Lozz196

Looking back to the 80s when I started playing and when I got into my first proper band in 87 at the age of 21: Bass - Yamaha BB1100s. Cost £450, on HP. Amp - Laney 1x15 Linebacker. Cost £260, on HP. Employment status - Fully employed, salary was £4750 so £400 a month before deductions. Living status - at my Mums. Transport - car at the time was broken and couldn’t afford to fix it. Used to get to rehearsals & gigs with the band leader doing a round-robin and picking us all up/dropping us all off in a van that was probably unfit for even the scrapyard. It was a great time.

Hamster sandwiches?

Steady on, we’ve only just got Christmas out of the way

Agree, a both difficult but fulfilling role for the bassist

146cm for me

Yep, I’ve seen bands empty rooms due to the volume they play at.

That’s a proper set up Blue, looks great

The main thing for me is that the youth don’t seem to go out to pubs/clubs/venues as much as previous generations, be that due to cost or that they just seem to live healthier lives than my generation did. As such it’s a question of how to tap into your intended audience.

We’re not doing very well, are we?

Being in punk/Oi/heavy rock a low slung guitar is generally the norm, however for me as well as the look it’s for practical reasons, having a shoulder injury it helps having my right arm down by my side rather than if the instrument is higher up.

Yep

EBS has more eq options, HPF, contour switch, sounds louder, has to be that one to keep.

Of course you can @Alfie, I was 48 (we were all of similar age) when I joined my last band, an originals street-punk/Oi band. We played all over GB and Europe, released 4 albums, did festivals etc. I left 4 years ago but they’re still going strong. Age isn’t a barrier once you find like-minded individuals to work with.

Nice one 👍

Reminds me of what I read re Darryl Jones when he joined The Rolling Stones and when he asked Keef how the basslines went. The reply was “you tell me, you’re the bassist”.

I had one of the white ones and agree, really good instruments.

Think you made the right call there

In a similar vein when I was a teenager I had a dog chain fixed around my wrist, when I got a job as an engineer the manager said at the interview it would have to come off as I could potentially lose my hand on the machines I would be working on. I’m glad to say that my punky teenage self thought far more of keeping my hands than of fashion sense.

Great start, hope you get the position @JazzyJ

The singer in my last band always wanted to put together Boney Oi, as in an Oi band playing Boney M songs.

I’m going to try, aside from strings and works needed I’ve got everything I need so fingers crossed I can last this one out.

Agree, we really are spoiled for light portable gear now.

I left my last band due to the workload, which was getting more intensive as we progressed. I would have loved to have stayed but I would have held them back from their full potential as well as right royally doing myself in health wise. Whilst this band sounds great - drummer interference on bass matters aside - I get the feeling you’ve virtually made your mind up, shame it does sound like a band that’s doing great stuff.

My thoughts are if the same is made every time the song is played by a band then it has to be addressed by someone in the band so as to try and get it right. But a one off mistake, well we can all make those, listen to some of the live work by Slash, a great guitarist but even he hits a wrong note at times. Though saying that, in my last band we had a way of dealing with mistakes at gigs. If one of us dropped a howler it would be announced and then we would play our song Wanchor in dedication to said howler maker. It certainly meant that very few mistakes were ever made.