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[quote name='mrtcat' timestamp='1470936905' post='3109499'] Does Spotify run one song into another? We have used traktor dj before and just set it on auto. The mixing is pants that way though so on occasion I've recorded a mix myself and played it back on the night. I'm too busy talking crap with the band to get up and dj live these days lol. [/quote] Exactly!

Been looking at the Demeter 400, but not sure if this will sound similar. It's got drive for starters!

Hi, I need to use my iPad to run 'fake' dj playlists at weddings and functions with my band. Ideally I'd like to create a one size fits all playlist and just be able to run one track into the next easily. (I know I should be reading the room and playing suitable music etc...!) A quick Google search reveals a bewildering array of apps do I thought I'd ask here. Many thanks for your time. Harry

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1470898942' post='3109174'] I see. And as you've discovered, with electric hollow-bodied basses, the hollow body doesn't impart any significant character on the sound of the bass. If you got a model with a piezo bridge you might get a more acoustic sound out of it, but it will most likely suffer from the same noise problems that you are already encountering. If you are looking for something that will cover electric and acoustic/DB then I'd look for a Lightwave bass. [/quote] Great, not heard of them, thank you.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1470824790' post='3108716'] Why do you need a semi-hollow for pit work? Surely that's one of the very rare instances where the bass you use (so long as it doesn't impede your playing style or sound completely rubbish) is completely irrelevant? [/quote] To a point, but some parts are written for double bass and the MD might request an acoustic. I've got an acoustic for this purpose but it's a bit cumbersome and noisy. Plus the guys on stage might be amateurs but the pit guys are all pros who tend to have trained at the Royal academy or Birmingham conservatoire. Band call for west side story was one 3 hour rehearsal, job done, no issues. They've got an ear for detail!

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1470823270' post='3108685'] Heh, fair enough. ASAT semi hollow? [/quote] Get thee away!

[quote name='neepheid' timestamp='1470747027' post='3108098'] You didn't go close enough to your amp to do any cool feedback-y things then [/quote] Um, need a hollow body for am-dram pit work. Not sure cool feedback stuff is going to work in South Pacific....!

Epiphone Jack Cassidy. Totally convinced it would be perfect hollow body territory, but for me it didn't do anything my regular bass can't. Looked cool in blue though.

For gigs that aren't about dominating your audience with volume, I use two HK nanos, hooked up. Astonishingly good for acoustic gigs, done small theatres and they work a treat.

MXR octave tracks down to about Ab for me. Great for dynamics too, doing pit work I can play quietly with it on as a fake five string and not worry about it glitching in and out (although doing that is cool in other applications) I do use it to be more creative as well for synth style lines, coupled with a manta it sounds huge. Our guitarist has several of the cali 76 pedals. They are stunning on bass. Really musical and classy sounding kit.

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1470313128' post='3105003'] Van der Graaf Generator! The line-up has occasionally included a bass player, but the longest-serving versions just have Hugh Banton dancing on his organ's pedals. [/quote] Van Dee Graaf Generator booked the Coach House studio at Rockfield, and keen to impress Kingsley and Otto duly built a special bass isolation booth for them, being completely unaware of the lack of bassist!

Ready for tonight's gig. Wife isn't. First dance in an hour and we haven't left yet.....

Not too tricky for me, Joe Browns sales cover most stuff, but my wife is also in the function band. 5 foot 1 and it would appear impossible to find an outfit with a cut she's happy with.

G&L l-series pre doesn't really seem to use any juice at all. I change mine once a year and it's hardly used, normally I whack it straight in the tuner where it lasts another few months!

I had a 30w BC Rich bass combo with 12 inch speaker. Inaudible in almost any practical application, which was probably a good thing considering my playing at the time. No love for the Hartke Kickback range? I've still got my head version of the 1400 series and it's bloomin' pokey. Didn't have graphic eq though so not cool enough.

Congratulations on an entire page about Adam Clayton's bass playing and no derogatory comments! Sun is shining, weather is sweet- yeah.

Steve Amadeo is Liverpool-ish way and I believe travels a bit. Great player and as I understand it a great teacher.

Love the bit in his recent rig rundown for premier guitar where he almost knocks over the interviewer demonstrating the volume he plays at.

Nice to see drummers like Roger Hawkins and Hal Blaine getting some recognition. Must be recent documentaries gaining them some credit because not so long ago they were pretty much forgotten, which is ludicrous considering some of the records they've made.

[quote name='luckydog' timestamp='1467993739' post='3087945'] Hopefully mic on the cab too...... if not, well worth asking for it. Sound off the cab is less safe, less control for engineers. But the option for at least some of cab sound worked in there makes for good sound. LD [/quote] No mic on cab, but the broadcast feed seemed to sound ok, nothing more. I did say try the amp DI first but he said he'd given up using those as they're so varied and can be noisy. I replied that mine is fine but got the 'you don't know what it's like out front' response. Well, I do actually and it's great, was more than adequate for him last time we played there and instead I've got that cold, sterile generic sound again that flattens the whole performance. It was a really weird atmosphere as the venue go out of their way to be accommodating to the acts, free coffee and a great meal but when it came to being onstage we were told to f-off by the sound engineer so he could set up, and we had to do 2 and a half soundchecks. 1 normal, then a soundcheck video, then another 40 minutes before going onstage after the owner of the venue had waved his finger at us saying 'you mustn't turn up' in a rather stern headmastery fashion. We don't, the drummer with this band is a top flight pro with an international cv (he always gets complimented for playing the correct volume for the space everywhere we play) but it appeared Mr Owner had had enough of bands just getting louder and louder and assumed we'd be the same. He then couldn't figure out the drummer was using a chain on one of his rides and had a major go at mr sticks for causing him problems. Well, how was the drummer meant to know if you couldn't figure it out until 3 songs in, mr big shot? It really gets my goat when engineers treat musicians as problems to be solved and work against us, especially if it only sounds clinical as an end result.

LED lights can be ridiculous, especially if they're moving, but I don't miss old fashioned par cans blazing away. I remember one small stage and I felt like my head was literally blistering.

Amp and pedals, leads etc all go in a admittedly stuffed soft laptop bag. I used to worry that the laptop bag would attractive to scallies but i think that's less of a problem now, but it also looks decent enough to arrive at smart venues and not look a compete chancer.

One guy I play with turned up to a session at AIR, set up and thought....hmmm, something's wrong. Forgotten his snare drums. All 4 he usually takes to a session.

I do about 8 or 9 am-dram shows a year. I di out of the back of my MB head and try and play at a complementary volume to the acoustic musicians. Horns and strings still want to have a live vibe in my experience, particularly the ones who regularly play in good quality orchestras.