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[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1438854854' post='2837976'] ...if anyone genuinely loves music, the only defensible position is 'I like good solos and don't like bad ones but it is entirely down to me to decide which is which'. [/quote] nailed it again Bilbo

I actually have a customer who prefers to sing without music, and then gets me to put it into time

[quote name='gazhowe' timestamp='1438851527' post='2837912'] ... I usually can ignore out of time audience clapping but I found it really difficult to ignore the tambourine. I wonder if it's anything to do with the frequency of the sound... [/quote] I would have thought it's more likely the volume. Tambourines are much louder than clapping IMO

yes I hate it when the audience clap along and I'm trying to play drums. Actually I hate it when our singer tries to clap along and have banned him from doing it

When I play with a band, on whatever instrument, I listen to what everyone else is playing, and do whatever I feel is "right" for the music at that time. Sometimes that's holding down a simple bassline. Sometimes It's playing 5 or 6 note chords and using 5 effects pedals. Sometimes it's playing high up the neck, playing melodies, bending notes etc. You might call that a "bass solo". When I play on drums there are some sections where I just play mad fills. You might call it a "drum solo" but it fits in the groove, and is right for that part of the song. It's not showing off! I guess most posters here are talking about a rock band where the whole band drops out, or the singer introduces the players, and then someone fret-w***s for a couple of minutes. I'd agree that there's nothing cool about that On the point of "suitability" - I get the historical point but double bass works well in jazz as it can generally cut through. As long as the playing isn't too fast it sounds cool. Amplified electric bass is just as suitable to soloing as any other instrument

[quote name='Bassman Steve' timestamp='1438785262' post='2837290'] Sorry but it's not close minded. I have not heard a bass solo I like. By definition that means I may yet hear one I do... [/quote] If you admit the possibility that you may one day like a bass solo, then you've not closed your mind to it I was addressing those who say NO TO BASS SOLOS - writing them all off, is close minded. Like I said, it's not necessarily a bad thing and I wouldn't want anyone to take it as a personal insult

my mate has one. It sounds ace if you turn the low end down, but he won't let me do that

yes, one of my favourite albums and the bass playing is a big reason for that

I wouldn't say it's wrong to write off bass solos, but it's definitely close-minded. I don't have a problem with that. A lot of close-minded musicians make some great music. People who've never played anything but blues (or whatever genre people get stuck in) and closed their mind off to other forms of music have become exceptionally good at it.

Those who are dead against bass solos - are you just thinking about the context of the music that you play? Is it just that you can't imagine a good bass solo in this context? I find it very strange for any musician to write off an almost infinite amount of musical possibilities just because it's called a "bass solo", but it would make sense if you were talking about your pub-rock-covers band.

[quote name='Cameronj279' timestamp='1438778019' post='2837138'] I want to hear good music. If a bass solo sounds good then by all means! I don't care at all what instruments are used to make nice sounds. I care about the nice sounds. [/quote] Me too. I would have thought it was a pre-requisite of being an actual music fan, but apparently not!

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1438766599' post='2836971'] I've had two odd experiences... [/quote] That's the same one twice! Spooky

I had a boss GT-6B for a while. When it was in "pedal mode" it was cool, but in "patch mode" it seemed to have a delay when switching patches, like the really old zooms did. Instant patch switching is essential

[quote name='Slipperydick' timestamp='1438691098' post='2836397'] ...If disconnecting the earth temporarily stops the hum, it proves where its coming from... [/quote] He's already done this!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1438689642' post='2836380'] Well, yes - you're obviously a competent drummer. I'm sure crap drummers don't get quite so many offers. [/quote] competent, yeh, but I'm ace on bass and no-one offers me bass gigs!

I've been playing guitar since I was 7 (30 now) and never been in a band on guitar. I've played bass since I was 17 and have been in 2 bands on bass. I've played drums since I was 21 and already been in 5 bands on drums, and I get offers all the time. I never get offers on other instruments! So I guess it's not that drummers are particularly "promiscuous" but they just get invited to more bands, maybe due to a lack of supply?

He already tried disconnecting the earth on the amp plug and it worked?! I have had similar problems in the past. I managed to solve it with an old UPS I had knocking around. They're basically big batteries to keep servers running if you have a power cut, but I use one in between the mains and my amp and the hum is gone!

I have a TNT150 with the bi-amp outputs. I run the high output to a peavey classic 50 guitar amp. I often say "with my pedalboard, I can gig any amp, I don't care", and that's true, but if I lost my pedalboard for some reason, this would be the rig for me

I've met people who hate the ODB-3 but have never actually used one themselves. I would class that as snobbery? But you're right, it's not really directed at the brand, it's just at this one pedal

if the guy with the electric kit is good enough, you could probably put a half decent kit together with £200. Some of the deals going on ebay and facebook are mental

Like any other brand some pedals are great, some not so great. I have quite a few boss pedals that I love, but I did once give away a DS-1 as I just couldn't get a decent sound out of it no matter what I put into it! The only snobbery I've noticed is with the ODB-3, but whatever, I've seen John Stockman use his live with Karnivool [quote name='Ghost_Bass' timestamp='1438253484' post='2832895'] ... LM tend to raise the volume when i play softer and smashes the sound when i dig deeper... [/quote] It's a limiter just like any other, and works quite well. It sounds like you had the threshold set too low

Bit of a weird one [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmrWbblbzRo[/media]

well that's interesting, I'll have to catch you with the bodran some time!

rock covers do very well in stoke! Actually Headsticks do great in a small local pub, but in a local "venue" not so well. Going further afield to venues where people turn up expecting original music works very well. Weird! But yeh I was mainly on about the little pubs which we don't do any more, as I think these are the sorts of venues the OP is on about P.S I didn't know you had a bodran, didn't you have a full kit last time I saw you?