pete.young

I'd like to withdraw my recommendation for wheresthegig. The charging model has now changed and you need a $5/month minimum subscription . We'll probably go with bandwerkz.

I had a solid state Peavey, I think it might have been a Mark 3, and an 18" Bass cabinet. THis would have been around 1978/79. Burman was available at that time, Muir Music in Manchester had several of them, but they were certainly out of my reach as an impoverished student. Even so, some people thought they were too cheap: Dave Lunt remarked at the time that, given the cost of the components, he wouldnt even plug his soldering iron in for the profit margin.

Knowing Me, Knowing You was on the radio the other day. What a great piece of work by Rutger Gunnarson. RIP.

I went from Spiro Weichs to Presto Lights to reduce the tension, and it worked well for me. TheRev is right about the E string particularly though, the E on the Presto's isn't great and I'm thinking about putting the Spiro one back on.

Take off the buttons. Add velcro. Waistcoat? What is this, a trad jazz band?

Good to hear that you're having fun with the amp and looking forward to some more reviews when it's proper loud. I didn't realise that they had re-issued the classic design. I have one of the old iAmp 350 heads and, while it doesn't have the fancy input monitor, it does have the same tone stack. Very versatile, and very clean with no colouration. If your bass sounds like shite (I know yours doesnt!) there's no hiding place!

You don't have to go digital to get the number of mixers: I have a Yamaha analog mixer with 3 pre-fade aux buses and a headphone output which can be used to provide enough mixes. Once the levels for mixes are set, you don't usually need to change them much from gig to gig.

We ditched the valve amps and put our guitarist onto a TC Electronic G System, plus in-ears.

Just on my way over there now, hope to catch them on the.LRR stage.

This has just popped up on joinmyband and I thought it deserved a wider audience. I know the band, they're a great bunch of lads and excellent at the style they play. Popular established rock band Walkway, from Diss, East Anglia seek Bassist. Busy touring schedule (shows across the UK) with paid work until the end of 2019 and gigs already booked for 2020. PLEASE NOTE: Our tour schedule for 2019 can be shared with our current dep Bassist. Large repertoire of original and cover material to learn. You must be: * Committed * Hard working * Take pride in what you do * Focus on attention to detail and play to the song * Have own quality gear * Can drive * Backing vocals and 5 string players are a big advantage We want someone that wants to have fun, but strives to develop and be the best that they can be. Male and Female Bassists welcome. All ages considered, however personal presentation will be taken into account. Please send all details, examples etc to: [email protected]

There used to be a band around these parts called 'Topless Barmaids'.

Friendship on social media? I don't think so.

Very challenging. Don't forget to check that whatever name you come up with (a) isn't already in use by a band and (b) doesnt' resolve to a pornsite.

Elixirs?

Some great stuff there. If 'Twisted' was in your original list, maybe think about putting it back in, the bassline is great fun.

Incredibly lucky. I wouldn't fancy your chances of claiming on insurance for a musical instrument with Parcelforce,.

Capo?

Another day, another brilliant transaction with Chris. I bought his Walkabout head, it took a little while to sort the details out and everything worked out beautifully. Thanks Chris.

Probably not a good idea to cut off the moulded plug. This might invalidate any warranty. It is illegal for a UK retailer to sell you an electrical item with a Euro plug and a travel adaptor, but I'm not sure whether Thomann constitutes a UK retailer in this respect. Any adaptor needs to be a permanent fitment to the plug that cannot be removed without a tool. Like this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Euro-Pin-Converter-Plug-Adapter/dp/B000KMGTKS/ref=asc_df_B000KMGTKS/

That mixer has two Aux Sends which can be set to pre-fade, giving you two useable monitor feeds. The third (FX) is fixed to post-fade, which isn't ideal for monitors, same for the sub-group busses. Unbalanced is normal for all these, you don't usually have long cable runs.

Drink the vodka and rub the sticker grot with the bottle!

For a more homespun remedy, mayonnaise will sometimes work. You need to brush it on and leave it for a few hours, then wash off. I've had success with this removing sticker gunge from hard cases, and some beer bottle label residue.

I haven't seen the program but if it was a pre-CBS Jaguar, it was a 6-string guitar. The bass didn't come along until much later, early 2000s? and originated in Japan.