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I guess it means no faffing around chatting when you arrive. Becomes very much like a job rather than a relaxed gig as you had hoped plus you probably have to drive home now. Dave

Think your band are trying to tell you something with that many "no-shows". Think i would have developed a complex I'm assuming different bands over the years. Dave

30min set up is cutting it very fine. Takes us 30mins to unload our gear into a venue.

Bet you use one of these Hofner Galaxie bass

GTF is appropriate in this instance and remember to use the angry face emoji to enhance the experience 😠 Dave

For some strange reason i don't think i'll be watching this all the way thru either. Watched a bit of it and its just not my kind of movie. Dave

I'm Scottish and never seen it. Not my kind of movie.

Apologies in advance but ye jist cannae plan for stupid Dave

The body language would be a dead give away when being told to GTF. Facial expressions and hand gestures usually support the vocal anger Dave

That really is kinda weird but that's Glesga punters for you

I've not tried them since early 80's but worth a shot if they last longer and don't take my fingertips off like rounds do Worth a try i think. Little more expensive than my Dingwall strings but if they last longer that's good for me. Will just need to see how the tone sounds with them. Dave

Just ordered a set

Bass Direct doing the LaBella low tension flats for £38 seems to be a good price

Just googled the LaBella Low tension flats and they look very interesting. Think i might try them on my Sandberg VM4 when current strings have worn out in next few weeks. Thanks for pointing them out. Dave

Just found Rotosound do 40-100 flats. Strings Direct

I've tried other studios much the same description as you mention but still £30 / 3 hrs so its worthwhile using this one. Many famous artists use it sometimes pre gig rehearsal for SSEC OR Hydra. Steely Dan were in few mths back. Beyonce, Chris Glenn who had Michael Schenker on guitar just to name a few that i recognised. Chill room with large comfy seats and TV, coffee machine and snack machines too. All major towns and cities should have this kind of quality instead of paying for a dump in a dark and damp basement. I guess we are just lucky in Glasgow area. There are a few other studios that compete and try to emulate Berkeley Studios but this is my favoured one. Dave

Didn't know that either. Bit heavy for me too.

I've not had flats on a bass since early 80's with my P fretless. Always seems to be a P bass with flats. I'm quite curious to see where this goes but also curious as to whether they sound good on other types of basses like Sandberg VM4 or even a Jazz bass Dave

The rooms we use generally a decent sized room all air-con with all the gear supplied pretty good quality. Usual bass amps are EBS HD360 or Aguilar AG500 thru Ampeg 810 cabs. Marshall guitar amps and i think it Pearl drum kits (see pic attached) £35 / 3hrs As much as the bass rigs are pretty good gear i'm never really happy with my sound no matter what bass i use. If i listen back to recording bass sounds pretty good in the mix. Then i decided to take my own Mesa rig in to get used to it before gigging with it and couldn't believe the difference it made to our sound. The full band commented on it. Full, warm and altho not overly loud you could just feel the bass as well as hear it. My point being that sometimes using your own rig can make the difference on how you hear the band in full. Listening to the recordings of it there was a different bass sound but not as much as i thought it would be based on the difference i heard in the studio. Dave

Of course you now need to ask yourself how your P bass would have sounded in the 2nd rig / room. ? Would your P bass sound good thru any amp cause its a P bass. Dave

Sounds more like the amp is the issue rather than the bass.

That was good. Enjoyed it a lot.

Really enjoyed that and loved that little fill at 1:15. Loved the bass tone and didn't think it had too much mid or treble. Sounded just about right for that song. Great vocals all round and would never have guessed the singer had any issues that day. Spot on for me. Well done. Dave

Is that a Zon bass as well. What is it like. Always fancied one of them. Looks like a great session for you guys. Well done and look forward to hearing a clip from the recordings. Dave

Camel - A Live Record always a fav of mine.