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That is sublime tone and a lovely part 👍

…do they work ?? I stumbled upon various basses over the last few days. This can be dangerous, as we know. I looked at the Roland G77B with its trimmings . I decided against it for now, due to technology advancing and the chance of things going wrong and difficult to get fixed. I do have a few synths at home . I just ordered a Roland Boutique JP-X8 . A condensed version of the JX-08 which has all the sounds on the Roland Bass setup.Allegedly. This got me wondering if a Sonuus G2M would work if I used this to plug my bass into the Roland Boutique Synth! I probably won’t bother with it , but if someone tells me it works then I’ll have to get one ..

ABOUT BLOODY TIME. But yes, too late for many fine venues. RIP The Point, Cardiff. There are only a few lower forms of life than someone who moves in near an established music venue, knowing full well that it's there, and then complains about it to the extent that it is forced to close. Scumbags. I hope their houses get infestations of mountain-beaver fleas.

Busy day yesterday. We had the first gig from 2-3 at an outdoor 'festival' like thing in dorset, that we had done 3 years in a row. They had this thing where there were electric bands on the truck in the garden and acoustic bands in the teepee thing next to it between, so 1 hour for each - but it was exactly 1 hour for each, so you got on the stage, set up, plugged in, they did a line check and then you waited for your time to go and there was no gap, so obviously sound wasn't good on stage, and not so great outside as there was no time to setup. But it went down ok - it was raining a little when we were setting up, but by the time we played it was very sunny and well attended. All in all there was a nice atmosphere there and it was a good afternoon. I would have stayed longer but in the evening we had to be back nearer home for a wedding. The wedding we got to at 6 but they were doing speeches so we had to wait outside and not make noise. We waited for a while, they had finished the speeches but the staff wanted to move all the tables, we waited another half an hour, so finally it was closer to 7 by the time we set up to be ready by 8, for some reason it took a while to get ready as everyone was in each others way. Did the first hour, there was noone in the building, they were all outside in the sun, which sort of makes sense, way of weddings. Then it was time for food so everyone came back in and I put music on on the ipad, we went back on at half 9 to play to 11:15, the guitarist was very grumpy to go past 11. But the second half was dancing all the way through and we went down a storm so that was good. We couldn't play the last encore as it was 11:16 so the guitarist wouldn't play, and he had to be home in 5 minutes after that, so he went, but the singer stayed to help me with the PA Very profitable day all in all and got all the gigs for the weekend over and done with in a day

Thanks for all the help Ir has swing me away from the shoe box size boxes with tiny speakers @Hellzero your input is much appreciated The SWR is a nice option but lacks aux in, so I will be having a bid on the the TC combo on eBay

Or I could bring my Decision P?

I won't be able to make this, Remembrance Sunday is always busy for brass bands. Have a good time.

Actually very good. But only because we did a multiband outdoor gig where someone else was doing the sound earlier in the day, so to get back to using my PC felt like coming home, I could hear everything and we sounded good!

Shell pink is always a winner for me. Or a racing green could be a cool look.

I admit it. I am beaten. Someone asked about the Seth Govan bass part to 'hangover, from the 2006 Guthrie Govan album, 'Erotic Cakes'. I thought, 'I'll have a crack at that, and off I went. 2:38 seconds in, I completely lost it - no idea what he is doing. The tune is in 9:8 ( a kind of swung 3:4) but he is playing 4 against the 3 (12:8 over 9:8) and then he does something else that I cannot figure out at all. Sounds hip as f*** but I have no idea how to get it down so I threw the towel in. Here is where I got to. If you can complete the transcription, let me know. Seth lives down the road to me so I am going to contact him to see if he can explain himself! https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/hangover-guthrie-govan/

The world definitely is your oyster with colour choices. I'd personally go for something like Firemist Gold metallic (like they did the Fender Vintera 1 Jazzes in), with a darkish red tort guard.

Too late for many gigs.

As pretty much everyone has said, it is all about practice. I sing BVs with a good few of the bands I play with and it took a while to get a good method down for learning the parts. Knowing the bass parts to the point where you’re paying entirely from muscle memory is essential. Even in a jazz context where you’re playing walking lines, falling back on your most bog-standard shapes and lines will help you forget about playing the bass and concentrate on the singing. Practising the backing vocals away from the bass at first also really helps. I like to do that in the car. Or on a long walk with headphones. Getting the vocals into your muscle memory will come with time. When you know them well enough away from the instrument I find combining them with the bass parts is way easier. Plus you’ll be worrying less about finding pitches as you’ll have more of an idea of where they sit in your voice. Getting familiar with your vocal range is just like learning the fretboard. I’ve found it very rewarding to really dig into the backing vocal thing and it’s been a real bonus for gigs. Good luck on your adventures @Mokl

. . . . and Bobby Bland's Reflections In Blue, which Wilton Felder shared the bass chair with Chuck Rainey and Scott Edwards. All fantastic players.

Absolutely, which is why metal nuts or a zero-fret make sense. Is there a reason why zero-frets are so uncommon & seem to be regarded as a cheapo shortcut? Or is it just that Fender never used them?

Here's one my guitarist sent me a couple of days ago

Have a listen to Bobby Bland's albums, Dreamer and His California Album, on which he shared bass credits with Max Bennett.

We played in Leigh, Lancs last night, to a nice crowd, with a friend sitting in as our dep drummer who did really well. I'm getting back into the swing of gigging again after an enforced absence due to our old guitarist suddenly opting out. Our drummer has also had some spinal surgery and is going to be out of the game for a while. It does feel a little like the band is limping along, using dep drummers, but it is better than not playing at all. The playing is really enjoyable, but it doesn't feel like the same band. Not entirely a bad thing. Our guitarist has learned a good number of songs and he has done a fine job. We can't really advance the setlist that much until our regular drummer is fit to play again. It will happen, though. He's bought an upgraded electric kit to make it easier for him to transport. It's just a case of persevering at the moment. We are winning at gigs, which is the point. My rig is raised off the floor here as the place is a bass trap. One particular note can hang around all night like a bad smell.