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Not sure why oasis get such a hard time. People love them and will go nuts for a tune. I'm doing a dep next week playing a little mix tune ffs! Does it bother me? No. Because if the punters have fun , then I'll enjoy myself!

[quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1500661623' post='3339511'] After reading thru this thread and having just joined a newly formed function band starting from scratch i thought i would take the most popular songs from here and put on one list. It made for a pretty fantastic set list. What do you think Maggie May – Rod Stewart Long Train Running – Doobies Sex On Fire – Kings of Leon Play That Funky Music – Wild Cherry You Shook Me Al Night Long – AC/DC Honky Tonk Woman – The Stones Dancing with Myself – Billy Idol Sit Down – James Pinball Wizard – The Who Living Thing – ELO Jean Genie – Bowie Heroes – Bowie Get It On – T.Rex Blockbuster – Sweet Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison Summer of 69 – Bryan Adams Dakota – Stereophonics Everybody Needs Somebody – The Blues Brothers Love Really Hurts – Billy Ocean Saturday Nights Alright for Fighting – Elton John Crocodile Rock – Elton John Sweet Home Alabama - Lynard Skynard Valerie – Amy Winehouse Alright Now – Free I Shot the Sheriff – Eric Clapton All My Loving – Beatles 39 – Queen Message In A Bottle – The Police Don’t Stop Believing - Journey [/quote] I agree, this set played well would go down a treat at your bog standard gig! Laid by James goes down well if you're playing to the right generation. Dunno if it's the same outside Scotland but Dignity by deacon blue always gets a sing along going!

I'd be doing a stake out. Unbelievable luck by the way! Great news!

I've literally spent this afternoon learning 30 odd tunes for a wedding dep next weekend. On top of that alot of the the other ones I already knew are in odd keys. Fun! 😶 the first dance is a bloody masterpiece on bass too.

[quote name='Len_derby' timestamp='1500180775' post='3336050'] Over time, I've tried to stop fretting about it. Particularly in a live situation. Yesterday I payed at a festival with an active Precision through a Trace Elloitt combo. I didn't like the tone I was hearing on stage at all, but the people out front said it sounded just dandy. [/quote] This is me. As long as it's a usable tone then I'm happy. The days of me endlessly knob twiddling at a gig are way gone. I have my zoom ms60b set as a preamp and I try to di before I got whatever amp I'm playing through. I literally never touch the settings on it. And then I just set the amp flat. I'm ready to play within 30 seconds of being on stage.

There's a peach of a solo on an n sync tune from a few years ago... 'larger than life' I'm sure its called.

Anyone had a go at the 5 string?

Done a few medium size weddings with this as an onstage monitor. But the wee thing fairly belts out! Still not got an ext cab but that's not a priority. Sound wise it's lovely and the eq is powerful. Overall I'm delighted!

Ed sheeran tune will go down well plus it'll be bloody easy. That castle one goes down sooo well. Locked out of heaven by Bruno mars can be rocked up pretty nicely.. but can also be really funky. Great sing along.

Tonally there's a difference on you tube. For almost all applications all 3 of those times would be fine. However it would be interesting to get his thoughts on how they feel to play. Thats the biscuit I'd like to see him munch.

[quote name='azfatboy' timestamp='1498845093' post='3327556'] Indeed, I think most folks that think Royal Blood "needs a guitar player" are listening with their eyes, and with the foreknowledge that it's just one dude with a bass up there. [/quote] I get what you're saying... and don't get me wrong, I like what they do.. but how he plays bass limits the sound. Personally I think the songs and riffs are being held back by their self chosen limitations! But opinions are like left testicles. Everyone's got one. Apart from women and one balled men.

I think if they want longevity then they might need to think about dropping the bass does guitar routine. I know that's their 'thing' however it's going to sound samey after a while. 1st albums decent but it certainly didn't get played to death on my cd player! If the 2nd album is more of yhe same then I would imagine interest will start dropping pretty quickly! They've got decent songs though so I honestly think they would have more appeal at album 3 if they got a keyboard or guitarist in. The fanboy purists will disagree with me no doubt!

I had their natural body jazz copy for a while. Astonishing bass . But it was just too heavy and I simply didn't need as many basses at The time. Does this feel a bit on the heavy side?

