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It's been a while since we played at the Horse and Trumpet and at the end of the gig the landlord and lady were telling us how July is always their worst month, with a lot of people on holiday. We very pleased then to see a lot of familiar faces that we'd managed to pull in. The A4 laminated QR code to our Facebook page took a few more hits from some new faces too. It was... darned hot, and I forgot to take my fan! Cue a very sweaty bass by the end of the gig ... the Stingish bass (Sterling Sub5 with Retrovibe Stinger preamp). Usually a lovely matt finish. Of course we just had to do War Pigs in the second set, and saved Paranoid for an encore at the end of the night (how did we know?! 😂) - RIP Ozzy. I was very pleased that Sir Duke on its 3rd outing, and especially after a couple of weeks break, was tight and got the crowd dancing and singing along. It's a right earworm that riff! As seems to be the case recently I forgot to take any photos until we'd finished playing. There were a few people taking photos, so some decent shots might turn up. For now here's the kit-spotter's wide angle shot (Fender Rumble v3 500 combo and Roland Boss GT-6B on my side) The purple suede Gazelles got another outing17 points
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Just got home from a Knock Off gig at The Hope & Anchor, Islington, supporting GBH - apparently there never played there in their 40+ years so Knock Off arranged the gig for them. Went great, we played very well and the audience reaction was amazing, literally bodies flying all over the place, and singing along. I used my Fender JMJ Mustang and Behringer BDI21 into the 100w Ashdown house combo, which with a bit of help from the monitors was fine. Only downsides were it was incredibly hot in there so given the music type and how we play I’m now very smelly, and I ache all over - a reminder of why I’m giving up gigging. Footwear was a pair of black Vans trainers. Edit - I forgot to add, GBH were amazing, as they always are, great bunch of guys, really good to work with, and such an awesome sound.16 points
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The acoustic trio, The Desperate Cowboys played The Doghouse pub in Alfreton. I’ve played there a couple of times before with a full band and was a bit concerned about how we’d go down with a ‘softer’ sound. As it happened, we got as many people up and dancing (without any drums or percussion) as on previous visits. So, a good night and well appreciated by the pub and the audience. The pubs of the Derbyshire/Notts ex-coalfields are not for the faint-hearted or easily offended. But if they like you it can be a great night. Taylor mini-bass through Trace Elliott Elf and Barefaced One 10.16 points
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Hurtsfall played the Nottingham Pride event yesterday on the Gladrags stage at Rough Trade. Second time we've played at Rough Trade in less than a month and once again it was joy to be performing in an air-conditioned venue when it was uncomfortably hot outside. Once again excellent sound on stage and FoH. Due to time constraints we did the shortest set ever - under 25 minutes comprising just 5 songs. However we managed to pack the gig space at the end of the bar with plenty of people dancing and cheering as well as picking up a load on new fans, if our Facebook profile is anything to go by. Early finish and back home before 6.00 in the evening! Here we are giving it some at the end of our last song: "12 Long Years": Next gig is Twisted Firestarter which is the Infest Festival warm-up party at Rebellion in Manchester on 14th August.15 points
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We played in Leigh, Lancs last night, to a nice crowd, with a friend sitting in as our dep drummer who did really well. I'm getting back into the swing of gigging again after an enforced absence due to our old guitarist suddenly opting out. Our drummer has also had some spinal surgery and is going to be out of the game for a while. It does feel a little like the band is limping along, using dep drummers, but it is better than not playing at all. The playing is really enjoyable, but it doesn't feel like the same band. Not entirely a bad thing. Our guitarist has learned a good number of songs and he has done a fine job. We can't really advance the setlist that much until our regular drummer is fit to play again. It will happen, though. He's bought an upgraded electric kit to make it easier for him to transport. It's just a case of persevering at the moment. We are winning at gigs, which is the point. My rig is raised off the floor here as the place is a bass trap. One particular note can hang around all night like a bad smell.15 points
