chris_b

You can't blame all gigs because you encountered a bad one. I've done crap gigs, places that I will refuse to go back to and played people I'll never play with again, but those are the exceptions.

Having known a couple of BBC sound men, they are some of the best. If the Beeb had a bad sound I would imagine the culprit was feed they were taking from the Glasto desk.

Wash your hands and clean your strings. IME sweat shouldn't be too sticky but the associated gunk that builds up can be.

In the past venues would have inclusive insurance, but promoters are reducing their costs by not covering the bands, which leaves the bands having to provide their own insurance.

Do you need to take the strap off after every gig? If you leave the strap on maybe the rubber won't wear. You could replace the small strap buttons with the larger buttons. Maybe the rubber rings wouldn't fall off then. I have Dunlops on all my basses. Been using them since the 90's with no issues. Allparts strap locks are rebadged Dunlops at a better price. I also have a set of these.

I sold a Wal about 20 years ago, and another about 8 years ago. I shouldn't have done that. I kick myself when I see the prices they are fetching these days!! My only real regret, I sold a Mike Lull Jazz bass. I was running a one-in one-out policy at the time and now wish I'd kept it. Everything else was nice to own and play but was replaced by something better, so no tears.

I'm afraid I make John Entwistle look animated.

Try http://www.albumlinernotes.com/Ray_Pohlman.html and his Wiki page.

Thanks

That is not what I said or meant. Why be so aggressive?

As this is usually the case, the sound guy should be wandering around to check the sound out in the room. I don't think I've ever seen them doing this.

I didn't say either of those things!! I said that if your technique is good one bass shouldn't be more "difficult" to play than the other.

I switched from DR Lo-Riders to TI flats on my PJ5 and didn't have to touch the truss rod. That's 130's on the round wounds and 136 for the TI low B. I always use the fattest strings I can find. I think they give me a better tone. I play lightly so tension and string size isn't an issue for me.

Too expensive and only 4 ohms!

All 3 of my covers were made by Roqsolid. Good prices and great covers.

+1 Your three amps through a Super Twin will sound like three different rigs.

I find getting a good sound out of my active Sadowsky jazz bass to be pretty straightforward and not at all complicated. It's a different range of tones to my passive PJ5 but I love having the choice to play both. I don't understand why unplugging active basses is an issue or a problem. I unplug all my basses when they aren't being played. Trailing leads are a risk to all basses.

Many years ago I saw Little Feat at the Shepherds Bush Empire and when they started the sound was wonderful. Just like the records. I was standing by the desk and noticed the sound guy never stopped twiddling!! The sound got progressively worse and ended up an indistinct mush and painfully loud. IMO the biggest part of the sound guys job is to know when to leave well alone. It seems many don't understand the concept of less is more.

Why would you want to change the bass line in the solo? Stay with the same line as you play in the rest of the song.

I wish I'd taken it all more seriously.

My wife's reply is always, " If you think it's good, get it".

SVT3-PRO's go to 10. If you get the EQ right it's as loud as any other amp inthat range.

This. The bassist from Squeeze came along to an SE Bass Bash and he clanked and buzzed through the whole presentation. All the extraneous noises disappear when the other instruments come in.

Sitting in a field isn't how I want to consume my music, but large or small, I think festivals are a great thing. I'm playing at a couple of local festivals next month. Friends went to Glasto every year for decades. They went for the experience as much as the music. The last big festival I went to was Reading 1973. I'm afraid I can't take most of the DJ/presenters on the TV coverage of Glasto, so I don't keep up with who's appearing.