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great thread guys, 3/5 is underselling it The guitarist in one of my bands is totally deaf in one ear. There's a device you can get, a mic that goes on your deaf side, connected to a hearing aid type thing on your working side, and it's supposed to sort it out for you. He tried it at the audiologists and was amazed. Then he tried it in real life situations such as in a jam or down the pub, and it was worse than useless, totally disorientating. It must work for some people, so maybe worth a go for you @Killed_by_Death?

A very sweaty one last night in one of the rehearsal rooms at Riff Factory in Stoke. The first gig for my new two piece band Cancel Culture. We played 6 songs, about 20 minutes. Such a rush to play heavy music again!! Can't wait to play some more with this band

You must have a great guitarist to attempt that!

Off The Tracks festival yesterday afternoon. A packed barn with a lively crowd. Some guy shouted "oi drummer, you're amazing", which was nice, although he probably has no idea whether I'm any good or not

My new 2 piece band. I'm on drums

Great atmosphere with a heady stench of skunk, although thank $£^^ for that as otherwise you'd have been smelling the portaloos!

We (headsticks) played Beautiful Days festival this weekend, the big top on Friday, then Bimble Inn on Saturday. Both were ace gigs. I'm on drums but out bassist is awesome. Standard American P

Thanks! I've not actually come accross a bass/guitar I can't get a good sound out of yet

Yes it is! I used to play big 6 string basses but I have an issue with my left wrist and so it's short scale or nothing now. I do have a nice old Squier Musicmaster, but I used the Bronco just because I leave it at the studio all the time.

Rough Trade in Nottingham last night. Absolutely rammed and they went nuts. I think it made a few people a bit nervous RE Covid, but it was so, so good to play what felt like a normal show. Probably the tightest we've ever been too. So cathartic If you get booked to play here be wary of the load in. They've pedestrianised the whole street. Every muscle hurts this morning We've had to move tonight's gig to another venue due to the landlord at the original place getting covid, hopefully it'll work out

3 tracks in 5 minutes and 7 seconds. All of the bass is a squire bronco DI'd with an amp sim, tuned down to crop C and played hard with a pick

Don't you cover RATM and Muse? Without bass distortion? When recording I change cymbals and snares loads for different effects, but yeh, I can't be bothered to do that live. I guess E-drums are a similar innovation for drummers as effects pedals are for bassists and guitarists.

I got the clear ones, but tied a knot in the string close to the right hand so I know which is which. The blue and red ink has worn off

I have a boss DD-20, and even though I'm often tempted to get other delay pedals (and do have a few), I generally remind myself that the DD-20 can do everything Dirt pedals on the other hand... they all sound so different, how could you ever settle on one?! In my studio I have a wall of shelves that's over-flowing with pedals. It's so much fun to just pick some at random and plug them in

great post

I got a WorldMax Black Dawg. My mate brought his Ludwig Black Beauty down to the studio and we compared them. There was nothing in it to my ears. I did have to replace the throw (standard pearl one drops in) and tighten everything up, but I've been playing it for 3 years and it's still going strong. £272 brand new https://www.gear4music.com/Drums-and-Percussion/WorldMax-Black-Dawg-14-x-65-Black-Nickel-Over-Brass-Snare-Drum/1Y4H?gclid=CjwKCAjw9aiIBhA1EiwAJ_GTSs22-tJinnaEveZSJ-3Ujf3ULtrrqPZaB5uwTPPjgIF41QQa991behoC5yoQAvD_BwE

You should put these in the build diaries forum, it's ace! https://www.basschat.co.uk/forum/15-build-diaries/

very true. I had terrible cymbals for ages. One night in London at a fancy hotel bar, I heard a drummer sounding amazing. My ears could hear hats, crash and ride. I turned to look and all he'd got were a pair of hats with a bit black K on them. I asked him in the break, turns out they're K Custom Session hats (Steve Gadd). I saved for 3 years until I finally bought them, and that was the start of it for me. The rest of my cymbals let the hats down and I just had to upgrade.

Cymbals. I'm really bad for it. I look at 2nd hand cymbal listings at least twice a week. I have to force myself to close the tabs. Sometimes I just can't resist. If you'd told me 10 years ago my main instrument would be drums, and I'd be taking £2K worth of cymbals to hit at every gig, I'd have laughed my derrière off

Yeh good to see you Paul, shame I missed your set. I could say more about this particular sound engineer but it would be better to say nothing at all

Our first gig back was Saturday 24th. I had my 2nd vaccine at 5pm and we were on stage at 9pm. I was nervous, which never used to happen, but I guess it was the combination of worrying about my arm failing, and te fact it'd been 16months since we've last played in front of an audience. Thankfully it was a small affair with a very friendly audience. Apparently no-one notices all of your disastrous mistakes if you're playing with full on enthusiasm. I got more compliments about my playing after that gig than I've had for years, and it was the worst I'd ever played!! Friday 30th was way better. Nah Then Festival in a big tent. The sound was absolutely terrible. Our guitarist uses a pod, so the only thing I was in my drum monitor is guitar. I usually hear the bass from the amp on my left, and the vocals just about from the wedges at the front. For the whole set, the drum monitor was either deadly silent, or pumping out deafening levels of guitar. I always wear ear plugs, so no actual damage, but every time the guitar kicked back in (especially electric guitar) it felt like a punch to the head. I tried to ask the sound tech to turn it off but he hadn't got a clue what I was on about. Anyway, despite that I actually played well, which is nice They had a queueing system at the bar with a marshal at the front guiding people to be served. I assume this was in the aid of social distancing - preventing crowding by the bar staff? Ironically, the marshal was getting very touchy-feely with me, wouldn't stop playing with my hair, and took a photo of me for her daughter - creepy AF! It's so good to be back at it

push on if it doesn't hurt. I have problems with my left wrist. I can't play a normal bass any more, I have to play short scale. I find a more upright position for the neck helps.

I do it in the studio just using EQ on 2 separate channels, never had phasing issues. On my old board I used two EQ pedals and never had issues. I'd never really considered the overlap you're referring to but I guess I'll know if I ever hear it!

Surely phase cancellation only happens in the same frequencies, so if you have high frequencies out of phase with low frequencies, no cancellation will occur?