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Busy day yesterday. We had the first gig from 2-3 at an outdoor 'festival' like thing in dorset, that we had done 3 years in a row. They had this thing where there were electric bands on the truck in the garden and acoustic bands in the teepee thing next to it between, so 1 hour for each - but it was exactly 1 hour for each, so you got on the stage, set up, plugged in, they did a line check and then you waited for your time to go and there was no gap, so obviously sound wasn't good on stage, and not so great outside as there was no time to setup. But it went down ok - it was raining a little when we were setting up, but by the time we played it was very sunny and well attended. All in all there was a nice atmosphere there and it was a good afternoon. I would have stayed longer but in the evening we had to be back nearer home for a wedding. The wedding we got to at 6 but they were doing speeches so we had to wait outside and not make noise. We waited for a while, they had finished the speeches but the staff wanted to move all the tables, we waited another half an hour, so finally it was closer to 7 by the time we set up to be ready by 8, for some reason it took a while to get ready as everyone was in each others way. Did the first hour, there was noone in the building, they were all outside in the sun, which sort of makes sense, way of weddings. Then it was time for food so everyone came back in and I put music on on the ipad, we went back on at half 9 to play to 11:15, the guitarist was very grumpy to go past 11. But the second half was dancing all the way through and we went down a storm so that was good. We couldn't play the last encore as it was 11:16 so the guitarist wouldn't play, and he had to be home in 5 minutes after that, so he went, but the singer stayed to help me with the PA Very profitable day all in all and got all the gigs for the weekend over and done with in a day14 points
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Had a great time at the Rock & Blues Custom Show in Derbyshire yesterday! Funny story, you know that delightful chap who likes to scam old people and Facebook marketplace folk? His Queen act dropped out last minute and we filled the slot!14 points
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Final sale of my five stringers. Super bass, comfy to play and looks a stunner. 35" scale approx 4kilos 17.5mm spacing at bridge Fitted with straplocks Comes with Modulus case as shown Fingerboard fairly flat. Built in 1995 Notes:- Retro fitted with Bartolini passive soap bar pickup by Guitar Mania of Poole. The original EMG pickup and complete pre amp and wiring loom are also supplied to return the bass to factory specs. There is a 1mm deep chip in the outer neck finishing layer (which I didn't notice until after two years of ownership). See photos, it's at the first fret and is not felt whilst playing. I've had this bass for twelve years and the neck is as stable as you would expect it to be. Collection from Bournemouth or meet up within reasonable distance is preferable. No sound clips, sorry. Let me know if you need any further info. Cheers, Graham13 points -
My first gig with the Fortunate Sons and with a neat twist of fate at my 'home venue' of Penarth Ex's. It was also bass player Andy's first gig on keyboards... he did brilliantly and being a bassist he kept out of my octaves Long story short, we had a very good attendance, I made a few flubs - came in late for one song, first bar in wrong key for another and huge random bang in My Sharona... but no-one seemed to notice, so and and audience very happy. No photos yet. Fender Precision & Jazz, quecha approach shoes, GRBASS cab and orange terror.13 points
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Last night, I played for the first time in about a month because of band members' holidays etc. with Nine Lives at The Butchers Arms in Inverurie. Great to get back in the saddle, I've missed it! Anyhoo, it was a really good night, quite busy, lots of folk up dancing, a couple of young bass nerds took a photo of my pedalboard and were chatting to me at half time - about my basses, how long I've been playing etc. Fridays can be so hit and miss so very happy to find the place being reasonably busy. In honour of the Prince of Darkness, we did a little three song Ozzy bit in the second set, Crazy Train, Bark at the Moon then Paranoid. That went down well. Anyway, I played pretty well, I only forgot how one song went in one bit (but we're ditching it soon anyway so maybe I was already subconsciously deleting it from my memory). I think some video was taken so if anything appears I'll be sure and share it. Gear was the Greco triple pickup LP then the DeArmond Jet Star (Wonky Boi) into the yellow and black cubes of doom.13 points
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Photo from last night. Should say we got lots of dancers later.12 points
