SteveXFR

40 minutes ago, neepheid said:

 

Aye, but who's going to be mad enough to issue that?

 

Dingwall probably. 

I guess another major factor is what you play. Mainstream genres will get more gigs than accoustic free form blackened industrial death skiffle.

The main talent needed is entertaining an audience. Its entirely possible to be musically amazing but boring to an audience 

If you're in a small town, lie about your location in your social media and any other bios. There's lots of small venues in cities who support the scene by only booking local bands as support acts. Those are the venues you need to get in to. Thats where you'll gain a following and be seen by promoters. 

Im in Frome in Somerset, our nearest city is Bristol so if we want to play there, we have to say thats where we're based.

Be as helpful as you can if you want repeat bookings. Send the venue logos and pics straight away if they want them and make sure they have a tech list so the sound tech can be prepared and have an easier night. If he's prepared for a standard 4 piece rock band and you turn up with 9 horns without warning then he won't want to see you again. 

Paid gigs for unknown bands playing original music are a rarity around here. If we only played paid gig, we'd never play anywhere and we quite enjoy it so we'll play the free ones. Pay is a bonus these days.

Playing heavy metal is my hobby. Bar staff and security aren't there for fun so they get paid. The sound tech at our local does it for beer and bands get the same. 

If I was in it for the money, Id buy a white P bass and a white suit and play 80's covers at weddings but thats my idea of hell.

Is anyone here using a Motorbass overdrive? 

Ive checked out some reviews online and it sounds amazing but online review videos often add in all sorts of plugins to the signal chain. 

Does it really get you to that Lemmy style distortion?

2 hours ago, SimonK said:

Meanwhile Danny in Bradford is contributing this to the music industry (they may just be miming...):

 

 

I quite like that. Good band name as well.

I can't watch anything with Scott Devine. The jazz noodling just gets irritating after a while and when someone else is playing its like he's got jazz bass tourettes with random outbursts of "pocket", "tasty" or "ooh yeah". His American clone is much better though.

Plague Rages - Napalm Death

I had a rehearsal with my old style metal band last night and the only times I used the G was the intro to one song which is E, D, G power chords with the octave above the root added in. Other than that,its all on the E and A strings other than fills getting in to the D string. 

1 hour ago, terryj said:

Is it ok to use BEAD on a normal 4 string or does it put too much stress on the neck as it's made for a 4 string?

No, its fine. Ive tuned a few to BEAD

2 hours ago, knirirr said:

 

I don't know about metal but on jazz BG I end up using the G heavily and using E is relatively rare. This riff, for example, is on the top two strings. 
Some time ago someone posted a meme along the lines of "fretboard wear for different genres". I can't find it now but the jazz one was equal wear everywhere on the top two strings, nothing on the bottom two. I wonder how accurate the metal image was...

There are some metal riffs that only use the D and G strings, 46 & 2 by Tool is one that comes to mind and (I think) Bridge Burner by Mutoid Man but generally, its mostly on the E and A. Maybe its the clanky, trebley tone commonly used in metal makes the higher strings mostly unusable 

2 hours ago, Terry M. said:

Maybe not just to fans of jazz. Guitar Guitar in Camden sometimes blare out metal in the store and erm...I'll leave it there 😂

So you agree? Metal is noise to you, jazz is nonsense to me. I don't see the difference. 

7 hours ago, Terry M. said:

Ok I'll bite. You not liking jazz music makes it nonsense? 😂

To me, yes. To those who get it no.

Im sure a lot of the metal I enjoy is just meaningless noise to jazz fans.

12 minutes ago, paul_5 said:

Not even 'Punk Jazz'?

 

 

Nope. Too much jazz, not enough punk

Don't tell anyone else here but I don't like the sound of fretless. It sounds like a mental kazoo to me.

Did Jaco play doom? I can't be listening to that jazz nonsense but if he made a doom record, I should have a listen. 

Owlwood - Cult Of Luna

Be quiet and drive (far away) - Deftones 

8 hours ago, neepheid said:

 

Is this a confession?

Forgive me father for i have sinned

Posted in error

DR Dragonskin strings for my Spector. Nice bright, zingy tone and they feel nice.

Boss CEB3 Chorus pedal. Put infront of my Two Notes Revolt, a bit of chorus with the dirt channel engaged on the preamp, absolutely disgusting tone. It really makes the distortion stand out and adds a nice bit of bottom end.

1 hour ago, Reggaebass said:

Thinking about it I could probably take the A ,D and G string off and still be ok 😁

You may as well take the mid and treble knobs off your amp while you're at it.

Im getting lots of emails telling me my X account has been hacked. Ive never had an X/twitter account so it can't have been hacked. Oddly the emails appear to have actually come from X. I guess its all AI operated and like most AI, it's got it wrong. 

15 hours ago, super al said:

I play 5 string basses mainly and used all the strings when playing in a function band (I resisted 5 string basses until the keyboard player said "you wouldn't need to change bass mid set if you had a 5" lightbulb moment 😄).

 

Now I'm in a rock band I think in 2 songs I use the B string and never use the G string at all. I could go back to a 4 string and occasionally do in rehearsals but I'm scared I'd have to sell my lovely 5s. 

 

Could you use the G string for your other passion @SteveXFR ? Are G strings any good as brake/gear cables? 😄

 

 

Not for hydraulic brakes!

6 minutes ago, itu said:

I have my Status MM4 neck that Rob built to BEAD tuning. I use it now with EADG tuning and obviously thinner strings. Works like a dream. No need to modify anything. 

Id need to file the nut and bridge to accept the thicker stings. I can only just get a .110 string in the E string slot in the bridge.