Cat Burrito

I ordered a non slip mat. The speakon cable isn't long enough to have the head elsewhere & the studio is up too many stairs to drag my cab out. Thanks for the input all.

I rehearsed at a new rehearsal studio last night and the deal was that they provide cabs if you bring your head. My main head is the new Orange Terror head and I've used it in conjunction with a range of cabs, with no issues. However the cab I was given was a Peavey 2x15 and the head would slide across the cab as I played. I've been louder so I suspect it was more to do with the bracing of the old studio cab, rather than anything more sinister. I've never had that in 30yrs of playing! Any ideas of a low or no cost way to stop this from happening. I thought of possibly using a bungee cord as I assume the cab has side handles but something less obvious looking would be even better. I love that head and it's not normally a problem so really just looking for a quick fix on a cab that will only occasionally get used. Thoughts anyone?

I had my Gibson Thunderbird out at rehearsal last night and that video makes me not want to use it. If parts were unsafe they could have salvaged / recycled something from all of that.

I would imagine it is. I've done a few shows with her and she's very cool to chat to too. Unless I'm mistaken, she plays bass in the band in that new film Yesterday.

I've said it before but one of my favourite things is gigging on a multi-band bill and discovering the bassist from the other band is a member on here.

Steve Currie from T-Rex is a great player with good tone and amazing basslines. Surprised he's not mentioned more. Honourable mention to Paul McCartney and Duff McKagan.

Amazon occasionally do this. I picked up a £100+ box set of CDs for £6 a few years ago and they do tend to honour things. The Geddy Lee book at £20 was another stroke of luck I had with them.

Personally I love gigging. I was getting a little jaded around 1999 / 2000 so I stopped, took a 4 year break and came back to it with a vengeance. I love it now more than ever before.

I love my ebony one...only niggle is it is much heavier than my Gibson but as Lozz says, worth it for that chrome.

For some reason I still have the original pickup and pickguard from my first bass, a 1989 Fender Precision '57 reissue. All my basses are fairly modern now but I did own a few from the 70s and I believe late 60s that all went when times got a little tighter a few years back.

I wish Fender would do a 1951 reissue Precision again. I've owned 3 and it's the only bass I regret selling. Don't know how well they sell but it's long overdue a reissue.

Only of the last few months I started using an AKG WMS40 which got great reviews on Amazon. None of us could detect any latency issues, although I have had a couple of issues with battery life if I don't watch it like a hawk i.e. fresh battery at the start of every big gig. I love the freedom of it, especially as we're an energetic band.

My current band is energetic. I'm the youngest at 46 and we're leaping around, jumping off drum risers etc. I work out every day and usually hit around 15000 steps a day according to my Fitbit. I remember my first show with them; my Fitbit sent me a notification during the gig to say "it appears you are having a workout!"

I've seen a fair few people on YouTube and not had a massive problem with any of them. If I don't like their style, I simply move on. The great thing about this thread is 1) I hadn't come across any of these guys and 2) I avoided clicking the links! I don't know what I am doing right but hopefully I will keep on doing it.

I played Norway last weekend and have played there before. Great country, great crowds. My thoughts would be; The airlines will fleece you if you don't do your homework. I'm talking about flying with instruments but Ryanair charged us £150 for a misspelling of the drummer's name! It was cheaper for my bass to have it's own seat last week. Alcohol is expensive so get it on the rider if you want a few drinks. We got meals and accommodation included in every show which made life easier. With last week's festival we even got a driver to pick us up and ferry us around. Have fun. I can't wait to go back.

I relate mostly to 11 but it's probably only about 60% of the picture. I agree that it reads like lazy clickbait journalism but it gave me something to do for about 90 seconds.

Moderation Notice: Topics merged from earlier duplicate thread.

Me too... although I probably shouldn't and couldn't really afford it.

Funny thing is Adam Clayton would be a bigger draw.

Showing up on time and learning the songs is the benchmark for me. Being able to get along with everyone would be the other part of that trilogy. Next up, look the part and buy the occasional drink. The finesse part is the helping pack away bit. Anything else is either a bonus or a miracle!

She's worth a google. She wrote a book about training your musical ear. She's quite a big name on the subject of bass theory.

Wow! The design team have really ripped up the rule book with these new models!

I used to rehearse there too circa 2004 / 2005 😻 Sadly my holidays are less exotic.