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My laptop has REALTEK sound software that came with it. If you open it up there's a tab labelled SRS Premium which then opens up a drop down of various settings for your outputs like headphones or even line out. You can enhance the sound quality quite a fair bit. If i don't use the Premium settings i can hardly hear the bass on headphones or via my HI-Fi seperates and i have pretty reasonable speakers in Bose and Mission depending on what i select usualy both. Worth checking out your system to see if your Mac has something similar. Dave

Well it certainly made me laugh this morning. Thanks for posting Now where's my book of notes and dot thingy's Don't think i could play 4 nights in a row either to be fair altho never tried. 2 nights is most i've done and found the playing easy enough but the lack of sleep was a killer between the gigs. Didn't help that we stayed up till 4am drinking Irish whisky tho. Dave

I'll use anything i can to get the best result. Usually a combination of listening to song with either TAB or standard notation. Just whatever i can find on a google search. Many of the songs i play i haven't been able to find in standard notation and TAB is only other option. I like to get a feel for the song before i look at the TAB or music. Basically playing along with the song even just ad-lib to it. Once i have that basic feel for it and a reasonable knowledge of the structure i'll look at TAB or music to see if i'm missing something. Usually i get it right myself unless its a complicated little section or there's a lot happenning in the song and the bass is difficult to pick out. Don't think there's any right or wrong way to learn a song. Whatever is easiest or suited to the individual. Dave

Think Teenage Rampage was one of my first singles as a teenager. Fantastic band. Great at all the different styles they did from the light pop to the Glam rock to the heavy rock B sides. What's not to like in a band that can do it all and still have a bit of fun with it in Steve Priest's occasional antics with the camera. Sad the way it ended up but they gave us so much to remember and appreciate. Dave

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1503421728' post='3358114'] I'm still here ya bastard!! [font=P22JohnstonUnderground , sans-serif]I stayed over at a friend’s house in Kensington last night. This morning, his kids were playing around in the kitchen while we had breakfast and, who knows how, I managed to swallow a few Scrabble squares.[/font] [font=P22JohnstonUnderground , sans-serif]My next trip to the toilet could spell disaster.[/font] [/quote] PMSL took a few minutes for the letters to drop, but i got it in the end. Dave

[quote name='mikel' timestamp='1502443066' post='3351437'] Its a pain in the neck but we have all been there, and felt the same sense of waste. From what you say, If you have a good vocalist you have one of the most difficult elements of a band already in place. Would she not be prepared to help you look for other musicians, or a band that is looking for a vocalist and a bass player? Drummers and guitarists seem ten a penny on sites like Join My Band. One thing I cant understand is why people think life stops because they have a baby? Surely one night a week, for a couple of hours, is not asking the earth? We managed to keep normal life going having our two kids. We give a lot up for children, we dont have to give up everything. [/quote] Not having any kids and being a bit of an outsider looking in i've found that its easier for guys to carry on their social life and women generally seem to spend more time with newborn kids. That may just be an old fashioned image i have in my head and it's probably more male chauevenism at its best but its an observation over many years with many married friends. I agree with the comment that parents give up a lot for their children as they should but as you point out not everything. Surely there has to be some kind of a balance. Maybe i'm just old and have and older view of how couples work these days. Hopefully you'll get another band soon though. Dave

Well i gave it a go learning quite a few of the set list but found i wasn't really happy playing "pop" songs so decided to take "Blue's" advice and step out and let someone else have a go that wanted to play that kind of music to make some money. The band are mates and there was no animosity in fact they thanked me for being up front and honest about it and appreciated the fact i didn't wait until they had started gigging and decided to leave. I'm still in another covers band with 3 off them and i think the female vocalist is now about to join the covers band so that should be good as she has an incredible voice. All's well that ends well i guess. Dave

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1492005068' post='3277099'] That's a shame but understandable. He has a lot of other gear related projects on the go too, and he's of an age where he wouldn't want to be shifting heavy amps about. You weren't by any chance the punter in Live Music Edinburgh asking about getting an Ampeg looked at about a month ago were you? [/quote] No afraid not. I went to Glasgow Studio Electronics and he found some dodgy plugs and few solder joints. Dave

