chris_b

I might go to a gig to check out a covers band, professional interest you know. We should always be aware of the competition. I'll also see bands where I know the guys, to say hi and show my face, but I don't go to gigs that often. I depped out the cover band once and my gig got cancelled. I'm afraid I spent the night at home.

What's the problem? The band has a gig and you can't do it. Happens all the time. Get a dep or let them do it as a 3 piece. Why stop them?

The curse of youtube. These days no one can have a bad gig.

Bass needs more power from an amp to create a better sound. I'd start at 500 watts not because I need to be loud but because I want a clean powerful sound at whatever volume the band plays at. If you've been out of bass playing for the last 10 years, you might have noticed that the bass world has changed. You can still buy the old stuff, but it really is the old stuff. Modern bass gear is smaller, lighter, louder and sounds light years better than the average stuff of years gone by. I'd look in the BC classifieds (because you can find great gear at a good price) and look at separates because you can change your mind about your sound (and you will) an be able to upgrade each piece individually.

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Yep. There are 2 gigs, Blues On The Farm in Chichester and Blues At The Farm in Essex. You're in big trouble if you mix those up. . . . . and I know someone who has!

We're all bass players here. In a band I think we are the reasonable and sensible ones. Why get into fights or arguments or even raise your voice? Over the years I've played with many great people but I've also run into a few selfish, psychopathic, self-centred, pathetic, crooked and gold plated aholes and I've never had a cross word with any of them. What would it have achieved? As I keep saying, this isn't a hobby so my criteria maybe different to yours, but what keeps me in any band containing nightmare people like this is; is the band gigging, is it successful, are the other guys worth staying for, is there a better band on the horizon? I love making music, so if the band is good enough then I can ignore quite a lot of idiotic and twatish behaviour.

Good drummers are out there. I haven't played with a bad one in 20 years and I'm very grateful for my good fortune.

All the band leaders I play with are increasing their solo and duo gigs. I've done several guitar and bass duos over the years. They were usually good evenings. Bands are noisy and these days the neighbours have more power to hassle the venue. Also the music pub/club punter is a dying breed in many areas. Bands don't attract like they once did.

Good drummers can play at any volume, bad drummers only play at one volume. So good drummers are flexible and have ears and a brain that can work out what is required and best for the gig. Bad drummers are inflexible, don't listen and don't care whether they are playing appropriately or not. There is only one thing you can do with a bad drummer. . . . find a better one.

I like to be able to hold my music.

I usually work for band leaders so the name issue is always a non-issue for me.

Checkout the classifieds. There are some good Shuker and ACG basses around.

We turned up to a gig and found the drummer pacing up and down outside. Apparently, when he arrived, someone had said, "I hope you're better than the band last week. The drummer got stabbed!" It was a dodgy pub full of oiks, retards and throwbacks, but we still did the gig. Thankfully they liked us.

I usually don't join in "hate" threads. . . . but after a long time resisting. . . . I'm going to have to mention Grandad by Clive Dunn. I understand why they made it, it was the day job, but I see no redeeming features in that record at all.

A good gig can be any of these in any combination but a great gig starts with. . . . a good band comprising good musicians, then. . . I played well, the band played well, the promoter and the audience loved it, there were no fights, the band are happy, I'm happy and the most important bit, we get rebooked and someone sees us and offers us a gig somewhere else. Oh yes, and we got paid. It's always a bonus when one of the other guys in the band ask me to join one of their side projects. Tick most of these boxes and it could be a great gig, tick them all and it definitely was a great gig.

Nice choice.

I reckon that north of 90% of the acts on Later have not been to my taste. That doesn't make Later a bad show. Later is a good show because it features live music. Why anyone would want to take it off the air just because they don't like the acts beats me. What these people should be moaning about is that lack of alternative music shows on TV. With more choice, maybe, people would stop bleating on about Later.

Not yet.

There are a lot of bands doing this. It was written as live music. Music you'd want to dance all night to, which is why it's still popular with audiences today. You need to keep the feel but sound different enough to stand out and get noticed. Hall and Oates I Can't Go For That. Otis's Hard To Handle and run it into Hush. The Stones Miss You. Aerosmith's Walk This Way with the feel of RUN DMC's version. Billie Jean, Jive Talking, Dancing In The Street, Word Up.

If I was the OP I wouldn't have any GAS for amps but I'd be looking at a couple of G3 Super Compacts or an SC and a Super Midget. Back on topic: I haven't heard a Quilter (or Genzler) but I owned both the Subway D800 and Aguilar TH500. The D800 was very good but I kept the TH500 which is now my backup to an AG700, which I think sounds even better with BF cabs.

The best strap for a bad shoulder is the one that is attached to a lighter bass.

Cheating? Don't be silly. Writing the answers up your arm when taking exams is cheating. Having the words etc to hand is being prepared.

I watch Later. Actually, I record it and ff through the stuff I don't like. I sometimes see a band that I like. I've no idea why people like the stuff I don't, but they seem to, so why should I call their music crap and slag off one of the only music programs on TV? I'm in favour of the TV companies filling their schedules with live music. We need more. Later is a good program and TV would be the poorer if it was cancelled.

You want to run a 10x10? Why???? Get the Ashdown if you think it does something useful that the 410 doesn't do. Just don't run them together.