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If a buyer and seller agree on a price, then surely the seller is happy, or the bass would not have been sold? If it turns up for sale again at a higher price, then maybe that's what the first seller should have asked for?

[quote name='barneyg42' timestamp='1470733482' post='3107943'] Adam Clayton.........apparently talentless? Mark King.......sounds like a bag of spanners? Matt Bellamy......nods his head funny!! [/quote] Adam Clayton - plays what is required. Bang on. I imagine there is some jealousy going on. Mark King - Plays what he wants to. I imagine there is some jealousy going on. Matt Bellamy - I imagine there is some jealousy going on.

[size=3][i][b]1.[/b]Guitarist/Vocalist and Drummer/Vocalist seek Bass Guitar with vocals (backing or lead). We play but are not limited to alternative, contemporary, kicked up country(outlaw country), classic rock covers. We do covers from artists like Cage the Elephant, Ben Harper, Johnny Cash, 7 Mary 3, Foo Fighters, Nickleback, Social Distortion, Pearl Jam, Fuel, Hank Jr., This is biker party rock cover band. Anyone that has booking contacts, social media reach and/or marketing encouraged to apply! Let's make some music, have a great time doing it and make some cold hard cash in the process.[/i][/size] Not really my thing. Sounds very much like a start-up. [i][size=3][b]2[/b].Female fronted band looking for levelheaded musicians to join. We cover various musical styles from soft to heavily driven rock. Goals include recording and playing out. Material includes originals and covers (mostly reworked to fit our style). We are looking for bass, drums and possibly second guitar. Please contact us for further details.[/size][/i] Another start-up. Female fronted, so limited in what they can do stylisticaly, as they say things are changed to fit their style? Not my thing. [size=3][i][b]3.[/b]Regionally Established, Original Hard Rock Band Seeks Dedicated Pro Bassist Must have own gear, transportation, etc. Must have the ability to rehearse two nights per week, gig on weekends and occasional touring. Writing skills would be great but recording experience is a must. Live show experience is a must and should be pro. Backing vocals would be a huge plus if you’re able. We are currently recording and do have upcoming shows booked for the fall season, so if you think this is you, hit us up! [b]This ad is for serious bassists ONLY and we’re looking for the best! [/b][/i][/size] Rehearsing twice a week. They are serious. Asking for [b]the best[/b] shows either confidence or ego, but maybe it's justified. A possible for me. [size=3][i][b]4.[/b]We are a group of seasoned musicians who are not really interested in playing out anymore but do not want to waste the talent so we get together a few times a month to rock anything from the 70's to today. Examples include but not at all limited to Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, Iron Maiden, Styx, Alice in Chains, Kings of Leon. We are ages 45-50 but age doesn't matter to us as long as you're into it.[/i][/size] [size=3][size=4]Not really for me. It sounds like a bunch of guys who just want to get together and jam occasionally in a rehearsal room. You can be the best band in the world, but if nobody else sees it, you don't exist.[/size][/size] [size=3][i][b]5.[/b]rehearsals on sunday afternoons, 1-2 gigs a month, more if schedules permit. private rehearsal space in the milwaukee area. pro gear, professional and easy going musicians with reliable transportation looking for same to complete our lineup. reo – led zeppelin – golden earring – bto – cheap trick - rush - the police – pink floyd - uriah heep – thin lizzy – foo fighters - van halen - the doors - and more - email or leave message to schedule your audition.[/i][/size] Generic setlist, though my own ideal would be a band that could do an amount of Cheap Trick stuff. I suspect they would stick to the couple of really well-known hits and I'd get frustrated with them. More rehearsals than gigs? No. Pointless, unless they can get really good money.

I would say payment on arrival / setup.

I think the dragons would mainly have been interested in what else the technology could be applied to.

The choir also apparently had Gizmo guitar chords through a voice box at a low level to thicken it up. I remember that being said as a selling point for the Gizmo at the time of the split.

I like the idea of MusicMan basses but the Bongo looks like it was made out of an old toilet seat. You'll never see me with one of those.

[quote name='wishface' timestamp='1469546480' post='3099258'] Thanks, but I'm not sure 5 strings are for me (mainly because of the cost of a set of strings - they're already dear enough for 4). [/quote] Guitar shows are the answer for cheaper strings.

The thing to do is go into PMT and be prepared to sit down and try as many basses as you like the look of within your price range. If they know you are serious about finding the right bass, they will line them up for you. It's hard to buy a really bad bass these days. There are a few makes that you may not wish to bother with - Eastcourt, etc. What you will be looking for is a bass that you can get a wide variety of pleasing tones out of, through an amp that is not set with the tones extremely boosted. Sit down and alter tones controls, try pickup combinations / on-off, get to understand the basses a little. Listen to what other people are playing, talk to them as they try the basses - see what they like and don't like about them. People love to gab about basses. As to the quality of any of these basses, the Squiers, Epiphones and Yamahas of this world are big-selling guitars because they have most of the features of more expnsive basses at more sensible prices. A really good Squier can sound and play better than a dull average Fender. It's hard to comment on the actual build quality of a particular one individual bass from a production run accurately without dismantling and reassembling it It may not be on your first visit that you find the right bass, but with a bit of effort, you will get closer to knowing what the basses in store have about them that you like / dislike. Good luck.

