dmccombe7

I'm on the Join my Band and Bandmix mix. Had success with both. Also looked at local Facebook groups. There's generally one or two groups in your area. I just searched FB for musicians wanted in my area. Once you get a foot in the door and you're reliable and friendly enough you will find offers coming in from bands you meet looking for a bass player. I'm 65 and up until recently was in 3 completely different band styles. Glam Rock, punk rock and classic rock but was all a bit much and cut it back to the Glam band which is more successful. Don't be afraid to take on a band that's not what you listen to. It's a foot in the door All the very best with it. Dave

I may have given the wrong impression. I have adjusted the Godin bass pick up heights to balance volumes to my preference. My query was more about how some passive basses are a lot louder than others. What @Baloney Balderdash said about windings is probably the reason this Godin is louder. Taking away the position on the bass it seems that a precision pick up is generally louder Dave was just curious.

I have a passive Godin PJ bass which is very loud matching my active basses in volume. I have to select the active button on some amps to stop distortion. It was a lot worse when I got it as pick ups were too close to strings and I lowered them to prevent string slap. Question I have is what makes them so much louder than my jazz basses. Does the precision pick up generally produce a higher output ? Just curious. Dave

Thoroughly enjoyed that BRX. Both great versions but for me being old school rock and prog I prefer the original 1st version with proper bass rather than 80's synth bands / bass. Dave

Sounds like a good choice of 60's classics there. Maybe turn into a permanent position altho circumstances maybe a bit odd at first. All the very best with it. Dave

When i used to gig my Warwick Thumb i found it had a little neck dive and bought a strap with suede on the inside which worked really well. Dave

Waterloo is a floor filler. Usually 1st song in 2nd set and it just has a feel good vibe to it. Adding Mamma was based on audience response to Waterloo. Guitarist had played Mamma in a previous band and said it went down really well. Looking forward to playing it at the next gig. Dave

We already do Waterloo and the new one was Mamma Mia. Just great songs to play. Not something i ever really paid much attention to until i started playing them. Some nice little slides in Mamma Mia that i really like. Getting the tone right for it isn't easy either as it sounds like he's muting slightly over the bridge area but could be wrong there. Dave

Because we don't rehearse much i actually quite enjoy them. We all bring sandwiches and juice or coffee and sit and have a chat for a while in the middle where we catch up on what each has been doing and gossip really. Its as close as i get to hanging out with a bunch of mates like the old days when i was young After one new song by ABBA which i thought was pretty standard stuff for any bass player the guitarist told me i'm the first bassist that he hasn't had to show how to play the bass line in that particular song. He said the same with Wizard Wish It Could be Xmas Everday when we first did it. Maybe because my background is in Prog / Jazz-rock i just find them relatively easy. ? Dave

I like that. Dave

Cracking pic as always but i'm now curious what the 269 signifies ? Dave

Our rehearsal yesterday went well. Got thru 6 new songs with some we changed singers to see how they sounded and WOW they worked out really well. Ran thru the songs we don't normally play but keep them in the song list to allow set variation for different type of venues plus allows us to make changes when we return to a venue. Some clubs have members that don't like to see the same show as they did the last time. Used my Sandberg MarloweDK for few hrs then changed over to my VM4 for the 2nd half of the rehearsal. No real reason. Dave

We've done a few afternoon / early evening slots with the Glam band too and its great getting home before 9pm. Dave