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Looks like a bass that Mr Soft from the Steve Harley/Cockney Rebel song would play.

Yeah I get that, certainly less pressure my way, learning 12 when given 3 than being given 10 to start with. But being given 10 can be a good way of looking at both the commitment of the auditionee, and their ability, if given a fairly wide range of material. I think the most I’ve been given for an audition was 6, tho was 15 years ago so could have been more.

If a US Fender I’d look at the bridge that currently comes on the Professional series. If Mexican then the Fender Hi-Mass or Gotoh 201B-4 are both decent, and reasonably priced.

I’m not so sure, last audition I had was told of 3 songs off the bands album. Got to the audition, they asked me where I wanted to start and my reply was let’s do the album start to finish. My thoughts are it doesn’t hurt to learn a good few songs even if I don’t get the job, as surely I must like those songs in order to be auditioning for a band that plays them. I did get the job btw.

There’s Road Worn, and there’s Shagged Out. I’d put this cab in the latter.

Fingers crossed for you Nige, hope it goes well

Most definitely. In my classic rock band we do stuff that we like and which stretches us as musicians. They are excellent songs which are great to play but I’d doubt many audiences would last our set out.

In my old band Knock Off the singer/guitarist got all the gigs, did all the Facebook stuff etc. he’s the typical cheekie chappie that just gets on with people, and enjoys networking. We were offered far more gigs than we could ever do, yes we were a good band (they still are) but I’m sure a lot of it was to do with his networking skills, plus the fact that we were easy to get on with and work with, always on time, and no attitude.

My main thoughts are to cover expenses, not get paid specifically at the bands usual rate. It’s why I used a bar person as an example, for their rate of pay, if they get £50 a shift then that should cover a regular covers bands of 3/4/5 band members on getting there. Or if that’s not doable then a couple of drinks and a sandwich each. I’ve done a few charity gigs where for whatever reasons the charity was close to one of the band members, and at those gigs we were paid expenses. How much I don’t know as in each case we just put the sealed envelopes in the charity pot.

That’s the ideal model for a charity gig imo.

I think the way forward on this is: Band Question- are the bar staff being paid Organiser/Venue Answer - yes (as obviously they will be) Band Response - our expenses for this will be the same as what one bar staff will earn for their full shift

F.A.B!

Thanks Dave, yes all part of the fun imo, I knew I’d get there, just a matter of try it & see based upon a lot of guesswork and a small bit of logic.

I might well give those a try, am really liking the XLs I’ve just put on my Sandberg Lionel so might try a set of the BTs on my Precision.

Just got in from first rehearsal of the year, last being over a month ago. Was really good, a few hiccups here & there as none of us have really played any of the material in the downtime, but no big issues, especially as we’re not a gigging band. Was great to just be in the rehearsal room playing some great songs and having a laugh. Used my Sandberg Lionel into the studios Ampeg SVT450 & 810 and it sat very nicely in the mix, very pleased indeed.

Just got back from a rehearsal with the Lionel which is now strung with 45-100 nickels (D’Addario) and using a 1mm pick rather than 0.73mm. Seems to have worked ok, it’s not as full sounding as my Precisions or my JMJ Mustangs but it sits in the mix better, so the tinkering will stop.

Just got back from a rehearsal with the Lionel which is now strung with 45-100 nickels (D’Addario) and using a 1mm pick rather than 0.73mm. Seems to have worked ok, it’s not as full sounding as my Precisions or my JMJ Mustangs but it sits in the mix better, so the tinkering will stop.

Looks great, a real 80s machine

It’s nice to see that both this and the website are being addressed pdq.

Hi @Shaggy, I’m selling an Ultralite Xtender - it’s not the right one for your bass but I’m fairly sure that they all have the same fixing plate so see the pic below, should give you an idea:

Extra long scale perhaps?

Always the way isn’t it, finding that what you had and moved on worked better than its replacement. To quote Neil from The Young Ones, if I had a penny for every time I’ve done that I’d have £5.63!

I couldn’t live with that, would have to return it.