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Fnar fnar!

They look very heavy. What thickness are they?

Same here. I particularly like that song but for some strange reason never researched into any of their other stuff.

Oooer missus!

I gave up at 4 and a half minutes!

Must be a bugger to tune too!

Schoolboy error mate. I have done the same in the past and learned the hard way.

Well this thread seems to have taken on a different tone all by itself never mind what wood it's made of.

I agree. I have built a P bass from cheap bits from Ebay. I fitted Seymour Duncan pick ups and it sounds fantastic.Easily as good as my Fenders.

One can have gas and still be content. Its just that you are even more content when you acquire something new.😉

This is certainly an issue. I own our pa outright. I bought it and paid for it. I had to however let out guitar player take the bass bins to keep in his shed as I didn't have enough room in my car/house. It made more sense for him to carry some of the pa to gigs anyway. Trouble is, its been so long since we have played due to my job and then Covid that I am worried that he is going to think he owns the bass bins.

You just hold for auto Shazam. Its great if you are watching a show that has lots of music in it. You can enjoy the show and then browse through the music that was in it at your leisure or leeshure if you are Americain.

I have discovered so much new music by leaving Shazam auto Shazam'ing in the background during tv shows. The Umbrella Academy, Lucifer and Hemlock Grove have been particular treasure troves of new music. Anyone found any gems with this great little app? Heres a couple I found.

This was heard by just about everyone on an advert. I can't for the life of me remember what they were advertising.

We played for years with a powered mixer and passive speakers with no problems whatsoever but when we changed to the powered Electrovoice speakers and subs...what a difference! Much more control and much more power. Im sure whatever suits. I mean most of the places we were playing didn't need 15" inch tops and 18" subs with drums mic'd up etc, but we enjoyed it. 😉

Mate, all it takes is jumping in. If you have rehearsed and have a band that gets a gig, just do it. You will love the buzz. The best feeling in the world is seeing a bunch of people enjoying themselves because of music that you are a part of making.

Every one of my basses has a bit of sentimental value to me so even although I am not currently gigging, they will stay. I hope forlornly to get a new job that allows me time to plan and therefore play. Playing live is my life.

I have these. I have the subs too but these tops are more than capable of delivering an excellent sound. Play an iPhone through these and they sound incredible! https://www.andertons.co.uk/live-pa/pa-systems/active-pa-speakers/electro-voice-ev-zlx15p-15inch-active-pa-speaker

We used to play in two different tunings. I wanted to tune to D and be done with it for easier singing but our guitar player said he didn't want to go that low so we compromised and went for E flat.We had an accordion player who wanted to play on his white keys so he wanted standard tuning. ( If we had gone down to D he would have been on his white keys anyway but that's another story) so rather than keep changing tunings, we carried a spare guitar tuned to the other tuning.

For years I only had one bass when we were gigging relentlessly. Then I started to build a collection by deciding I wanted a new one and never having the guts to get rid of the old one. Now I have 14 and I can honestly say, even although we are not gigging just now, I play every one of them at some point.

I would be up for anything that preserved string brightness. I absolutely hate old sounding strings and my sweat seems to take the newness out of strings alarmingly quick.

Does it have to be in tune?

We went to see The Mission a few years ago on their thirtieth anniversary tour. They were supported by the legend Peter Murphy and we were absolutely delighted to be seeing such great bands. Peter Murphy came on and it was evident that he didn't have a full band. He had a guy on guitar and a guy on a violin accompanying him. The first thing he said was we are here to see the 30th anniversary of The Mission, that's nothing, I've been going longer than that. Then he started playing obscure dirges that none of us recognised. There was an uber fan standing behind me and even he was getting cheesed off. Then Murphy made a mistake. He threw his acoustic guitar behind him shouting this f**ng thing isn't in tune. He had played it for a song just before, so if it was out it must have been him that put it out. I felt sorry for the single roadie that was running around after him. all in all he came across as a spoiled prick who felt that this support slot was beneath him and he obviously believed that he was arty enough to carry off this weird act that bore nothing to the music that we all knew and loved. Disappointed to say the least. The Mission were fantastic.

I have been at gigs where the sound has been incredible, then spoken to someone else who said it was terrible and vice versa. Certain venues can have vastly different sound quality depending on where you stand/are seated.