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[quote name='lojo' timestamp='1501535305' post='3345399'] No it doesn't , but you can if you wanna [/quote] Certainly and I think the vast majority of people that don't use fx in covers bands are in agreement that it's fine to do whatever you like, if I was playing in a tribute band I'd try and nail the tone the best I could and encourage the rest of the band to do the same but we're not a tribute band, we are covering 40+ different acts with different kit that don't always use the same kit themselves!

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1501567386' post='3345496'] Who exactly is this "Dave" bloke, and why is his opinion even remotely of value? [/quote] It isn't of any more value than yours or mine, if you don't like him or he's upset you just move along, there's plenty of other things to watch on the net

They've already got wheels though.

Does it have to "sound like the original"?

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1501507462' post='3345121'] A Rickenbacker isn't a Fender... What a surprise! [/quote] My first proper bass was a 1993 Peavey Foundation that cost around £260, it was FAR better made than ANY Ric I've ever seen in the flesh, the design and construction was great with good fret work and paint finish along with a functioning bridge and nothing sharp to rip my fingers open on, the only cool thing about a Ric is the look of it.

Unless it's not a NeoxT? then the answer 'is get a NeoxT'

It's already one of the tallest cabs I've seen barring an 8x10 and the handles are already on the top, how tall are you?!

There's absolutely no way they are the best made and best finished basses out there, everything else is subjective I'll conceed.

No mention of the finish bleed into the bindings, neck dive, crappy pickup cover thing, razor Sharp body edges? Calling 4000

Singing drummers are quite rare I agree so realistically this £100 gig is going to require a lead singing bassist with at least a two hour solid singing repertoire and another two hours up there sleeve of playing whilst the other singer has a go, backing vocals all night. On top of all that you can't string it out with some twelve bar blues as it's got to be "all killer no filler", doesn't want much does he? Lol

One or two gigs from each of us who shared a similar story from a combined total of possibly thousands of gigs, not exactly happening very often.

Yeah I like it

Upright is a winner with audiences, they love 'em!

[quote name='Treb' timestamp='1501328630' post='3344054'] I chose a sunburst with rosewood over a black with maple Sterling 4H when I bought mine... [/quote] Nothing a tin of paint can't fix

[quote name='peteb' timestamp='1501317699' post='3343955'] A lot of work for £100, but at least he is being upfront with what he wants... [/quote] He isn't though is he, we only know that because some one here knows some one that does the gig for £100. At least he is being honest about what he wants though, it is a pro gig really as for me it would be like a full time job which would, A-earn me less money than my regular job and B spoil the enjoyment of playing for me.

Ha mine is Black with a maple neck too so I have got that bit right then

[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1501317400' post='3343950'] No offence to any drummers, but that is probably the easier part of the deal. No vocals and no chords/keys to learn. A reasonably compentent drummer with good song knowledge could wing it. [/quote] Erm our drummer sings around a quarter of our set and main backing on all songs!

I bought a brand new 2010 Ray5 to avoid the ceramic pickup as I wanted the normal Ray4 tone but with a B string, then I swapped my Ray4 for a 2004 Ray5 with the ceramic pickup and I love it! I then sold my pre EB Rays and got a Classic5 to complete the set 2EQ, 3 EQ, ceramic and Alnico, all 5 strings

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[quote name='blue' timestamp='1501293870' post='3343890'] Same sort of thing has happened with us with weddings. They'll be a couple getting married who are fans of the band and they want us to play. We're always like, "are you sure, we're not a wedding band", " no don't worry it'll be fine" It never is. Blue [/quote] Yep we've had that too, same band but the audience were all musos and enjoyed it, we got well looked after by the bride and groom too Normally it would have been a disaster as you say, we've done parties for fans and they always bomb with that band.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1501276653' post='3343837'] Did he want to impress his work mates with the fact he was in a band? Blue [/quote] Yes, the gig was near where he worked, it went better than it could have but I think he realised that we are not a party band after, he's no longer our drummer either Annoyingly I'm in another band that would have been perfect!

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1501275577' post='3343823'] Of course it's the band being unprepared. They haven't done their research. There's so much more to being in a band and playing music. You can't blindly follow the promoter. Ask the questions. Look at the bands the venue usually has in. Ask the venue if you think you'll go down well. A lot of musicians are lazy (as Blue says), they just want to play the music and not get involved in the marketing side. Someone said, either upthread or on another thread, "there's loads of musicians better than Ed Sheerhan, he's just lucky he's got a decent marketing team" or words to that effect. It's not luck, he's working with his team, listening to them and talking to them to decide what works. Anyone who thinks that they can just play good music and be successful isn't living in the real (modern) world. [/quote] Function gigs don't really give you much opportunity to vet the gigs, if the person booking decides they like you and want to book you then that's it, you can't know what the demographic will be can you? Of course if your playing stuff you know will not go down well at weddings don't put yourself out there.

I've always been amazed when a band I think will go down well sinks and one I think will fail goes really well purely based on the audience when setting up, I remember a group of youngish girls loving a blues band I was in once, I thought we'd be bottled off stage! Another not great band I'm in did a party, we're not a party band but the drummer organised it so his work mates could see us, that was a tough gig!

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1501142453' post='3342735'] All Right Now can't sound good on a Fender? You can't play a Cure song without the help of half a dozen pedals? I guess JJ Burnell should have played Walk On By on double bass because that's what the original hit was recorded on. How can this be making any sense? You guys are so stuck in your tunnel vision you should take a step back. . . and. . . breath. . . [/quote] Maybe if it was a tribute act and the whole band were trying to get everything close for every song but it's impossible and ridiculous with a regular pub/function covers band, our band covers songs from six different decades and different genres, we'd need an articulated lorry full of kit at each gig to keep BigredX happy!

[quote name='bazztard' timestamp='1501131630' post='3342666'] let's say you playing a Cure song with heavy chorus, tell me exactly how you do that with just your fingers? Do you trail one plucking finger by .02 seconds for the chorus effect? Seriously , there are some sounds you can only get with effect units, chorus, fuzz,etc. You CAN'T get fuzz from your fingers. Your hypothesis lacks any credibility. Yeah I too can go trebly and tight by plucking near the bridge and fat sounding by playing at the end of the fretboard, but it won't recreate effects. [/quote] At the same time if you had the exact bass/amp/fx in your hands that the record was recorded with then played it slap when it was played muted with a pick I'd say my cover without chorus but with the same technique would be closer to what the public hear.