Lozz196

Same here.

Looks great Mike

Returning from one of our trips to Germany, we got talking to a chap at Hamburg airport. He asked if we were a band, turned out he did band transport/tours. He was touting for business and swiftly established we weren’t in the league he worked in, but in chatting to him he said that his last act was making well over half a million in merch at some gigs. I won’t name them but we are talking a top act. I suppose with £50 t-shirts at large venues it’s possible.

Darn, not going to be able to make this now, apologies

Sadly and not exactly about cost, going to gigs for me now means unless seated I can`t go, standing for a whole evening just too darn painful on my back.

Does look great. I had a similar setup back in the 80s.

When I saw The Darkness last year Justin Hawkins, in between songs, announced that The Darkness` No 1 fan, Karl, was in the audience that eve. He then said, Karl, as you`re our No 1 fan how about putting your effing phone away and watching us. Did get a big laugh - rather ironically from many who were holding their phones up.

Senses Working Overtime is a classic, loved that when it came out and still do

Yeah I`ve had the Classic Vibe and the original Player, the Player a better bass imo, though much of that could be my preference for a maple fret-board as do prefer it to rosewood. But the CV as a base for modifications such as pickups etc def worth considering especially if rosewood fret-board is a preference - edit, and there`s currently one of the original CVs up for grabs on here at present.

If only there were a black/black/maple..........

I`ve got tickets for Volbeat at Wembley Arena in a few weeks, at £50ish a very pleasant change to pricing, as most gigs are way more expensive. Volbeat are a pretty big band and I have in the past paid more for tickets for smaller bands so it`s refreshing to see a big band not try and max out their tickets. But then Volbeat seem to be fairly old school to me, release an new album/CD every couple of years and then tour it.

Or maybe they`re a Gender Jazz Bass?

A few on there I quite like but most a bit too blingy for me.

Four ten inch speakers as oppose to two - assuming similar quality - will more than likely make a difference, you`ve reduced the "bigness" of the sound by half, same as if you`d paired your LM800 with a 210 rather than 410 there would be an impact of the size of the sound. One thing to think of, although you`re having difficulty hearing the amp when playing @Suezee, did you get the opportunity to hear the mix of the band out front. Sometimes just elevating the combo and getting it off the ground can work wonders. Re another cab, double up on whatever format your combo is, if 210 then get the same cab-wise.

Yep, although I would say my US Precisions are better than my Player am not sure the difference in quality is as much as the price tag would suggest. Sure the US has better tuners, bridge, pickups, and is string-thru but does that equate to nearly a grand? And I daresay a fair bit of the "betterness" - for myself - is personal preference on neck size and finish rather than difference in quality.

I`d not heard of these til your post above, just checked them out briefly via YouTube and they sound very similar to the Elixir nickel rounds I use.

That`s a shame Dave, we use Room 6 if we can get it which isn`t too bad.

Done this once, though the band I left was well past its sell by date and split on my leaving. It had started out in about 1999 as a covers band, I’d joined in 2001 on bass, and then morphed into doing glam/heavy rock originals. By 2008 and several line up changes it was stale, hardly gigging so when the opportunity of a position in a regularly gigging punk covers band came along I took it. I told the first band, and with them all being mates (we were mates before we were bandmates) there were no problems, in fact it was almost a collective sigh of relief that there was a reason to finally stop. The punk covers band had been together since 2004, lasted til 2013 and from that Knock Off, my last band formed, taking me on a musical journey I’d never have thought. And to cap it all off, I’m now in a classic rock band with 3 of the guys who at various times were in the first band.

In my last band the singer was very good at the onstage patter, and many seemed to really like it. From a performers point of view it gave me a chance to take a breath/drink etc so I was all for it. But as an audience member, couldn’t care less.

I think I’d try a Vintera out, my Yamaha BB1100s is 44.5mm wide/shallow depth and I find it very comfortable to play.

I think the main difference will be the neck, the spec on Fenders website shows a 44.5mm neck width, so wide but possibly not too deep, whereas the Squier CV has the regular 42mm neck width and feels quite slim overall.

Done that many a time back in my youth