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Pino Palladino (fretless MM) using roundwounds. Louis Johnson (fretted MM) using flatwounds - and slapping. If there were rules, just break them.

An outdoor 1 hour gig in the afternoon sun with a PA designed for the job that someone else set up less than an hour from home. Or a normal pub gig but starting at 7 instead of 9 with a responsive crowd

Yeah, some folks have relabelled the slogan from “play for life” to “pay for life”.😂

I hope this is a suitable place to post the following; I think it is probably related to DB playing, though there may be other factors. Currently, I'm having a bit of trouble with both elbows; pain in particular when having the elbows bent for a few minutes, e.g. the right elbow when playing a bass guitar, and also some general fatigue and loss of grip strength in both arms making it harder to play upright for longer periods. The local physiotherapist thought this was all in the forearm causing referred pain to the elbow. Unfortunately, the exercises they recommended have not helped. I contacted my GP but there will be a wait for any further assistance, and it's unclear how long. Perhaps the DB is the cause, given that it's a repetitive activity that will give the hands and forearms a lot of work. I've already got light strings (Evah Pirazzi) and I'm not sure what else could work. A week or so ago the local luthier had a look and told me that what was needed to reduce the tension was shooting the fingerboard so they could improve the action. This made the instrument a little easier to play but produced unpleasant buzzes and rattles. Reducing these requires raising the action again... In any case, whatever it is is making double bass more tiring to play and guitar (bass or otherwise) painful. When I had lessons I don't recall any issue with my technique, though I might book another lesson just to check on that. Perhaps it needs someone with relevant medical knowledge to take a look at my posture, though. Has anyone else experience elbow issues like this? Do you have any thoughts if so?

Not in an irrational predjudices thread it isn't!

Everyone likes some feline finish on their bass, no?

That's hilarious 😂 It's not my area to convince you otherwise so of course just play what makes you happy 👍

great topic for me, an indoor all day doom/stoner/sludge festival type thing. set around halfway through the day so i have time to have a few (lots) of beers and catch up with some friends and bands. play a set and sway around like a drunken tramp without missing a note and then see the rest of the day out watching the others bands,selling merch while people comment on our band and ask about what gear used etc. this comment have made me realise how much i miss it

5 string low B is just an indistinct fart! So I should have been more specific and said I hate 5 string strung low B..... and yes I have lost work because I won't play low B but also I'm more of a 4 string fretless guy so I just stick to what I'm good at. As it happens I do play a 5 string but high C.... and yep, get up the dusty end of the C string all the time, but then I'm not playing death metal.

Just be nice and transparent, avoid the temptation to burn bridges - unless it's made of paraffin-soaked palettes and absolutely in need of a match. Some bands do be like that. They sound like decent people, just not right for you. Good luck!

I ordered a tayda order on Monday morning - it's due here today. That's quicker than most UK based sellers!

That's a very strong word to describe one extra string 😁 I hope you've never been in a situation where you've been forced to play one or even lost work because you refused. Funnily enough when I started playing I didn't understand the G string,I was like "how is this even bass?" This is probably why even though I can, I don’t play 6 string bass.

This happened to me a few days ago If band A is an "open marriage" where it's fine for members to be in other bands, then join the one(s) you want to. To leave, later on you can honestly say to band A you don't have the time/memory/musical interests/money/whatever any more due to your lifestyle changes. For me I needed to focus on the bands that I'm playing with that I'm actively gigging with, even though band A was one of the first I joined. Good luck!

Thanks. It's lightweight too, a mere 3.2kgs.

Looking good for 71, Daryl! 🙄 I would also say it's the audience. When you have an audience, large or small, who are all up and dancing all night, you know you've cracked it. Their enthusiasm bleeds onto the band, which makes us play better and punchier.

A dressing room full of hookers and a mountain of coke. As everyone else has said, if the audience are into it.

I have one of those coming up in September. I'm not sure I'll get two monitors. Daryl

I've played a couple of small outdoor festivals and they usually lack the energy and audience connection of a more tightly packed indoor venue (ideally I'd like 100 club on a busy night sort of thing, I expect most people would prefer to have seen bands like The Who, the Clash, Sex Pistols, Oasis etc. there than a stadium), so I don't think a massive crowd is necessarily on my wish list - but need a good up for it crowd is needed. Anything else is a bonus for the mundane stuff (good sound, easy access, not too far to travel, free food/drinks).

I usually have flats on my Sandberg TT4. Usually EB Group 2.5 flats, but sometimes Ti flats or La Bella depending on what I need. I've just put rounds on it for the first time in about 3 years!

A couple of 45 minute sets to an audience who appreciate some hard bop, ideally in the afternoon so I can get away for a decent dinner and a few beers afterwards (no drinking and playing!). Some pay is nice but the top requirement is that the venue staff appreciate the musicians and we don't have any hassle about load in/out, some refreshments etc. etc. Playing at the Rose & Crown in Oxford is good, but they don't have many openings.

16 pedals to start. Then about £10 per new pedal as they are launched. Limited user slots for new pedals. Have to use an app to put new pedals on it. I'm sure it will sell loads, but it really looks like Boss had a look at the Line 6 HXOne (200+ pedals in it, no cost for updates and new sounds, no need to use the app) and just did the opposite. The Boss is slightly more expensive too. I would really really like a Turbo Distortion that didn't have the mad hiss levels of the original, but I still wouldn't buy this.