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Thanks - I've never heard this before and its made my day. Funkify Your Life - that's the new years resolution sorted

Dunno. Just want to say I love the track, and you have a good mix of all the instruments and voice. IMHO I love it. As to the question, def a pick. Bass no 1?

I have the 100 cube and also love the sound, particularly the bassman simulated sound. Tried with a 4 ohm 2x10 Peavey cab and there was next to no difference to the sound, just lifted it of the ground. Still thinking of trying with an 8 ohm cab for lightness and small, medium vol pub gigs. But perhaps just need to recognise that its a great practice amp but keep to the big rig for use along side a rock drummer.

Had never heard of them when I found myself away from home with a free evening in Edinburgh earlier in the year. Liked the name so went to check them out and they were awesome. Cds are good but I recommend them live next time they're around. Shonna had an understated but classic bass style and will be sadly missed.

Was watching Goodfellas last night when the perfect bass sound popped out. Tracked it through to Nilsson's 'Jump Into the Fire'. Fantastic intro but the vocals are baad. Is this just a tube amp distorting? [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_4eSiLFA_o"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_4eSiLFA_o[/url]

I have been a bass player for years and went along with my wife to church a couple of times. I felt a prescence there, but a lack in the bass prescence of the band. So I ended up on the rota. They were a good bunch and it was only a little while later that I realised that i was playing worship music to something I didn't believe in. This became irrelevant when I spent a week at New Wine and met the Holy Spirit while driving my car. So be careful if you are a non-believer - you may change your life. Our church is blessed with a wealth of very talented musicians and I count myself honoured to play with them. I have learnt so much about playing a variety of unknown songs in a short time frame in very fluid structures. It has fed my confidence musically for my other rock covers band. Now I am familiar with most of the repertoire I recognise some of the common structures above - and sometimes feel frustration that most songs are mid tempo 4/4. BUT this is generally not music performed for the enjoyment of the audience but to be sung along to en masse for the enjoyment of God. So tricky timings and structures catch people out. Its more about delivering a backing track for others to sing to -- as someone has said, an orchestra pit rather than spotlight performance. Thanks for listening.

Hi - I'm up for a chat. I quit a rock covers band last year cos I was bored with the same old stuff and am up for just playing anything that rocks with people that don't take it too seriously. I'm a 40 year old bass player based just down the road in Abingdon.

Thanks guys. You've confirmed what I was thinking. OK i exaggerated a bit we're 2 hours min, ideally need 3 not 4. The problem is that no matter how many times we say we need to speed up, the guys love to discuss gear and gates rather thangetting on with getting it done. I'm quitting.

I play in a five piece pub / party classic rock type covers band. Drums, bass, 2 guitars, lead vocals also plays acoustic guitar as well sometimes. We have 4 vocal mikes, guitar cabs are miked, drums are miked. Because we like to put on a professional appearance we have lights that we use unless in the tiniest of pubs. We are lucky in that the PA is owned by the guitarists from previous bands they have been in and do we don't have to fund buying or renting one. But the downside is that because they have a shedload of gear they insist on using it, and are wannebe sound engineers. We need to arrive at least 2 hours before live time / end of sound check time to set up all the gear. The guys would really like to double this. I say life's too short and if we can't load in, set up and be ready to go in an hour - especially for a standard pub gig something should go. Should it be? Am I being unreasonable? Would welcome your thoughts.......

keep the home fires burning. Stay home and look after the missus. She'll look after you more than this 'leader' in the long run. And keep some brownie points when you need to get away for a 'proper' gig rather than bang a bango an hour away.

A Saturday in Reading / Guildford sounds good to me. Will wach eagerly for the date. Did someone say slap-free? Sounds good to me