chris_b

A passive P bass with flats.

I've always called them ghost notes.

A great song. Chuck Rainey at his best (good luck with that part) and Steve Gadd.

Good choice.

It is easy to understand why AC is playing the best bass lines for U2. I love 8th note, root, basic riffs playing. Locked with a simple drum pattern and pumping guitar there's nothing better at making the hairs stand up on the back of your neck, from Elmore James to U2, ZZ Top, Quo, AC/DC etc etc. There are a lot of great bands that use a rhythm section in this way, because it's a very effective style of playing.

You'd better not take the bass out of its case after all this!

Checkout Tim Waites playing great solid bass with Lucky Peterson, who is as mad as a box of frogs but the band is a great example of a modern blues band. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alzAG7rCAQA[/media] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGbN8GUF7DA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGbN8GUF7DA[/url] Also check out the Tedeschi Trucks Band for a different and fantastic take on the Blues. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3eisYawGT4[/media]

You don't have to improvise in Blues. Work out a great bass line and stick to it. Many players do that too.

Who said that?

Name some of the songs in your set.

I assumed you were getting the cash when you dropped the bass off at the sister's house. As the guys are saying. . . . cash on handover is the only deal you should be considering.

ER15's have worked for me for years. I can hear a whisper on stage and have survived playing with several massively loud rock bands with the 15's.

[quote name='Fisheth' timestamp='1479896455' post='3180057'] What should I do here? [/quote] You take control. Tell them you'd like to drop the bass off and complete the sale at a time and place, and would they confirm that this is OK by a particular time as there are others interested.

Forget the battery and go passive.

I've gone about a light as I can while maintaining a great tone at any volume level between very quiet and very loud. I'm using an Aguilar TH500 and 1 or 2 BF Super Compacts.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1479830404' post='3179632'] That's not an option for all bands. Some bands can't find a decent primary drummer or a dep. [/quote] True. . . but it seems this band isn't even looking.

Lots of negative posts, but there's nothing so negative as having to sit at home when you could be gigging. If you have trouble with the dep then you've chosen the wrong guy. [i][b]Don't choose the wrong guy[/b]![/i] If the band is so inflexible that they can't accommodate some "differences" in the way their songs are played then they really should be getting out, playing with other musicians and working through this inexperience. I know good deps. This Saturday we are a scratch band of guys who know each other but don't regularly play together. We have a set list from the singer, we know what we should be playing, we've done our homework and it's going to be a great gig. This doesn't happen over night but with experience anyone can make this work.

[quote name='HengistPod' timestamp='1479816615' post='3179473'] It's alright for the multi-band guy, but not handy when you get offered gigs and the drummer is out with his wedding band ... again. [/quote] Don't just accept sitting at home as an alternative. . . . get a good dep drummer.

Make sure the main band are not skimming your profits on the merchandise. Ensure you get a good pitch, where you'll be seen. Preferably beside the main band's merchandise area.

My only experience of Reidmar gear was using a 2 110 and the 250 as a provided back line on a pretty quiet gig. With the bass boost engaged I was pretty impressed by the sound. If the 750 has any of that tone it should be on everyone's evaluation list.

Why bother? Just doing my homework and evaluating an area of the bass world that I know nothing about . If I try and forget my back episodes, I also have arthritis developing in my shoulder and left thumb. These may or may not beat public disinterest in ending my career as a bass player. Just trying to be prepared.

Get a good accountant.

Peter Cook's really was a hidden treasure. Sorry to hear that it's gone. My wife bought me a Fender Precision Special from there in the mid 80's. The shop manager in the early 70's was Chris?? anther bass player. We used to dep for each other.

That's why I said "best". There must be one that is better than the others or do they all do this job equally well/badly?

Chris, you're right it stinks. You are being taken advantage of, bullied and ripped-off. But. . . this always was the norm for many big tours in years gone by. Also if you start to go down better with the fans than the main band they'll throw you off the tour. It's not fair but neither was Don Arden holding people halfway out of open second floor windows or the contract that Van Morrison signed that gives him a minute percentage of the royalties of many of his early hits (the list goes on for ever). . . . as they say "that's show business". You have to decide if you're just paying for the ride or if you will actually get something positive and worthwhile out of this experience.