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To throw the question back at you, if your band is really less interesting and less lucrative, why does it motivate you? Is it that your less committed band mates are going through the motions and you need to replace them with people more interested in the band's music?

Lose the vanity and wear glasses, varifocal lenses allow you see up close and far away.

It seems to have the same logo and switch arrangement as Geezer Butlers Live Aid one (but not the same pickups), I presume coil tap and series / parallel, you should be able to see from the wiring.

OK, so as many of us will probably have already come across, or will do soon.... Little awkward bits of getting older are now taking effect on being in a band. Like what? We'll, my main two are: 1. (this kills me to say..) weight of basses. Even though I'm fine with the weight, I can really feel it when the gig is over. So, a lighter bass for longer gigs (we do an average of 90 mins in one go) is an option. Any other ideas? We are fully no backline and iems so I've already saved on that. 2. And this is causing the most hassle.... Eyesight. Its going worse as I get older, but now I can't really see a set list on the floor. Worse, I can't see what patches I'm on on my (albeit small) zoom ms60b+. The thing is, we are in a touring band (theatres /larger venue etc) where the look is just as much as the playing, so I can't have a stand, or anything obvious. I don't want to wear glasses, but if I did it still wouldn't work as I can see fine close up, but not further away. So... on this one I don't know what to do? Get an ipad? A larger pedal with a large display so I can read it? (we do switch through a lot of different patches and sounds). Any other tips people have come across?

I think it can, out of my gigging band I think it’s the least payer for the others as we don’t take any money aside from expenses. Maybe it’s because we don’t play that often that keeps us motivated, I don’t know exactly but there’s never a problem with any band members not being prepared/rehearsed.

The bands I'm in all have clear aspirations for how often they want to gig. I have well over a hundred songs in my recently rehearsed/performed repertoire and many more I can play either from memory or brush up quickly. The whole reason I'm in multiple bands is because of my appetite for learning new material. It's incredibly satisfying to struggle with a song and use it as a way to rapidly improve my technique. I know bands that have one setlist and barely ever change it. I couldn't cope with that.

Yes: as long as you’re all clear from the outset what the expectations / level of commitment is. Motivation for most gigging musos would be regular paying gigs, input into set lists / songs, maybe make use of their skills for example singing lead on some songs etc. Basically get them involved in a band that’s doing stuff. And once up and running don’t be afraid to use good deps to cover those times when those other band commitments might prevent your usual line up from performing. More gigs you do, more people will get to know what you’re about.

9V batteries stay higher than 9v most of their life. if I was measuring a battery to see if it was good, and it was a normal PP3, If I measured it and it was below 9v I would throw it away.

If I had a hammer - Handy Andy ...whatever happened to him?

You second and third paragraphs appear to contradict each other! 😁

I'm not sure of that... most of our repertoire we haven't played the same twice.

Fixing A Hole — Beatles

I’ll just re-state my original question, as it’s three pages back… Can a band thrive if most of its members have other, clearly more interesting/lucrative interests? If so, how do you manage/motivate them?

I would contact Epifani and ask them for the schematic. If nothing else they could suggest a place to take the amp to for repair. In future take the amp home with you to prevent unauthorized use. Is the guilty player going to cough up for the repair?

Top drawer, Chris. Love it.

The Roof Is Leaking - Phil Collins

Gutted when I found UK tour dates were just finished, next time ...

Hi guys I have an Epifani UL 501 bass head i use with an Epifani UL2 410 at 4Ohms in our rehearsing studio down here in the south of Portugal. Some bands come in every now and then and i let them use my cab w/ a Warwick head to spare them lugging cabs back and forth. The other day i forgot to unplug my amp from the cab & although it was clearly visible there was another cable connected to it, the next guy just plugged in the Warwick effectively connecting both amps via the cab and my guess is my amp was fed the Warwick's 300 or so watts for the duration of their rehearsal - 1 hour, 1.30..? When i returned to play, upon switching my amp on i just heard a semi loud "thump" sound and no led my amp, nothing... Checked all cables, fuse, everything was fine. I contacted my tech and he told me that it would be super useful if i could get him the schematics of my amp as he always has LOADS of work in hand and couldn't really search for it, etc... I've already contacted Epifani a few days ago but so far i haven't heard back from them so... in an attempt to speed things up i was wondering if by any chance someone here would have the schematics they could either share with me or even sell them to me so i can get my amp repaired asap ? Or maybe even some links to a site that has it or, or, or....? I have looked all over for these online but with no success. Thanks in advance for any help Nuno

Saw him play when he came to Brum last month. He was superb, pure class.