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Ah great, thanks very much! I likely skimmed over your clarification and didn’t pick up on it because I didn’t see a ratio anywhere….completely on me. Si

I have been delaying posting this because I was hoping to include photos but none have surfaced so far... Weird gig at the weekend. We played the Newark Festival, which I was disappointed to find was not the big "rock" event on Newark Showground happening on the same day, but a series of gigs spread around several pubs in the town. We were down to play early evening at The Castle & Falcon and due to our synth player being somewhat under the weather we arrived just as the band before us were finishing. Surprised to find that the actual stage was outdoors in the pub courtyard, which hadn't been mentioned at any point when we were being booked. I'm never quite sure of the effectiveness of these events for us since we're not a "conventional" band, and in the past some of the similar gigs we have played have been more than a bit "meh". However this was one of those exceptions. The audience seemed to be really up for our set of "melancholy bangers" and even more surprisingly we sold several T-shirts and CDs including a couple that we had the sign. Compare that to our previous gig where we were playing to our core audience and we sold just one T-shirt. Bit of a break now until the end of September which will give us a chance to work on some new material and recording for the album.

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Hello there everyone, can you please tell me how to repair this lacquer peel?

Damn, double post.

This is mine…

Pretty much all the damage on the bass has been done on purpose every time it leaves the house; there's little effort involved in wrecking the visual aesthetic of the body.

Ah the acoustic I bought back in March has earned its keep as a campfire travel guitar this weekend so it’s staying now. Which makes me feel slightly better!

The Deltabass is roughly the same power as the Gnome/Elf which I use regularly and is also why I don't really need the Peavey. The Gnome does the job. If I think the amp is going to struggle to make the volume I'll trim the bass a tiny bit and boost the mids to make the amp cut through. Hope the gig goes well.

You should. TBF they do put a bit of effort into relicing that you haven’t good result though

Great craftsmanship. Really well built and plays like a dream

Yes !!thank you for the inspiration . Will do some more detailed photos soon

Have you been on the sauce?

Aye but you're good. 😂 Dave

I get that Daryl. When we are playing every weekend or every 2 weeks regularly we don't bother rehearsing but sometimes we can go 4-6wks without a gig and always throw in a 3hr rehearsal the week before the next gig just to refresh things in our head. I can understand that if playing regularly you don't really need to rehearse unless adding new songs. Dave

Its an odd one but we played a very small bar in Paisley with the Glam covers band and they charged £12 a ticket and sold out. The owner literally closed the bar for an hour to clear out the afternoon drinkers but that was a rare event and we played it twice because we knew the owner thru our punk band that played there regularly. When we played it as the punk band it was free entry. Dave

Anyone got any advice on where to fit a baritone guitar into the mix at a blues jam? I just bought one and I'm a bit stumped what to do with it. Tuned BEADF#B, it's like a regular guitar but a fourth down. So I could play rhythm if I can remember guitar chord shapes I last played 50 years ago. And transpose the chords, so for a B concert sound I need to finger an E chord, and so on. Or I could play guitar lead, which I've never done before, but the very basics seem to be simple enough according to beginner videos I have watched. Or I could effectively play six string bass but an octave up, at least on the bottom four strings anyway. And six string bass I have recent experience of. Or all three of the above. Thoughts or experience would be appreciated. EDIT: Sorry, I just seen there's a bari strand. Perhaps if some kind mod could move my post over?

Think the wedding band thing over here is dependant on your bank balance. When we got married 30 yrs ago this Sunday coming we searched for ages to get the right band that had a decent reputation as being good and not daft money. Have to admit i was happy with them. Would i do it again ? Probably not as most people at weddings would be just as happy with a DJ or even just a playlist thru a PA.. Its much the same when you play birthday parties. Most people aren't there to watch the band and would be just as happy with a playlist in the background. Dave

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I did this for a few years, mainly on the Americana circuit. I then took my Jazz out for a multi-(rock) band all dayer in Sheffield and confused the soundman - he couldn't work put why my bass sounded the way it did! 😸 I think all the other bassists were active 5-string players and I had that setup.