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Fscking bovine excrement. Went to a place we played back in July last year to precisely zero folk. Audience increased by 200%, to 2. Early bath at 11pm. Still got paid, but what's the point in travelling 2 hours each way for this? I feel like I'm stealing from them to be honest, and if this is what their Saturday nights are like they probably need the money more than I do. Place was freezing, was playing with my jumper on during the truncated second half. We're supposed to be going back in October, but I think the place is a wash and have made it clear to the rest of the band that I think we should cancel now and give them plenty of notice.

FFS

Dang it! I haven't been to a bass bash since the demise of the Moffat bashes and was thinking of hatching a plan to come down. Unfortunately, I checked the calendar and I've got a gig the night before. ./~ I drove all night ./~ - eh, no, Aberdeen > Taunton after playing a gig, would probably fall asleep at the wheel. Have a good one, folks.

Doesn't work for me (the link, not the humour which I haven't even got as far as receiving)

Just seen many a thread get locked when B related discussion crosses a fairly low threshold, that's all I'm referring to.

Bass holy wars - greatest hits

A good sound engineer is worth the weight of several bad ones in gold.

Thread lock imminent if we don't pipe down on the old B-word discussion...

Fingerstyle, sad face EQ. Mids r good for live playing in my experience. It's what I do, not saying anyone else is wrong for doing the opposite.

I'll just leave this here. Bin bag and a thin layer of bubble wrap. I was... unamused.

I thought cowbell was the only prescribed instrument...

Jeez, that bad huh?

Doesn't anyone with a brain use the "completed listings" view? Perhaps I'm giving Joe Public a bit too much benefit of the doubt...

Thanks for the tip. Thankfully this time a hot shower seems to have done the trick. Oddly enough it wasn't the usual revelatory pop and whoosh of relief, more of a gradual improvement through the day until I realised that things had got back to normal in the early evening.

Gibson Grabbers/G-3s/Rippers have become fashionable recently? Prices have gone insane. Has some famous person I've never heard of been seen playing them on that TikTok thing?

For reference, the price of a new G&L CLF L-1000 has gone up 58% in 18 months. Same retailer used for before/now comparison.

Our guest "guitarist" joined us last night https://fb.watch/jwu2bScNb2/

I had a great gig last night at Wilsons in Aberdeen. Decent turnout and an enthusiastic audience. We had our guest air guitarist in the house too and he was rocking the Guitar Hero controller to great effect, gave the audience a right good laugh. Played the wunkay last night, what a fantastic bass. Unfortunately I came away with a blocked ear - maybe I pushed some wax in with my earplug. Off to the shower to see if I can steam it out.

Thread winner. End of thread.

I don't know why, but "Bad Moon Rising" is a home banker for us - young and old, it always gets some folk up dancing. It's also a piece of proverbial to play, so win-win

Playing to an empty room is probably the worst thing I've had to do. Well, it wasn't empty, there were two bar staff. No promotion done, but being a football supporters club it's rather worrying that they had no-one just go there out of habit. At least we still got paid. I've been a wee bit embarrassed by some band members being a bit too drunk. An example: having to tell them which key the next song is in, followed by them playing the wrong note back at us, about six times before the fingers finally caught up with what we were screaming at him.

Whatever, Dad. You're not my dad!! Half your post count is probably that bloody car. Could you at least change the chastisement method once in a while?

I'm so stubborn that I am only ever unintentionally fashionable...

Yes, you will almost certainly need a stereo jack socket. The battery is probably switched by the ring terminal, but as long as ground uses one and battery -ve uses the other of ring and sleeve and leave hot/output to the tip it'll be fine - it is the plugging in of a mono jack plug which shorts ring and sleeve together and sends it all to ground.

This is why I posited the LB-100 - the most P-bass like bass that G&L produce. The SB-1 and SB-2 are great basses, but they are off into "super P" territory in my eyes.