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[quote name='Les' timestamp='1422907590' post='2678272'] Perfectly valid reasons to bag it mate. Got to ask though, 8 months of rehearsals before your first gig and you didn't see the signs ? Les [/quote] My fault on this one. I should've stopped when they declined the drummers idea to do support gigs early on. I wasted a good amount of time there.

Thanks guys. I was just thinking about how much work I put into it and just ending up like that would be shame. But that seems to be the more logical solution right now. [quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1422892535' post='2677962'] I thought you were going to tell us you were leaving because you didn't like the other band members' dress sense or haircuts. But it sounds like you have valid reasons, so not shallow at all! [/quote] Actually it's only me and the drummer who has actual hair left! [quote name='KevB' timestamp='1422894246' post='2677995'] One of my very earliest bands took an age to finally gig with me on board, I was a relative beginner and they were all older, experienced players who had gigged lots in the past, taken a break and then looking to get back into it so I foolishly went with it but I wouldn't now. Turning down songs that 'people won't know' is often shorthand for 'songs that I don't really know, probably can't sing and can't be bothered with learning right now'. You joined a band in the expectation of regular gigs in sensible time frame and they haven't delivered, I don't think that's shallow at all. [/quote] Age-wise I think we were in a similar place. I'm the youngest being 25 with them well in their 40's and up. Experience-wise it seems that it's the opposite although the vox claims he's been gigging for 20 odd years.

I've played with these guys for a year now. 8 months of rehearsing before we actually did our first gig (I know, one of my frustrations with this band.). Just to say that I am playing for fun these days not for the money. The problem is these guys (vox, and two guitars) are too much into their own comfort zone. We are a covers band and we advertise ourselves as "from 70's to current hits" band but we seem to be doing mostly 70's rock and roll stuff. Our drummer (a mate of mine) suggested months before our first gig, if we would like to do a support kind of gig for exposure, like do 5-6 songs for the night before the main act but the guys seems reluctant. Even open night jams, they are passive-aggresively turning it down. 70's rock and roll is okay but as I've said we are a covers band but we seem to be more of a tribute band now. Any new songs suggestion being shot down straight away by the vox because people won't know these songs apparently. Another thing me and the drummer are struggling at the moment is our set list. Our vox seems to think that 40 songs is the right amount of songs for two sets. He claims that each set needs to be at least 1 hour long each. While I do agree that the second set could potentially be longer than the first one but 40 songs for two sets seems to be too much isn't it? My main issue here is with the vox, while he can deliver his vocals really good he's also so unbelievably stubborn and inconsistent. This January he said he wanted to gig as much as possible, that he can swap shifts just so he can do the gig. So our drummer did some leg work and managed to books some gigs until June.(one each month) But then he came back to us and said that slow down with the bookings as it's too much and he has to prioritise his work. It's just frustrating and not fun anymore I've told our drummer that I'm playing the upcoming gig on Feb 14 and that's it for me. I'm done. Is my reason too shallow or what?

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Have the recent MB500. So far so good.

Crap, really wanted to go but we've got a gig that night. Sorry.

Whatever feels good and sounds good to you.That being said there's only one Fender I've tried which feels and sounds good to me, and that's what I own at the moment. The rest are non-Fender/Fender copies.

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In Lakland Tetsuya Atelier Z m265 plus custom Out None I learned that I don't need 4 strings much. Will sell them next year.

[quote name='bassmayhem' timestamp='1419695119' post='2641969'] Body closeup on my 55-94 Deluxe... [/quote] Oooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Tasty!

[quote name='MarkW' timestamp='1417970052' post='2625583'] Interesting thread. I play in a pubs & clubs covers band, and there's only me and the drummer who play from memory: guitar, keyboards and vocals all have stands. I think it looks bad, especially as I'm a crap bass player who only picked the instrument up a couple of years ago after a lay-off of 20 years, and if I can manage to remember the songs then anyone can. [/quote] Same situation.. sort of. They have the chord sheet on the floor and they look down on it most of the time. And you who's done your part, learned the songs by heart would be thinking what's the point of doing all the rehearsals. All I have is the set list on top of my amp and that's as far as I will go with having these things. [quote name='mrtcat' timestamp='1417988436' post='2625836'] It's totally different for different types of band. A function band with a repertoire of hundreds of songs doing requests or playing stuff at the call of an md are totally ok to have music stands. That band works by being polished and flexible so that's a valid reason. A pub rock band knocking out time old classics with a set of 30 songs and maybe a dozen spares just look terrible imo with stands as the whole point is to be engaging and rock n roll and a bit rough and reasy. Using a stand in a pub tells me they either don't know their stuff or they're taking themselves way too seriously. I'd never play a pub with a regular singer / guitarist if he /she needed a stand. [/quote] +1