[quote name='wombatboter' timestamp='1498460165' post='3324681'] I'm a huge fan of slap and Chic but what Jerry Barnes does is just too much...Chic is all about cool grooves and the sparse lick every now and then and Barnes is all about show off and overplaying. Bernard's tone was a huge part of the Chic sound and that sort of treble didn't fit the smoothness of their music. I thought Barnes was horrible, slapping too much, slides in every song and making it a sort of slap contest what Chic is not about imo. The worst thing is that though his slap sound was great his timing wasn't....everytime he went solo his fills were sloppy. A bunch of slap cliches (octaves anyone ?) and I just got tired of it...my foot went crazy during the Barry Gibb set, it stopped during Chic. The presenters were raving about Barnes which proves that when you do something loud and many times people get impressed... I don't see what Rodgers sees in him after the pure class of Edwards [/quote] It just proves that two set of ears can hear to entirely different things. I would say the complete opposite to this. 😂

That first song he did, played with a band, is an absolute stonker of a tune. one man and a guitar has its limits imo.

[quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1498142777' post='3322781'] Yeah me too, if I'm going to be playing that section of the song again I'll incorporate the "wrong" note as a passing note or something just in case any smart arse had a suspicion I make a mistake. [/quote] I do this exact thing!! 😅😅 It should be in the manual of bass playing.

Not sure this excites me this much. Pr9bably Will sound decent enough but what's it doing that makes it a better option than a b3?

I used to have a multiFX which had an external loop which could be mixed in at different points in the chain. So basically I ran a Fuzz pedal at full pelt in the loop and then each patch I wanted some fuzz in I would mix it in at the right place in the chain, at different levels. It was an extremely useful thing to have, and it meant I didn't need to rely on the onboard fuzz sound (which were not great). I only got rd of it as the mutiFX was big and bulky and I wasn't really needing as many sounds as I had at my disposal. This, accompanied with a nice analogue Fuzz and dirt in the loops, along with a expression pedal would pretty much cover everything for the gigging bassist, all in a very small footprint! For me, this is a great idea! I just wish it came out 5 years ago when I probably needed one!

Mine is set medium I'd say. It can go lower but I like a bit of grab to the strings which I feel you lose if you go mega low. I tried my mates bass (who is outstanding) and his action was high. I read somewhere (from a techguy) most basses can be set up the exact say you like as aslong as theres no fundamental problems with the neck or the actual design.

If you want to learn all the songs though... personally speaking, you should listen to them whilst commuting etc especially if there is odd bits. But honestly I'd be surprised if aerosmiths or bonjovis gigging set list is as big as that. Most originals gigs are between 6 and 15 tunes. Your bands fans (If they have any) will likely want to hear 3 or 4 of the same songs every gig. Once you realistically look at it, theres not a lot to learn.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1497428620' post='3317981'] They won't be playing 70 songs every gig and some songs on the records won't have been played since, so get a set list off them, or at least a list of songs they play regularly. Start with those and work around to the rest later. [/quote] This. An originals band with that many releases will have a 30 strong set. A lot often recorded tunes will never or almost never be played live. So try get their last set and learn that. If you've joined the band then surely you already know this?

Not quite the same but I had a mag300 head which was sitting unused at our rehearsal room. It had started buzzing and id already put too much mpney into fixing other bits to it so I replaced it with nice new amp. On a clear out I offered it to the other bands before i was juat going to lob it out. One of the guys took it off me expecting to have a tinker with. Spoke to him a few months later and it turns out he'd done nothing with it and it was perfectly fine! Doh! Could have been worse, I was just going to Toss it if no-one took it off my hands!

Nope. Can listen to that for about 30 seconds. Bass players that video from the 12th feet upwards are missing the point imo.

So been into richer sounds and got a set of the hd206. Firstly the sound is great. Balanced and not bass heavy. Secondly I dont think they are particularly loud. On my mobile phone the volume needs cranked to get anywhere near my in ear ones.. shouldn't be a problem for my application , they will pr0bably never leave the house! As a bonus they seem to be pretty well made with a decent jack. Thanks for your help guys, I'm happy with the purchase!

[quote name='naxos10' timestamp='1497166759' post='3316180'] Sennheiser HD201 low cost but good quality [/quote] I originally looked at them but looks like theyve been discontinued? Maybe replaced by the 206's? They look very similar.