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My most recent project is a mostly instrumental rock band. It's crazy music with a crazier image. I honestly never thought we'd win over any audiences as it's all so weird, but it's been very successful so far! So, you never know what's going to go down well I wonder what causes some of these threads to turn into an "originals vs covers" battle? I play in 4 originals bands but I really don't care what anyone else does. As far as I'm concerned, once the song is written, we're all the same, out there playing to audience, trying to win them over [quote name='blue' timestamp='1451698007' post='2942649'] By the way my 70s style rock & blues band has released 2 CD s of all original material. [/quote] I'm really surprised by this! Where do we get the CDs?

People go on about neck-through basses having more sustain. I have one neck through and two bolt on. When played acoustically, one bolt on bass sounds rubbish, the neck through is better but lacks sustain, and the other bolt on sounds great! I would have thought the manner of construction would have more to do with it than the actual wood. How many pieces the neck is made from, how many holes are in the body etc. It'd be interesting to see a proper scientific study on this

Yeh I've played with a couple, then took it up myself. Around here there seem to be a lot of drummers who are great at one particular genre. Some of the guys playing technical metal are just incredible to watch, but for whatever reason I doubt they'd get reggae or funk - could be my own weird prejudices.

how do they compare acoustically? My basses all sound different unplugged - not necessarily due to the woods, but still

[quote name='Cato' timestamp='1451902306' post='2944331'] If they're aware of the risks & are still refusing to wear hearing protection then they are responsible for any damage to their hearing. [/quote] Well, I've tried to explain, but they're all 15 years older than me and have stories about putting their heads in the bass bins at motorhead gigs etc. which is obviously "rock n roll"

If I'm playing drums in a medium sized pub, there won't be any mics on the kit. In order for the snare to have the necessary impact at the back of the room (relative to the volume of the rest of the band), I will play it moderately loud, and to do this without damaging my hearing, I wear ear plugs. I get frustrated with the rest of the band who refuse to wear earplugs as I worry that I'll do them damage

wonderful work!

Some vicious pedantry in here :-D

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1450223475' post='2930796'] ... My point "I don't like it", what's it really worth? [/quote] I think that's a great approach, and it's one I use when I'm recording other people's music, or playing it for them When it comes to listening to music, there's some stuff I really can't tolerate. The cheesiest easy listening pop, for example. It makes me angry. I can't even have it on in the background! I think having strong preferences is probably what drives my writing, and my creativity in general. I imagine that most of your favourite artists would "hate" some music.

From the OP, it sounds like if you had a good graphic EQ you could get the sound you like from the barefaced, and it'd go louder. That's just how it read to me - I've not tried either brands

[quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1450140469' post='2930052'] Funky R and B [media]http://youtu.be/6jr3x4oJrDs[/media] [/quote] OK, yeh, that's ace! Very funky

Jaco was incredibly talented, and he had a massive influence on how the bass was played. I think that's fairly widely accepted. I personally like his stuff with Joni Mitchell, but I've been through every other example on this thread and I can't find anything else I like. It all sounds like "fret w***ing" to me, which I guess is the same as "aimless noodling". That's just my opinion. It doesn't mean I haven't learned anything by listening to him, or that I deny his talent or his influence

Just bought a pedal from Dave, couldn't have gone better, nice one!

[quote name='MarkG3' timestamp='1449744054' post='2926379'] Without me sounding stupid but how would they be able to increase individual tracks through compression? [/quote] Not individual tracks, but individual frequencies, or bands of frequencies, using EQ and multi-band compression

Are you guys serious? This is the first time in 40 years I've heard the suggestion that head bands aren't cool!

You probably need to pick one part to be the proper bass, and cut most of the low end from the other parts. Can you post it up for us to listen to? It'd be easier to give advice that way

[quote name='Basszilla' timestamp='1449169867' post='2921304'] Sounds rad. Colouring book EP is sublime One of my favourite bands [/quote] Yes indeed. I saw them just after the colouring book EP was released. I was watching the bass player the whole night - ace!

Of course your sound has to fit with the music. If I was going to play with any sort of rock covers band I'd probably take a tuner, a pre-amp, and maybe one dirt box. That'd cover 99% of situations [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1449142779' post='2921011'] That plays complete havoc with my OCD (as do most pedal boards). Also IMO having a bunch of pedals and off the board negates the point of having one since for me it's all about efficiency of set up. On a more practical note how do you activate any of the devices in the middle or back of the board? I have enough trouble with the upper tier of footswitches on my Line 6 Shortboard. [/quote] To be fair, that was just for a recording situation, and I've done much worse in the studio since. For gigging it's all on the board and a little bit tidier. To reach the pedals in the middle, I extend my foot forward until it reaches the pedal in question, and then press down - sorry to be sarcastic I just don't have a problem "tap dancing"

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1449072222' post='2920558'] Conversely my guitar rig which consists of a amp and just two devices (a 1U rack and a double width pedal) allows me to run up to 16 different effects simultaneously if I wanted. [/quote] That all sounds a bit sensible and orderly for my tastes

I just like it when people stare at my pedalboard and say things like "but do you use them all?"

Check this out [url="https://soundcloud.com/officialglassjaw"]https://soundcloud.com/officialglassjaw[/url] What a bass sound! The playing is great too. Can't wait for a full album

[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1448958670' post='2919485'] ...Anything under 100hz is mud... [/quote] Hmmmm, not so sure on that. You don't want lots below 100Hz but it's not all useless

I'm not sure about the US, but I think less people are going out at night in the UK. This would explain the amount of pubs closing for a start, before we get to the amount of empty gigs. I think better quality and more choice in home entertainment means that more people stay home instead of going out to socialise. I play in bands with a few guys 10-20 years older than me, and they reckon 15 years ago there would be well attended gigs every night of the week in Stoke and it's surrounding towns. It's just not like that any more So, I think any decline is more to do with the audiences than it is the bands I like to hang out with my bands but I don't think I've ever seen them outside of a gig/rehearsal/studio time

Friday night Rainbow Venues in Digbeth supporting TV Smith - this is a dead cool place. Not many people there but it was fun non the less. Saturday night downstairs at Rock City playing the after party for Ferocious Dog. I didn't get to see their set as we were busy getting ready, but we played well to a good crowd. It's nice to be able to say "I played rock city" even if it was the small room

most appreciated ironside. I have actually had a few guys come in to use the studio just for drum tracking, and then take home the stems, which is fine. I think communication is my biggest problem - not reaching enough people, or not often enough