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Great pics

I've been filming my bands since 2006 on my Dad's Sony camcorder. I'm no expert but I would imagine technology has moved on since Dad bought the camera in 2004(ish). I find the sound quality is really good and the picture is as you'd expect with modern digital technology. I've seen footage shot on other cameras of friends who play in heavy bands and sometimes the sound suffers if the volume is too loud. We play with a mix of acoustic and electric instruments which always fairs well with the sound from the camera. So assuming you are not in a loud & heavy band I would have thought any camera would serve you well. I'd be guided by what others who play heavier stuff say if that is more your thing. These were the results from my friends heavy band which I think do them few favours and it may be unfair to compare as this is a better venue but my band sound much more listenable with my camera results In terms of lighting, you are often up against it in the pub venues. You can flip it to night vision for some interesting results but it's best just to position the camera out the way from backs of audience members heads and hope for the best. We have mixed results and I tend to use the outdoor footage / decent venue stuff for YouTube and the rest is just circulated within the band. It's always useful though as you can rip the audio track off poor quality footage and still use that for practicing or just listening.

Hi Barry - Welcome to the forum

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Backing vocals can be the difference from an average band & a great band. My voice isn't very strong & I can do a passable vocal at best. I prefer not to sing these days as there are better singers in my current band thankfully. I do agree simplify the bassline whilst singing & tape some rehearsals. If your voice adds something, great but if not I wouldn't be afraid to have no backing vocals. I think a band with poor backing vocals can sound worse than one with no backing vocals (& I would assess song by song as certain keys will suit you better)

Reminds me of the early 80s film Tron I would imagine I'm not their target audience. Black nylons are as different as I go

You should be able to approximate his sound with your current set up. Obviously use the J pickup & play around. Don't forget the controls on your bass as well as on your amp.

Nice one Clarky, well done

[quote name='Jigster' post='968476' date='Sep 26 2010, 03:53 PM']is the ampeg head still a valve one?[/quote] No, it's just an old solid state 1997 head. Sounds great mic'd up but a bit lacklustre on its own. My main Bassman head is always the preference but if it comes down to space in the car then this is a perfectly serviceable back up.

I used a bit of matchstick on my bass back in the mid 90s & have had no issues since. Just break a small slither off, pop it in the hole & the jobs a good 'un. It's not an exact science

Sounds like you are going for the wrong bands. I don't like Coldplay personally but I think the bass player does what is required with their music. Same with U2 and a whole host of other bands. There are plenty of bands out there who want more interesting bass playing but a lot of acts see the bass as a really important lynch pin holding down a fairly simple part. I think it's just a case of finding a band that suits your style of playing.

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Welcome Peter - I'd recommend you posting a thread in the General Bass Discussion part of the forum. Ideally mentioning your budget & more about what you are looking for so you get a better response regarding your query

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Get a beginners DVD & go from there. It'll iron out any bad habits early on. I play about 4" up from the bottom of the fingerboard. I'm no upright expert but I wanted to get my technique as good as I can early on

This is my second rig, the one I use for gigs where we need more space in the car or gigs where I can't face lugging around a flightcased 70s valve head

We played in Newport last night. I took my smaller rig as we wanted to keep the vehicle space down so we weren't paying for more cars going over the bridge. Sounded great & we played well. A great gig

Now the thread title has been changed this is my main set up; it's a 1978 Fender Bassman head. The cab is only 1994 but is in worse condition This is just a camera phone pic of my onstage set up from last weekends gig edited as I thought the photo being included might help!?!

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Never heard of them!