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I think once the song is written, there's little difference between the two, but I do love the writing aspect of playing in originals bands. Even if the part I go for is just root 5ths, or just a straight drum beat, I still start with a totally blank canvas and can do whatever I want.

some of these puns are wheelie bad

those handles do look sturdy

I notice the warwick mini rock thumb bass is always on there... are they no good or something?

I used to love the punch and bright switches on my peavey TNT, especially in a live setting

New venue for us on Friday and it looked cool as f*** when we got there. I was really looking forward to it but as it got closer to the stage time no-one seemed to be arriving. We ended up playing to about 20 utterly disinterested people and 1 crazy dancing drunk, who's dancing was so crazy it made me laugh so hard I actually dropped a beat (on drums). Oh well :/

[quote name='Cameronj279' timestamp='1463595326' post='3052730'] I'm using a Darkglass B3K and TC Hyper Gravity compressor. The amp was a Genz Benz shuttle 9 into an Ampeg 8x10 [/quote] Thanks! Do you know if most of the signal is from the mic or DI? Do you know the mic? Anyway, it's an awesome sound

I use a DD-20 a lot on bass, it's great! Not tried the RE-20

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1463580577' post='3052526'] ... and is therefore all the more effective when it returns..! Change nothing. [/quote] I wasn't suggesting they change it! It sounds great! I'm just a bit of a bastard... and I've been writing lists of tiny changes I need to make to about 20 of my own mixes so I'm stuck in that sort of "detail mode"

your ears will fatigue after 20 minutes of loud music, no matter what cab it's played through. It's too loud. Wear ear protection or turn down. It could be that the cabs in question are producing less "mids" (whichever frequency you like to cut through) and so you're turning up to compensate, which would make the fatigue worse and more immediate.

nice, thanks!

Great song, great sound! I especially love the big fat bass sound, and when you kick in that dirt!!!! YES!!! What's the dirt pedal/amp? ...seeing as the mix is near perfect I just can't help myself... the snare gets lost on the 2 loudest sections.

Normally stereo outputs are L & R with different signals in each IE ping pong delay. Separate wet/dry outputs are a different thing. The guitarist in my ridiculous metal jam-band uses a stereo rig, one on each side of the stage, with a "doubler" effect on one side. It works really well

Minimise all the gear. We did a tiny gig a few months ago (Foreman's in Nottingham) which was packed. You really couldn't move. They warned us in advance so I stripped back my drum kit to just a snare, hats, and small kick-drum contraption. The guitarist and bassist went straight into the PA. I was planning to "play to the room" but I guess the soundman was a bit excited and I ended up with my ear plugs in half way through the first song. Great gig though. I always love the atmosphere at this sort of gig.

Well I was born in 1984. I like basschat as it keeps me feeling young There's always been loads of great new interesting original music. If you think there's been nothing since the 70s you're either not looking or just very close-minded IMO

Turned up at the venue, which is a great place, ace room, nice beer etc. but no soundman! "He's in Scotland on holiday". I had a look around and found a mic and a crap PA with two speakers and a powered monitor. I absolutely hate doing live sound, and especially for this band as I was on drums so it was all just a total guess. Anyway, I think it worked out. I couldn't tell if the landlord was nodding his head along in quarter time or just trying to stay awake after what looked like a full day of indulgence. Anyway, we went down well and sold a bunch of merch, which seems to be the same for every gig at the moment. Something must be right!

I used to slap on the guitar before I knew what slapping was. My teacher saw me do it and told me to buy a bass. So, yeh, I doubt it's possible to know who the first one to slap was

I've always wanted a stereo rig. I'd have all my lows through a mono bass amp, and then everything above say 400Hz going through my effects pedals into two guitar rigs, or a stereo PA or something. It'd be ace! I've used stereo delay on recordings quite a bit ...but yeh, you want the low end in mono really

If someone picks up my bass and starts fret-w***ing, I smirk a cocky smirk of self satisfaction knowing that I would never do something so tasteless.

yeh, most times these days, if I realise that a certain section is slower or faster, we either abandon the click or draw in an automated tempo track, as that's how it feels right

[quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1463004071' post='3047836'] Any drummers on here tried on of these?http://www.luglock.com/beat_bug.htm [/quote] interesting! Not seen them before. I would have thought you could get an app to do the same on your phone these days. It'd be good for pointing out where you're slowing down or speeding up. I often won't notice that I play a particular section of a song slightly faster until we come to record it to a click

the setup/layout of the kit is still driving me mad, and I've been doing it 8 or 9 years now. The heights of the snare and stool are the most important IMO and I'm still not sure I've got it right. A good tip might be to make the kit sound good - a bad sounding kit might be demotivating. There are loads of good tuning tutorials on youtube

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1462903073' post='3046858'] Hey, it's not your fault you were born in the right time period and right place. Blue [/quote]

The only gear I own that I don't use is cheap pedals that might come in useful one day. I think I'd rather give an unused instrument away to an enthusiastic beginner or something like that

I'd never judge a brand as a whole, always take each product on it's own merits. The BDI21 is ace and I regularly record with it for actual releases being played on radio etc. I also gig it fairly regularly. Clearly it depends on what you want, but for a large portion of my bass tone needs, the BDI21 is actually "the best sound quality possible"