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If I have I can't remember. I've been a pro bassist for 25 years, and believe me when you're getting paid to play as your main source of income then you become less picky pretty quickly! Of course we've had band decisions on songs over the years that may have been based on personal likes/dislikes etc, but the overriding outcome has always been ' will it help us go down better / get work / please the booker' etc etc. My worst scenarios (thankfully rare) have been when recording - some songwriter wanting bass on his (not great) songs. Having to keep schtum / not laugh / try and polish a turd etc is always really difficult, especially when you know it's got your name on the finished article. Same as backing dodgy acts - it's my job to try and make them sound as good as possible, end of story. 🙂

And me too, although it's the guitarist who gives me the nod! Thought it was just me, phew.... Can you imagine if everyone in the band flatly refused to do certain songs / anything by particular artists? In my old 8 piece band, it would have made for a few pretty short sets! In cover bands we all have to bite the bullet sometimes and play stuff we consider crap / embarrassing / beneath us etc etc, but that's what its' all about - giving whoever is paying / supporting you what they want. The Mavericks tune mentioned above is a classic example, and when I went to see them it was that song that got their audience dancing in the aisles. Job done.

Getting laughed at by all the 'rock' fans in my case...….🤨

Absolutely. When the Bose line array type systems first came out, a DJ we used to work with let us use this system to save space on a gig. Sounded great when he used it for recorded stuff, but we couldn’t get it to work for our band at all so ended up using our PA alongside his. Am sure they’re okay for some applications, but for a loud 8 piece band they just didn’t suit.

Agreed! Not a big fan of S.C's drumming, but thought he presented the programme really well, very entertaining and informative. Looking forward to the next instalment of the series.

Love a Hammond. There’s just something about that sound as it fills each chord which makes it so exciting. Combine it with horns and it’s sonic heaven for me. Favourite players of mine include Billy Preston, Gary Brooker, Ian McLagan, Booker T, Danny Federici & Steve Winwood.

I play acoustic, at home only though. Always have it to hand for working out songs etc, and love to hear one played properly. Players I've always admired include James Taylor, Robert Johnson, Chet Atkins, Eric Clapton and Mark Knopfler. As with electric guitar, I've never gone for the 100 notes a second approach. 😉 This was on Radio 2 recently. Was never a big fan of Dire Straits, but Mr Knopfler is something else.

Vibration causing a dry joint in the amp to disconnect the signal somewhere?

I saw Lizzy at Bridlington Spa, probably 77 or 78? I was working in the record business at the time and got some tickets via their record company rep I think, as TBH they weren't really my bag. They were great, tight as and really loud! Classic line up of Robertson / Gorham IIRC. I have to say though (contrary to nearly every other post on this thread) I never thought Phil was that cool, and looked to me like he was a trying too hard doing the classic 'rock pose' thing a lot of the time, ending up looking a bit daft. Great band with some ace songs though, and very sad Phil died the way he did so prematurely.

Two sets of Fender 8060 Phosphor Bronze Wound acoustic bass guitar strings. Gauges 45-100. Lightly used but still some life in them, especially if you don't like them clanky new like me! Cut (only slightly) to fit my Washburn AB20 (2+2 headstock), so should fit most standard 34" scale acoustic basses, but probably not those with a Fender style head (4 in a row). Can sort out UK postage etc, cheers.

Fender actually produced plastic moulded protectors for their range in the 1960's. Manufactured by Parker, they were call 'Bodyguards' and came in a variety of colours although clear ones seemed to be the most common. They were made for all of the main styles in Fender's catalogue - here's a rare Jazz bass one in (off) white - https://reverb.com/nz/item/3255277-fender-parker-body-guard-for-jazz-bass-1960s-white

Our first gig of 2019, and a special one in our home town of Hull at The New Theatre. Capacity audience of nearly 1200 who were in top form making for a great atmosphere. We took a long time soundchecking and it definitely paid off, with the best sound we’ve had in this venue. As I’m the only one who doesn’t use IEM I could really feel my bass in the room as well as onstage, which is something I really enjoy. The band played well, no dodgy moments at all, and it’s given us a renewed sense of optimism for the rest of the year. Feel a bit knackered this morning though, probably due to having not done it for 7 weeks!

Just watched this and realised the guitarist /MD is an old mate from this area, Gary Miller. I was (briefly) in the same band with him, and he's an amazing musician as well as being a lovely bloke too. He went on to work with loads of big names ( Lionel Richie, George Michael) and thoroughly deserved to do well. He's now a Malibu resident, and comes home occasionally to see family and friends - last time he popped in to see our band play! It looks like his saintly patience would have been tested a fair bit after watching the rehearsals in the Bros documentary...

Think it wasn’t a full capo Paul, probably as you say. I haven’t a clue how they’re used TBH!

Surprised nobody has mentioned the bassist’s use of a capo in one of the songs by The Record Company ?

We do exactly this,minus the slap though...😄

Just watched this and really enjoyed it. Suggs not a technically spot on vocalist but his delivery and personality more than make up for it IMO. On 'Wings of a dove' he appeared to be having trouble with his monitoring, singing a couple of tones down from the band for the first part but then back on key for the rest. IEM problems maybe? In the second part he was back using regular foldback. The band sounded great, and Bedder's bass looked and sounded ace through my TV anyway. A good show, and easy to forget how many great songs Madness have, both old and recent.

Just watched it, and thought it was great. Mr Buble surprised me, sang really well without that daft effect employed on some of his recent recordings. Not the world's strongest voice but well suited to the songs he did, and superbly backed by The R&B Orchestra. He certainly looked like he enjoyed it too. As for the rest - Chic their usual brilliance, even without one of their keys players and regular drummer. George Ezra - really good, great band. I quite liked The Record Company (despite never having heard of them), Jess Glynne, and Rudimental were good (not sure about James Arthur though tbh). Loved Yola, will be checking out her album. Hot 8 Brass Band were entertaining, and really the only act which didn't impress me in some way was Marc Almond I'm afraid. When you seem to have trouble pitching stuff, don't jump around too, it's not going to help really.... Thought the R&B Orch were superb, one or two new faces in there too. Mr Swift was as brill as always, and loved the EUB.

Gail Dorsey?

Aah, fair play then I suppose.

Did our now usual NYE residency at a local hotel. 4 piece band plus a good friend on DJ duties. Audience numbers for the evening a little down on last year, but they made up for it in quality - really up for a good time and noticeably a younger lot than in recent years. We got to do more recent material as a result, which made a refreshing change. It’s quite easy to underestimate audiences at such events these days, assuming they’ll want old weary stuff when a lot of the time they just want to go a bit crazy to some good tunes! Only downside for me was the naffing drummer went a bit daft in the last set, hitting everything so damned hard that I now have a slight ringing. I should have taken my ear plugs, but based on previous years didn’t think I’d need them. My NY resolution is to pack them in my gig bag for every event I do, lesson learned. 🤨

But ped did check first, that’s the point. They had 2 items listed as in stock, just not in this country. Nowhere did it mention you’d better check where the location of the two items were.