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My ding-a-ling. Chuck Berry

Is it the sleave that is too small? If so, how about wrapping it in PTFE (plumbers tape). Its very light and will take to being wedged in. Plumbers use it to seal threads in taps etc. Its very thin but strong. You'll get it at any diy store. Or a nice blob of super glue on one side and to hokd it. Make sure they are all glued to the same side of the headstock. The flange should cover any gap. I did this on a bitsa bass and worked fine (so far)

Sometimes success is just down to luck, and there's nothing you can do about it. Look after your ears (ok so I've just realised this is the technique part of the forum, and thats not really technique advice, sorry ) Look before you post. 👀

Would I lie to you? Eurythmics

Manna Mia. 4 dudes from Sweden

Well what a small world. I'm in Nailsea too and we're a local band (nailsea /backwell)

😂 No expense spared! Though they really could have dressed the stage better to hide the scaffolding. But the beer was the main attraction, not the music.

Dirty Harry. Gorillaz

Yes it was. You obviously know of it. 🍻

Excellent afternoon gig at the local beer festival near Bristol. Went very well, great fun

Love Sack. B52s

Sheep. Pink Floyd

So just to update this thread in case anyone finds it at all interesting or useful, this is what I ended up taking with me. And it worked very well. It was loud enough to keep up with singalongs, (even after many bottles of wine) and having an aux input meant I could practice along with tracks. The HB power pack still has charge after a weeks use. Plus it comes with loads of different leads so can power a pedal if needed. I also added a small Bluetooth receiver for phones with no headphone o/p. All in all well worth the money. 👍

Our drummer did that recently. In order not to be hidden behind the singer he decided to set the kit up to one side. On a smallish stage. Fair enough. . But it was on my side, that had me, the bass cab, his monitor and the stage box with all the cables. On the other side.... Nothing, apart from a huge hole (as the guitarist used pedals/small amp). Looked completely lopsided. Phew, glad to finally get that off my chest.

Shining Star. Earth, Wind and Fire

🙋 I played trombone and euphonium at school. I was rubbish though and never made it into the school orchestra. Just loved the bass notes I guess.

Jack Bruce. To stand there watching Clapton do 15 min solos must have been amaz..... Oh, no, wait a minute

But make sure you tape up the fret board first else you'll make a heck of a mess of it and if you get it in the grain you'll never get it out. Makes them very shiny though.

Shaking all over. Johnny Kid and the Pirates

An Engineer (in any profession) is also a problem solver. A sound engineer solves the problem of how to make a group of scruffy Herbert's sound good

With my sound engineer head on, it royalty pisses me off at gigs when the sound guys think the be all and end all is how good /loud the drums are. It happens all too often. There was definitely a thing before drum machines that the mark of a good engineer was how good the drum sound was (as its the hardest instrument to get right), but that doesn't excuse not being able to place it the mix correctly. Glastonbury was the same. Drums and vocals. Its like "we need to make it sound exciting, so lets turn up the drums". No.

Yes, all of these, but also included is what the sound guy is being sent by the musicians. You can't make a bunch of cardboard boxes and dustbin lids sound like John Bonham. All too often musicians just don't know how to get their gear sounding good. Plus the rest of what you said is correct.

Check out the Mightier Amp app. Unfortunately only for Android (Apple restrictions on other peoples software, or something). Independent developer, but has added extra features which are very useful.

Relax. Frankie Goes to Hollywood (too late! Thats was to Bassfingers post)

Bang Bang. BA Robinson