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Pictures or it didn't happen.

Actually, thinking about it, when I warm up at a rehearsal I do it in silence. Don't need any volume to warm my hands up! Drummers always banging things and guitarist is setting his effects so I just do some scales in silence.

Oh god, how annoying!

[quote name='ead' timestamp='1437488083' post='2826439'] I play in a blues band, but we do throw in some 60s stuff too. Top of my head the set list is something like: Django/Just Got Paid/Cocaine We Gotta Get Outta This Place Black Magic Woman Need Your Love Tonight High Heel Sneakers The Thrill Is Gone My Babe Somebody Ride The River Dust Bowl Rock Me Baby All Or Nothing Route 66 Mustang Sally Before You Accuse Me Feel Like Making Love Walking By Myself Bad Love Saw Her Standing There Lucille China Grove When You Walk In The Room I Feel Fine [/quote] I'm also in a blues band and we have only one of yours in our song list; Route 66! Very happy! Maybe there are enough songs to go around after all?

Roasted neck?

[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1437451592' post='2826058'] There's a thousand songs out there that punters know that just never get played. [/quote] Such as?

Philadelphia Freedom - Elton John I prefer Elton's version to Hall and Oates because it's got a disco vibe to it and the chorus is a little bigger.

Yeah, but disco's hard. Rock, in all its various forms, is easy.

The way I've always thought of it as, is that Class D 'sounds' loud while class A 'is' loud.

Maybe they should look at getting a bassist (maybe Dave Meros?) AND a singer?

That'd be great! Thanks Gary, PM on the way!

Hello, My band and I are looking to get a few recordings together to make us more attractive to potential customers. We're a three piece rhythm and blues cover band and we're angling for gigs at the moment but finding it hard without having any way of letting people know what we sound like! Is there anyone here that would be able to join us at a rehearsal, set a few mics up, run a few songs a few times and then do some basic mixing afterwards so that we end up with four or five tracks that we can put on our lemonrock/FB. We're happy to pay for the right guy and we rehearse in Watford so you'd need to be able to get there to meet us. Please get in touch! Alex

The only advice I'd ever impart to anyone is to cut as much bass as you can bear to and leave everything else flat. In fact, I'd turn it off completely and then bring it up slightly until you notice the difference. That's as much as you need.

I'm very happy with my Fender Rumble(V3) 100. Obviously larger than the MicroMark and the PJB stuff (being 12" speaker) but weighs nothing, costs around £230 new and sounds great. I use mine in a rhythm and blues trio for pub gigs and rehearsals and never had it on more than half volume. No issues so far either.

Yeah, just leave. Guitarist and drummer are too loud and completely ignorant of that fact. If you played that loud at a pub you'd be asked to leave!

Nine Inch Nails!

Ha ha! The pianist got most of the nods I think! Yeah, a great show. Very 70's!

[quote name='krispn' timestamp='1436338367' post='2817118'] Spelling error - it's craic [/quote] Oh, thank god!

I put up a wanted ad for a power amp and within minutes received a message from Chris offering me his Behringer EP2500 for a great price. Arranged delivery with lightning speed, his communication was great and was very accommodating. Recommended seller! Thanks, Chris!

Changing your string to a higher tension should solve the problem.

Yep. Another Stagg user here! Works great with the new Rumbles because they're so light. Luckily for me, I'm a 'set and forget' guy so I don't need to keep fiddling with the controls. If you had a particularly heavy combo I'd recommend a more expensive and better quality one.

When I was younger I always used an instrument Jack/Jack cable to link my head and cab (out of ignorance more than anything else). No problems experienced at all.

Have a look at a few local function band websites, look at their song lists, and start learning! When you're starting out, take any job you can. You never know who you might end up playing for! Buy a good mix of nice quality performance clothes. A pair each of black and grey trousers, black and white French cuffed shirts and a good quality pair of black shoes. If you don't already, learn how to sing and. It your own microphone. Everyone wants backing vocalists! Don't aggressively look for work and don't pester people. It doesn't really happen like that. Just take on as much work as you can or find a regular gig and eventually you'll start to get more and more work. The more people you network, the more work you'll get. Collect musicians phone numbers and keep a contact book. If you hear of a good job for a drummer and put someone in touch for it, he'll be more inclined to do you a favour in return. Finally, be prepared to work at a moments notice and never turn down work without providing an alternative player (see: previous paragraph). If you want to build up a good reputation, you'll need to be able to play when no one else can. Good luck!