VID not available ? Dave

[quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1501874388' post='3348026'] I have to share one early experience. We played a rough local pub, we were brilliant (for us anyway) in the first set but something went in the second set but by then the punters were well watered and we went down a storm. At the end of the set the landlord disappeared, he's apparently 'gone to bed' according to the bouncers protecting the stairwell. They then had a conversation, decide we were well worth the money, charged up the stairs, frogmarched the landlord down and stood over him whilst he counted out what was owed! Only in the West Country [/quote] Now that's a nice story. Like it. Dave

Played Love Really Hurts last year with a band and it was a great feeling to play it right and everyone could just feel the song. Then the singer wanted to cahnge the key and it kinda lost its feel. Still a great song from this legend. Dave

Surely Rics are about same price as an American P or J. You get same opinions on Fender. Some people like em and some don't rate them at all. Each to their own. Dave

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1501517620' post='3345200'] A full-size photo pinned to the wall could scratch that itch, perhaps..? [/quote]

I had one in early 80's and it was a reasonable enough build quality. Don't recall any great issues with it. My main gripe was that it was a one trick pony to me. It couldn't give me the same variation of tones that other basses could. Think i bought a Jazz bass after it. Must admit to loving the look of them and nearly bought one last year but decided to go for Fender PJ instead. Might still get one tho. They are an iconic looking bass. Dave

Think there are some parts of it that seem to fit reasonably well and altho i quite liked the clip i wouldn't go out and buy it. Dave

[quote name='Highfox' timestamp='1501410124' post='3344468'] Yes if you can pull-off the timing and feel you're there [/quote] Yep that's the hard part in getting that feel he has. Dave

When you see him play it on the clip it doesn't look as difficult as first thought but he has a really nice technique. That technique might be harder to copy than the notes. Dave

Jings its been so long since i've seen that VID and forgot just how good it was. Brilliant. Afraid i can't really help with the question tho as i've never really queried it. It just sounded too difficult to copy i didn't even bother. Dave

I would go for the P/J set up too. Gives you best of both worlds in my opinion. I play with a band that does a lot of Blues Rock with the occasional Country rock type songs and the P/J fits it far better than my Jazz. I do have a passion for my Jazz bass tho as it just feels better to play but band think the P/J sounds better. I generally have it set 50/50 pick up split and occasionally change the tone controls very slightly. Dave

I'm a fan of most Deep Purple eras but just didn't enjoy that orchestral drivel. Maybe its just the VID quality but not for me. As for the Iron Maiden clip .............not exactly the same comparison and i sense some tongue in cheek with that one New album aint bad tho. Dave

To be fair i don't usually go for this kind of thing but on occasion it sounds good. I had no idea who the guitarist was when i first saw it on Facebook. Wasn't highlighted. The one i attached had his name on it. Dave

I literally couldn't play for a solid 4hrs without a break even when i was younger i don't think i could have. Have never seen a band play for 4hrs without a break either. I've done 6 hr rehearsals but you're not gigging it solid for those 6 hrs and we always took a 20min break in middle. Is this guy living in the dark ages. Do they still send children up chimneys in Liverpool ? Dave

Someone just sent me this and i thought it was pretty good. Yngwie Mamsteen Anyone got any strong opinions whether this works or not. Dave http://youtu.be/TbHc5i4O2tc

[quote name='krispn' timestamp='1501226410' post='3343373'] My pub covers band mainly play in an established Irish bar and we have a great set which focuses on that style of music but we like to mix it up a bit too so it's not all paddywhack! We cover the Pogues etc.. but also do Dropkick Murphys versions of Irish tunes like Black Velevet Band, some Johnny Cash etc etc. It's great fun as we get lots of locals and tourists who really want to hear this music. We do play the more 'rock' versions rather than the classic Dubliners etc all style but we do mix things up. As we have a great female singer in the band we can mix in some classics like Proud Mary, our versions of Umbrella and Wake Me Up etc. Judging by the look on their faces these also go down well with punters and are often not expected... Baba O Riley Jump Around Groove is in the Heart Shipping up to Boston Sweet Dreams/7 Nation Army - we rip off the Skameleon version which mixes these two tracks in a wonderful ska version of sweet dreams with the riff of 7 NA kicking in. I should add we are a 4 piece guitar/vox, fiddle/vox, bass and drums. Not a horn section in sight! Sweet Dreams/7 Nation Army link below in case you fancy giving it a go! [url="https://youtu.be/EI465DVsKDw"]https://youtu.be/EI465DVsKDw[/url] [/quote] Not usually my kind of music but that SKA dance routine by the brass section made the song for me. A band having fun and being good at what they do. Well done guys, i enjoyed that VID, Dave