PaulWarning

I've got a GP12 SMX, but it's a AH250, no fan, fairly light at 13Kg

my mistake, I wrongly assumed they made good quality basses then started doing cheaper ones, a bit odd making cheap basses then good ones then cheap ones again (I've just read the wiki page). I've got an early 80's made in Japan one with DiMarzio pickups, a decent bass despite having a heavy ply body.

our gig is going ahead, much to my surprise, our regular guitarist, an anti vaxer, has Covid for the second time, but we have a backup who's played with us before. My attitude is it's up to the individual as to whether they want to take the risk of going to the gig or not, for instance my partner who normally does to all our gigs is giving it a miss, I have a much more risk tolerant view

I still use a B1on, the only trouble with them is adjusting patches is a faff, but once they're set up to your liking they're great, I recently got hold of a Tech21 Leeds pedal and have set up the Zoom to sound more or less the same

yep, the original (good) Hondo's were made in Japan, then they moved to Indonesia, I think, not so good

probably for the best, but you could use a bass amp (you may have another?) with a cheap distortion pedal, I sometimes even use my Zoom B1on

out guitarist gets a better distorted sound out of his 50 watt Marshall valvestate than he does out of his all valve Marshall

and like an apprenticeship, you'll need guidance from someone who knows what they're doing, knowing something doesn't sound right and knowing how to fix it are two different things

you tube have dealt differently with copywrite issues on covers of songs I've put on there, they either don't pick them up, or the original songwriter isn't bothered, Daydream Believer was taken down (with a warning), when I uploaded a version of Mrs Robinson, it said they'd detected that the song was a cover and we wouldn't get any royalties for it, a couple of other covers I uploaded at the same time went through with no problems, go figure

I wouldn't dream of recording at home for commercial releases, I'm with @BigRedX on this, however I can do reasonable home demos just using free software, one of the revelations was when I started using reverb to fill out the sound it always sounded to clean and clinical before that

we did another Rock and Roll Christmas a few times, went down ok, not sure who realised it was a GG song though 😂

that's what I understood, the venue buys a PRS license and that's it, haven't a clue how the PRS distribute the monies, only once have we've been asked for our set list for PRS purposes

bugger, I try and be careful, about upsetting the grammar Nazis 😃 fixed anyway 😂

we've been asked on a handful of occasions in about 600 gigs to have equipment PAT'd and once to have personnel liability insurance, not once have we been asked for proof it's been done.

I wouldn't know tbh, what I do know is I really enjoy a pint of Rockin' Robin and Olde Trip, I don't enjoy Greene King's ales like IPA and Abbotts, they have a funny taste to them YMMV

well that's my theory, it's very similar ( the same IMO) to Olde Trip, made for the Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem when it was owned by Kimberly Brewery (Hardy Hansons), more info on this fascinating pub and a photo of the Olde Trip beer pump for bass players not familiar with Nottingham's most famous drinking establishment. https://thirdeyetraveller.com/ye-olde-trip-to-jerusalem-england-oldest-inn/

Rockin' Rudolf is a very pleasant festive offering from Greene King, I don't normally like their beers but this one is Kimberly Ales recipe (I think) a local Nottingham Brewery they took over (closed down) a few years ago

Don't you just hate it when a cack handed player has to use a right handed guitar 😂

I get fret buzz when I put new strings on, they soon bed in, I use DR neon's and it really shows up how the strings wear when they touch the frets, like a little groove

tricky, we've had a few girlfriends turn up for practice sessions in the early days of a relationship, however, they soon get bored and stop coming to rehearsals, if they started expressing an opinion it's a different ball game though

perhaps as well he didn't, they may not have lasted 10 years if he had, many a band has broken up because of too many opinions, or musical differences as it's called

I use a Behringer UM2 plugged into my laptop, I used to use a Behringer BDI21 to spice things up a bit, but since I bought a pair of audio technica WS1100 headphones (rare and not cheap) I don't need to

I'm the only member of the band that could be arsed to join the PRS, so I credit all the songs to me, what little royalties we actually make I share with the rest of the band. I write most of the songs, but everybody usually has some input

I replaced my ageing Sennheiser HD280pro's with audio-technica ATH-WS1100's, bit over budget but the difference in the bass response is breath taking. I use my headphones for practice a lot with the Sennheiser's I always struggled to get decent bass even with effects pedals, but the Audio Technica's sound great plugged straight in to my laptop via a Behringer UM2 interface

sure it's not cola from a dispenser? must be a close run thing