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[quote name='Dudgeman' post='966262' date='Sep 23 2010, 11:28 PM']I agree with Cetera..a good post. Also...I belive you know Mr Hedges, god help you. I also play In a tribute band. Bizzarely around Oxford a lot of venues won't book a Trib act giving the space to Originals only..So it is not all one way traffic. Whenever possible we also try and give a support slot to local original bands. In our case it has also involved a reasonable investment of Money and time and we do it, not to make money (although that would be nice), but because all three of us love the band and the musical challenge it poses. I hope we improve gig on gig and what we do best is give people the chance to see almost 2 hrs of Muse covering songs from all albums, including some of the more off the wall songs that Muse probably will never play again, as they have to concentrate on promoting new music. Also when was the last time you saw a 2 hr show at a Muse concert? As one other post also said, to see them at Wembley inc travel would probably have cost almost £90.00 to come and see us starts at £6.00... Value for money..I hope so. We also dress to look like them..hell I have to dye my hair which brings snorts of derision from a lot of mates, but if your going to do it..do it as best you can..Still haven't managed to get our drummer in a spiderman suit yet though ;-) As a fan of live music I now rarely go to stadium/arena venues to watch bands as I don't enjoty the lack on intimacy in such large venues..for example..I have seen AC/DC 5 or 6 times..the last time was at some big out door thing..they were great, the experience sucked.. then I saw Live Wire in Swindon with 300 others and they were absolutely brilliant..but best of all you could feel the music and the atmosphere, it was how I imagined it would have been if you had seen them when they first started. So I think we, as tributes, have a huge role to play for both the fans, and the bands themselves, as, don't forget, we provide a huge amount of free promotion for them as well. As a musician I try to play all sorts of genres because I love to expand my musical variety (there isn't a lot I haven't played)..if you are stuck in a world of playing jazz may I suggest you join the backing band and throw yourself into it wholeheartedly..who knows you might just enjoy it. Music is fun...bass is the best bit..one thing presumably everyone on this site would agree with. I absolutely hate musical snobbery, especially in the bass world, we all have our preferences but I feel it is hard to profer a balanced opinion unless you have tried something first....get out there and gig..show people you are enjoying it and then you'll get the enjoyment from all those hours practising. Hell who knows you might just learn a thing or two www.myspace.com/hypermused[/quote] Great post mate. You know Mr Hedges?!? God help ya! lol!

Same cr*p...different thread eh?! Some facts, from someone who has been in original acts for 25 years and a tribute for 20 of them...: Tribute bands DON'T take gigs from original acts. Venues put on acts that can pull a crowd (that's their BUSINESS!). Many tributes have local support acts open their shows, enabling them to play to hundreds of people who previously would never have bothered going to see them, therefore allowing them to make an impact and gain new fans. Music is entertainment. Like it or not, many people prefer to spend their hard earned money to see a professional, well executed, performance. Tribute bands tend to play certain venues on a regular circuit. This leaves THOUSANDS of venues free to original acts, folk clubs, jazz nights etc etc There is immense discipline involved in playing in a QUALITY tribute act. Nailing parts, phrasing/quirks etc of the original artists is what sets the op tributes apart from the 'cover' bands.... Don't like tributes? Wouldn't do it yourself? That's fine...Just don't spout the same old "killing original music", "taking all the gigs" bullsh*t. That's the lazy option. If your original band doesn't have the songs, charisma, marketing/business savvy then that's your downfall. Start working on yourselves/your own product rather than blaming everyone else. And Bilbo, I'd be surprised if you ever lost an original jazz gig to a tribute band....

All that gear just to sound like a Bass synth.... wow....

[quote name='cetera' post='961979' date='Sep 20 2010, 11:07 AM']B*lls!! Really wanted to come to this but have to atend a cousin's wedding.... [/quote] I take that back! Got the wedding date wrong so I CAN make it!! Woohoo! I'll bring a Spector or two, maybe a Wal and my Sansamp RBI/RPM rig with a Genz212 or two

[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='962820' date='Sep 20 2010, 10:50 PM']That's a real shame!! But if you'd care to send any or indeed, all of your basses as your representatives on the day, then I can assure you we will look after them very carefully for you [/quote] Thank you for that kind & generous offer!

