dangerboy

I record (audio) every gig. Really useful for working out where the balance should be in songs. Plus I'd like to second the call for banter between songs. I'm exclusively in experimental, arty bands, but I still introduce every song and do some chat. People think better of the whole performance as a result (I know because I ask them!).

Little known fact about the RE-20: The capsule has a lifetime guarantee on it. I picked up a couple of them from different eBay sellers, both of which didn't sound quite right. I sent them to EV's UK distributor, who fully serviced them, replaced the capsules and all the foam, and posted them back to me. All for no charge. They sound amazing now, super-articulate.

[quote name='joegarcia' post='784592' date='Mar 24 2010, 12:34 PM']Really? On the RE-20? Bugger.[/quote] Fight!

RE-20 sounds wicked on double bass. And bass cabs. And vocals. And... Good buy, Joe.

I'm usually too lazy for full threads. But there will no doubt be before and after shots.

I've grabbed the beaten-up Ibby. I reckon I have enough parts lying around to sort it out. Wish me luck!

Whenever I get bored of bass I work on my vocals. And vice versa.

At the nights I run, we have hard and fast rules about this. Want to to use your bass amp but not let anyone else use it? You can get a gig somewhere else, because we don't want you. If bands can't be nice to each other and share, then they haven't got the right mindset for a DIY night. And we're not greedy promoters - we never take a penny out of our nights. Here are the Rules of Duel: [url="http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=173394714&blogId=516965889"]http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseact...logId=516965889[/url] On the other hand, we only put on bands who know what they're doing with gear!

And this is my girlfriend's two double bass band: [url="http://www.myspace.com/strawberryandcreammusic"]http://www.myspace.com/strawberryandcreammusic[/url]

I used to have a two-bass band, Songs From The Shows. [url="http://www.myspace.com/songsfromtheshows"]http://www.myspace.com/songsfromtheshows[/url] I still work with other bassplayers pretty often, as well as people who switch between guitar and bass (sometime we're two bass, sometimes one of each, sometimes two guitar).

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Custom-Fender-Jazz-Bass-Replica_W0QQitemZ330408002727QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item4cedda04a7#ht_500wt_1054"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Custom-Fender-Jazz-B...7#ht_500wt_1054[/url] Is this a Status neck in all but name? Could be a bargain for someone (if you like heavily-routed jazz bodies).