Lozz196

He’s one of the Mods on here, might be worth messaging him for some assistance: @gary mac Make sure you put the space in as there is a garymac as well.

How far is Hoddesden from Cambridge @MrWriter, as our very own Gary Mac is there and he does great work. Anything I can’t do myself I take to Gary and he always sorts it for me.

Your guitarist has a great sound there Paul

Agree, as has been said it seems it’s the imperfections that make these parts sit so well in the tracks.

The eye contact thing does work but it can backfire, as many people have come up to me and mentioned that I looked like I was going to jump into the audience and kill them. I wasn’t, I was just looking to see if the audience were enjoying the bands set, so I make sure I now smile a bit more on stage. Better to look simple than like an axe murderer.

Wow!!

Might be worth contacting Aguilar see if they can sort one [email protected]

It’s always nice when you get “the sound in your head” coming out of a live rig isn’t it. For me it was finally hearing myself playing a Precision with a band, that’s when I really found “me” on bass.

I always get Roqsolid. I’ve had Hotcovers ones before and agree that the padding is better but as per the comment, they don’t fold up too well so you have to find space to store your cab-sized cover. Which can be a bit of a pain in pub venues with no dedicated storage areas.

On us, how very dare he tease us in this manner!!

Just got back from rehearsal, first time I’ve used my RM500 EVO2 with the band and it sounded great, if anything I need to tweak it to reign it in a bit. It was through an Ampeg 810 though. Shape in, touch of compression & drive. Might either take off the drive or put a set of Rotosound flats on my Precision, reckon for 70s classic rock they should work nicely with the RM.

Yes nice lows but again not the super modern type low lows that we hear now, more like the low end of say 70s & 80s bands, such as The Jam, Duran Duran, Wham etc, lows that were heard as well as felt.

I had the 210 and 410, as per their name they’re much warmer/softer sounding, less clinical than the Compacts/Midgets etc. You can add highs to them no problem but that sharp modern top end doesn’t come through as that’s not their game.

Looks great Dave

All good advice, particularly number 5, I think a lot of bands/musicians forget that that is an essential part of it, especially for originals bands.

Good call, I use 45-100s or 50-105s now which I find sounds a lot more balanced than the traditional 45-105 or 50-110.

It’s pretty serious money, and when you can pick up a used US Precision for under a grand, well I know where I’d look to spend.

In general I cut mids too, might boost hi-mids (only over 2KHz) but playing a Precision I find I have low-mids in abundance so cut them. Especially if in a band with a guitar using a Les Paul, too much clutter.

A nice amp, the MAG600

When I joined my old punk covers band I was already in a band, a band which didn’t gig much (hardly at all). The punk band asked how this would affect them, I said it wouldn’t as as they were a regular gigging band (pretty much every week) I would give them priority and fit the other band in where I could. They were straight with me, they didn’t want someone who couldn’t rehearse/gig every week and if I wanted in I had to be able to do both. Nothing wrong in being clear about what is wanted from band members, especially if a band is replacing someone.

I dunno, without The Sex Pistols I’m not sure my life would have been the same. I probably would still have become a musician but not sure I would have had the passion that I have for music had those unlovable spiky tops not swore their way to notoriety.

My old Kia C’eed Estate would fit a good deal into the load space without having to put the seats down, 2 x basses (in Hiscox hard cases) 2 x Ashdown RM210 cabs, amp head, bag or box for leads/pedals easily.

I do think these prices are getting a bit high. If you price a new Mex Fender above the second hand price of a US one…….

I’ve found that I need to have the pickups under the E way lower than the rest, at least 4mm lower than the A to start with, then adjust once with the band to get it right. At home on a small practice amp this generally means that the E is weaker but on a gigging rig it’s then where I need it to be.