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We played a small pub where 3 of us started playing together at the open mic. We were a little concerned that we'd not get anyone there to be honest. The heat, the pub hasn't got an outdoor area or a way of throwing the doors open and getting some air flow, and several bigger events going on. Oh and it was a Friday. However, we had a decent turnout, the crowd were great and we've been asked back. Can't be bad.

That stance does not fly in my part of the world. I'd go as far as to say being in one band and one band only is not the norm at all.

For me, because changing the blade is a massive pain in the joolies, I tend to stick with the widest blade. It's best for straight cuts, and anything with a tight corner can be achieved with relief cuts, rather than one continuous cut.

Hi, now donated elsewhere, sorry should have said.

I bought a little keyboard stand. We were just too loud as a band and the angled cab thing didn't help. It was more about elevating the cabs so you were in full battle with the cymbals.

But as long as it was agreed by the whole band, I think that would be fine.

One of my bands has an exception to this. The BL is also in a pro band (they are playing the IoW). They have to jump when called.

SD and Passive. What value pots and particularly capacitor 0.1u, 0.47u? Couple of quid on a Cap swap

I meant prioritise in the short term to cover a specific choke point. But if the choke points become frequent then perhaps it is time to have the difficult conversation? The alternative is either not knowing who will be playing on the night of the gig (if you can get a dep) or cancelling gigs because there's a clash. Neither are good and the latter will ruin your band's reputation. Could it be that some equate 'Blues Band' with 'easy 12 bar covers' and see it as something they can fit in without too much effort? (I should add that it's not my perception.) As you say, 'near enough is good enough'.

Due diligence in relation to effectively and advertised as a used bitsa £200 bass being sold on FB Marketplace which you collected and played on collection (no issues) and then had for over 2 weeks (no issues) to then find an issue at the 2 week point that is so severe (rocker on 19th fret) that it is unplayable. I maybe doing the buyer a complete injustice and obviously I will sort the issue out. Other possible scenarios for the buyer are; I now don’t like the bass and can’t be bothered with the hassle of selling i needed a jazz bass for a gig/studio job and now can’t be bothered to sell it. I’m short of cash and can’t be bothered to sell it. The buyer dropped/damaged the bass The fret has moved due to the heatwave. the new neck has settled/aclimatised to a new environment causing the fret to move. the seller (me) didn’t check the frets and playability (I did) the seller (me) is a completely incompetent buffoon and scammer who knowingly sold a pile of excrement bass (I’d like to think I’m not) All I can do is offer to get it sorted for free and provide my version of the tale of woe for others to form their own opinions.

Makes you work for your money on the night. 😂 I used to play in a "Friends of DP" tribute and we covered any band that was directly linked to DP which allowed us Rainbow, Whitesnake, DP and even Sabbath thru Dio. Loved playing Stargazer, that was one of my all time favs. So much energy and emotion in that song for a bassist. IMO of course. Dave

Monogamy is for relationships PolyBandry is fine, just be open about it.

Then how do you satisfy a desire to both play covers and be in an originals band? You're entitled to your opinion, but this is not a "one size fits all" type situation.

Is there any bottom end loss with this unit?

Do you still have the board? Where are you based? cheers

Sorry, but if you're in one band then that's it, you don't play in other bands. Help out in an emergency as long as no one else minds. Not enough gigs to keep you happy, get more gigs. Wrong type of music, leave and join another band. I think you get where I'm coming from.

There has to be a degree of respect, and synchronisation of calendars. Whichever band books the date first, that's it - none of this "my other band got a better offer" BS. I'm in two bands, drummer's in two and a bit, singer's in two - communication is the key. So far there has only been one oopsie, and I sorted it with a gig swap with another band - but made it plain that it was a huge pain in the rear end and don't do it again