In your shoes, I would turn up to do the gig, taking something small to use as a bass monitor for onstage. In mine, I would bring the amp and 2x10 from my normal rig. If they would let me use that (or the whole rig) and check my stage volume was suitably low enough at the soundcheck, I would be happier. I have hearing problems with one ear and playing without some backline would not be an option for me. I need some actual sound behind me. It doesn't have to be loud. I remember playing a wedding at a castle in Cheshire a few years ago (below). The DJ took up three-quarters of the stage and said we (a four-piece band at that time) would just have to fit in the space he'd left for us. I told the DJ that he could explain to the happy couple exactly why the band they came out to wactch three times beforehand had walked, or I would catch them on their way in and let them know. He immediately budged up into about a third of the space he was using. The happy couple remained happy and oblivious to his arseyness. The venue in the instance in the original post could quite easily allow a bass amp at low level on stage, with an assurance that it was kept at a low monitoring level, rather than lose a band and ruin the couple's day.

Dave and Billy shared out the solos quite evenly. Dave Edmunds has never particularly been a glory hunter and I read in an old interview (Beat Instrumental or something like) that whoever came up with a good solo usually played it. My pic..

Warwick Streamer CT and Custom Shop walnut Thumb NT both cost me a few p short of £2k each. Would I spend that much on a bass now? No.

This is the other one that I ordered. The bolt-on neck version. Both have a little bit of neck dive, but I have never ever been bothered by that. The beck thru white on is the better of the two. I ordered one of the bolt-on's via amazon marketplace and part of the body near the controls was smashed. Returned it.

Quite pleased with this. Plays better than the Gibson's I've been near. Got some cash off the list price too. Had a superb deal (half price-ish) on amazon pointed out to me on a sunburst Epiphone Thunderbird 4 Pro, so snagged that too. A good day's snagging.

[b] [font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][size=3]Reasons For Getting Fired From A Band[/size][/font][/b] Telling the singer that [i]it's not really good enough that he can't keep to an agreed setlist and that getting a guest sax player to come and toot and fart away and destroy our second set, while he goes and sits outside to get pissed[/i] is a really good way of getting fired.

We had a good night in Darwen last night. We generally get someone up to play tambourine on one song. Last night's contender was really nice.

Thanks, guys.

Very quickly, without reading the comments above: Homepage - get a head and shoulders shot of the band, or a wide shot that shows you fully. Other pages - the text looks like it is breaking up - except on your gigs page,which is fine. Use that font and size throughout. Gallery page - try to avoid photos with mics in front of the band's faces. The image on the contact page isn't showing. You're welcome to critique my band's site in return! www.wizdomband.co.uk

I'm selling a pretty good full Hartke rig on Loot (and also via FB) and I got the following email via loot from a buyer at a gmail address: Someone is interested in your ad: Here’s their message: - Email: (the email address at gmail) - Message: How much is the last price of your goods.Patrick B***** ------------------------------------------------------- I replied: The Burns Bison bass is £300 as priced. The Hartke rig is £500 as priced. ------------------------------------------------------- Then I got this: [b]From: **** [/b][b]Sent:[/b] 02 July 2016 13:36 [b]To:[/b] Ian [b]Subject:[/b] Re: FW: Loot and Bargain Pages: Interested Buyer! I am deaf and disabled and also am Okay with the price but I will not be able to pick up the goods but I will arrange the pick up with my bank or PayPal kindly pls let me know if you are okay with bank to bank transfer or PayPal transfer so as to proceed with payment.Thank you -------------------------------------------------- I have replied: "I would appreciate confirmation of who would collect and when. Whereabouts are you based? I would take payment via paypal when I do agree a sale. (My paypal ID is [u]not[/u] linked to this email address). I have other people interested in the Hartke gear. Please do not take this as agreement to sell to you yet. Ian" --------------------------------------------------- He's just replied: "I will make payment with PayPal and they will arrange for me on who to collect OK" It reads totally like a scammer to me. What do you guys think?

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Reminds me of Dave Hill. He treated his bandmates like sh*t too. His behaviour at soundchecks if he had an audience was so horrible I stopped going to watch the band. I was invited to try out for them at one point when a bassist was leaving and declined.

Post-gig, I load my stuff into my car heavy stuff first - both cabs into rear compartment, then bass amp and monitor onto back seat followed by wire bag, multi-bass stand, mic stand and effects bag. Basses are kept well back on stage til i am going and they go in the car last when I am ready to go. The car is locked between trips. When I get home, the basses come indoors straight away. The rest can stay in the car overnight, as I wouldn't like to try to get past my padlocked gates. Effing big spikes on top. I know that thefts happen to people and it's not always easy to secure a vehicle overnight, or always down to carelessness, but sometimes it is. When I read about someone's acoustic going from the back seat of their car in a city centre. I's just not funny, but hardly unexpected. There but for the grace, etc etc.

After gigs with my regular band, I was called by a guitarist that I do a jam night with on some Sundays, asking if I could play that night as his bassist was indisposed. I'd never met the drummer. And I would have to sing all the songs - a first for me. After an hour or so of printing off a few lyrics (generic classic rock stuff) and wondering what I had let myself in for, I repacked the car, had my tea then set off. I needn't have worried. We went down very well. I must have picked the right songs. One I love Caroline Roll over lay down Don't believe a word slow / fast Boys are back in town Back in USSR Substitute Satisfaction Rebel rebel Shangalang Roadhouse blues Rockin’ all over world Sharp dressed man Walkin' by myself Rosalie Are you ready Rain Tush 20th C boy Purple Rain Born to be wild I saw her standing there Tie your mother down Dakota

I have managed to download a reasonable copy of LOOK LOOK on DVD.

Where to start depends on what you would like - their early, spiky / quirky material, or their more melodic material (from when Dave Gregory joined the band). You could do a lot worse than buying the 2CD set Fossil Fuel as a starter, it has a couple of non-album tracks.