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It's a tricky balance - I see plenty of covers bands that play the proven 'trigger' songs and little else. Most average punters do always react in a Pavlov's Dogs kind of way. My band recognize the need for a few of these in the armoury and they are very handy to drop in - but equally we try and put other good stuff in (still popular tunes) to avoid the "Same songs, different faces" tag that a local landlord coined. Definitely more interesting for us too. We frequently get people say they enjoy our different mix of tunes - but this is mainly in the 'proper' music pubs. In the local, with less of a music record, you could probably play SOF, Brightside and Chelsea Dagger all night on repeat..

Had a random one at a recent gig - first set so pretty early and no-one really tanked as yet. We launched I Believe In a Thing Called Cheese and this middle aged, very conservatively dressed guy at the bar goes loopy. Some of the most extrovert dance moves we have ever seen, including dry humping a brick pillar - repeatedly. We became completely transfixed, expected him to come through the singer at any point - but his timing was ninja like. We finished the song, gave him a round of applause. Then he left. End of the night all the locals were asking us who the guy was. They'd never seen him before. Mysterious Darkness Dancer is out there....

I'm 5'8" and envious of big hands....

@bassfan ? One for 24Karat?

I'm tempted to ask how that works, but I suspect the science will lose me ! But two together and central, even just ticking over gives the chest thump we all like 🙂

My pa is two RCF 325A tops, and two RCF 705AS Mk1 subs. These are the older series, and below the power levels of most of the newer range. But, they continually surprise us and we have a rep for a big sound (not loud, big!) Small pubs, just the tops, bit bigger add one sub (much fatter), big venues both subs (woah!) We've played three outdoor events with our PA this year and the full rig has been great. You don't want to be 'festival loud' as the punters come closer and into the music. But we've been heard and complimented from the far side of speedway track, a football pitch and a playing field. So, the older RCFs are good - the subs have the two inputs and crossover at either 80 or 100hz (we use 80.) Sure the newer ones are epic! Oh, yes - if you can position the subs centrally (we've tucked them under a truck and stage) - can get a good thump without overpowering the tops ime.

I'll play - quite like this one from a recent pub gig. Happy with my tone on this too, which is always a bonus!

I immediately thought of the Ronan Keeting version of 'Fairytale of New York' - and then realized there is no other song that makes me want to kill and maim as much as this. So it's a list of one. He's truly awful on it, but when the girl starts singing it sinks to unfathomable depths. Still like the original though.

Hi Dood - any update on this, quite like the look of these 🙂

My band (Hoaxx) are acting as backing band for our singers daughter Roma (14) in the Ipswich Town FC Fanzone before their game against Doncaster tomorrow (Sat 14th.) No idea what that'll be like, but if there's any Tractor Boys/Girls among us, then give us a shout! P.S. I have no idea about football these days and my ITFC knowledge stops at Mick Mills, John Wark and Paul Mariner....so don't expect any footie banter!🙄

I agree with this, if you are a full time band you can probably cope with not having all the above because time is on your side. If you are essentially a hobbyist (like me, although we gig pretty regularly 2 or 3 a month) then all those 'rock 'n' roll' traits soon become pretty boring and get in the way. You literally have less time for idiots. I'd say my band ticks those boxes and although we still have the usual diary issues etc. it's the 'easiest' band I've been in - save the drama for the gigs I reckon 🙂

Make sure that you and the drummer have a big sound without anything else - depends on the material of course - but that usually means having a bit of grind and overdrive in your basic tone (+1 for the Soul Food) The trad 'fat bass' sound isn't that good for this and (IMHO) needs to be in a mix with other instruments. Then the guitar builds on what is already decent. We always sound check drums and bass together to sound full before adding in guitars. Worth the effort - much prefer playing in one guitar bands 🙂

I have quite small hands and also never really felt it to be an issue. There were some basses I've tried where the edge was more noticeable and I didn't like those (e.g. the one and only Rickenbacker I've ever held - horrid!) and then when I tried my Sandberg I thought 'What a great neck!' It still is a great neck, but the extra little roll off on my NG5 is something else. I suppose when you consider how sensitive your hands are little differences on the neck make a big difference to feel. My Sandberg still has a great neck, but I can see that (for me) a little rolling like the NG5 would make it a little better still. That Sire is pretty extreme, I'd like to know what it felt like though.

Yep, that's what I mean DrT. Properly rounded off. That Sire looks even more rounded than my Dingwall, which is rounded but still with some edge. Might have try one of those Sires when I get the chance.

I think that most basses do have a slight rolling, but the ones I'm referring are much more pronounced. My Sandberg, Warwick, Yamaha and others have a degree of rolling but not to the extent of the Dingwall. Worth trying if you get the chance as it's different to most of those named above 😀

Hi all I'm loving the rolled edges on the fretboard of my Dingwall NG 5. Great for me being small of hand and large of bass, and just really comfy. Got me wondering what other basses out there have a bit of a rounded/rolled edge on the fretboard? I'm tempted to have a little shuffle of the herd 😀 Cheers

From memory it's a choice between 80hz or 120hz. We found 80 best.

I think the trick with subs is to use them sparingly and have them crossed over fairly low. We tend to get a good kick drum chest thump going and bass rumble, then back them off volume wise so they just fatten stuff up. Cranked sub live sound is annoyingly common with many big live venues imho.

Agreed - perhaps we should have a Good News thread? 🤔

Just wanted to say what a top bunch EBS are. I recently bought a Multidrive pedal second hand and the Ebay seller failed to mention it had 3 of it's four screws missing. I couldn't work out the size I needed so asked EBS via Facebook- a few days later I have four shiny new screws all the way from Sweden at no charge. Great stuff 😁

Never really noticed any boost from my old Boss BF-2B. No flanger GAS for me either 😉

Fabulous live experience. In a different league.

This is quite new out - looks interesting https://www.ehx.com/products/tri-parallel-mixer