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At this point, the bands that I am in only ever rehearse if there is a point, i.e. if we need to learn new material, or if we've got gigs coming up and we haven't played together for a while. No regular rehearsals or anything like that. If somebody wants to get together for a jam session, then I'm happy to do that (depending on who it is) as long as it is understood that is what we will be doing.

Yep. HPF is a must. God alone knows shy they are so rarely found incorporated into amp heads in the first place.

Until you rehearse something, you don't know what needs work. That's the whole object of a rehearsal.

We play modern pop/rock but we just have singer/guitar/bass/drums. No brass, strings, keys etc. So we have to be very creative with the arrangements and usually just keep the chord structure, form and signature parts. It means that often the guitar and bass aren't playing what's on the reference recording. So initially we will listen to the reference and pick out what we think will work and the first few band practices will be just jamming round the chords to see what works. It's not feasable to learn the parts or practice them at home and then hope what you have learned fits what the rest of the band are playing. Rehearsals are different to practices. They're when we have nailed the parts and are ready to gig them. A gig is worth a thousand rehearsals. I have played in bands where everyone has gone away and 'learned' their part from the 'orginal recording' and it's been a very frustrating experience, espescially if one member insists other players aren't playing it right, or I've spent hours learning something exactly as per the record only for it to just not work with the band and be shelved.

nice!

These guys build one too https://sineeffect.com/High-&-Low-Pass-Filters-c172981009

Congratulations, MrFingers. Make sure you have an Air Tag hidden in the case. Looks like a lovely bass, a great talking point and something to enjoy and be proud of. 😎

That's what I said...

Vera - Pink Floyd

Coolest car ever.

Ons of my bands we have the blessing of a singer with enough range that he sings everything in the original key. More troubling is We Gotta Get Out Of this Place played in B/Alice Cooper style by one band and C/Animals by the other. I've managed to start in the wrong key with both bands.

Sounds like us at State Fair. They want to get off and we want to get on. I'm slow at getting set up. Daryl

Steady girlfriend? That would have been Toni. That didn't work out. Nice lady and zero drama. Probably too much of an age difference. Daryl

Using the term ‘OC2’ more than 10 times in one post seems to be good for getting ‘likes’… that’s gotta be some form of SEO at work, right! This is MASSIVELY off topic (sorry everyone!), but this is my actual fav TED talk of all time… I first saw this when I was studying for my hypnotherapy diploma, and it’s as great today as it was back then…

Call that a TED talk? What did you learn about B2B sales and SEO from your test? (Actually, I love TED, I’m thinking more about LinkedIn - dare you to post it there)

That's an 'I change my strings for every gig' tone

These look fab. Built by Mayones though...really?

thanks team top thread

Lol I had a Peco Big Bore back box on my Manta 😁