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We played at the Victory in Hereford last night in support of Brazilian hardcore punkers, AntiVirus... It's funny because we're quite inyerface, but compared to the other 3 bands, we were melodic pop punk! They were all about onslaught with no let-up which a few metallers in the crowd enjoyed and pushed each other about to which was excellent, but we did our psychedlic stonerdoom song (that's meant to be an onslaught too but our drummer keeps playing it really slowly!) but this time we emphasised the different textures and built and collapsed various drones in weird (and perhaps wonderful) ways - after that we seemed to get a far bigger crowd and maybe 100 people had come in who remained, and even danced about. We'd re-arranged our set so that I started or gave tempo to most of the others so we were quite varied, ranging from oldskool punk to dance-rock to stoner which I quite like - it means we're quite different to a lot of the other bands we play with though whether that's a good thing is another matter entirely! Still, we had the biggest crowd, none of whom lit flaming torches or brandished pitchforks to hasten us on our way. In fact some even said that it was nowhere near as bad as they were expecting despite the now more-numerous bass solos. I had on a rare-as-hen's-teeth Wigsville Spliffs vest with tight camo trews and 5-10 Guide approach boots. Gear was Sandberg Basic - Helix - BBE pre/DBX compressor - Crown bridged power amp - Markbass 4x10. Post gig dram was a fine Arran barrel reserve.11 points
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Our duo played at a birthday party last night, augmented with a drummer we often work with. Venue was a large Memorial Hall, with a high stage and about 80 guests attending. There was a Martin house PA which annoyingly we weren’t allowed to use, so carried all our stuff in and then up onto the stage. Room didn’t sound as bad as it looked it would, so no probs there. Used my Rumble 500 combo and P-Lyte, my go to set up these days. The booker wanted 3x30 mins sets of dance stuff so we obliged and had a full dance floor for most of the time. 3 sets is weird for pacing the evening, along with fitting in the buffet and announcements etc - rock n roll or what? 😆 Still, we managed it and just got packed down by the 11.30pm curfew. A strange gig, but very well paid and happy punters so all good.11 points
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On Friday we jumped in the Boogie Monsters van to drive from Surrey to New Brighton. That took 8 gruelling hours thanks to it being the first Friday of the school holidays and various car accidents. We stayed at our old drummer’s lovely new house (coz he was playing the gig with us), then yesterday headed even further north to Poulton-le-Fylde to play at their annual Wanderland event. Three 30 minute sets spread across the day, with our usual mix of pop and rock songs interspersed with kids songs, and it went pretty well all things considered. Kids and adults alike seemed to enjoy us and the organisers were very happy. Not sure I played brilliantly in places but that’s more to do with my relationship with those particular songs than anything else. We were back in the van and on the road by 4.30, and I was home by 10pm. Sleepy today 😀 Bass was my sexy Zoot Funkmeister, straight into the PA with my HX Effects and Digbeth preamp. Shoes were my now standard Soul Cal low tops. Now got a few weeks off before going all the way back up to Wigan (ish) for a Katy Hurt gig 🤓11 points
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An Eagles tribute show at The Fire Station in Sunderland, a relatively new 550-cap venue. I reckon it's probably one of the best in the country. The hall is beautiful... acoustic perfection. The PA is premiere league. The staff are lovely, and absolutely on it. It even has parking! Used my MIA Standard Jazz, with the G&L L2000 on standby. Rig was, of course the Handbox R-400 (with its lovely on-board DI) and TKS S212.8 points
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Another Everly's and Friends Live Tribute Show yesterday. This time in Torquay, Devon. On the first weekend after the schools closed for the Summer holidays. You know what's coming... Yep, it took me ten hours to get there from Derbyshire. Every motorway, every junction, every roundabout was a massive traffic queue. Grrr! So finally got to the Babbacombe Theatre, did the gig and then cruised home in 3.5 hours. Better. Friday was a looong day. Wiped out today (Saturday.) Broken. Oh, and I almost forgot, our Duo was out last weekend for the second time. Played outside and the PA sounded awesome. Used my Melvin Lee Davis NU-X Preamp Pedal for the first time, too. Link to short video: https://photos.app.goo.gl/GeM9f1uGyEgiPmpS97 points
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Hello All. Number One in the Sell Off… Bought about 3 months ago. A very lovely and high quality/spec parts build 51 Precision Bass Guitar Build Ash Body - Nitro Finish Fender 51 Neck - Nitro Refin Gotoh Reverse Machine Heads Bakelite Pickguard (Nitro Lacquered) Bakelite Saddles Lindy Fralin Pickup Switchcraft Jack Luxe Phonebook Capacitor NOS resistor All Slot Head Screws (As Per 51 spec) 10.2lbs The original build cost was in the region of £1500…which was spent by someone else… Comes with a Modern Fender Gig Bag. I can ship in the UK for £20 uninsured and at buyers risk etc. Wearing rounds, but I have got flats which I can include.6 points -
