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Lots of people see a band rehearsal as being the time to learn the song. I know a lot of people see it as a social event too. The most recent band I played for that rehearsed was for a NYE gig at a racetrack. We were all given our individual parts weeks in advance. We were expected to learn them at home, the practice was just basically to make sure that everything worked, which is what a rehearsal in my mind is for.

[quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1487639068' post='3241479'] IMO to perform without rehearsal shows contempt for the audience, or at least a lack of care about what you do. Bands who busk it or who talk about playing it their own way without rehearsal and thought are rarely as good as they think they are. I saw an interview with Keith Richards where he said the Stones rehearsed for three months before their last tour, how often must they have played those songs? [/quote] I disagree, it totally depends what you're playing and I guess how good you are. Neither of my two bands rehearse. The one is part of a collective, so who you go out with depends on who's available. Everything is written out, we just read it. A mix of notation and lead sheets. The Stones would rehearse not necessarily the playing of the songs, there's an awful lot of technical stuff that goes on in shows that they have to get right. Cues and ends, lighting and projection etc.

If your gigs are anything like any that I've ever done, then I doubt there will be room in the performance space for several basses. My one residency I have to sit on my combo cos there's not room else.

A total anathema to a lot on here I know . Recorded live at a gig in Bath last night. [url="https://soundcloud.com/an-ending-ascend/sssw-performance-19th-february-2017"]https://soundcloud.com/an-ending-ascend/sssw-performance-19th-february-2017[/url]

[quote name='dyerseve' timestamp='1487590739' post='3240918'] is there nothing we can do to help this guy Mateusz thats just been scammed? Surely that's more important than telling off fellow BCers for inappropriate comments? [/quote] And others making really stupid jokes.

So as per my post, why not make the wanted ads part invisible to members until they've made a certain number of posts and established themselves ? It'd stop people joining one day and sending out maybe 20 or so messages to people.

Is it not possible to make the items wanted section invisible until after a member has made a certain number of postings ? Disappointing to see people making stupid jokes when someone is trying to scam people, and has succeeded at least once by the looks of it.

Most of my stuff uses an ebow. This is one sch piece. [url="https://soundcloud.com/an-ending-ascend/160a"]https://soundcloud.com/an-ending-ascend/160a[/url]

Done on my phone, and messed about with in iMovie. Filmed at my local park. The soundtrack/soundscape was a live improvisation along to the video. All just bass. Maybe a little quiet, so use headphones. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOzCb1xnR4o"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOzCb1xnR4o[/url]

Nice.

Nice ! I love ebowed bass.

I don't like high tension ones, they don't suit what I do, I find they don't allow me to be expressive n my playing, I do like TI flats, I used them for a couple of years on my Modulus 6 string. I'm currently using D'Addario half wounds which I find are a nice compromise, you retain the tone and flexibility of round wounds, yet without the annoying clankiness of rounds. They're nice and smooth too, for sliding about.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1487002980' post='3236177'] Clip on tuner more accurate than a pedal, any evidence to back that up? I don't mute via my tuner anyway it's constantly live from the tuner out. [/quote] Maybe check a few of the specs ? Tc polytune clip is +/- 0.02% accurate Boss tu3w +/- 1%.