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there's only one solution here (IMO) Walk

Yes, reluctantly and with hindsight I realised that the situation I was in actually gave me loads of confidence in my own playing in terms of ability to keep up with the B/Ls whims and mistakes and to deal with curve balls. As you say it also taught me that, for the most part, the audience don't care as long as they are enjoying what is going on. Looking back on my experiences with that particular B/L (which spanned probably 15 years on and off in various duos, trios and more) I now see it as a great learning experience which I've been able to use in the current bands I'm with. I still occasionally dep with that B/L (we remain friends) but my attitude to his gigs are purely what your guitarist friend suggested.

If you are going to be a smart arm…slinks off to the corner with his dunces har on!😉

Was about to say the same thing! Having recently picked up a fretless, I know that smile on your face after sliding the harmonic. Maybe we'll grow out of it one day (I hope not!)

Yep, three things come to mind.... 1. If you joined a band in which guitarist does sound you could have seen this coming 2. If you let the guitarist start doing the sound once you were already in the band, you could have seen this coming 3. If the guitarist decided to do the sound on his own volition, you could have seen this coming........ Sorry. But there's a rule to be adhered to here. NEVER LET THE GUITARIST DO THE LEVELS

You're right, the threads on basses are a paradigm of restraint, humility and advice without ego.

Just let us know when the album is out, hoping there will be a CD too as I really don't like streaming or downloading music.

We've done a few afternoon / early evening slots with the Glam band too and its great getting home before 9pm. Dave

This is how I'm running the 550 if it helps any. It has different pre but it still sounds very Bob Gallien. I also have the MB Fusion 500 set up exactly the same. Bright and Deep both engaged (difficult to see in photo). I don't use the contour although I've tried it and it's all very useful and makes sense. GK gear seems to have more usable tones than other amps I've used. What I mean is that pretty much whatever you dial in would be useful for something/ someone whereas with other amps I've got/had, you just operate them between 10 and 2 o'clock otherwise they start getting unusable. The caveat here is that I'm running a Spector with EMGs and everything dialled to max except for a few songs where I just roll off the treble on the instrument a touch and get hold of a plectrum. I've used it through a Marshall 810, a Peavey Nitrobass 410 and my own pair of BF TWO10s and yes, it does change sound/voice a bit, especially through the old 810 but I don't move the EQ much more than 0.5-1 from where they are in the photo.

@Soledad as you already have Vanderkley cabinets, why don't you couple them with one of their heads? I know they are hard to find, but it would be worth a try. I've also had tons, literally, of amp heads and as I'm always looking for transparency sound wise, the GR Bass One 800 was the most transparent very slightly coloured in the high mids, so would be my number 1, Vanderkley Aurora or Spartan being the benchmark to me; then would come the number 2, the Eich T900 as they use the same power amp module, but have a bit more warmth and tad bit less definition; number 3 would be the Glockenklang Bass Art (Classic) head (300 Watts for the first generation and 400 Watts after that) which would be closer to the Vanderkley heads, but sometimes a bit "sterile" when all flat. The MarkBass heads have too much low mids to be considered uncoloured, just like the Aguilar TH series, the AG series being their best models for sure, but not really uncoloured. The TC Electronic RH 750 head has to be tried too, even if a bit old, this is an excellent "uncoloured" head slightly scooped in the mids when flat, so a number 4. The Epifani heads are also coloured as well as any Mesa Boogie: You don't buy these for their transparency, but for their sound signature. I've always loved EBS gear, but there's a deep signature to their sound with too much low mids growl and a brighter top end, so again coloured. The PJB heads sound meh to me and their announced output power is really optimistic... I've never tried a Handbox head, so will rely on users' comments. I'm now back to FRFR with a HeadRush "rig" (Core + 112 MkII) as it's, eventually for me, the best totally uncoloured tone, but if your bass or your playing is dull, the final tone will be dull too, that's the flip side of this... That said it can transcend your basic tone too, if it's a good one. 😉 Good luck with your quest.

Signs Of Life - Pink Floyd

Born Under A Bad Sign - Albert King

Just the average egoguitarist approach to mixing. Nothing new under the sun 😁 OF COURSE everyone wants to hear his crunchy tones and nothing else, that's why they're there for on the wedding!

Anyone else tear their hair out with the band member who does the band's live sound? 4 piece wedding band (guitar x2, bass, drums and occasional keys from singer guitarist). Our guitarist does the mixing. He's a brilliant player but comes from a heavy metal background. We play standard wedding indie / pop rock at a huge variety of venues. He pumps the kick drum, buries the bass guitar (i swear he hates bass guitar and often jokes about it) absolutely drowns everything in his guitar and eq's the vocals so they don't get in the way. It absolutely kills me every time. I'm there for the money but it would be nice to feel like I'm part of the sound and I think we just sound like a blaring mess. I've offered to mix countless times but he complains endlessly and, as it's his mixer, he generally pulls rank and takes over. If we get the usual venue complaints of "it's too loud and there's too much bass" it's usually a reference to the absolutely thumping kick drum but he laughs and just turns the bass guitar down even further. Annoyingly, he's a lovely guy when he's not mixing.

Born to be Alive - Sylvester

.....I'm tempted to lose the pickguard and install a Jazz Bass front PUP cover to be honest, it's protect the PUP and provide a thumb rest