Funkin up the Pantiles in Tunbridge Wells last night with my best mates in The Audacity. Full line-up with 2 singers and 3-piece horn section in front of a very enthusiastic crowd of diners, drinkers and dancers. Wonderful stuff!6 points
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Bit of a feeler, but I’m having a re-evaluation of what I’m using and what is just sitting in a cupboard. The bass is actually in pretty decent condition, considering its age, but the discoloring of the body makes it look more ‘aged’ than it actually is. The bass came to me with a pretty awful refret, so I had to have that redone properly, which resulted in the fingerboard (only) having a good clean and an overspray. A new nut too. It’s an awesome job and the neck is now super playable as a result. Original hardware including pickup covers, pots both date to ‘78, pickup dates to ‘77. Now the good news….it weighs 8.87lbs. That’s right, a late 70’s punk/rock machine under 9lbs!! Comes with a simple gig bag, and so I would prefer not to post it. Meet up/collection preferred. Part-ex’s I’d be interested in: - Noble bass Pre - Lakland 44-64/Duck Dunn (straight P, no PJ) - Fender PB70 CIJ/MIJ Cheers Si5 points -
It's a case of who was there first. If you build a dwelling next to a noisy venue then that should be your responibility. If a bar/cub opene up next to you then it's their responsibility. It's the "Agent of Change " princible.5 points
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Two lunch time shows on consecutive days that couldn’t have been different. A show in a church… which garnered a lot of interest. Our new singer impressed a whole lot of fans, which was great. All is well once more, after a period of uncertainty about our new direction. Sandberg VM4 through Elf and Barefaced One10. Sandals. And a festival gig which didn’t! By showtime (12 noon) it was pouring, the guitarist and drummer hadn’t shown and we looked sunk. Half an hours grace saw the guitarist show up (he thought it was at 1pm) and the drummer pulled out (he thought it was this evening). We soldiered through as a trio and miraculously got our full fee! 😄 Flea Jazz through Elf and Barefaced Two10 (nicely visible, I am sheltering from the storm). Wet loafers.5 points
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So last night we headlined a 5 band charity fundraiser for Wilts Air Ambulance at The Lamb in Marlborough. We’ve been working on our new original material recently and I think it’s fair to say that other aspects of the band have taken a backseat. A couple of you may recall that we go out in different formats, across a range of instruments. I have decided recently to upskill on the mandocello and have spent the last couple of weeks practicing on it. Always beneficial. When Nick and I sat down yesterday to rehearse, we may have been the worst we have ever sounded! To the point that we regrouped at mine to go through everything again and wound up being the best we have ever sounded. We got to the gig and there was a green room with drink and food laid on for the band. Enjoying alcohol-free irresponsibly! I resisted the urge to have a Nigel Tufnel moment! All the acts were excellent but everyone overran. We wound up hitting the stage at 10.55pm and I really thought we might be doing the world’s shortest set. However, we went on with a real focus and determination, playing a really charged set. We did a full show. I am resplendent in green here! Backstage, the camaraderie between bands was superb. We talked about men’s health (& mental health) which I always think is really positive. We then talked about first gigs and young Josh (our resident cool youngster) coughed to his being Chico (“It’s Chico Time” fame!). Sadly I don’t think we can let that go! Oh, I came home to discover that aside from my band being nominated for best act in multiple categories of the Wiltshire Music Awards, I have picked up a nomination for best bassist and best multi instrumentalist too! A near perfect day.5 points
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I think Wilton Felder is an underrated bassist and deserves more credit with his work from the late 60s when he was given his Fender Telecaster Bass by a club owner in 1968 (which is when he began to learn bass) to playing I Want You Back in 1969 and the amount of musical understanding that he shows throughout everything he played shows that he truly deserves to be credited amongst the session greats such as Chuck Rainey, Carol Kaye, Abe Laboriel, Nathan East etc.4 points
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This arrived this week at PS towers Ampeg V4B. It is simply incredible 100 watts. Simple to set up Absolute ampeg delight. I just didn't know this model existed or I would bought one ages ago It looks cool and isn't remotely back breaking at 18kg Gets its first Policed gig next week Then a blues/rock gig Then a ska/new wave gig4 points
