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    If you look at the number of posts that go out about bands having gear lifted, either from the venue, or the tour bus/van, it makes sense not to take ultra-expensive/rare instruments out on the road. We're touring in October and November and even though I'm planning on keeping my bass with me, there's no way I'm thinking of taking my '73 P-bass. I'll use my main Warwick Sklar rockbass, but even then, I'll be watching it like a hawk. Edit to add: I'm not a pro bassist by any description
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    Like others have said, lynx, design-a-cable or DIY
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    Not strictly my gig, but the band I tech for played at Krankenhaus festival in the Lake District today, which is organised by the excellent Sea Power. A really friendly, small festival, with acts today including Steve Davis (yes, that one) and Daniel Wakeford from Channels 4's "The Undateables" https://www.krankenhausfestival.com/lineup/
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    Another Orchid fan here. If you get the classic, you can always power it from a 9v battery if phantom power isn't available.
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    I use a Sontronics Solo for our female singer, which is a great mic for the price and the people there are really friendly and helpful. It was designed to be run flat on a desk, so as a plug and go, it's a good choice. The sennheiser e935 (or e945 if you want a super cardiod) as mentioned by others is also a great choice, as is the new (and fairly pricey) 435. For slightly less money, the 835/845 versions are also a good option. For higher-register male vocal (think David Gilmour) the AKG D7 is a good choice, but it is quite sensitive, so needs careful eq'ing of any stage monitors.
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    It'a still a win, you got out there, overcame the struggles and played a good gig to people that enjoyed it. Stick a cheap DI (Orchid electronics is my choice) in your bag and you're sorted for the future.
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    I'm on the drummers left, as he tends to look at the snare/hi-hat and can't turn right! 🤣 I tend to look at the neck a fair bit, but no-one in the audience ever looks at me, so that's not a problem.
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    You could try Pete Cornish, but it won't be cheap.
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    One word of caution though, don't get too reliant on a stereo mix. It's great if you're taking your own desk, but at all of the festivals or gigs we've done (without our own desk) they haven't been able to provide stereo feeds.
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    An afternoon well spent at the Cropredy Fringe Festival. It was hot, so hot that the majority of the audience didn't venture out from the safety of the shelter onto the grassed area in front of the stage. It was a little off-putting at first, but we could just about hear the applause and the feedback we got after we played was all positive. On reflection, the decision to wear a hat wasn't one of the best I've ever made, but hey, we suffer for our art!!
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    We've got a few on the way: Cropredy Fringe - 11th August Wigan Digger's Festival - 10th September Telford's Warehouse, Chester - 30th September Barnoldswick Arts Centre - 11th December Plus, we're supporting Kiefer Sutherland on his UK tour (I may have mentioned this before 🤣)
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    Here's my 2 (taken at the super-secret underground bunker, my house isn't quite this messy). The short-scale is really nice, very light and plays really well straight out of the box. The fretless appears to be made from depleted uranium, as it's ridiculously heavy. Despite the weight, it plays really well and I used it on one song for our last album. I bought the short-scale on a whim, one of the downsides of looking on this forum after a drink or two 🤣. I might give it a run out on a gig next week, as we may have limited cargo space in the car, but we'll see.
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    A question about short-scales, specifically the Harley Benton p-bass version. Are the pickups full-size, or are they scaled down as well? Asking for a friend, who definitely didn't just order one, despite having not the slightest need for it...
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    The power button?
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    I'm not sure if this counts, as you can pretty much only see the back of my head... My production values are re-assuringly pants!
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    It's actually the Warwick Rockbass version of the Sklar model: https://www.thomann.de/gb/warwick_artist_line_sklarbass_i_vsth.htm I really like it, it's been my main bass for the 2 years I've had it and I've not even been tempted to use anything else. I'd really like the team or masterbuilt version, but they are spendy, especially the masterbuilt one. I keep trying to tell Warwick that they need to lend me one, for when we tour with Kiefer Sutherland later in the year, but they seem to have my emails marked as "spam"... 🤣
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    A fun day yesterday at CarFest North, after 2 years of cancellations. We played on the Wigwam stage, which was fortunate, as that one was built, unlike the main stage, where they had a few issues, meaning they ran very late and Richard Ashcroft ended up not playing.
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    How kind of them! 🤬
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    Hmmm
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    We had one, a birthday party at the start of the year. Birthday bloke is a really big fan and loved it, but 60% or so of the rest weren't really interested and spent the time chatting loudly, whilst standing in front of us. Still, free beer and close enough to walk home from!
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    Not sure I agree with your statement. Sure, he won't have to deal with thinking about paying the mortgage, but he has an amount of public scrutiny applied to his life that I certainly wouldn't be comfortable with.
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    That's awful, but what's even more awful is that I actually laughed. I'm sorry, I'm a terrible person. Hopefully it will be something you can laugh about in the future.
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    Can you try out his first, to see if you like it? Not at a gig, as that might be a little tricky though!!
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    The band I tech for supported Turin Breaks there. According to one of the engineers who provided the main rig, there's about 2 seconds of natural reverb decay in there! I was just glad we didn't try to run additional stage monitors for our bit, but even then I've never run a mix so dry.
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