TimR

@lonestar @MrDaveTheBass Always stack 2x10"s vertically. Makes a hell of a difference to your sound. Regardless of make. I've been doing this for at least 10 years now. Stops combing effects and dead spots as you walk from side to side, and because the top 10" is next to your ears you can hear it properly. Plus the addition of the cab and coupling effects means the volume increases out of proportion to what the calculated power drop of the amp, due to increased impedance, implies. I bought some rubber feet from B&Q and put them on the side of my cabs.

Depends greatly on what I'm playing and how hard I'm having to concentrate. Most of what we play I have solidly learned which means I can relax a bit and have some fun, but there are a few tunes with odd changes and tunes where I don't trust the band to play what they're supposed to. It also depends on what the audience are doing. If they're enjoying themselves that makes me smile and relax, we are doing our job well. If they're just staring at us, I find it unnerving and start wondering what we are doing wrong.

Actually there's a guy down the pub who could do a whole 3 hours of conspiracy theories without stopping for breath...

I have my own 2k PA. And a selection of sounds including White Noise, Babies Crying and Car Alarms.

You are quite right. I should cut the guy some slack. I have no idea of whatever horrific tragedy has led him to his little one bed flat with idyllic views over the countryside in a quiet village. However, Oasis? It must have been horrific. And just shut the window!

Sounds very complicated. Does each pickup need a separate tone control and then a 3 band EQ on the lot? Presumably you also need an overall volume as well. That's 10 knobs in total!

I guess the point is; would you have suggested someone completely new to mountain biking spent £2k on a new bike? With a Fender, there's a liklihood that if you kept it long enough it might appreciate. But new basses and Amps generally lose money as soon as they leave the shop. There's plenty of intermediate level gear that would keep most beginners going for a while. And certainly with basses you'd be better off with a beginner model until you work out the nuances and learn what you like. But I guess there's enough people here who seem to change basses every few weeks. 😆

Would you swap for a heavier model?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001m118/bbc-london-late-news-16052023 She was on local BBC news last night. Item starts at 3:15.

Cornell was my number 2 choice with LaLD 3rd. Might be a generational thing regarding people voting on Bond themes from when they were teenagers. NDiB was the first Bond I saw at the cinema. Its a great song, but can't vote for them all.

David Arnold scored 5 bond films starting with Tommorow Never Dies. His reworking of OHMSS with the Propellerheads is awesome. The morse code spells out OHMSS.

Matey boy has his music on again. I think it's probably more that it's that dreary winey Oasis. How many times can you listen to one album? Please make it stop, it's awful. I'm off to band practice...

I think you're right. Reasonable would be to party to 11pm or midnight then turn the noise down, but I think most people would ignore it for one night. You'd probably get one person complaining if they had to be up in the morning. This kind of thing really depends on past history, generally people who hold house parties tend to be repeat offenders.

I can't belive anyone would consider a group practice in a 1st floor flat, acceptable. I suspect she'd already pushed the limit by playing a piano several hours a day.

I think all the gear and no idea is about people who start a hobby and go out and buy all the gear without having any idea what they're buying or why they're buying it. Similar to the fishing story above: I once took a guy up Snowdon who arrived with brand new tent, sleeping bag, stove, etc etc. I told him we didn't need any of it today, it was an easy walk up the mountain to see how he coped. Not very well with all the gear and no experience at all. The next day we went completely 'off piste'. We sat down for lunch and he began to unpack and assemble all his cooking gear, rations and shelter. I sat on a rock, ate my cold pasty and crisps, and was thinking we should really get a move on when he emerged from his shelter and asked if I had any matches. So in terms of bass playing, this is the equivalent of taking tons of brand new gear to a gig, spending ages setting up, moving kit around to look good, and then realising you don't have a lead. Learn the basics first before deciding what gear to waste money on, and what gear to spend wisely on, otherwise you are buying blind and spending on equipment you may not need or may not suit your requirements. Which then reminds be of a gig I did where the guitarist set up 6 guitars on a stand and then complained there was no room. So I told him to put the guitars in the wings. To which he replied "The audience won't see them there."

We auditioned a singer once. Good singer, nailed all the songs in all the original keys. And then proceeded to tell us about all the fights he'd been in at gigs. 🙄

The correct answer when being asked "Can you play a bass solo", in an audition is: "I can, but no one wants to hear bass solos." Actually, it's the correct answer at all times...

My point is that the people who think there is an appropriate time to drive fast are missing the point. Everyone else has to make allowances for them. Same with appropriate flashy bass. Everyone else has to be making allowances. That's great if you're on a track day, everyone present has agreed that they might die and is prepared that there will be fast cars. And it's great of you're in a band where instrumentalists are prepared for flashy bass antics and happy to step back. But if everyone in the band is overplaying - then you have a car crash of epic proportions and the whole band dies.

Exactly. If you drive fast, everyone else has to make sure they don't crash into you.

Nothing wrong with some pepper on scrambled egg, but then adding salt, tarragon, parsley, ketchup, mustard, and thick gravy is probably not going to work. The drummer comment from @wateroftyne is spot on. Maybe listen to a recording if you can. We all have smartphones that can do voice memos. There's no reason not to record rehearsals.

Obviously didn't realise you were auditioning the band as well as him auditioning a bass player. Guess he didn't pass the audition then.

Exactly.

Which is why I said that there must be more to it.

According to the link I posted above they must. And the link says the notice must contain a level that the noise must not exceed and the period for which it must not exceed it and that if they do exceed it they MAY be guilty of an offence. According to the link they don't have to measure it before serving the notice, only after if the complaints continue. And that they have 7 days before issuing the notice to try and come to some agreement. Great way to get YouTube views and subscribers to your chanel though... I don't buy it, more to it. Why move out and sofa surf? Why not just go round your friend's house to practice?

They're supposed to measure the noise levels if it happens again, so she could just keep making the noise and then they would have to show it's above those levels in order to fine her. But they do have to issue an abatement notice if someone complains. See Noise from Dwellings: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/noise-nuisances-how-councils-deal-with-complaints