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Recently picked this up from Happy Jack (who is an absolute gentleman). It is a wonderful instrument; looks amazing, sounds great, build quality is exceptional. Unfortunately for me though this was my first try with a short scale bass and it does not agree with my lanky body at all. Having done a couple of gigs with it and put some decent hours in at home I know in my heart it's not going to work out for me. As I mentioned on IM to Jack, I don't think I've ever wanted to love a bass as much but known that it's just not to be. Here is a link to the recent listing with additional photos and details: Some additional information: The bass was originally fretless. A previous owner had it fretted. It's very good job, including the blacking out of the original side dots and replacement with new markers in the correct fretted positions. The bass has a set of Richter electronics in. I'd not come across these before, it's an excellent system. Controls are: 1) Volume/pan between piezo and mag pickups 2) Bass/treble with push/pull on the treble for passive bypass. With the tone controls set to flat I can't tell any difference between active and passive. There is no passive tone but the treble cut has a very similar quality. 3) Mid/mid frequency Access is through removal of the pickguard. The Richter piezo preamp is easily accessible there and features a trim pot for each individual saddle. I've set this so the overall output is a slightly higher than the mag pickup as I'd liked this mix for the center setting of the pan. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjduPeD0NyOAxWDXkEAHVyNPVAQFnoECBQQAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.richter-ee.de%2Fpreamps2.html&usg=AOvVaw2P6r7UL8DDXNxMVEcfLDMv&opi=89978449 Full spec as per the original build is: Scale Length Short Scale 30" Number of Frets 20 Frets Body Construction Hollowbody Body Wood Alder Top Wood Eye Poplar Veneer Walnut Color Type Natural Body Binding Without Binding Body Finish Gloss Pickguard 3ply Cream Neck Wood Flamed Maple Neck Finish Matte Neck Profile Modern C Nut Width 40mm Carbon Rods No Fingerboard Wood Macassar Ebony Fingerboard Radius 14'' Headstock Type Matching Headstock (Natural) Headstock Finish Gloss Headstock Logo Silver Nut Black Pickup Combination Single Coil (SSC) Manufacturer Bassculture Pickup Finish Pickguard Color Neck Pickup Bassculture SSC 'Cream' Hardware Color Chrome Knobs Type Dome-Style Tuner Type Standard Y-Style Security Locks Without Security Locks String Type Flatwound The bass is strung E-C with what are believe are the original factory strings. There are no issues with these at all. To my fingers they feel like an E-C set of Labella DTFs. Hope that's helpful but any questions let me know. Happy to talk about trades as well as a cash sale, if I'm honest my main aim is to find this wonderful instrument a good home as it deserves to be loved and played.4 points -
Righty. It actually stopped raining, so I got distracted working on my new project. The clouds have settled over south London again though, so I should wrap this tale up. Having reattached the neck and planed/sanded the fingerboard level (with an ever-so slight bow to it, as advised by luthiers online), I fitted the new adjustable bridge that I'd gotten from Thomann, using the old masking-tape/double-sided-tape/sandpaper trick to match the curve of the feet to the curve of the top. As you can probably see, even with the adjusting mechanism all the way down, this bridge is a good 3 cm taller than the old one, but still allows for a much lower action. While I was making these repairs I realized that the bung that holds the endpin in place was horribly loose. Many years of being dropped, dragged across the floor and generally knocked about by surly teenagers had mashed up the end-block pretty bad. I didn't have a way to fix that, so instead my wife quickly turned a replacement on her lathe at work. The new one is way bigger, but still a little loose – that's how badly mashed up it is. Finally, before I strung it up, I took a minute to strip the black paint from the tailpiece, as that was made from the same dense wood as the fingerboard, and they look better as a matched set. Here's the finished, revived version of Marylou, strung with a set of low-tension nylon strings. With these changes made, Marylou became much much easier to play (she's currently set up with a slightly silly action of about 7-8 mm on the G string). She was also a lot louder, to an extent that shocked me when I started tuning her up. I think the combination of reattaching the top properly and increasing the break angle really got things resonating. As a slightly frustrating postscript, when my tendon injuries cleared up and I no longer felt uncomfortable or nervous playing Marylou, I decided to put the d'Addario's back on. The nylon strings are a bit dull and clacky in a way I don't like. The d'Addario's were nowhere to be found however. I've turned the house upside down looking for them and have been forced to conclude that I must have thrown them away in a fit of hand-injury-related pique.4 points
