Downunderwonder

Hell's bells. As the gig finder you have the power. Exercise it to the max. Demand the issues are resolved immediately or you are going to cancel to give the client time to find another band that has its kaka together.

Am I wrong to size up the band as a 50 something bassist hanging with 20 somethings?

A bit rich considering you effectively 'left him at the truck stop with the singer' and he's only just realized what's up. And if any Admin is watching, this double up occurred from quoting a selection while on the previous page.

A bit rich considering you effectively 'left him at the truck stop with the singer' and he's only just realized what's up.

I wouldn't have lasted a month with that.

A newfangled 12'' wipes the floor with any old 15 if you give it enough wattage, in a cab you can throw farther than you can spit.

If you didn't try a different amp with the cable and cab then you are still at square one of trouble shooting. Test the amp with a good cable and cab before looking to fix the amp.

I think you need to edit the thread title to include the word SOLVED in there.

If it's a "signal splitter" nothing really adds up does it?!? XLR's are fiddly little bastards for a first soldering project but have at it.

Sure. Turn the lights off.

That might be the source of my confusion. My Dad got Joe Jackson Jumping Jive around the time we went to Rodger Fox. Somehow the name Graham Maby for a bass player tickled me.

That's either a helluva coincidence or he lived in NZ in the late 80's?

Some shocker court case outcomes make me wonder about the musical competence of the judicial system.

I wouldn't be the slightest bit uncomfortable with that situation. Plenty of times the hook is coming from the groove created by the band and substituted lyrics would do just as well. Not many books of poetry got sold while albums sold by the millions. A talented tune writer still needs a band to come up with ideas or he's a songwriter that has no use for a band and is going to take off on them sooner or later. Since yours is happy to co create and share the spoils, simply count yourself lucky.

I think it rather depends on the number of applicants expected. For a lucrative gig there would be no shortage and the 'kinda abusive' filter only reduces the workload on getting down to the audition list. I haven't seen the listing so any assumption the gig is lucrative is based on previous postings.

There's a Crazy8 in the classifieds that can do low level gigs as well as practice duty if you cart along a micro amp. The reason it got called Crazy is it has a very stout 8'' Faital in a very small box to put out like a dog on heat. Kinda pricey though.

There's a reason mechanics wear nitrile gloves these days. Personally I would avoid all 'mineral oils'. Thankfully none of my basses require any dressing, mainly due to an aversion to rosewood.

Should start a poll. 'Who has seen a fret sprout'. I never even heard of fret sprout before internet.

If they were a bit brighter they might have said ''Only email enquiries will be registered, no FB, no comments''. Anyone not reading to the end is eliminated. Anyone ignoring the instruction is eliminated. Anyone who can be arsed opening up their email to reply gets a shot at the gig. Those players will be the ones best suited to playing ball in a cover band. Surely one will be a good fit. That's the logic without the 'tude.

Linseed oil is potentially very dangerous stuff. Even after washing, a rag used for linseed oil application can spontaneously catch fire. Evaporation of linseed is exothermic, wicking off cloth fibres turns them into little candles. NZ Fire Service goes to 60 spontaneous rag fires a year.

Hand me the crackers!

If you can make a niche out of selling exotic basses all power to you. You get known as the place to find something fancy. Better keep keep filling the shelf with them! Then every other shop gives away the fancy end of the market entirely. Hell it must be tough to be in retail. I vaguely recall going to visit a few shopkeepers with my Dad to see if retail would be a career for me. It wasn't!

I am sure Gibson have some crafty elves to make anything look like real deal vintage.

I do. By not buying buying them. Take that, expensive bass makers!

There's other possibilities. He could have been turned down for an endorsement deal and the cheapy is his big finger to Gibson Inc. Or Gibson Inc might have asked him to play a custom shop Epifone for a worthwhile fee. I don't even know if Gibson Inc do endorsement deals. I am pretty sure it's not universal for big manufacturers to have an 'artist program'.