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4 hours ago, Beedster said:

Yamaha use it and they know their stuff 👍

My BB1100S has conventional, Fender style P pickup. My Spector has reverse P

1 hour ago, kodiakblair said:

My pal's Sunbeam 🙂

 

Very nice. I like a nice classic. That looks considerably older than my 70's/80's bikes

They're struggling on but I've seen quite a few new Sportsters and Pan Europeans recently. Personally Id rather have Triumphs version of either of those. 

Harley, like American car manufacturers only build products for the American market and don't consider what the rest of the world wants

1 hour ago, neepheid said:

It subtly changes the sound, and gives people yet another thing to endlessly debate the virtues of on an electric bass

 

Is it up there with the nitro vs poly paint tone debate?

What does a reverse P configuration achieve compared to the standard Fender configuration?

Ive got a bass with each type of P pickup but they're so different in terms of preamp and pickup position and bridge setup that I can't tell what reversing them has done.

The important question is, can you get a tort pick guard to fit?

3 hours ago, kodiakblair said:

Harley Davidson domestic sales are down 17%, down 12% internationally.

 

Japanese exports to US up 8.5%

 

Funny thing is both Fender and HD are owned by Servco Pacific 🤣

I think it was back in the 70's the protection tariffs were introduced to help Harley Davidson. It was either that or they'd have to build a modern motorcycle 

Im sure potential buyers of a $350 Harley Benton will now buy a $1500 US made Fender or Gibson. 

Having said that, Harley Davidson would be long dead if it weren't for tariffs on far better imported Japanese bikes.

Thats why you don't leave your P bass leaning against a radiator 

Thats not just what would happen in relatively poor northern towns. Here in this middle class south West town the same would happen except little Jemima and Sebastian will be expecting Percy Pigs instead of Haribo. 

8 minutes ago, Hellzero said:

Did you try their Le Bass?

I have one. The Le Bass is excellent but the Revolt is better. 

Just now, Hellzero said:

Pretty sure, it will sound meh...

Meh is not the sound im looking for.

Im using a Two Notes Revolt but finding theres a limit to how far I can push the drive before I lose note definition and its not enough dirt 

17 minutes ago, Hellzero said:

Straight out of the box:

 

If you have a Rickenbacker, yes.

If you have a Jazz Bass, no.

If you have a P-Bass, it's in between.

 

If you have some high output pickups, it's not that fantastic...

 

Active basses through it sound a bit meh.

I have a Spector so active with high output pickup. Reverse P bridge pickup at the neck with J in the bridge 

The pure cremation advert with the bloke in a bath. Why is he in a bath? Why isn't someone holding him under to get him closer to that cremation he wants. 

My band mates used to have a grunge covers band but played the interesting, great songs rather than the popular classics. It didn't go well,  everyone just wanted Smells Like Teen Spirit, Alive, Black Hole Sun and Man In The Box while they were playing Sweet Young Thing by Mudhoney and Greasebox by Tad and Love Buzz by Nirvana. 

This is why I won't do covers. I don't want to play the standard classics.

Something to consume by Die Spitz.

Seamlessly blending stoner metal and punk. Absolutely brilliant. They've got some thoroughly disgusting bass tones.

The band members are all multi instrumentalists and regularly swap instruments so theres various playing styles going on with each instrument. 

3 hours ago, miles'tone said:

😂

It has to be something like this, that sounds interesting, to get me to leave the house these days.

Then you must be a fan if Igorrr. They're so weird they make Primus sound like Michael Buble

Weird but very clever

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.