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Thanks both of you. I really appreciate it. I have another gig this week that I’m leading on (my neice’s wedding), but after that I’m going to have to get the other to step up more. I need to speak to my boss too. I’m working on several massive projects at the moment. They’re doable, but just intensive, so not doing my mental health much good. Agreed to the second point. We’ve had a couple of technical rehearsals before, but the usual 4 hour slot just isn’t enough time to set up the full PA and drums and go through everything properly. I mentioned the other night about doing a longer all day session if we can in an appropriately sized room. It will make things much easier going forward if we have a better baseline to work from.4 points
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Firstly, sorry for your loss. These things don’t always hit hardest straight away, my dad passed away in a February and it wasn’t until the September that I really let go of the pent up grief. Talking to your bands mates about is a good step, but make sure you really do take a break of some description, even if it’s just letting someone else do what you do for a while. As always, you know you can come and vent on BC, any sort of catharsis is good.4 points
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Here’s a nice jazz bass that I put together with a body from VM fretless and a CV P neck (with Gotoh machines heads). It’s got new set of D’addarrio steel rounds (I can’t remember the gauge but likely medium). Plays great, sounds great. I’ll weigh it later, and measure the nut, but it’s a P neck so wider than a jazz…. I broke the policy of 1 in 1 out and got 2 in, so this is excess to requirements sadly. Plus I need funds to pay for my self indulgent album I’m recording, so I give you a nice bass, you give me money and I’ll find a drain to place the cash in and watch it get swept out to sea along with the rest of the countries turds 🤣 £180 collected or £200 posted as I have a box to put it in.4 points -
I willl also say that I have now noticed that in 8 years of gigging I have had 3 sets of comments about my basses 1) Does your bass have 5 strings? How does that work then - had that twice 2) Is that a bongo bass (it was the wrongo, ironically not mentioned since i had a real bongo) - once 3) Oh thats a fancy bass - it was my checkerboard fireman bass - once 4) Oh your playing a rickenbacker, they sound so good - now at 7 times, including 2 at the day gig. I have had the rick since december. In fact, there have now been only 4 or 5 gigs with the ric when noone commented about it4 points
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ABOUT BLOODY TIME. But yes, too late for many fine venues. RIP The Point, Cardiff. There are only a few lower forms of life than someone who moves in near an established music venue, knowing full well that it's there, and then complains about it to the extent that it is forced to close. Scumbags. I hope their houses get infestations of mountain-beaver fleas.4 points
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This ^. Learn the bass part well enough that you don't have to think about it too much. Then learn your vocals. Then gradually put them together. Maybe even just try singing along to your bass line to get used to doing the two things at the same time. It takes a while to get the hang of it, but the more you do it the easier it gets.4 points
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For 2k I'd rather buy a new one and sleep soundly.4 points
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Off go Warped Vinyl and Jive to make way for Super Vintage with relocation of compressor (away from power ISO 5 as I was getting slight noise) whilst 3@1 is now landscape so I can switch using my feet....no more bending down. Black Panel now going through SV cab sim...I likey.4 points
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Because they all look really ugly? 😁4 points
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Another one - Please Read. I bought this with a view to sorting an issue with the electronics (99.9% sure the switch is bollocksed) It arrived the Same Day as 2 Soloking Basses and the same week as the 51 build…so it’s sort of sat unused. When I got 10 minutes I Desoldered the switch and redid it. It went from only doing Neck Pickup and a weird out of phase sound…to neck pickup, weird phasey both and normal both…but I think it just needs a new switch (my orange one has a switchcraft replacement). Its got a few marks on it but plays well and sounds good. The Pickguard is lovely - but has the odd gap on it, looks the part from a foot away. Postage will be £20 in the UK at buyers risk Or it’s in Manchester (m27)3 points -
Oh dear does your guitarist turn into a pumpkin if he's not home by midnight !! 😛 😂 John 😎3 points
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And a video of my first song with the guys. VID-20250727-WA0006.mp43 points
