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Or the big signs on the doors as you walk in. 😂

They were giving out free earplugs as you walked in, I wasn’t expecting it to be quiet!! I bought a Boss Katana Go from the Boss stand which was a good price and the guys there were really helpful (was actually PMT). One thing I did learn after playing a few was that I really don’t like vintage basses, like old P’s or something. Saves me a hell of a lot of money knowing that! Origin Effects guy who was showing me and my friend the bass pedals was fantastic.

Nice to meet @CiciBass at the show who permanent smile lit up the room! Sorry I missed you playing!

Maybe, didn’t work anyway still bought stuff. 😂

Thanks for letting me play that Gibson bass! Nice to try one out. (I was the idiot with the chain wallet and dyed black hair)

Errr I am at the show. Where’s the GK stand??

Help! I’m coming a long way to this with a friend and forgot to get the tickets online. Will I 100% be able to get in buying tickets online the door?

GK are at the guitar show this weekend so hoping to see these beauties!

I was about to post the same link! Surely there can’t be many of those left in the world brand new???

I just looked that up - and now I remember watching it years ago! I’d forgotten about it. Yeah they did NOT come across well in that. Unfortunately these things stick for years.

I read on here some folk talking fondly about having Peavey basses in the past but I rarely see new ones for sale or even discussed. A friend came round my house at the weekend with a new £300 Peavey PJ bass and while it wasn’t my thing in the way it looked it sounded really good to me and the setup from factory was excellent. Must admit to not knowing anything about the brand to be honest.

How do you find the MB200 volume wise? I think it’s the same amp that’s in my GK mb112 combo and I’ve been surprised by it tbh.

Friend of mine has a flight cased one of those with the matching 2001rb amp it’s terrifying. 😂

How on earth he plays all that and jumps around and sings is just beyond me.

My favourite bassist, and when I started playing a couple of years ago I had to learn Look What Happended but as a beginner it seemed completely impossible. I can now play it pretty well, but it’s taken me 18 months to learn it. Rest of his stuff, well, I may just have to watch instead!! (I am so much of a fan I bought an EB MM Sterling just like his)

I tried a lower action to make it easier for my left hand but I found I had to play softer to avoid crazy fret buzz so raised it again. When you want to slam that open E with a pick at just the right moment in a song the buzz just took away, errr, the buzz…..

Plenty of YouTube videos reviewing these suggest that most of them, with a little bit of setup, are actually decent instruments capable of more than you would believe.

This 100%. I am currently trying to learn as much as I can from a close friend who is a pro live sound engineer (5000+ audiences he also is an event producer sometimes too) and owns a backline business too. A friend of mine who plays lead in our band came with me to his industrial unit to learn how to set up our amps and he gave us such good info on how to set up individually and how to integrate with each other. Basically it matters not much on how you sound individually but how your sound integrates with other band members. He told us loads of examples where he gets overlapping frequencies being played and in order to get an overall good mix he has sometimes just had to turn some stuff down so it’s inaudible eg a synth being played with a lot of left hand plus a bass and a piano left hand. He also said never turn anything down, as he can cut stuff but as others have said you can’t make sounds from nothing. He said bassists are sometimes the worst as they cut all the treble and some high mids out and all he gets is a muddy mess of a sound. Basically if your engineer is good then ask what they want and give it to them, and make sure your band plays in a way that leaves space for each other.

As someone who is about to play their first ever gig this is gold. Would the same be true in an outside setting? I’m guessing not. Inside would it always be useful to back off my bass on the eq a touch to ensure I get a good sound?

The video is clearly aimed at beginner to intermediate players. I have considered getting a QP but I won’t now cos I know it doesn’t make much difference. I’ve never heard of the pickups you mention and certainly don’t have the money to swap mine out just in case it might be better.

I think videos like this are really useful for me. I’m relatively new and there’s so much info out there it’s overwhelming and you don’t know who is right. Videos like this cut out the BS and stop me buying stuff I don’t need.