Buddster

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And the Forum is an amazing building inside

Saw them at the Bristol Hippodrome 5 years ago. Fantastic show. Sat in 4th row. You're in for a treat. They just look like they're enjoying themselves. Tried to get tickets myself but they sold out very quickly. Enjoy

I'm new to the thread but love my funk bass, so will be going back over the pages. Don't think this has been posted.

Just don't turn up with the attitude that the engineer fits one of the above. The same list can be applied to musicians

Yes, kind of. I use 1st finger on E and little finger on D (or A and G). A slight rockung motion between the two to mute/play each string. As Huw says, index low, middle hi. Car Wash is a very obvious example but there's load of disco stuff. It takes practice, thats all.

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@neepheid glad you made it back. Very nice to meet you and your collection of basses. Thanks to Mike and the family Scrumpy, and everyone else involved in the organisation of the day. Nice to put faces to names. Never ceases to amaze me how different we all like our basses. Sound, string hights, shape etc. How one person's setup can be unplayable for someone else. But it was a great opportunity to try different instruments you'd never have a chance to try. Thanks again, was a grand day out.

I too ordered a pair, and certainly all the packaging and bits looked genuine. Even if I don't use them, a back up pair for £40 isn't bad

Yeah Bristol's pretty big. And stop calling me Shirley. Thanks for the link. Recommendations are always helpful, hence the ask.

Hi The speaker system we use is an HK Audio line array (4 active, 4 passive subs, 8 tops) along with Soundcraft Ui24r (it's the drummers setup). Excellent system all round, very clear and we always get comments on how good it sounds. He and I do our sound and we also run small festivals /hires. He bought it 10 years ago but now a few things need fixing. The main repairs are based in Leeds, and we're based in Bristol. So transport is a bit of an issue. Anyone in the Bristol/South West /West know any good PA repair shops we could try? We'd prefer to drive the stuff there ourselves, so looking for somewhere closer. Cheers in advance

Looks like a losing battle with the guitar player, but is his amp pointing at his calves. Get him a stand so it leans vack and aims at his head. Did a PA this weekend and guitarist in one of the bands couldn't hear his Marshall jcm 100. It was 2ft behind him pointing straight at the back of his legs. 🤔

And Usb plugs/sockets (the older larger ones). 50% chance of getting it right that 100% of the time you'll get wrong.

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Just finished 2 days of running the PA for the stage at the annual Nailsea 'international' Bike Show (Bristol). Excellent weekend. 12 really good bands of different genres of music. They were all great. All went very smoothly and all the bands were happy with their sounds. We played last on Saturday night. Unfortunately, it didn't start so well for us. Guitar player broke a string 2nd song, singers mic went intermittent and a bit of feedback. But after that, we went down a storm. Great gig. If anyone on here played, thanks for a great time.

In 1983, at the age of 18 I left the band I was in as I landed a job in a Bristol studio and couldn't do both. I felt I had more of a career in music working in studios than in a band. I knew that we were never going to be signed (despite the singers ego), but was totally paranoid after I left that they just might. However, with exposure to better bands who didn't get signed, it didn't take long to realise that they never were and I'd made the correct decision. I've worked with a few bands that did get signed up by major labels, record an album but had no promotion and were basically a tax right off for the label. A very sad situation for the bands involved.

Definitely this. And mute the drummer when you're trying to listen to the song you're covering and they play along. Why do they give you a dirty look when you ask them to stop? Thinking about it, any pedal can do this... If you throw it at them!

I'll add another. Read bass forums to see what customers really want.

Probably Hot Water by Level 42 on loop! Serious answer though would be that I just started working in London studios so very much into production /sound so Songs from the big chair, ABC, Eurythmics Sweet Dreams, Purple Rain, Art of Noise etc.

Beyer DT 250. Used them at work for 20 years so know and trust them.

Bass manufacturers in general to do a reasonably priced fretless unlined bass, say upto £450. There doesn't seem to be anybody doing them that I can see. They all tend to be lined. Ps, please point me in its direction if I've missed one.

With no money outlay, for me, this is your best option. Is the bleed effecting the front of house sound, or have you just noticed how bad it is when soloing the tracks? When I've run the FoH sound for bands, I'm amazed at the bleed when listening pfl solo, (esp snare down vocal mic) but the mix sounds fine as it's blended and balanced as a whole by listening to the mix. It's not perfect by any means, but you'll never completely eliminate it, one learns to deal with it I guess. As for drummer vocal mics, completely agree they're a PitA (both the drummer and the mic). Especially if they won't help you out

Definitely eat! I'll bring my 76 jazz along, bought from this very site this year. But mainly browse and chat.