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Difficult one for me on friday evening at the Cricketers in Westcliff. I'm not sure I was mentally prepared for it. For a start the wife and I were away for a couple of nights before for her birthday and a friends wedding (on the same day), and we got back the morning of the gig. We also had a dep females singer with us, covering a couple of gigs for our usual singer. Me and Liam (the other singer) got there in plenty of time, drummer was late, which is logistically challenging to set up a PA around if the drums are not there yet. One of the guitarists was held up on traffic so bad we wasn't sure if he was even going to make it, which would have meant drastically changing the set. Then the dep singer arrived and called us to open the gates - the pub manager had said no more cars in the pub's private car park at this point and to use the public car park over the road. I went outside to tell her only to be met with a very distressed singer saying she's split up with her partner and has everything she owns in the car and can't leave it in the public car park. Thankfully, the landlord understood and let her in. At this stage, I wasn't even sure if she was up for singing, but she insisted on seeing it through. So we finished setting up. Dep singer doesn't like IEM's so we set up a wedge that kept feeding back no matter what I did. really struggled with getting a good in-ear mix. It shouldn't really change by this point, but both singers were using different mics to what we're used to, do gain stages were all over the place. In the end, she said not to worry about the edge and she'll make do with the FOH speakers. Finally finished soundchecking 15mins after we're supposed to start playing - then the drummer says he can't hear his overheads. Getting rather stressed by this stage. Having a digital mixer should make setting up and sound checking a breeze, but we're lacking so much consistency lately with either gear or band members. Finally start playing, Two song in and I notice my E string is massively out of tune. Drummer also says (and he was right) that the bass sounded really 'subby'. Admittedly, I was trying out a new preset I've been using in rehearsals that seemed but, but it sounded really bassy in the room, despite having low cuts on the IR block, mixer bass channel and main mixer outs. I ended up enabling the global eq on my helix and adding another low cut around 85hz! Something definitely weird happening. Felt like we'd settled in after a few songs, until the dep singers wireless mic packed up and we hastily switched her to a wired mic during a song. Kept ploughing through and ended up having an 'okay' night. the heat didn't help matters either. It seemed to sap us all of energy. I was glad to be finished by the end of the night. I felt tired, under the weather and stressed all evening. I had a chat with a couple of my band mates and said I'm really struggling lately. It feels like I'm the one doing most of the work behind the scenes. I've got a lot on my plate with work and family - I have my widowed mother staying with us, over from spain for a few weeks, and I still don't feel like I've properly grieved after losing dad back in February. It's all getting a bit much. Mentally exhausted and overwhelmed - I need a holiday.3 points
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998 hits on Saturday. Wow.3 points
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This is an amazing bass and is in stunning condition for a 1983 made instrument. I have recently aquired it but have decided to sell now as I bought as an investment but I will gig the hell out of her and wreck any chance of long term profit. The bass plays beautifully and sounds amazing and would be my number one but tbh, I've not got a good track record of keeping basses in such pristine condition. My other two basses are both road worn at best!! All original apart from the replacement pickguard but the original is incuded in the sale. Comes with a foam hard case but will need collecting from South Wales. If she doesn't sell at this price I'm going to keep her and gig her as my main bass and the fact that she will be far from showrrom condition in 5 years will be ok!! Any tryouts aremost welcome. This is the best Precision I've played and this isn't a sales pitch. I'll give it a week and if not sold, she's out on the road!! Many thanks, Dave.3 points -
The world definitely is your oyster with colour choices. I'd personally go for something like Firemist Gold metallic (like they did the Fender Vintera 1 Jazzes in), with a darkish red tort guard.3 points
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Have a listen to Bobby Bland's albums, Dreamer and His California Album, on which he shared bass credits with Max Bennett.3 points
