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I thought it was just me - I rarely go to arena sized gigs now due to bad experiences - all kick drum and floor tom blooming over the entire mix. The worst some years back was Lionel Richie - Now there are some great bass lines in his back catalogue - but I never heard a note he played for the very loud floor tom and kick drum. I was sat next to the mixing desk smack in the middle of the arena if I had a pen and paper I would have passed him a note without leaving my seat, so it wasn't where I was sat. Kick drum should be supporting the note the bass is playing to punctuate and give the note energy - great when someone does get the balance right.

I would rather spend the money on lessons

http://www.10outof10.co.uk/ found everything i needed to make up my own leads, and as an electrician found these are very good quality components compared with what you will find in local stores

Conservative club in Oxford - we wore purple ties and the singer a matching purple dress. no one said a word - they seem to be accepting the colour now

when you find a really nice fan - marry her saves on roadies

Just wondered about door men, yep those big guys in black. Do they stand in the rain all night for free because they enjoy knocking people about . I expect they get paid for providing that service. If they didn't provide door men the council may not renew their drink licence. I don't see why you should put up with this if it is your primary source for musical outlet. I play in a big band for nothing in fact i pay £30/month towards hall fees and MD. I treat this as part of my ongoing musical education. We get petrol money for gigs and I get £50 if i provide the PA. but when asked to play pubs my 4 piece function band quotes our normal fee, and hey, we haven't had to do one yet, but we are supporting you guys by trying to raise the fees and upholding the value of live music.

Town pubs make a lot of money we are not talking country local pubs with just three punters on bars stools and a dog in the corner, If i was playing pubs I would be getting in touch with the other bands in Town and work together to raise the fee. You have to set £50 / man as a minimum to cover expences even if you treat it as a subsidised hobby.

How about Trevor Barry - from the Strictly dance Band. Would be good to hear how he approaches sight reading all those new charts each week at short notice. We should support british session guys rather than fly in Mr Stevens again next year. Neil Murray would also get 1+ from me good suggestion Dude

It is called an Ebow an electrical device that excites the string to vibrate so like an Electronic bow , so you can hold notes

Well Discreet thats one of the best demo's i have seen for quite a while, cheers Back to GAS, On suggesting i was thinking of buying another bass my wife had the audacity to suggest that its not about the bass its the player, and if i havent found the right one by now i never will. Honestly what do they know

I have been trying some different strings lately and come up against a few set up issues mainly due to the difference in tension, black nylons to half wounds and nickle to stainless. I like a low action and finding i am get fret buzz on basses that didnt previously. adjusting trus rods to suit is a fag and can take many days to settle in. So i think i am heading back to the GHS nickles on two main basses and back to nylons on the Status.

Like the guys above a handful of times over the last thirty years. But have to say we have always come out of it OK by using MU contracts. Two that stick in my mind was one when we got paid in full then sat and watched the band that got there first. The other was watching my miss's fronting up to the other bands female singer both claiming "we have been booked for months", and the look on their faces when she pulled out the contract all signed and dated, the venue then agreed we were to play. same goes for finishing times and breaks not to forget the ££££. oh and the blue M&M's On one occasion we stood in for a band at short notice, but we were booked to be there again in two weeks anyway, so they then said they would cancel that date. We said no, we have no way of getting another gig at that short notice and they would have to pay us. They refused so basically we never played there again on principle and cancelled our other dates in writing with copy to the MU. sometimes you have to know when to walk away so not to allow the band name to be damaged right or wrong.

[b]The Laurence Cottle Big Band[/b] yep the whole lot, to make up for two years ago when he had a lone spot and was forced to huddle over a piece of music on a bass bin on the corner of the main stage So the spot would be - [b]The electric bass and its place in todays big band music[/b] - Laurance can have a guest upright player and the band can play miller standards interlaced with Gorden goodwin or some Lincoln jazz arrangements or even Buble~ and he can discuss and take questions on how each instrument ( Electric bass and upright) is best placed for the arrangement - covering EQ, ballance and the arrangements. Bust a few myths and generally educate us. Please make this happen. if only as a ballance to the slap fest outside in the demo hall

Be nice to buy a messa boogie valve amp - if there is one in the country that day at the right price

There is two votes for caution Goingdown pipped me to that.

Just be a little carefull maybe best to use only one socket for PA and the back line in case he has wired each socket from a different phase, this could then be dangerous if you have a fault to earth or a loose neutral if playing and singing with your bass rig on one phase and the PA on another, It won't be a tingle on the lips from the mic it will be bang and the smoke from your ears may be terminal.

The hysis do have crossovers - just need to double check these are working OK access via speakon back plate I did cook mine once - and managed to order new and changed easily - just a small board on vehical type spade connectors between speakon and speaker you will need the correct speakon cables note if you have peavey tops say hysis 1 then you need to mark up the connecting leads as the out connector will be 2+ 2- and the in will be 1+ 1- I made my leads up so marked the top hi speaker connector so i could get it right first go on dark stages. If you get stuck Pm me as i think i have the old info, but would think you can find out on the Peavey site. So thats from Amp to left socket of sub 1+ 1- then right socket of sub out connector 2+ 2- to Hi top in connector 1+ 1-

I noticed on a youtube video that Nathen East has been playing his signature bass for over 30 years. Now thats loyalty and a working partnership in action.

Halfords and other Car and DIY shops do spong style abrasive pads but very fine i have used these on wood basses prior to re-oiling and waxing , can even take out finger shine etc

Sounds right but do be aware of those + - on speakons and stay away from 4 pole speakons unless they are on a PA or amps as detailed above - or your cones will be sucking instead of pushing

Thanks Merton, But since it has had the E-pre installed it is more fun and is used more than the others so probably be the last to go. and I'm considering getting a half fretted neck made.

I am lucky to have been involved in many different musical forms - and there are snobs in all of them - it is the way people ring fence their world to protect their interests and their place in. I did go through a teenage stage where i thought if you didn't read music you were not a real musician. How wrong I was - I now know being a musician is all about listening and knowing what the music needs and how you should fit in.

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