PaulWarning

I always think it's wise to start these sort of comments with IMO, a smiley helps as well

yep, to be a worthwhile cover it should be radically different from the original, otherwise what's the point?

I think we've had a "Worst cover version ever" thread as well, can't be arsed to look for it though, I seem to remember Mr Cocker getting a mention

Very much a matter of opinion, I like Joe Cocker's version, one of the few Beatle covers I prefer to the original. Can't stand Stevie Wonder's version of We Can Work It out, but then again I don't like most of what he's done. Now where is that tin hat?

this is true, I wouldn't be without my hearing aids, as an experiment the other day I used my Fender V2 (2 x 8) to play music through via my Hi Fi, while I won't be replacing my normal speakers with it the tweeter made a big difference then, but I can't tell any difference when playing my bass though it, (even with my hearing aids in 😄)

I've got a couple of Fender V2 cabs with a similar set up, I have the tweeter off but tbh it's makes bugger all difference whether they're on or off, a tweeter on a bass cab seems like a waste of time to me ymmv

forgive my ignorance in these matters, but aren't worn frets obvious when the end of finger nail is dragged across them? New stings always buzz more, I use DR neon's and after a few hours there's very noticeable wear at the place where they hit the frets

depends what sort of band you are, IMO it's no good trying to please everybody, people get bored with the stuff they don't like, focusing (more or less) on one genre and you'll attract that sort of crowd, for instance Ska is very popular. I'm in a punk band, but we do stray into heavy rock (whole lotta Rosie) and the novelty songs are popular, Jilted John and Nellie the Elephant, basically people love to sing a long and dance, I'm talking about pub gigs btw

I hadn't heard of them, so thanks for the heads up, but if you're selling a £200 Bass, it's a big chunk to pay out for delivery, and the buyer isn't the one taking the risk, still, it's good to know

I've never come across a courier that will insure instruments that aren't in a hard case if they'll insure them at all. It must be unusual for this type of thing to happen otherwise the online sellers of guitars and basses wouldn't send them in a carboard box, which they do, all the time. I suppose it's up to the individuals attitude to risk as to whether send guitars and basses this way, I've sent a few and got away with it, if I hadn't I'd have taken the hit, I knew it was a possibility

there's a few threads on this subject, here's one

they're better now they've got the original bassist back, bass players do make a difference 🙂, saw them at Stone Valley last year, Jake doesn't look good tbh, and those shirts don't help 😂

if you're an anomaly , I'm at too 😂

that certainly used to be the case, but less and less people even have a CD player these days, in my (very limited) experience, there has been a marked decline in people buying CD's after a gig in the last couple of years. The band were discussing online this morning about writing some new original material, I pointed out (me being the misery guts of the band) that were unlikely to recoup the cost of recording and production because of poor CD sales, everybody went very quiet

yes, we're finding that as well, they keep coming back for T shirts, they got a finite life, not so CD's or other forms of music carriers

I'm reasonably friendly with an originals band, who make a thing out of collectable vinyl, singles in different colours, that sort of thing, they travel all over the place doing gigs and admit they don't really recover costs, they view it as a promo tool

we obtained some download codes via Bandcamp, you get about 100 free(might be more can't remember), NOBODY asked for one with the CD's we sold. But you are right CD sales have fallen through the floor, vinyl is cost prohibitive for smaller runs, and if our experience is anything to go by, popularity is exaggerated, don't get me started on streaming, we get about 500 streams a month for which get about £1.50. All in all it's very difficult to make a case for recording and releasing music, unless you're happy to make a loss on it

I think it's been on before, well worth a look though

one of my fondest memories of Rebellion was the Glitter Band, after about the 3rd encore they turned the PA off, the crowd did I Love You me love with just the drummer 😂

I sort of get what you're saying, later punk did get a bit like that, having said that you've described one of my favourite bands, The Ramones, 4 barre chords and the title of the song sung (not shouted) 4 times, I don't know what made them special, but something indefinable did. I won't be going, I've been a few times and didn't particularly enjoy it, it's just too big, too many bands, dodgy sound. Apart from the odd exception, it just all merges into a mushy mess, for me anyway. Last time I went I spent most of my time in the pub round the corner 😃

yes I've heard that argument as well, but the fact there's so few reserve prices these days seems to suggest it doesn't work, certainly puts me off. Ebay don't charge for listing or relisting, unless you have extras. I've just checked there is an extra fee for a reserve price, so makes even less sense to me

not as far as I know, in fact their could be a charge for having a reserve price, could well be wrong on that one though, ebay never charge me for placing a sale on there, they make the money on selling fees, no sale no fee

we don't really know the price, reserve not met, I really don't understand why people do this, why not just start it at the reserve price point?

me too, I'm a lefty and I've flirted with learning right handed, I soon realised how much work was invovled and gave up

another vote for the Bootleg Beatles, seen them a few times over the years, last time at Stone Valley last year, absolutely superb, felt for the Boomtown Rats who had to follow them on. Total respect for Steve White, he relearnt how to play bass left handed to be like Paul.