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Did a party last week and was told by the organiser to use the headline band's Vase amps. Hand built and shipped over from Brisbane especially for them, decked out in white. 1000w head with valve pre I think, and 210 cab.Only 5 minutes before I was about to soundcheck the organiser/ drummer knocked it over, where at least it did a pretty set of flips and pirouettes. Needless to say when I plugged in it sounded dreadful and out came my tweedy beloveds. No issues at all then. I'm hoping someone knocks over tomorrow's rig for me as well, pretty sure it'll be the usual knackered and abused hire fare from the looks of it.

Plus one on the basslines. Always just the right balance of intricate, simple, obvious and inventive. The bassline on Spectre (which I adore) is incredible.

I've had to tone down the stage moves. When I was first gigging it was a three piece and it fell to me to be the visual interest as whilst the other guys where great on stage the material meant they didn't have time to go roaming off ala Jimi. Video's been great to help the process but I've noticed I go from one bad habit to the next. Out of nowhere I've started mouthing the basslines as I play, like a demented cross between Glenn Gould and a goldfish.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Soul-Fingers-Legendary-Bassist-Donald/dp/1495052923 Saw this on this on FB, the SBL thread. Will be purchasing!

We do a tango version of Gnarls Barkley's crazy, and poker face with a Purdie shuffle. We do some mash ups, one's called Jack My Happy Love Whole which is hit the road jack, happy and whole lotta love interwoven. Our salsa version of shake it off bombed however.

You just need to develop 2 modes of reading. I am a bassist and trumpeter and have to scrub up regularly as one skill will be busier than the other for times. Nothing to worry about, you get used to it. Ask me to play bass reading treble clef though and I'm screwed!

Compound duple, now, difficult question, what kind of G&L is that? Nice to see one in a video.

The ned's atomic dustbin of weddings! Mucho happiness to you both!

Knebworth 90. 13th birthday present and I went with my dad. Tears for fears Status quo Cliff and the shads Phil Collins/ Genesis Eric Clapton Elton john Dire straits Paul McCartney Pink Floyd Plus my introduction to Led Zep- Robert Plant later joined by Jimmy Page. Blew my tiny mind- it was awesome.

I loved it. There there.

Option 1. Going out of the DI on your amp is perfectly acceptable but if the sound guy has lots of bands to do that whole 'can I unplug some of your kit, leave it somewhere in the dark, and also, is your XLR long enough to get to here' conversation is not how to make friends and influence people!

[quote name='attackbass' timestamp='1497805871' post='3320643'] Www.trickfishamps.com They're not available in the UK yet but you can order them through Paul Sips at Paul Bass Matters in Nijmegan, who will be able to give you good advice and comparisons to other similar price range amps. [/quote] Thank you

Where do you find these online please? I've only just heard of these and they sound very interesting.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1497784348' post='3320516'] Jamerson was so good he had the whole Motown organisation by the balls. [/quote] Definitely!

Had another listen to this. We hear some much live stuff that's meant to have a Motown vibe, and it's great when they do their Motown impression, but there's something so great about hearing the real thing. Especially the tiny bass break at 7:45. But throughout he's got the band by the balls, it's so taut. Wonderful.

Blackstar being the new UK distributor should help, they did a great job with a new amp line. Not sure about the Kiloton, the video demos haven't done much for me but they look cool as. Also not sure about G&L being more high profile, quite like mine being from a niche manufacturer. But then don't understand why they are more popular either!

Great way to start a Saturday. What a band, although the fade outs are a bit weird.

If you learn formally then remembering music is a bit like having to remember text. You may have read the latest fender brochure for example many times, but could you recite it? The part to hard to handle, if you're doing the Otis version sounds simple enough, plays ok but looks pretty intimidating. There's loads of syncopation and if you're not used to memorising tunes that would be a pretty hard place to start. Transposition for the brass family isn't as straight forward as it is on guitar type instruments. Brass players don't have the luxury of the geometric patterns we use, and will have to recall the scale, work out the degree, flip it into the new scale and then play. Guitar keys (E, A, D etc) also tend to a complete mare for brass players. Not only are they harder to read, they're a complete pig fingering and blowing wise. That's why jazzers prefer being in Bb etc. Transposes really nicely for horns- they'll be in C or G. Lastly, why do they leg it straight away? I've done many gigs as a bassist in soul bands and many as a trumpeter. Those charts are knackering and by the end of the second set the pain will be excruciating. I'd be off- ski if I was still doing it!

I've used two, both vintage models and would err on the side of caution. Both were studio bound, and maintained by the top guys in the industry, one was incredibly noisy and the other broke. I know that's anecdotal information but from the experience I was put right off them. I'm looking forward to third time lucky!

[quote name='neilp' timestamp='1496563481' post='3312261'] I remember being shouted down for a luddite and a pedant when I suggested we should all learn to tune to each other.... Sadly for me, in the classical world they notice. They notice EVERYTHING. Down bow instead of an upbow, intonation, the works. I played Mahler's 1st symphony last year, which famously has a VERY exposed double bass solo. It's not very difficult, but it's scary as hell when you know 70 other musicians are listening, and depending on you not to spaff it. So I spaffed it. It wasn't great. In the bar afterwards I must have had 30 or 40 sympathetic "good effort" type comments and condescending smiles. Beam me up..... The worst of it was, the last time I'd played that solo was 35 years ago in the Albert Hall, and I smashed it. [/quote] I believe that's the one based on Frere Jacques, not like you can hide it from the punters if they didn't know either! Audiences may not notice the details of a performance but they certainly know if they're dancing or not. They might only talk about the singer but if they're dancing you're doing your job fine.

We're an 8 piece band soul type band. One woman the other week just get it through her head we didn't know The Cha Cha Slide and that we couldn't 'play it anyway.'

No problems with the face plate on mine, but it is the older Italian issue one. However, the volume pot does scratch. I think it may well be due to the pull-to-mute feature, which is the only bug bear with the design I have.

[quote name='Rocker' timestamp='1496171920' post='3309355'] If you drink real ale, a Bud or Heineken or similar tastes awful. If you want your instrument tuned properly, get yourself a decent tuner. You only buy a tuner every half dozen or more years so it's real cost is negligible and you can depend on it. [/quote] This! You can never be too in tune! I did a pick up gig a couple of years ago and a guest guitarist rocked up with a PRS, pedal board full of strymons and the like and an Engl combo and could he tune up without a pedal? 300 people watching him and it was 5 minutes of agony. If you're going to spend big money on a guitar and rig buy the best tuner (and leads) you can.

Discolexic- thank you Happy Jack. I cannot wait to get that on a student's report.

[quote name='Marc S' timestamp='1496219319' post='3309576'] Being in several bands, I've had those moments too - where you start playing a song with one band, and realise you're playing it in a key you play with a different band! Also started the wrong song once or twice too We've all done it mate - you are not alone, so don't worry lol [/quote] This is why our set list reads Johnny Bb Goode!