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Space heater should do the trick. I used Tuffcab on some big band music stands this timelast year and used a hot air gun and fan heater to help the drying process. Just beware that the paint may remain soft under the outer skin for several days. Somerset also has similar conditions ATM. Hope it goes well

I've just managed to snag one of these for a decent price used. I've had plenty of synth pedals come and go over the years but this one suits me very well as it's compact and easy to adjust on the fly (I hated the C4's app). I have one patch dedicated to a clean signal with chorus which is handy. Tracking isn't perfect (or quite as good as in IMA's demos) but it's good enough for what I need in function bands. I've gigged it a couple of times as part of my big pedal board and will be using it in a new compact board (tuner>comp>mxr bass synth>tap pedal to change preset). I'll be doing Ain't Nobody with it live soon so I'll see how that goes - it seems decent enough at home...

Has anyone seen the videos that Tom Bukovac (a Nashville session guitar player) puts out? He did a behind the scenes one of a session he was on, where literally everyone in the room does exactly the same as Mohini did. Then they go back to joking around, quickly compare the charts they have just done, then go for a take. To be fair, I think that most people here will do something similar when learning new material. The difference is for people like me is that I will stop the playback a few times to give me chance to get each section, then listen to it again to check that I've got it right. If you are a top studio player then you're expected to be able to get it right first time (like she did)!

That’s great news Tom. Well done and good luck!

Bit far away for me, but you never know! Best of luck with it!

Thanks for the tips. A week ago I installed replacement Lakland pickups and had the opportunity to reseat the new cables, check the jack socket wiring etc. I'm not keen on replacing batteries so often, even when they are fine, though I will do it for the more important gigs rather than take a chance (it would be not cost effective to put a new battery in for every gig! - hence thinking about rechargables, ideally if they can be charged in place, from what I see that is not possible with NiMH (more stable voltage) unless I get some funky wiring set up, but would be with Li-ion.)

Yes: The Fish My life ain't complete without it, and no list of bass instrumentals is either. 🙂

Smaller cabs struggle with those low frequencies. When using compression, it's often the higher harmonics that are heard. Record a few measures and analyse the waveform with Audacity (or similar). You might be surprised.

Mate, that's fantastic! Really good news to hear of a dedicated live music venue getting going.

I found her impressive. She wrote the chart out on the first listen and played her version of a bass line on the next listen. Ive seen a few of these on SBL and she did it the quickest. The other girl (for Linus27) is Sharon Reynolds who is a very competent bass player herself.

If you're banned from even painting indoors I don't think anodising is going to be on the cards!

I can't remember the exact story but I'm pretty sure Mohini Dey's dad was a pro musician and she started learning music and theory very young. There's no doubt she's a top tier player, one of those you could drop in any situation from a pub level covers band to an all star jazz ensemble and she'd be completely comfortable. She does have a tendency to post short clips of very fast highly technical solos up on her social media which can sound pretty unmusical to the casual listener (and I count myself in that group) especially out of context of the rest of the song, which I guess makes her an easy target for 'She's talented but would you want to listen to it' type criticism.

At 51, I'm stuck right in the middle of wanting to join a band and wanting the time to myself. Have been in several bands in the past, and absolutely miss the buzz of being on stage. What I don't miss is getting home at 3am on a Sunday morning in the winter, and subsequently being tired for the rest of the day. I'm at the stage in life where one child has left home, and the other will soon enough. He's such a good kid (17) to hang around with, and he wants to spend time with his dad. That to me is more important than finding folk to jam with at the moment. I still play often in my wee music room, and that keeps my playing at a questionably reasonable level of competence. I dunno. Maybe I'll get back to it in a few years. There aren't much options where I live for new projects anyway 😞

If your bass system is able to go down to 60 - 80 Hz area, why should you try to go lower? As the amp (cab) can push out only the first harmonic, why bother going any lower? If you try a fretless, and can play in tune a 5 string down to B, fine. If the focus and the factual notes start to disappear, I think you should consider slightly higher notes. There are systems that can produce sound power that is under 50 Hz, but my question remains: Why? Bass drum is there already.

Yep. That's the norm. I'm impressed that you can do it with just one listen through though, without ever hearing the song before. Generally I give the song several listens and then pick out the chords while playing along with my bass as reference. Not do it all by ear.

For my taste, this music is very hard to listen to. It's all too much to take in. There's too much going on. It's relentlessly dynamic, and has no dynamics as a result of that. I'm not averse to complex instrumental music by any means, and the virtuosity of the playing is there to behold, but all I can say is I'm surprised Simon Phillips hasn't got anything better to do.

No Tim, I always unplug (and rarely forget) when I stop playing. I do play every day. What I meant by that, is even short terms breaks in playing (going to the loo, making a cuppa, answering my wife when she interrupts me 😉) I take the cable out.