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The makers of many of the decal materials recommend an acrylic spray to seal/fix. I have used this method many times.

Many years ago I was in Las Vegas, catching a cab from one of the big hotels. We we amused at the sight of a gurus of cabs being waved forward by a man in uniform who then gratefully accepted a tip from every lead passenger. The driver told is that a few years before he had been investigated and estimated as earning $250000 per year, just for waving his arm.

We played the Social Club Mere last NYE and stayed at the George after. They had a Wurzels tribute and apparently all their early punters had one drink then came to see us. I don't know why we were not invited back, but it seems only one band on NYE in Mere is the way to go, judging by your experience.

The trouble is that if you only have a Hamer, everything looks like a Nial.

Ouch, I prefer Semi Professional. I am also in what you might call a Hobby band that plays just for fun, with a couple of Charity Gigs per year. Of course my mistake was not professional so perhaps SEMI of half Professional is about right.

No, it was a gig.

I don't think I have used the EVOX range, but none of the other "Tea Chest Bass/Sub on a Stick" systems from Bose/Yamaha/LD Systems have impressed me. Maybe I should ask Tim at Absolute if I can waste another hour of his time.

Slipknot Tribute?

My band. The Rebbels played a tiny bar just up the road from me (almost exactly 1 mile away) on Dec 3rd. It was so small we left half the PA in the cars. It was not that full, but there were enough there for a good time. Staff and customers told the absent boss that we were good, and we got a rebook for last Friday 29tn Dec. I thought was an odd night to play, this close to NYE, but we were pleased to get it having no NYE gig this year (BL decided to increase our fee buy £150 so no takers). It was pretty full and got fuller as the night went on, It was a great night, but next time we play there I will take some pictures. Next time I will take a headless bass as I was constantly hitting the Hi Hat with the headstock of my Fender.

Although you have not been away, welcome back, Samantha. Please ignore my previous inane comments.

Rich.I.am might be better?

Hospital food?

The skin is thick enough, the ears are a bit sensitive though. To be honest, I would have left a long time ago if my shin was thinner and the rhythm guitarist's thin skin is why I need to approach things carefully. I did say I am not the world's best bassist, but I am probably as good, or better, rhythm guitarist as him. I have sung lead vocals on some songs in previous bands and do have a good ear for pitch and harmonies.

After some thought and advice from the assembled throng, this is close to my plan. I am going to say that, barring the odd wrong/bum note, the instrumental arrangements are fine but I am not convinced that my BVs complement those of the others band members, on every song. I would like to record the next rehearsal so that we can all evaluate the BVs at our leisure, then suggest changes.

If you added “you little 5h1t” on the end, that was my first thought. However when we were having trouble hearing each other on stage, I mentioned him first in a whatsapp. He took umbrage as he thought I was somehow blaming him, offered his resignation….

I have actually suggested this before, but nothing happened. I will try once more.

I really like the band members but he can occasionally be a pain in the derrière. I do not want to ruin a good thing. What is quite worrying is that a good friend mentioned the poor BVs after the gig.

Some good stuff on here. I was considering suggesting that we record the rehearsals on the basis that something was not right. As for the bum note. I wax tired, I have been sick for some weeks. It is not a regular occurrence. It was actually a good night overall and maybe my tiredness was also part of the problem. I will chat to the de facto band leader about my general concerns over the BVs. To be honest and much to my chagrin, we never rehearse vocals.

We have generally a good band, but one member slightly irritates me. Last night I played a wrong note, he told everyone out loud. I admit that I am not the greatest bassist the world has known but? However, I can rarely;y hear our monitors (vocals only) and last night I hear this horrible noise during one song. He is trying to sing backing vocals and it's horrible. I am the newest member of the band, and he has been in almost since the start, so how do I approach the subject without causing a major incident.

I had that once, but I was not waiting for the amp, and it arrived before their estimated date, so all good. I also bought a bass from them, delivered quickly and in good nick.

The recommendations from Neutrik for various wiring schemes for speakONs is shown below in the screenshots from this document. You will see that nothing should be taken for granted. I have used this guide on 100V Line systems where the step-up transformer is external to the power amplifier. It ensures that there is no possibility of putting external cabling connecting the wrong pins.

They often think they can do everything. Piano. Organ fine and oif the song needs some brass or woodwind, OK.

So true, a Fender Twin fed with a Telecaster bridge pickup is very clean and not at all musical. In fact, it is downright nasty but not in a good way (this is my opinion and is true, no argument will be accepted). Bill is also right that traditionally, speakers were given a warm or coloured sound (incorrectly called “voiced” by some) to give a certain sound. This can have more effect on your sound than the amp. Valve amps can get their sound/voice from several areas, the pre amp, the power amp and if using a valve rectifier, the power supply. It is a complex arrangement sonically, and not all vintage valve amps got it right. * At the South West Bass Bash in October we did an amp shoot-out and most people thought the all valve Ashdown and the vintage Trace heads sounded best, BUT the test was not blind so all our prejudices were in play. *I am not sure who said that there is no point in having a mind if you can't change it. After watching this, I changed my mind.

The Hamsters used to do this on one song. It was sickening to see such talent as the standard did not drop one iota. One band I wish were still going.

No but he could play it!