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Bootsy's old bass? If it's not good enough for Bootsy it's not good enough for me! 😜

"This bass retains the original strings that were on it when the consignor received it in 1977." 😳

Dress rehearsal for tonight's gig. 90s and 00s indie classics. It was at Tweeters near Leatherhead. Big room full PA. Proper drum kit which the drummer always sounds better on, we use an electric one at our usual private place. In my never ending quest to find the one amp solution, I recently bought a TC Electronics BH800 bass amp. If I was to write a review of the BH800, I'd say it doesn't sound as good as other class D amps (my TecAmp Puma for example) until you start using the tone prints for the basic sound. Unfortunately there are only 2 tone prints, and I've loaded them with the 2 different dirt/fuzz effects I need for this band. Fortunately, one of the guitarists is lending me his Orange isobaric 4x10 bass cab, which sounds great. It's 8ohm and the BH800 (allegedly) kicks out 400w at 8ohm which is enough. We ploughed through the set and tidied up the 2 new songs we've added. TLDR it was great fun, and very good for my mental health.

Laurence is my go-to guy 🎸

Electrik Soup, at The Berrylands, Saturday 29th November. Berrylands, that London. VID-20250926-WA0003.mp4

Was listening to the Rokonteurs episode earlier. Quite poignant knowing he's gone 😟 I was never into The Stone Roses, but I liked playing his bass lines (in the same way I wasn't into disco but love playing Bernard's lines). In the 00's the band I was in used to play 'I am the resurrection '. That opening bass riff always got a great response.

Assuming the heteronormative there?

Royal Blues (originals Americana), at The West Hampstead Arts Club. It was either a bus ride for 3 stops from Kilburn, or a 10 minute walk. What Google maps didn't say is that the walk was uphill 😖 (and it started raining). We were a support band, second out of three. Soundcheck at 6, so of course we were soundchecking at 6:45 (Showtime 8:15, actually onstage nearer to 8:45). It's a small venue, 30 punters make the place look full, which was fortunate... The sound person was great, onstage balance was good, and FOH sounded good according to punters. The 2 new songs debuted at the previous gig were included and went down well. Ibanez UB804 -> Getaria wireless -> DI. Footwear - maroon creepers. This was the back of the stage. In front of the drummer and myself was the guitarist, lead vocalist, and 2 backing singers.

A couple of snaps from EUB corner...

A doom band not influenced by Candlemass? 😱 😉 Nah, seriously, good stuff! 😈

It would be nice to move away from headphones for home practice, so one of these could be ideal. How could I play along to songs I'm learning with it?

Snapdragon folding bass guitar. 29" scale neck.

Naive - The Kooks Horrible song. The bass line is different all the way through 😖

Royal Blues, at The West Hampstead Arts Club, Friday 14th November, 2025. Supporting Denzeity. At the time of posting there are a limited number of 'Ridiculously Early Bird' tickets available for £4.40. https://wegottickets.com/event/679624/

A couple of pics by the audience from Thursday...

Royal Blues at The Troubadour, Earls Court, that London. 4 bands, though not remotely similar. Pretty much a capacity crowd, not bad for a Thursday night. We were up for it, lots of friends and family in the (paying) audience. Played two new songs, which went down well. The house bass rig was an Orange 4 stroke bass head and Orange cab. I set everything flat with the compressor half way. It sounded glorious. Ibanez UB804 -> Airbridge wireless -> Orange 4 stroke bass amp -> Orange cab. Footwear -> Maroon brothel creepers.

TBF that does sound like a nice day out ☺️

Deon Estus. His bass work for Wham! was sublime.

Is it on a stand?

Hi, that would be great 😃. SE Bassbash 9/11 👍🏼

@Burns-bass recently sold me a Stagg EUB. Mutually beneficial price that included p&p, mightily well packaged, and great comms throughout. Marvelous! 😊

Used it a rehearsal. It sounds great. I'm getting the hang of it, but still occasionally get thrown by the scale. Plus playing it 'at a distance ' isn't ideal. How does everyone else play their EUB's?

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