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Nice set up. Dave

Good to hear it worked. I had a conversation with Neil Murray once and he was telling me how he would chop and change strings to get the volumes more even. Until he told me this i had no idea the string thickness would have such an effect. I now use 45-100 strings for this reason on my basses these days. Think it was ok when i was hitting strings really hard with my fingers but in recent years i'm playing a bit lighter and it seemed to be more noticeable. All good then. Dave

Clean cups and fresh milk in a rehearsal studio. LUXURY. !!!! 😂 Dave.

Saw this band on a Country & Western show before Xmas and thought i'd buy this album. Definitely a great album with every song enjoyable. No bad ones. It's not my usual kind of music but i have a couple of albums in similar vane now. Dave

Yep he is a nice guy and an avid whisky connoisseur. He's been playing a long time too plus he's played in some really well known local bands. I've never actually managed to see him play with the Eagles tribute. Dave

Moonage Daydream would be a great song to play. Dave

And that's the reason i always post or print off the set list for our gigs when we make any changes depending on venue or add any new songs. We've had occasion where we started off in different songs only to find someone was using an older set list. Doesn't happen now tho. I do like your sense of humour with your band but i'm not sure our guys would appreciate that kind of joke. Think i would be looking for a new job. 😂 Dave

Its live music, sometimes things go wrong. Think we've all experienced this at some stage. Was it Hotel Caledonia that was on. I know the bass player thru FB. Dave

Well done selling out the Bungalow. Nice one @jezzaboy Look forward to seeing some pics of the new P bass when it arrives. Dave

Confirmed booking for weekend before Xmas 2026. Think that'll be 5yrs in a row at this venue the Sat before Xmas. Also another confirmed Xmas gig in Dec. At the moment them's the highlights of the yearly bookings so far. Few others through the year as well. Dave

Looks like an odd setting but nice bass. Dave

Think maybe I'll mention it to the Glam band but we don't use agencies as we haven't found an honest one in our area we could trust. Dave

Interesting point. Not sure i've seen a typical covers band do a promo vid. Seen wedding or some tribute bands do it. Dave

Nice song, enjoyed that. Dave

So you're more a musician than any one specific instrument. 👍 Dave

Your an easy going nature Stevie it'll be easy for you. Worth making the effort for this band, they do sound first class and could make a decent name for themselves. Stick with it. Dave

I did have the 12" combo and ext cab at one time but i couldn't really hear it on stage too well but it sounded great out front and sat really well in the mix. I was using my Geddy Jazz CIJ at that time. I always fancied the 212 cab that tilts back if needed. Such a great idea. The MB amps have a really nice warm tone to them too. Does the Rithmic offer a decent tone form the pick ups. I think Jeff generally uses the bridge pick up so its hard to tell whether or not it would work in a more rock based band. Jeff also gets his frets levelled up by his luthier when he gets a new bass. I'll maybe look into it again. I love the look of it and as you hinted not many people can play like Mr Berlin. Dave

Just love his tone. When i'm gigging and have a few spare minutes i'll attempt that tone but its not a usable tone for the bands i play in. I've even thought about getting the Cort bass he uses but it would sit in the house more than anything else. Probably my biggest influence over the years. Continues to amaze me after first hearing him on Bruford One of a Kind album and seeing him in 80's with John McLaughlan. I was blown away by how fluent he was as a player. Dave

I did think about replacing the pick ups in my VM4 but i hate changing a bass. I like to keep them as they are and use them for that tone. I've found the VM4 is a more modern sound and it will fit in with most style of bands making it a very versatile bass but i so miss that deep warmth. Its just a pity Fender can't make such playable basses. Dave

Do you think its because they sounded different from your P basses. Did they say if they preferred the Berg tone 😂 As much as i love the playability of my Bergs i still lean more towards the warmth and depth of a Fenders tone. At the moment my Godin PJ with Seymour Duncan designed pick ups is keeping me happy but i just know i'll return to my Bergs again after a few gigs. Dave

Would've been funnier if you had criticised the bassist before you realised it was you @jazzyvee. 😂 Dave

Now that must have made you laugh a bit. 😂 Dave

That's a good point about high c string on fretless and eq'ing to account for it. If I plug in my 6er fretless with my normal settings the high c string is exactly as you described and I need to tweak my EQ Dave