Delberthot

Unless we're talking swing or big band music there are only so many ways a song will go chord wise over the majority of pop songs. Using a combination of this and listening to the keyboard melody and vocals means that I've never had a problem playing tunes at a gig that I've never played or even heard of before. Sometimes, as Japhet also mentioned above, I'll be getting to a bit in a song where I don't remember what it does but my fingers seem to remember what to do. Is that my brain remembering the song or is it muscle memory or are they one and the same thing?

I would think that it has to be over 1000 for me. I learned to play by ear so I've never had to rely on the dots, plus I've been playing in wedding bands for years so most gigs we are asked to play songs that we've never done before.

If I was honest, there's nothing in our set list that I would play at home but They are songs that get people up and keep people up and most of them are really enjoyable to play. There are only 3 songs that I am aware of that I would say a definite "no" to - Sit Down by James, The Whole of the Moon by the Waterboys and All About the Bass When new songs are suggested, I may not like them or have even heard of them but I give them a chance.

I usually get about 50 hours of gigs and 20 hours of rehearsals out of my D'addarios before they need to be changed but I like my strings to be bright. As soon as they're not bright then they're off. They usually only take a few minutes after fitting before the tuning settles. FYI - my hands are always washed before I use them, my fingers aren't sweaty, I don't wipe the strings after use and I play with a heavy right hand

I'm glad I'm not the only one with a really unpractical car for gigging. Having said that I can get my One10 cab, GK MB500, Musicman Sterling and cable bag plus our guitarists Fender 65 Twin Reverb combo, 2 guitars, pedal board, 2 cable bags & our gigging clothes (and our guitarist) in my Scirocco R But back to the OP - I've always had big rigs. Usually 2 4x10" or 15"s etc plus amp but my last setup was a Fender Rumble 500 combo. Fantastic and really loud but I wanted something smaller and lighter as it was only going to be a monitor so I have the setup I have now. I did initially buy an MB200 but felt that I was pushing it too hard. I'd rather have the higher powered amp ticking over than over exert a lower powered one.

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We play a medley of Gimme Gimme Gimme into Lay Your Love on Me and then Voulez Vous. Always goes down a storm at weddings and it's a lot of fun to play

I've had many 4 string stingrays but only one that I liked and was the 30th anniversary one. I really want to like them as they are really cool and great sounding basses but there's just something about them that I don't get on with. The 5ers have all been great but there's something about the 4s. It might be the ceramic pickup that I like and possibly the reason why I love my Sterling. I really want one of the new models but I must try it first.

Absolutely if they were using existing recordings but Unless Derek Acorah has been imbibed with the spirit of Rutger Gunnarson

Hi Frank - in that case I'll be Ernest I'd much rather pay the extra £70 and get myself a Barefaced Super Twin or 4 Ten

Great as he was I'm not sure how he could contribute to a new recording

and he also gave his name to a concoction of spirits that you'd pour into a small lemonade bottle from various bottles in your dad's collection so that he wouldn't notice that any was missing

There's the big fellow with the crimped hair from Kansas but he does backing vocals as well

The story I've heard was that Alex fitted the look of the band better and the record company would only sign them with him in the band but he couldn't play bass to save himself so they got Hugh in to record the bass lines. At the time Hugh looked a lot older than the rest of the band so didn't fit the look of the band. End of the day the story goes that either they were able to bin Alex through some sort of end of contract thingy or the rest of the band finally began looking about ages with Hugh. Something like that

I had one of those D'addario clip on mini tuners and thought it was dreadful. I've been using a snark clip on for the past couple of years. I usually only have it clipped on for the first few songs. Other than that I'm straight into my amp via the wireless

I read the brand name initially as "Firewood" - probably wasn't far off the mark

Yes it's only a 6 hour, 250 mile round trip

I'd be wanting to take the bridge cover off and put it back on the right way

I'm also in the minority. I've played in the past with people who fell into most of those categories but I wouldn't tolerate that these days. I'm at a stage where I am really enjoying my playing and gigging and if there was someone spoiling my enjoyment then they would either need to change or I would walk Luckily we're all really accommodating and if something needs to change then we'll work out the best way to do it, no one moans, everyone turns up to rehearsals having learnt their parts, everyone turns up to the gig on time and we all get on really well