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(as a drummer) In my folk band, the bassist dictates the "feel" and I just stick with him. It's not something we consciously decided to do, but it works very well. Some songs are lazy, laid back and "on the back of the beat" where as some songs are pretty frantic and constantly in front of the beat. There are a couple of songs which I would describe as "dead on the beat" but obviously I'm not a virtuoso or a machine! In my reggae band I just try to do my best to ignore the rhythm of what everyone else is doing. It's a bit of a nightmare. Whenever the bassist is on the back, the rhythm guitarist is on the front, and vice verse. I don't know how they manage this but they've been doing it for 15 years. I'm a relative newcomer so I just play loud and hope they're playing to my "groove". It makes for some interesting rhythmic combinations!

I didn't really understand this until I started playing drums to a click. Where we'd previously sped up, we were now "ahead" and where we'd slowed down, we were now "behind". It sounds a lot tighter than actually speeding up and slowing down!

confirmed, we have tickets for Manchester! I'm looking forward to it

I wouldn't say I prefer one or the other. I have 50+ single pedals, but I also have a few multi-effects too I started on a Zoom GFX707 when I was a teenager and played with it almost every night for about a year (and the pedal ) and this taught me how to shape sounds, and which control changes what on which effect etc.

I'm not a big fan of the band but I love The Holy Bible

haha, can't be that hard to get rid of them on here but you do have to pay subs (not much) The BDI21 in particular won't hang around, but then you won't get that much for it, maybe £20 at best. Thomann have the B3 at £105 plus shipping. Amazing value for what you get

digital and analogue delay too on a serious note, if you've never played much with pedals, I'd get a multi effects like a Zoom B2.1U or B3. Then you can use this to find the effcts you like. You may be happy with the sounds you can get from the unit, or you might decide to replace it with other pedals, but at least you'll know which effects you like.

Don't know, I left it in my mate's hands, hopefully we have tickets for Manchester!

shhhh, we can buy them all used when he gets bored!

the Boss SD-2 is a great pedal, but I do like a bit of a clean-blend on it with bass. There are a few different ways to do this but the LS-2 is most common

One year all my xmas presents ended up in the bin. Most were OK but a couple ruined. It's a bit of a wierd one. Leave them with a neighbour or something, but not in the bin!

Hmmm. I'd say I'm as obsessed with music as the OP, and feel quite guilty about it. Rather than feeling like people are patronising me, if they want to talk about music, I welcome it. Most of the time I feel like I'm boring people or frustrating them with my constant wibbling on about the latest drummer to come to my studio, or this new plug-in I found etc. etc. I'm not a "music fan". I never make the time to listen to music. I'm far too busy making it! So when my mate with 1000 records wants to talk music trivia, I don't feel patronised, I feel ashamed. Likewise I feel bad for not being more involved in the recording forum on here. I hardly ever go out to gigs either. It's pretty shameful behaviour for a musician!

I'm in a band where one of the members is a bit like this. He'll take any old gig, never paid gigs, and always put loads of pressure on to fulfil them, and to get recordings/artwork etc done RIGHT NOW. I'm trying to get my recording studio off the ground, so it's very important to me. I recently postponed a recording session because he'd sent me a load of characteristically sh*tty texts, pressuring me to do so, just for another unpaid gig. I found out a few days later that we'd not got the gig, but he didn't let me know and didn't apologise!!!! If I asked BC for advice I'm sure you'd all say this is awful and I need to leave, but the fact is this band is a hell of a lot of fun, so I just put it to the back of my mind and have a good time

I don't think it's the case that less people are playing music. Could it be to do with better insulation and double glazing etc? Plus all the electric instruments. I always wanted a drum kit when I was growing up, but my parents wouldn't let me due to the noise. If I'd been able to get an electric kit I'm sure they would have allowed it. Also maybe people are becomming more considerate? I know when I was a kid we'd play at full volume in a garage in the middle of a housing estate, and we got a lot of complaints

If you like the amp sim it might sound good going straight into the effects return of your amp, bypassing it's pre-amp. If it has cab sims I would not use these unless you don't use an amp/cab

I have 3 originals bands (playing drums) and then various jams with others (on bass)

I love it!

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1409785745' post='2543453'] This is not my experience, the pedal has TONS of low end on tap and can boost what your instrument is putting out in the bass department [/quote] This is the truth. I use mine on very low gain as a bass boost and I love it. I wouldn't use it for a high gain sound. It does play well with other pedals IME and I like to put a fuzz before it. In particular I like the Tech 21 XXL and the Red Llama for high gain dirt before the ODB3

I play with a load of different multi instrumentalists. I generally respect each bass player's style (I play drums now ) but will occasionally make a suggestion in a sensitive way, and I've not had an argument yet. Likewise if someone wants to sit down at the kit and show me a beat, I'll pass them the sticks and pay attention. My first instrument is guitar but I've never, ever asked a guitarist to play differently, unless it's my own tune. Maybe that's because all the guitarists I play with are ace?! What a lucky guy!

I always thought the point of being in a covers band was just to please the crowd, so the obscure album tracks are a bit weird. However, I saw you at the mill last time and recognised most of the stuff (super tight by the way, you're an amazing player!) If you have original material to work on, do that, but I don't see that this excludes you from staying in the covers band If you don't need the money and could do with the time, just leave the covers band, you're clearly a bit sick of it!

wow, 51% on wet sales?! I wouldn't have thought it was that much! Having said that earlier in the year I played a local pub with my folk band, we brought a support act (30 mins) and then played 2 hours at the most. There could not have been more than 40 people in the pub in total, and yet he paid us £300 for the evening. The support guy and the band get £50 each, the bassist who brought the PA gets £50 for that. How the hell does this make sense to the Landlord? Surely he'd have lost money?

low end is so difficult... If you can persuade the soundman to use your own mic, you can probably persuade him to use a DI for the low end, and mic the cab for the high mids and top, in which case a SM57 would be fnie

When I used to gig on bass I'd be very nice to the soundman, get them to take a DI after my pedals, ask them to take the top off the DI and mic my rig taking the bottom off this mic. Most of the time they'd just DI and have me too low in the mix. Sometimes they'd oblige. You get used to it after a while!

I've never been in a band that'd take longer than 10 minutes to set up, whether sharing gear or not. Also, I've been referred to as "ched" before on this very site.

I put the ratio on full, start with the threshold all the way off (so clockwise) and then gradually roll the threshold down until I can feel it working. Then I back it off very slightly and I'm done If it has the "enhance" control from the boss pedal just keep this off. It definitely doesn't enhance anything