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Tony474 · October 25th, 2008, 11:32 PM

Hoo boy - it hit the fan this evening. I had a call from Owen, our bass-player, at 6.30, saying his van's gearbox had packed up and he couldn't get to the gig. So I had to leave an hour early to go and pick him up at a point twice as far from my place as the gig itself, and in a completely different direction. I took my Bass Cube 100 for him to use so that everything would fit in my MPV (I think that's what you in the colonies might call a minivan), including two young females who generally accompany him, and we actually made it to the gig in Archway, North London, without being desperately late.

As it turned out, it was just as well that we used the Bass Cube, as the tiny corner stage was almost completely filled by the drum kit and I had to perch my Cube 60 actually on top of the Mackie 808S PA amp. But as it happens the gig itself went extremely well, Owen was well impressed by my little bass amp and we were promised further bookings.

But tell me - what is it that, at the end of the gig, makes people congregate right by the doors, both inside and out, just when you need to get the gear out?

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Tony474 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: North Bushey, near London, England Age: 62 Posts: 2,441	Hoo boy - it hit the fan this evening. I had a call from Owen, our bass-player, at 6.30, saying his van's gearbox had packed up and he couldn't get to the gig. So I had to leave an hour early to go and pick him up at a point twice as far from my place as the gig itself, and in a completely different direction. I took my Bass Cube 100 for him to use so that everything would fit in my MPV (I think that's what you in the colonies might call a minivan), including two young females who generally accompany him, and we actually made it to the gig in Archway, North London, without being desperately late. As it turned out, it was just as well that we used the Bass Cube, as the tiny corner stage was almost completely filled by the drum kit and I had to perch my Cube 60 actually on top of the Mackie 808S PA amp. But as it happens the gig itself went extremely well, Owen was well impressed by my little bass amp and we were promised further bookings. But tell me - what is it that, at the end of the gig, makes people congregate right by the doors, both inside and out, just when you need to get the gear out? __________________ *Proud to be The Man From Uncool.* I cried because I had no shoes - until I met a man who had no feet...