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FOR SALE BROUGHTON MESSENGER D.I. in Mint Condition I bought this fairly recently from a fellow Basschatter, but I have too many preamps and have decided to move it on. I'm asking £200 and will post it to UK Mainland too. Also, if you buy this preamp I'll give you a free preamp! A Sonicake B Factory which I also bought from a Basschatter to use as a spare, but it's not really to my liking so I'll throw that in for free! Here's the blurb about the Messenger D.I from the Broughton website: Introduction The Messenger is a high fidelity instrument preamplifier, perfect for the studio, live performances, or practicing at home. The preamp offers a wide array of features in a compact, easy to use format. Up to 15 dB of clean gain Shelving bass and treble EQ Variable low pass and high pass filters Middle EQ with adjustable frequency Headphone output Auxilliary stereo input with level control Unbalanced line out and balanced XLR out with ground lift Foot switch function can be assigned to either bypass the EQ or mute the signal Input The 1/4" unbalanced input can accept instrument level signals from various sources, such as electric bass, guitar, acoustic guitar, and keys/synth. If you wish to use a line level signal, it is recommended to use a higher supply voltage (up to 24V) to provide adequate headroom. The input impedance is 1MΩ. Low Noise Gain The Volume knob provides clean, low noise gain to the instrument input, ranging from -∞ to +15 dB. Set the Volume knob at noon for unity gain. Equalizer (EQ) The EQ is a boost/cut type, providing +/-15 dB of range, and is flat with the knobs at noon. The EQ is applied to the instrument input signal only. The auxilliary input is unaffected. The Bass is a shelving type EQ, affecting frequencies below 80Hz The Treble is a shelving type EQ, affecting frequencies above 3kHz The Middle EQ affects the frequency set by the associated Middle Freq knob The Low Pass and High Pass filters are 12dB per octave active filters with a smooth response in the pass band Auxilliary Input The 1/4" auxilliary input accepts stereo signals from your music player. If you wish to use an audio source that only has an 1/8" output (such as a smart phone), you will need a separate 1/8" to 1/4" cable, like the Hosa CMS105. The Aux knob controls the volume of auxilliary input, and varies from -∞ dB to unity gain. When setting the volume of the auxilliary signal, start with the knob at minimum and gradually turn up the volume. The auxilliary signal is only present in the headphone output, and is not affected by the EQ or foot switch. Outputs The 1/4" line out is an unbalanced instrument level output, capable of driving other pedals, amplifiers, or preamps The 1/4" headphone stereo output can drive headphones or in-ear monitors. The auxilliary signal is sent to the headphone output only The balanced out can drive long XLR cable lengths, and includes a ground lift switch. The Messenger will safely block phantom power applied from a mixing board. The balanced out is not attenuated. Be sure to have the receiving device set to line level sensitivity (not mic level). The Volume and EQ settings affect the instrument signal in the line out, headphones out, and balanced out Foot Switch The foot switch bypasses the EQ section. One use of this feature is to compare your affected and unaffected signals, helping you to determine if you have made the right EQ changes. Another use is to switch in an EQ setting for a part of a song, such as for a solo, or a song that requires a different tone than normal. The foot switch function can be assigned to mute your signal instead of bypassing the EQ. To assign the function, set the internal toggle switch to the down position. If you wish to assign the function back to EQ bypass, set the internal toggle switch to the up position. Power Requirement The Messenger requires a DC supply (not included). The supply must be at least 9V, but no greater than 24V. The Messenger draws 25mA. The connector must be a boss style, 2.1mm barrel, center negative polarity. A 24 volt power supply may be purchased separately. The Messenger does not accept a battery. Phantom power will not power the pedal, but no damage will occur if applied. Dimensions The Messenger is 4.8" wide x 4" long. Thanks for looking, Ian3 points -
Partner said yesterday - this needs a good hoovering. I said “it’s gets used for every single trip to the tip, it’s a very small car, and I have no free time when there is also daylight - what did you think was going to happen?”3 points
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Thanks Dave, will def still be playing, got my non gigging classic rock band and a new (to me) Sandberg Superlight California TT to make that easier. Spot on3 points
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Wilton Felder on this too.3 points
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But isn't that the good bit too? 😂3 points
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Practice, that’s the only way. I’m not a natural singer so the only way I can get my backing vox right is practice them with the band. It’s no good at home volumes, I need to be doing them with the band and those volumes.3 points
