TimR

I think you have to be careful when pushing the mids. You only need a touch to get some definition in the sound. To much and it becomes very weary for people to listen to. I was watching a band a couple of years ago and the bass was punishing in the mid frequencies, nothing in the bass, at the break I asked him to adjust it a bit, which he did (he was actually quite grateful, as I would be as we often have no idea what the audience can hear) and it sat much better in the mix.

[quote name='timmo' timestamp='1484353110' post='3214993'] Its a bit like people moving to a rural area and complain the church bells and cockerals are waking them up [/quote] It really depends on the context which is why a blanket law is a bad idea. If you move next to a church you expect to hear bells on a Sunday morning between 9:30 and 12:00, and on a Saturday afternoon for weddings and one evening a week for bell practice. If you move next to a farm that has a cockerel that's one thing, if your neighbour decides to keep chickens because they live in the countryside that's a completely different matter. You have a duty not to be a nuisance to your neighbours. Pubs used to close at 11pm, a band playing 21:00-23:00 once a week is acceptable. Playing until midnight or later begins to be a nuisance and if you can hear the music inside your house with the windows closed that's unacceptable. Again if it's a music venue like a nightclub, that's different.

Although I did play an 80s pointy headstock Jackson Charvel in a function band. It just looked wrong to me in the photos.

Yes. I played with a bad drummer for 10 years and thought it was my playing at fault.

[quote name='Winny Pooh' timestamp='1484354474' post='3214995'] FWIW I am the buyer. And these are the strings. http://i.imgur.com/8K18FrD.jpg I have bought every single bass I have ever owned used and have never encountered a set as dead rubbery and useless. I'm a considerate ebayer and went so far as to buy from Jamie direct to save him ebay fees. So I was understandably a bit miffed to receive a bass with undisclosed finish wear and gross strings, simply because I would never sell a bass in such a manner without being fully honest about such things. [/quote] In future, when buying, to avoid disappointment, ask for lots of close up photos so you are sure what you are buying is what you want. You may risk annoying the seller, but if they really want a sale and are genuine they'll be happy to do this. Or they'll sell it to someone else. YMMV.

I have the 400 version of this: https://www.andertons.co.uk/p/SR500BM/electric-basses/ibanez-sr500-bass-in-brown-mahogany?LGWCODE=SR500BM;56375;6335&gclid=CjwKEAiA79zDBRCgyf2FgeiY-CESJABzr0BM0XaOcyFB5zLPxsytRJCd4efxisgNLZVRs_yoE9V5XBoCnIjw_wcB No one has ever said anything. But then I'm so awesome most people are looking at me, not the bass. .

Wow. http://youtu.be/EuZlcejqbI0

I bought Rockit on12" vinyl when it first came out and promptly never heard of him again until a few years ago. I didn't appreciate exactly who we was. Think it's in the garage somewhere. It's not particularly funky but has a great groove and is probably his most famous number.

Is it possible to use a single mic front centre of stage to feed a very rough overall backline stage mix of the band into the IEMs? Seems it would be less hassle than micing/DIing and subsequent mixing of the whole band.

[quote name='markstuk' timestamp='1483874255' post='3210707'] Not really the point he was making.. everyone else provides stuff needed to gig with.. I've seen friends bands where the singer rocks up late with just an sm58:-) [/quote] Our singer has never rocked up late. He's always there bang on 5minutes before we go on. Gives his SM58 to the guitarist to plug in, music stand to me to set up and goes straight to the bar. I think leaving the PA for him to sort out wouldn't be the best idea.

Agree a hire rate with the two who own the PA. They transport, maintain and store it. If anything goes wrong (fair wear and tear) with the PA they then fix it out of their own pocket. Keep it simple. .

[quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1483631587' post='3208861'] Has no one mentioned... Say 500W amp into one 8 ohm 4x10 =350W(ish) delivered to the cab... 500W amp into 2 2x10 8 ohm cabs = 500W delivered to the cabs... Doesn't the old maxim of more cabs to deliver more volume not more watts? Or have I missed something. OK, there are load of variables at play but given equivalent speakers/efficiency etc would 2 8 ohm 2x10 be louder than 1 8ohm 4x10? [/quote] You're comparing apples to oranges. 4x16ohm speakers is either a 4ohm 4x10 or a 4ohm total 2x2x10. An 8ohm 4x10 would use different impedance speakers.