B*lls!! Really wanted to come to this but have to atend a cousin's wedding....

Gorgeous bass..... and if I could afford it THIS would be the one to go for...

They're my two favourites to play along to on my fretless Wal

[quote name='davidmpires' post='957167' date='Sep 15 2010, 01:25 PM']They do hold their value, but are slow to shift I'm trying to sell mine and have yet to get offers.[/quote] There seems to be a lack of money out there for anything over £2-300 at the moment mate.... be patient

Why do they hold their price? Well, actually they hold their OLD price. The new RRP on current Euro 4's and 5's is well into the mid £1000's so a used one for £750 to £1000 is about right for a superbly made, incredibly comfortable and stunning sounding bass....

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='955224' date='Sep 13 2010, 07:16 PM']... because people haven't tried a Warwick Streamer yet! [/quote] ...or they have...and have decided not to bother if it's from after the late 90's...

[quote name='arthurhenry' post='952586' date='Sep 11 2010, 11:25 AM']Have always loved the playing at the end of this track, lots of string skips and some nice melodic playing when the bass catches the guitar line, which is also an exercise in restraint as it's tempting to pump out the eighth notes there.[/quote] Yep, still one of my fave bass lines - that melodic section at the end with the solo

Has to be 'groupies' for me with the KISS tribute... Lots of "How do you do that with your tongue?", 'Is that codpiece [i]all you[/i]?", "Can I see your tongue again?..... Oooooooh!!!!!" etc etc

[quote name='Ba55me15ter' post='950662' date='Sep 9 2010, 02:33 PM']Cool - will try to get to the Newcastle Legends gig.[/quote] Nice one! Would be a pleasure to see you

[quote name='Paul S' post='949299' date='Sep 8 2010, 11:50 AM']Warfemstoe! Excellent. I'll see if I can get a crowd along.[/quote] You star! The more the merrier

Honestly?!? It's AWESOME! I have the two 2x12's stacked vertically with the top cab blasting the overdriven, grinding hi mids from the RBI..... and the bottom cab blasting the solid, thick, round & clean lows from the RPM.... Running each on a separate channel of the power amp means I can adjust the individual volume of each to find the perfect combination of thundering lows and grinding highs!

[quote name='dood' post='948223' date='Sep 7 2010, 01:02 PM']I really can't understand why it hasn't worked Cetera! - I've most defintely had it working for a long time in my own rigs. As I say, the last two contenders have been the MXR M80 with a parallel out and also the Sansamp ParaDriver, which is the pedal version of the RPM. What were you finding not working about it?[/quote] Sorry chaps! Dodgy lead meant the link between RPM & RBI wasn't working... *blush* Got it sorted now so don't need a splitter box after all! Thanks everyone for your help though & apologies if I've wasted anyone's time....

[quote name='umph' post='947766' date='Sep 6 2010, 10:46 PM']i think you could very well get away with a passive jobbie for this purpose, if you get hum though i can draw you up something to show you how to make a transformer balanced splitter.[/quote] Thanks, any 'passive' suggestions?

[quote name='rmshaw37' post='947421' date='Sep 6 2010, 05:23 PM']i take it you like the sound of the bass on sonic boom too! lol[/quote] I sure do! But that's not what I want this rig for.... My other rig takes care of the 'Gene' tone

[quote name='velvetkevorkian' post='947477' date='Sep 6 2010, 06:23 PM']But according to your diagram, you don't need to combine- you just need to split to the two preamps which then go into separate amp channels, no? If you actually want to split your signal into high and low bands and recombine them to one channel, something like the [url="http://www.sfxsound.co.uk/mainpage.asp?page=xm"]SFX X+M[/url] seems to be very highly regarded- the builder is a BCer too.[/quote] Sorry, I meant run both at the same time....

[quote name='Paul S' post='947228' date='Sep 6 2010, 02:09 PM']Do you ever make it darn sarf?[/quote] London & Surrey mate... Jan 28th 2011 - Camberley ‘Agincourt’ Feb 5th 2011 - Walthamstow ‘Standard’