stingrayPete1977

[quote name='Les' timestamp='1503321197' post='3357175'] I'm building up to that, just waiting for the admods to relax their trigger fingers on the "ban" button. [/quote] Tbh when we came to see you at that outdoor gig the burning cross you lit really kept us warm all evening, it was a great gig

[quote name='DJpullchord' timestamp='1503318068' post='3357115'] Sadly the flag has been hi jacked by nasty people. You probably don't want to attract nasty people. I'd lose the flag. Crazy how symbolism has such power. Good luck! [/quote] Same as our own union flag then really

A new Sandberg will lose a massive chunk of it's value right away, a used Ray in lefty format bought wisely should be as safe as keeping the cash under your matress

I was going to make a joke about poor quality binding but I wont

Thankfully there aren't many awful basses out there these days, even as a Stingray guy I could happily use a sandberg for the rest of my days, or a yammy, ibanez or Squier etc. Anything other than a Ricky really

Probably wearing in ears, lol

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1503055839' post='3355346'] That's not what I meant, and you know it. My definition of a Dep is a someone who replaces the usual musician for one maybe two gigs only. [/quote] Lots of artists tour the UK doing anything from a solo slot on local radio to festival gigs with a full band, small mid week theatre gigs in the middle with maybe a trio behind them, the whole band may evolve during a few weeks, as I said before if the songs are good they'll work in any format.

Lots of big name professional artists performing original material use deps on every gig, they are called musicians!

Many people drive around all day in cars worth more where they are more likely to get damaged and general wear and tear.

If your songs are good enough slight variations in style and instruments used shouldn't be a deal breaker, it might be different and from the audience's perspective they might prefer the version with the dep player!

Is that two sets then?

If they wanted something more vintage looking than a jazz bass it sounds like they wanted an upright bassist!?

If it's a professional band then you can't turn down gigs for each member, with five members you'd have no gigs! Most of the bands reluctant to use deps are the ones where a decent dep could cover it easily, alright now and Brown eyed girl are known my most party/pub/function band bassists

What exactly was in the box of the initial demo ones, Jack socket in and out going to a power amp hidden somewhere!? 100 watts less and no speakon compared to my decade old Genz shuttle 3.0 that's not much bigger than it.

I think my 2013 usa standard Jazz V is fairly wide, the high mass bridges can go far to wide for me so that should suit you, it's a really nice bass too.

[quote name='Bass_Guardian' timestamp='1502718667' post='3353061'] Why are stingrays so expensive I've got major GAS for a Classic 5 in Natural (Black PG) and maple FB [/quote] I'm thinking of selling a tobacco burst one

Yes so you can play the drum quieter then amplify it, possibly actually to the point that the unamplified drum is louder! Guitarists then bring a Marshall stack to the tickled trout so we've no choice but the wheel out the Ampeg fridge, the whole pub is now rattling and the punters have left but hey "you don't need to Mic a drum kit in a pub"

You took your time!

[quote name='Chiliwailer' timestamp='1502385762' post='3351154'] Quite often guitar shops give out the wrong cases, if it's the right case for the series of bass....if you know what I mean?! [/quote] Good shout, my USA standard came with a deluxe case, because someone got the wrong one with theirs.

[quote name='mikel' timestamp='1502289803' post='3350492'] That wasnt what I was responding too. Dad3353 said his BD was loud enough for any venue, then he miced it. Look at his post. Also, you cant equate stage volume to out front. Even without PA, the rooms we play in If its too loud on stage its too loud out front, and thats with a 20" BD, nothing miced, and small amps. I also play drums and simply change the beater on the BD pedal and modify how hard I hit the drum to control the volume. I like the BD to sound like part of the kit not a sub sonic mush. [/quote] Hmmm do you know what a gate and compression does? Our mic'd kick has less subsonic mush than the actual acoustic drum!

I think Tommy Cooper took it a bit too far?

[quote name='mikel' timestamp='1502272772' post='3350332'] Ehh? Surely if the BD is loud enough for any room, then its loud enough. You seem to be suggesting that micing it up will make it quieter????? Surely if its loud enough to be heard in the room, any eq you add to it will not overpower the acoustic sound out front, so will be a waste of time. Just saying. [/quote] See my post about using a smaller/quieter kick drum, the rest of the band can then use smaller back line too, generally I've found the larger the stage the quieter it is.

[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1502229539' post='3350176'] My complaint is that this trend has been adopted by pub bands. You end up paying far more for a PA that used to just have to handle vocal requirements because the kick drum's got to be amplified. [/quote] We've got our kick mic'd but it does the exact opposite of what you think, it's compressed and gated so it actually has less swampy noises going on, it then allows for a smaller and quieter kick drum on stage, the only thing the audience hears is the tight thump distributed evenly around the room.

Replace the word drummer with bassist and I still agree but there's a huge proportion of people here that want exactly that!

Do we know for certain it's the sound crew causing this? How often do we see members here declaring they they will only perform with 'their sound', no pre eq di or no di at all regardless of whether the sound they are giving the desk is of any use or not, are drummers demanding a foh to match their on stage sound as many folk here say they do with bass rigs?