[quote name='la bam' timestamp='1483633117' post='3208877'] Yes, but current music was being played in the pubs....it isn't now from what I see. The odd track, yes, but two sets of it? [/quote] Que: The rise of the female vocalist with pa and backing tracks.

[quote name='skychaserhigh' timestamp='1483551128' post='3208176'] I use 2 Hartke Hydrive 210 cabs , stacked horizontally , great sound , easy to transport plenty of power handling....spot on ! [/quote] Have you tried them stacked vertically? It makes a big difference.

[quote name='lojo' timestamp='1483567645' post='3208412'] There's a place for everything , I love playing alternate versions but my main band does it's best to recreate 80s songs as best we can, I enjoy that process and the performing , and so do the crowds we play to. [/quote] I think if you have the manpower and technology and can do it well, that's great. My point is more that you shouldn't feel limited to certain songs just because you cannot recreate the original recording on the instruments you do have.

[quote name='la bam' timestamp='1483567000' post='3208404'] I remember being 20 in the mid 90s when pub gigs and drinking was at its height. There was always a band on at a certain pub - youd stay and watch, have a drink and enjoy it, but the onus was being out with your mates. Apart from one band who played all the current indie stuff, who were like a breath of fresh air, and people deliberately went to watch them and stayed the night watching. Thats because they were relevant to the age group in the pub, stood out by playing something different, and were lucky enough to have a current genre of music that suited a band/guitar set up and had countless future classics within it. I dont want to sound old, but i dont see x2 sets worth of current music or chart that would inspire a guitar band to play them, entertain the crowd and sound amazing. Id struggle to name 10 current bands! [/quote] That's because you're nearly 50 years old. My kids are always playing tunes that would work in a live situation if you stripped out all the needless production. I just need to find some people approaching 50 who aren't jaded and cynical.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1483555148' post='3208232'] I'm not on Facebook and I haven't got a cat or children or a football [/quote] What about an old car?

Yes. 2 2x10s sacked vertically. This has the added bonus of the top speaker being high enough up to be close to ear level so you can turn down and hear more clearly.

You don't even have to play all recent music. Even if only 25% is recent it freshens everything up a bit.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1483542409' post='3208076'] TBH I wouldn't use Facebook at all. If I was answering a band ad, I'd let them know what I'd done musically in the past, and send some links where they could hear some recent and maybe some musically appropriate songs I'd done previously. I was assuming that someone was then looking me up on Facebook from name and location. [/quote] I think the point was that a musician on Facebook had joined a group of musicians using his own persona. If he was a musician he'd either have lots of public photos of him playing (all my playing photos are public) or he'd have a separate musician page.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1483476395' post='3207546'] If you looked at my Facebook page all you'd find is interior design ideas and some cat stuff posted by my girlfriend. All my music posts are on a separate Terrortones persona page. [/quote] Wouldn't you use that page to sign up to a musicians wanted page?

Never forget that music and entertainment are not the same thing.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1483528505' post='3207867'] That's because so much of the "music" of the 80s-00s was either pressing the occasional button on a pre-programmed sequencer or simple re-treads of great original music from the 60s and 70s. Next? [/quote] If it has a melody and lyric then it can be played on guitar.

There's a lot of laziness within musicians and a surprising lack of imagination. How many of us have heard the 'but we don't have keyboards/drum machine/strings/brass so we can't play that song'? Complete lack of imagination. I played on Boxing Night at our local in our annual jam session. It was rammed with people of all ages and musicians of all ages played. It's a lot easier to play three chord guitar band tunes from the 60s and 70s than it is to play anything from to 80s-00s. (And you'd have to pay me an awful lot of money to play Oasis!) The originals circuit is still full of 17 yo in bands seeking fame. .

There are bass players with no transport, no decent gear, that play badly, turn up late, miss rehearsals, get drunk... But none that are deaf.