Tbirds that I would never have.Then one day,trawling Ebay,after many double takes I realised I was looking at an actual left handed Tbird,which I instantly got into an insane bidding war over.After my opponent peaked,I suddenly realise I had bid well over the retail price of a current production instrument I could have ordered for £150 less from my local music shop..Still,I got what I'd always wanted,and it's not Tokai's fault Thunderbirds don't suit my playing style and I hardly ever use it..Looks ace though.

Looks like the lightweight cab backlash has started...Now,a pair of 4 x 18's..

DR 660 here. They're desirable now? Hmmm. The SR 16 is a good enough piece of kit,but I find the sounds a bit dated.

Hurry up Harry - Sham 69. No,really.

When she gets home,ask her if she's still got the £1200.

I haven't,but I think I will be soon..

There is a certain amount of wishful thinking involved..

She'll never notice another bass.