Andy_L

Clearly the Tonehammer 500 was too convenient: plenty of power and a nice tone in a package that fits comfortably in a small rucksack. So, it's new amp day, and along has come a Fender Bassman 800. Looking forward to trying it out on anger at the weekend rehearsal. In the meantime, if you want a Tonehammer 500 or EBS Reidmar 250, there are some nice ones in the classifieds

Going back to the click thing, we did use one and the engineer enforced it ruthlessly. It gave our drummer a tough time, but it made day two so much easier

Bravo! Enjoyed that.

Thanks

Thanks, yes they really looked after us.

Wait, what? There's a dressing room?

Thanks

Absolutely, time to start looking for the next one

My first gig ever, at the age of 54. Wow, what a buzz Brickmakers Arms, Norwich

Hi, thanks for asking. Pretty much everything I was told on here was correct and useful. I made more playing mistakes in the first hour than I had in the previous year, but settled into it and ended up not having to redo any of my parts (guitar and vocals can't say that). Will need to get the six songs we recorded and mixed over the three days on to Bandcamp.

Thanks again everyone for the advice, it was really helpful

Thanks folks

We've got two ten-hour days for recording plus a day for mixing. The plan is to get five or six songs done. We're country rock / americana and I'm not expecting much by way of overdubs. I love the thought of a psychobilly band using a theremin!

Thanks Wolfram. I'm probably guilty of tuning before a session then leaving it. I'll make sure the guitarist and I tune regularly. He's got new strings to fit. My flats have years left in them yet I reckon

Jean-Luc, thanks for your reply. I've already mentioned to the engineer about getting an early Johnny Cash / Sun Studios sound, so hopefully that should give him a fair idea. It'll be just me and the guitarist involved in the mixing. As I wrote most of the songs it's likely me that will be doing the talking. I'll talk to the rest about a single voice

BigRedX, thanks for this, I'll keep it all in mind. Imagine an album like Thriller, Rumours, Dark Side of the Moon. Now imagine the exact opposite financially: this is what we're likely dealing with

Cheers folks. My "sound" is P/flats and a Tonehammer with all the controls at 12 o'clock (except drive). Happy to have it changed if it helps. I'm used to receiving less attention, I'm the bass player

Thanks. Perfection wouldn't be an accurate reflection of us as a band

Buddster, Dr J, Thanks for all the useful tips

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1. PJ with the J turned off 2. Yep, I haven't a clue and he's been doing it for years 3. They're my mates, but... Yep, good point

First off, apologies if this has been done to death: I did a quick search and didn't find what I'm looking for. Feel free to post links and mild abuse. At the tender age of 53 I'm entering a recording studio for the first time in two weeks. What advice do you wish you'd been given when you were where I'm at? Thanks, Andy