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Maybe pickup height isn't set correctly? Faulty input or lead could be possible too.

I'm working on getting my nerve up to contact him. Daryl

It's a 1994 with a Telecaster body style with an active pre-amp. I don't know much about the L2000 but I think they're pretty much the same bass. Daryl

I love the concept for your band!!! 😎

It’s The Reddings (Otis’ offspring) with Dexter Redding on bass The well known track is ‘The awakening’ but I thought that was too obvious as Les Claypool is known for knocking that one out

I'm not sure I understand why Paul McCartney would be interested in buying Hofner. He's played the same one for the past 60 years has he not? It doesn't appear like he's a prolific buyer of Hofner basses, but I could be wrong.

There’s a band called Headsticks that might be worth booking , quite loud but do a half decent show 😁. hope it goes well Tom. fo you have a website/facebook / promo space to keep an eye out on ?

Looks nice!

+1 Andy's just bought a Mooer FX Pedal from in what was a very easy and pleasant transaction. Highly recommend, as said above already. Thanks Andy and I hope you enjoy the Mooer... Cheers Nik

Who is it. Sounds like a Stingray so am guessing Louis Johnson on bass.

Sasha from Rostoc basses has just bought ught one and posted the photo . Looks absolutely fine to me so in my opinion you should complain

IMO, this is exactly what you want from a showreel. lots of energy, interesting camera angles, quick cuts and zooms. Crowd dancing and singing along. Also, important to have a vertical version too, as so much social media is consumed vertically these days. This is my bands version for an upcoming gig, in the similiar vein, a bit less punk. https://www.instagram.com/p/DRZ7sdzlK7V/

Any chance of a picture of the bass? I can probably guess what Harley Benton it is, but always easier to pass comment if people know which bass it is.

Gravy Train - Mark Knopfler

I can't imagine Paul McCartney would want to be spending his time & money trying to save a failing business at this point in his life.

Some decent live footage, doesn't have to be too professional, can be very helpful for getting your first booking at a new pub venue. If you want to be getting function gigs then a showreel is pretty much all that someone who has never come across the band has to go on, so having something that is decent quality both visually and sound-wise will make a difference - there's a lot of competition for function work! Doesn't have to be long, 2 - 3 mins is fine. Check out some of the bands on e.g. Alive Network and you'll get a feel for the quality of the showreel clips function bands are posting. We're just in the process of redoing our 2023 band reel to reflect the current 2025 band line up. We've managed to develop quite a lot of the skill set to get it done in house, which massively reduced the costs, and have decent camera and recording equipment so our main cost has been venue hire. Otherwise you can quite quickly end up spending £1k+ on a reel when you've taken account of venue hire, videographer and someone to do the sound mixing and editing. The flip side is that a function band can recover that outlay in a couple of events or even a single booking. There's a couple of ways reels are typically done: - Live take in a studio - Get the audio recorded separately and mime to audio for the video They both have different plusses and minuses.

The extremely talented Brian Auger.