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Most strange. Just caught the end of this on Sky Arts and at the end of "Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band / The End" there were three guitarists onstage (Macca included) trading solo's, a bass line clearly playing, and no bass player in sight!?

BU99ER. It wasn't as #1 guitarist came over funny before the second set, but soldiered on. Got a text this morning to say he had a temperature and was being vioently ill so after much discussion it's been cancelled. So last night was it for this year

Not a bad night on the first of the last two for this year. Five new songs in the set(s) all of which went pretty well - though I played the opener better in the sound check (forgot a bit but noone woulkd have realised as its a song by a virtually unknown Norwegian band). Turned up first wrapped in numerous layers & carrying a thermos mug of coffee to a cheer, and "Oh good you are going to make it tonight, I'll text all the people who've been asking". Good crowd that seemed to enjoy themselves, and we got to play over time somewhat which was a bit if a twin edged sword. Did WPOD, which we haven't done for a while and all going swimmingly until it got to ending (basically the "Love's a Mystery" bit from the Overture section of "Remote Control") and the massive finale disintegrated quite spectacularly Hey ho, there's always tonight. Onwards to tonight and the last for 2010. Set to be a long one as usual I think, and in a venue that has just been refurbed from a cosy pub stylee to eye searing white apparently. Need to get some kip, but I'm just not tired at the mo. It'll hit me bad on Sunday I'm sure

[quote name='Clarky' post='1040752' date='Nov 29 2010, 07:59 AM']Its funny how perspective is, Rich. I read most of this thread as looking down the nose at 4-stringers like me![/quote] and vice versa [quote name='Clarky' post='1040752' date='Nov 29 2010, 07:59 AM']As you rightly intimate, different strokes for different folks[/quote]Well quite. Used a 4 for most of my playing life and only moved to 5's recently, but at the end of the day they are only instruments and it's horses for courses. I'd happily still use the 4, but it's now semi retired and the low B helps with changing of keys to suit vocals. To get so worked up about it seems a bit silly and there are a lot of unsubstantiatable generalisations flying around on both sides. Now, to double the reasons for my qualifying as a sh1t player, where's me plectrum

I have to admit the first time I used mine at a gig I took it out from under the rig in the break as the bass disappeared, but I persevered and made some level changes and wouldn't be without it now for the lack of boom particularly on high/boxy stages. Whilst castors might help I would have thought a pad would still be better as in most instances the castor is still a more solid affair that will connect with a boomy stage where the pad creates the break - at least that's the way I understood the pads to work

[quote name='cetera' post='1040459' date='Nov 28 2010, 09:17 PM']OBBM's Phil Jones combo[/quote] How bonkers was that!! It'd certainly make the head or heart decision on cars that I have to make a doddle

[quote name='Prime_BASS' post='1039482' date='Nov 28 2010, 12:57 AM']4 for me is enough.[/quote] Was for me for a loooooooooooong time, but getting the 5 was great - so good I got the 5 fretless as well [quote name='Prime_BASS' post='1039482' date='Nov 28 2010, 12:57 AM']My experience of users who use more than 4 is that they spend their time noodling on the treble side above the 12th fret; if your gonna do that play guitar? Which is what I do.[/quote]Are you sure!! Some possibly, but for me it's a 4 with the option to get lower. Bother the dusty end? I think not

[quote name='MacDaddy' post='1040290' date='Nov 28 2010, 07:06 PM']How much did we raise?[/quote] I'll leave it to the organisers to say, but it was a very pleasing amount for a great bass day out and a nice tribute to OldGit

[quote name='barneyg42' post='1039906' date='Nov 28 2010, 01:51 PM'][attachment=65234:IMG_4643.JPG]S1m0n & Silverfoxnik [attachment=65226:IMG_4638.JPG]L-R Clarky, ?, Cetera, Bassman Ady, Pete Young Don't ask![attachment=65229:IMG_4640.JPG]Our newest member who just joined & went straight to trying to sell stuff [/quote]

[quote name='barneyg42' post='1039377' date='Nov 27 2010, 10:17 PM'][attachment=65158:IMG_4622.JPG][/quote] Aaaaaah....my babies. Good day as ever chaps and good to meet up with everyone again. Hope my gently snoring in s1m0n's talk didn't put anyone off.....not I hasten to add because it was boring, far from it, I was just starting to feel my age & the previous nights gig!!! Thanks to all who arranged it again. A good day. And finally thanks to Colin for wandering round with me at the end of the day ringing my phone, and everyone for not running it over in the carpark where we eventually found it. DO'H!

How was my gig last night? A bit of a 'mare on my part, certainly the first set when I played like a complete & utter lady's front bottom Crowd enjoyed the night as a whole and the second set was much better, but boy was I having troubles in the first. I suppose 'cos the r/h last week went really well, I was loose, but tight with the drummer (if you know what I mean) and got all the fills & fiddly bits right. Tonight (IMV of my performance) OMFG - as da yoof have it. Basses sounded really nice where I was, which was a plus. Ah well. Shower, pit & SEBB tomorrow bright & early, so something to look forward to

[quote name='obbm' post='1033063' date='Nov 22 2010, 07:03 PM']If anyone needs any cables, I can bring them to the Bash and you can save on Paypal fees and postage.[/quote] Reminds me I MUST get that PM off to you toot sweet!!

