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Baseball bats are for beating brats i was told.

Sorry for asking but GTFO ? Get To F*** Off ?? Dave

To be honest its much the same over here in Scotland. Local shops either have an Ampeg, Ashdown or a.n.other cheap range. Any US amps are "out of stock". My Mesa gear i had to buy without trying because dealers didn't stock it. Things are a lot worse since pandemic. Dave

That's a Blockbuster hat if ever i saw one. Dave

Tutu and unicycle on stage isn't all its cracked up to be. Its drafty for one thing. Dave

OH REALLY !!!!! and who do you think you are ????? I'm leaving this forum..........in a huff. Dave

Good to hear this as our male singer in the Glam covers band uses IE plus our drummer is now using in ears altho his are hard wired to a small unit he has at his side (dont know the details of it) Drummer has suggested we look into this more as he finds it a revelation that he can now hear his backing vocals far more clearly. We are at an early stage with it but i definitely like the idea altho my main concern is limiting feedback to the ear pieces but from what i've read IE systems reduce the cause of feedback that generally comes from monitor systems. I know @EBS_freak has a thread running on this and i'm off to read and send a copy to our drummer / band to let them see what its all about. Dave

100% agree BC is far more friendly and generally we dont jump on people for having a different viewpoint. We'd rather discuss first before the attack I jest of course. BC is probably where i spend most of my on line time. I can always find a new topic for interest and most important i actually get good advice from the many experts on here. Even the daftiness questions get a result without being criticised. Its almost like a family but the difference being i can switch BC off I find when i'm on TB i have to be very careful how i word things and as long as i post compliments i get left alone. To be fair there are some great guys on TB that i respect and admire and mostly on the Mesa Subway forum which is about all i use on TB. Dave

Jings i think i vaguely remember seeing that title. At my age the memory can be flawed at times. I used to remember things i'd forgotten but now i forget things i remembered. Dave

Is that a thing these days...........wearing hats on stage ? Come to think of it our drummer in the Glam band wears one now and again. Bay City Rollers Tartan of course. Dave

Sounds good but you need to get lead vocals up a bit in the mix. Guitar bass and drums all pretty much balanced. Unusual bass too, good to see something a little different from the usual P & J basses. 👍 Nice one. Dave

Oooh that would be pretty cool to play at a soundcheck. I remember hearing that song on a Sounds album that you got free if you collected the weekly tokens or something way back in time. Dave

I only just realised last night at soundcheck that the Marlowe is quite a bit lower output than the Vintera P bass i use as a back up with the Punk band. With both being passive i assumed they would be similar but noticeable difference. At some point i might actually use the P bass for a full gig but i just find the necks a little wide for me. I've occasionally used it for first set. Dave

That's good to know Michael. I'll maybe try that at the next gig. Oddly enough i've started tweaking the mids a little but not that far. Interesting to see you have the distortion button in with the gain at crunch point. Sound guy last night noted the DI out was quite hot with gain at crunch point without distortion button selected but he said it wasn't too bad and not the worst he's had to deal with. I did fore-warn him it was going to be a hot DI. Last night with the punk band and using my Sandberg MarloweDK i had the bass at 1 o'clock and mids just past the mid point and treble flat. Its possible it was the mids that needed a bit more boost but overall the tone was very nice. Dave

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

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