Happy Jack

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1418336585' post='2629409'] ... or call in to their pub again during the week when it's quiet and you know they'll be there. Never via text or email. [/quote] This. Always this.

New Venues (i.e. places we've not played before): I offer a package of three gigs, spaced about two months apart. The rates will be something like £160 for #1, £200 for #2, and then a standard rate of £240 for #3 and subsequent. Existing Venues (where we have played before): I talk to the manager/landlord when I drop off the posters for #3 of the existing package ( a week or two beforehand) and suggest we get the next set of three in the diary at that point.

Vote with your wallet. Abandon the oversold stadium gigs for people who already have too much money, and try supporting your local bands at local venues. Not an easy thing to explain to a teenaged daughter who wants to see One Direction, but then neither is re-cycling.

Why you no play West London, huh?

http://youtu.be/qMM3MgS4yxc

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1417717407' post='2623443'] so you expect drummers to play with an inferior bass player so they can improve but not the other way round? [/quote] Damned right! Why would I do anything else?

I don't do compromise. I insist on playing with drummers who are better / more experienced / more talented than me. Strangely enough, I'm not trying to be funny. I genuinely believe that I'll only improve as a bass player if I face the challenge of not embarrassing myself in front of the other half of the rhythm section.

... unless you have your eyes open. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Original-Vintage-Fender-Precision-Bass-F-Series-1968/161481162075?_trksid=p2060778.c100276.m3476&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140725133651%26meid%3D35792b02306d47a1a1d5202e88d53fb7%26pid%3D100276%26prg%3D20140725133651%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D390976767015

Nah ... those links are for decoration only.

[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1417692726' post='2623062'] So you're saying that it s OK to have a dodgy singer i.e. the person that is the focus of your audience. There's definitely something wrong with that. [/quote] Kevin Ayers Bob Dylan Steve Harley Tom Waits This could be a LONG list.

The going price for second hand spikes seems to be £10-£12. http://products.trovit.co.uk/sports-equipment/running-spikes Hope that helps.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deco

Well if it "[i][b]holds tuning very well[/b][/i]" it must be worth it.

Hmmmmm ... you might get more of a response if you posted this in the 'Amps' section.

That mind-reading course I went on was a complete waste of money.

I'd be scared to take any of those to a gig in case they got repaired.

[quote name='planer' timestamp='1417656389' post='2622840'] ... he is a ledge in our house. [/quote] You put plates and beer mugs on him?

From 12 years ago: http://www.pinkfloydfan.net/threads/gilmour-the-floyd-bassist.2238/

If 32lbs is "lightweight" when you lift it onto a PA pole you must be built like a gorilla! LOL

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1417596953' post='2622008'] See post #6!!!!! [/quote] +1 ... or would that make it post #7?

Just used mine for the first time, at rehearsal. What a lovely pedal! I saw a review by a name bassist who said he just used the Shape control so I tried doing that - one of the easiest 'wins' I've ever had with any pedal or effect. At £38 this is pretty unbeatable.

The cost of a high-end, hand-built bass is not much affected by the cost of the raw materials. It's always the people cost that makes the difference.

Bwahahahahaha!!! Well try one then! They're just beautifully-made basses. The best designs made using the best components by the best craftsmen. In no way are they "better" than any other top-end boutique manufacturer ... whether or not you happen to prefer Fodera or Sadowsky or whatever doesn't mean that one is better than another, it just means that you like it more. The two Allevas that I've owned are two of the nicest basses I've ever had. The one I still have (a KBP5) would still be my go-to bass were it not for Mike Lull coming up with a bass that actually ticked two boxes for me with an even bigger tick. I like them a lot. Not everybody does of course.

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1417527744' post='2621338'] If the output of the phone isn't loud enough, plug it into some channels instead, where you can add extra gain [/quote] See post #6.

The level issue is a real one depending on the device you're using, and beyond that you often encounter mp3 players which have sufficient level but the bass output is utter crap when fed through a band PA. If you need to go that route, a more flexible option is to have a cable that takes a microjack/headphone output from an mp3 player and splits that into a pair of 1/4" jacks. You can then plug those 1/4" jacks into the L/R channels of a stereo strip on the PA, giving you access to far more control of level PLUS access to the EQ section. These cables are cheap - there's no real excuse for not having a set of red/white phonos and a set of 1/4" jack types with you.