[quote name='silddx' post='1032504' date='Nov 22 2010, 12:52 PM']Wow! Really like the first track, but then I've always been a big Police fan and it's stylistically similar. Great playing! Maniac is indeed a great cover as Paul pointed out! Top stuff![/quote] Cheers. Yup that was out Police era. Maniac is actually a cover of a cover. We cribbed the version by a Norwegian band called Street Legal, and it got suggested by the vocalist. I think if I had gone in and said "hey guys how about doing Maniac from Footloose?" I would have been laughed out of the r/h room

May have put this up elsewhere, but anyway Early - around late 70's we reckon [url="http://www.tideway-la.co.uk/ATF/im_always_with_you.mp3"][b]I'm Always With You[/b][/url] - a rather busy Shergold Marathon Fretless Last Friday night - [url="http://www.tideway-la.co.uk/Alibi/Sounds/Alibi_Live_-_Maniac.mp3"][b]Maniac[/b][/url]

[quote name='JonnyM' post='1023675' date='Nov 14 2010, 06:11 PM']I'm in an experimental/Gothic duo: guitar (miked amp), bass, 2 x vox and backing track (run from an iPod on stage) and we really need to go to in-ear monitoring due to generally bad monitors in most of the venues we play! We don't jump around (!) so wired IEMs will work fine. We could just split the iPod output and send the track to the DI/FOH and a 2 channel headphone amp of some kind (on stage and in between us). Obviously we'd only have the backing track in the IEMs, so we'd still need to rely on house monitors for vox etc... Not ideal. My question is: how can we get everything in our IEMs using a - fairly - simple setup? (Would the bass feed and guitar mic signal have to go into a mixer before going to the FOH? Is there a mixer out there that can send the bass feed, guitar mic signal and backing track to the FOH and give us separate IEM mixes? Am I dreaming? )[/quote] Bit expensive, but you could look at [url="http://www.aviom.com/AviomApplications/Monitor-Mixing.cfm"]Aviom[/url]. We use it so vereything goes into the stage box which feeds individual mixers - so we can each set our own mix of whatever is going into the stage box. Once it's in the stage box everything basically goes digital and runs on CAT5 cables either to our submixers (which convert back to feed the IEM's) or the FOH mixer, where it goes through a DAC into the desk (I think, not involved in that end)

Not a bad night. Back at a gig that has messed us about for the whole of last year, cancelling, blah di blah. Turn up thinking "We'll do this one out of five for the whole year then screw it & screw them". Last time I spoke to matey he said "I'm sorting out gigs for next year at the weekend" & I thought "I could give a flying #### cos I don't care if we don't go back", So what's the first thinghe does? Comes up at the start of the evening with next years diaries & a few dates already pencilled in. So anyway, the gig. Been working on some new songs. Did one at last weeks gig and thought we'd chuck in one of the two Hendrix numbers as they're relatively easy & loose to play. Ran through another we had worked out in one key - but then changed at the last r/h when #2 guitarist couldn't make it so had dumped a retuned version in the band dropbox - for a quick soundcheck, and left it as perhaps we'll risk it as an encore. Got to the end and went "ah bollox let's just go for it" and here it is in all it's [i]glory[/i]? [url="http://www.the-alibi.org.uk/Sounds/Alibi_Live_-_Maniac.mp3"][color="#FF0000"][b]Alibi Live[/b][/color][/url]. Recorded ith the Roland R05 at the desk and quickly chopped up before I head for my pit. D'you know I quite enjoyed it having been a tad uncertain about it. Still got to the end of the night. Good gig. Chatting to loads of people after all of whom were most complimentary and generally seemed to reckon it was the busiest night in the pub for a while.

I have a Roland R05 and it works really well for rehearsals & gig recordings. The results to date have been well worth it Combined with a band Dropbox folder we can record new songs / arrangements, dump them to the folder then everyone has a copy on the right key to play/sing along to. So last night #2 guitarist had a gyppy stomach and couldn't make it down to rehearsal. We ran through some new covers that we had worked on with him and the vocalist said "could we change the key" to one of them. Dropped the song a tone, recorded it, dumped it in Dropbox when I got home, SORTED! An early attempt with it [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=104645"]HERE[/url] And another from last night's gig [url="http://www.the-alibi.org.uk/Sounds/Alibi_Live_-_Maniac.mp3"]HERE[/url]

Are we still considering a SEBB Bus this year Nik?

[quote name='JTUK' post='1024565' date='Nov 15 2010, 01:08 PM']Reastically, what do you get out of it for a 4 hr drive...good deed aside..?? Our drummer flatly refuses to do 'charity' gigs IF the other people are getting paid/earning...like the bar staff, vendors etc etc, which is a POV..!![/quote] Rick Wakeman had a similar rant in his Classic Rock Prog mag column a couple of months along the lines of getting a call and the organiser being surprised when he asked about fee to cover roadies etc thinking he'd do it for the love and being miffed when Rick asked if the venue, venue staff, PA, lights, etc, etc were all doing it for free. The year of Live Aid my band of the time did at least 4, none of which, with one possible exception, led to anything more than sitting around for hours waiting to go on. And frankly the exception was Worthing, and only so because [list] [*]it was really well run, [*]only 6 bands, [*]everyone stuck to their alloted time so it didn't over run, [*]we drew the penultimate slot [*]it was a big hall with probably the biggest crowd we ever played to who were all well up for it, so I remember it as one of the best gigs ever alongside the BoB final in the big top at the Brighton Festival [/list] and yet still we played Worthing a week later to two men & a dog, so as a means of getting on it was a complete waste of time. That and the video bus had gremlins so the vid of our set is not the greatest So I'd be inclined to stick to your guns and say no unless the guitard can come up with a [i][b]REEEEEEEALLY[/b][/i] good reason as to why it could be worth your while

Lots of MM suggestions. I would just add G&L to the list. My first 5'er was a SUB 5 and I went from that to the first of two US G&L L2500's, all bought on here, all less than half your projected budget and another great rock bass IMO