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I have in the past, giggled 6 string basses. I used a Status, a Spector and an Aria pro over a period of 5 years. If I'm honest, I bought the Status to see what 6 strings would do for me and all it did, was attract comments. Some positive, some not. I rarely ventured into high C territory. The Spector was bought from here and tbh, was simply a price I couldn't resist although I did gig it for 2 years. Not a huge fan of the neck profile or the 35" scale. The Aria came my way via a trade. Cheap as chips and I loved it. Great sound, super light and comfortable and passive (which I prefer) gigged that for 3 years and did actually use the high C as I'd started to throw in some chord work on certain songs. As I got older, the ultra wide necks were giving me gyp so now exclusively use 5ers as I do rely a lot on the B. I've no doubt that quite a few people do buy a 6 or more string bass to create an image of "look what I play" and I have been guilty of this myself. However, I did eventually realise that despite being able to play the thing, I didn't actually need it. One upside of ERBs is that no-one ever wants to borrow your bass😆

Private summer party tonight. Only 50 people but nice crowd, great food and a nice welcome. Got paid straight away and a promise of next years do. Played okay, but just okay as all still shattered from last night. Another one tomorrow and unfortunately it's a battle of the bands and we're on at 00.30 after the competition so going to be another 4.30 / 5.00 am back home job. Not looking forward to that. Drummer and guitarist also have a Sunday gig and both have day jobs Monday morning. Poor buggers. You can actually have too much of a good thing.

Behave😆

Played here tonight (last night I guess as it's now 2.30am) the world sheep shearing championships!! Yes, there is such a thing. About a 1000 out front, hospitality tent in which we ate ALL the chocolate before we even got anything out the van😆 Must say, very nice not having to unload 80% of the gear.

Weird that a couple of users of the AKG WMS40 have battery life issues. The current AA in mine has just finished its 9th gig. 😳

AKG Wms 40 for me. 1 AA battery gives 30 hours of use so very cheap to run. No drop out, no change in tone, never let me down in 3 years of gigs (about 150) About £68.

Played our third gig in 36 hours this afternoon. Went down really well but no let up with the weather here. Continuous supplies of iced water from very considerate organisers but that didn't prevent our drummer being carted off with heat stroke two numbers before the end. He's fine now. Another three in a row coming up in 4 days time, looking to still be very hot. Oh joy.😆

I know it's 3.20 a.m but I'll still call it tonight's gig. Outdoor job. Went down well but hell, the heat. Started at 9.pm. and it was still 34 degrees. We were soaked after the first couple of numbers. I personally downed 3 litres of water over the evening. Another two gigs Sat and Sun and three more in the week. No sign of it getting cooler at the moment.

Thank you. That sounds really interesting. Hadn't even thought of it. Will check it out now.

Think I'm heading towards Cubase Elements. As mentioned before, probably best to take advantage of the one to one tuition and helpline from my friend. Thanks everyone for your time, advice and input. Most appreciated.

So, I was right, and this leads on to my next point. Do you have the falcon?

I'm slightly confused and if I'm honest I am solely responsible for my confusion. We have never met, are unlikely to meet and in addition, I have never seen a picture of you. Yet, I've somehow always imagined ( as one usually does conjur a mental image of others based purely on their ramblings within these forums) that you were a rather large Nicholas Soames /Patrick Moore type look-alike. Based on that assumption being correct, this bass is far too small for you.

Much appreciated, thank you. I'll investigate all options. Thanks again.

Most appreciative of all comments. Thank you. Having checked out stuff as much as I'm able with no knowledge or experience, it's come down to two options. Reaper. Cheap, sufficient for my needs and apparently, fairly easy to make a start. Cubase. Lot more expensive, seemingly more complicated but the one big advantage is that a friend with a semi commercial studio has offered to get me started with some free one to one tuition.

Thanks for that skidder, I'll check it out now.

Personally, I don't rate that Adam bloke who's actually in it now. John Deacon was right. Queen was over when Freddie died.

Exactly this.

I have a want to start home recording as I think I'm probably coming to the end of my gigging years. I've had a thorough look at Skoll's beginners thread (Brilliant) However, I mistakenly ventured into page 2 and being a newbie non techie, it's starting to sound complicated. Okay, this is where I'm at. I've got all the instruments I'll ever need. Someone is lending me a Rode vocal mic to get started. I have a P.C with 8 things of RAM and an external 1Tb hard drive. For the moment, I'll use a NAD amp and Mission speakers as monitors. I intend to buy a Focusrite audio interface. Now, the DAW. I'll need something REALLY intuitive and easy and a local guy here has suggested Korg Gadget which is now available for P.C. Any opinions on this would be highly appreciated as it seems to have no mentions here that I can find. I've no intention of becoming Mark Ronson and purely want to record my own stuff with me playing it all for fun. Thanks

Depped on Saturday night with a bunch of mates at the fete de la musique. Loved it. Singer is a complete nutter. Jumping all over the place, out in the crowd, it tired me out just watching him. Ultimate front man. We even made the newspapers😆

Victims of the dreaded French rain again last night and looks to be the same for tonight. Shame, as this weekend (specifically yesterday) is the national Fete de la musique so there are gigs all weekend, all over the country. Luckily for all the other bands playing in France, it only rains at our gigs😆

Wow, the Mooer Airmaster, but is it any good for metal?

If you really want to get noticed, try the Jetco 50. Not as expensive as you may think and certainly makes a difference on stage.

As you say, goes with the territory. Band performance wise, it was great. We really played well but sometimes, an audience just don't want to get going. Luckily, it was very well paid and we got great feedback from the client and, another gig from a guest but it still doesn't make you feel like you delivered the goods.

I tell my wife I've bought stuff and these days I just get a raised eyebrow, a wry smile and a "what are you like?

I get it Blue. Same for us. Private party, 120 people, and it was like they'd invited everyone in France that had no interest in music😆 Hard work to get them going and as usual, ignore you most of the night and then at 2am, shout for more when we're all dead on our feet and want to go home.