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Posted this in the wrong thread last night but it was very late. Just home from a great night in The Dreadnought in Bathgate with the punk band Emergency Exit. Turned out to be busier than we expected. Helped a fair bit by a crowd of Blue Angels appearing to see us. Not sure if they were at the last gig we did in one of their club houses or were just on a night out but the owner said he's never seen them in there before. Maybe more gigs at their other club houses who knows. Feedback was fantastic and the cream of the crop comment was that a guy had 2 tickets for Belinda Carlisle in Edinburgh tonight but when he heard we were playing and covering Ramones songs he wanted to see us. Now that was nice of him. Those tickets cost him £34 each he said. Usual phone vids being taken. All in all i thoroughly enjoyed it. Dave

Posted my comments in the wrong thread. Should have been the "How Was your Gig last night" thread. Now copied over so just ignore this. Wont delete it as people have now commented on it. Just home from a great night in The Dreadnought in Bathgate with the punk band Emergency Exit. Turned out to be busier than we expected. Helped a fair bit by a crowd of Blue Angels appearing to see us. Not sure if they were at the last gig we did in one of their club houses or were just on a night out but the owner said he's never seen them in there before. Maybe more gigs at their other club houses who knows. Feedback was fantastic and the cream of the crop comment was that a guy had 2 tickets for Belinda Carlisle in Edinburgh tonight but when he heard we were playing and covering Ramones songs he wanted to see us. Now that was nice of him. Those tickets cost him £34 each he said. Usual phone vids being taken. All in all i thoroughly enjoyed it. Dave

And those are the very people you should aim your persistent noodling at. IMHO of course. Dave

Now that's an interesting take on this. I can see where you're coming from. This now confuses me, i no longer know whether i'm good or bad at slap bass. Dave

tsk tsk tsk i thought bass players were above that. That's more a guitarist thing. Are you an ex-guitarist that's had a brain implant ? Dave

Any decent SE prefers to hear the bass cover notes across the strings to get a better balance of tone and make sure its not more thump than clarity. That's why i quite like Money as it slowly covers the 4 strings, its a simple bass run and there's enough of a gap between the notes for him to make any tweaks he needs to. I guess it depends on the style of music you play. Have to say most SE i've met in recent yrs have all been pretty helpful and we generally have a good rapport with them We try to treat them as a we would a member of the band. Certainly works for us. Dave

Take care those ice storms sound scary and from what i've seen on our news are very dangerous. Dave

Corrected

So what you're telling me is that you can play worse better than me Dave

I could do bad slap too if that's an option. Dave

To be honest my 3 fav bands are Rush, Genesis and Floyd but very rarely listen to them nowadays but i still class them as my fav bands. Dave

I've just remembered one that i have used at punk venues and its Gotta Getaway by SLF. Not coming from a Punk background i definitely like the early SLF basslines. Dave

More like Scone Palace in Perth pronounced Scoon Palace by most but if you like a tattie scone its "different but the same". I think there might be a Rush link in that last phrase somewhere. Dave

Just had a go at bass line on Good Times and i'll be doing that on Sat night while setting up. Very nice we bass line. Dave

Having now read thru all of this thread i need to up my game and show off a little. Some great song mentioned on here. Dave Edited to add that i've just downloaded the bass line for the original Good Times by Chic and quite fancy doing a bit of that altho getting that mid punch from my bass rig could be harder than learning the song LOL

Was setting up with the punk band few weeks ago and while waiting on drummer finishing his set up i quietly played a bit of the Money bass riff and a guy sitting right in front of me rolled his T-shirt sleeve up to show a large Pink Floyd tattoo. Knowing that i did a bit of One of these Days after our break while getting ready for set 2 and he clocked it right away within about 1-2 secs. I was impressed Dave

Nothing particular to be honest. If FOH i usually play Money by Pink Floyd as it covers all 4 strings and i was told is ideal for the SE to set up the bass channel. Occasionally for a laugh i would play the opening line to Summer Loving from Grease. That always produces a reaction LOL When the singer introduces the band i generally just take a bow or a nod of acceptance but dont play anything on the bass. Dave

When i was very, very young in the 60's YES. My first ever single was The Beatles at age 3-4 yrs old All My Loving EP (I still have it) I went thru so many different types of music over the years but last year i decided to listen to some of my Wife's Beatles albums and thoroughly enjoyed them and then the movie about the young guy that sings the Beatles songs when no-one else knows them came on TV earlier this year and again i thoroughly enjoyed them. My fav band of all time.......NO but they were great in their own time like so many other bands that have faded into a bit of obscurity to the younger generation. That's life as we know it 👍 I would have to say the fact you are now talking about them on BC does highlight the impact they had on music. Dave

Sorry to hear you're having problems with a Mesa amp. I'm more surprised you managed to get one in UK with Mesa not supplying outside the US until later this year hopefully. Hopefully you get it sorted. Have you asked Andy @agedhorse if he can help. He's a gear guru as far as i'm concerned. Always very helpful and seems to be a very nice guy too. Dave

Hope the health issue is sorted and good to see you back out again Daryl. All the best Dave

That's so annoying. Hopefully they find it quickly and get it delivered to you. Dave