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Bruce Foxton, JJ Burnell, Duff McKagan all guitarists before playing bass (with Duff also being on drums before bass, which I’m sure helped with timing etc).

Aside from no fretboard markers I couldn’t fault my old one, was a great bass.

I was the same, had a Fender Bassman 100w head & 410 in the 80s and without my graphic eq pedal to lower the mids there was gain/distortion that I just didn’t want. So I sold it and bought a Laney Linebacker solid state combo. Funny old game this bass playing lark.

Def, but also bear in mind by your own words you`re not a slap bassist. This audition may have seemed fun, with great guys but maybe if you got the job week in week out slap-bass might have become a chore.

Good point, a bassist I know uses her Ampeg V4B at all her gigs and it’s plenty loud enough for the stages she plays (which are pretty big). I don’t like bass in the monitors too much so when I used her rig it handled all on stage sound for me no worries, connected up to an Ashdown ABM410.

Another great version of this

In an old band our drummer was crazy on RHCP, at the time By The Way was out so we did On Mercury, great song to play.

Great, keep us all posted as I’ll def want one, assuming it will be on CD

I think @Merton is ill………..

I would, unless you get a soundcheck you may find the volume from the monitors unsuitable and it may just be a bugbear of mind but I hate seeing bands continually asking for up/down in the monitors, so if only a line check do backline as well.

Give us a clue Tim, we need to send this guy some hate mail!

A classic!

Yeah pretty sure Fender Japan brought out FSR in natural around that time, doubt they’d have done it if US already doing that.

I’d go for the preamp pedal, mainly because I gigged extensively in similar circumstances, both in UK and Europe. I only encountered a couple of soundmen that wouldn’t go from the pedal, everywhere else they were more than happy to do so. A small pedalboard with tuner, compressor & preamp/DI is easily managed, fits nicely in a rucksack and then no matter what set up is on stage the audience get the sound you intend them to get.

That’s what we did in my last band, a rolling booking only changed by us if we were unable to do it for whatever reasons. Re flakey band mates, well the last band was great but a few bands ago we had the typical musician. Send a message out asking if available for a gig on Sat 11th. Invariably a reply would be received on Tue 14th saying yeah, I’m up for that. 🤦🏻‍♂️

A true classic

Great new Stranglers song, I wonder who did the keys on it, was it recorded before Daves sad passing or someone new, as if the latter they’ve nailed it.

Awesome rigs there

I found the same thing with the Schroeder cabs that I had as well.

The best way, Bill. I recall some years ago getting a great onstage sound at soundcheck, just the right balance of everything, going out front to hear the whole band and being dismayed to hear a wall of sludge/boom. So went back, adjusted & got a sound that imo was too middy/not enough lows, out front where the audience would be it was perfect. So lived with the onstage sound, and from them on used that method,

That’s good to hear Dave, I don’t want too much of a difference, just enough to reduce the boom and the effort on the cones a bit.

The Korean Squiers are very good basses, def worth a look I’d say

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