Lozz196

Let us not forget that people can change their opinions (not saying Clapton has or hasn`t mind). At one gig I played a few years back a member of the audience got chatting to me and over the course of the conversation it went that he used to run with the far-right then one day a light-bulb moment happened and now he does all he can to fight against his former allies.

A few years back in my old band we played a festival in Athens. The headliners were our singer/guitarists favourite band ever, The Partisans. At their level they generally specify what instruments they want and the promoters provide them. Shall we say the specs must have been lost in translation. So they asked us if they could borrow ours. No problem, and for the whole evening after we’d played & then handed them over they sat with them in the dressing room and wouldn’t let them out of their sight.

I sadly reached that point about 4 years ago, gigging every weekend both all over the country and in Europe whilst holding down a full time job just got too much for me, I was exhausted all the time. No matter how much I enjoyed the gigs I disliked how I both physically and mentally felt all the time aside from when I was on stage. So I quit, and aside from the big gigs like Rebellion I don’t miss it at all.

Well having established that due to my back I need short-scale & lightweight I have a Fender JMJ Mustang for band use and my fave Fender US Standard Precision for home use - I only play sitting down at home. The rest I’m offloading so 2 is as near as I’ll get to this, however it will only be the Precision I’ll play at home.

I liked mine, I used the 500, 350 and DI pedal for a few years. My only slight negative is that when using the drive the sound became more old school with less highs & lows and I couldn’t get the exact amount of drive/lows/highs that I wanted. A shame really as the core sound without the drive was exactly what I wanted.

Both places I use are pretty decent, have to be booked up & paid for in advance by card (probably a by-product of Covid). They’re both around the £13 per hour rate.

For the type of music specified I agree with the above, both amps have plenty of the warmth that the bass needs for those songs. Similarly I use the Ashdown RM500, as well as being a bit more versatile with the eq Ashdown are based in the UK and their customer service is excellent so in the unlikely event of an issue it’s easy to get sorted - not so with a few other brands sadly.

I’m not happy with mine, look what it did to me!

Probably assembled with left handed screwdrivers……

I want to hear bands do the songs like the recording, I don’t mind live adjustments but when songs go on forever, well that’s my cue for the khazi.

I often watch the Andertons “Sound Like” vids on YouTube. They do a without busting the bank and a by busting the bank. Sometimes they’ve done both on the same band, and in every case the without busting the bank sound treblier and thinner in comparison. So maybe the more expensive gear is worth it. That said, having watched Rig Rundowns on YouTube many of the bands seem to have Gibson & Fender Standards as their main axes as oppose to Custom Shop stuff and they seem to sound ok.

Good band, The Varukers

Do you have a graph for this, Jack?

Not saying this just because I’m selling one on here (I have two), but I use the SubZero Guitar Bug system (from Gear4Music). Works really well, no latency I can detect, black bug for instrument & white bug for amp which I find very helpful, plus runs on 5.4 so no interference from taxis/ambulances/pizza deliveries etc.

Same here. I only use it at home though, I find it really helps when learning new material as it makes my playing more precise.

Wasn’t that a Clash b-side?

The New Adelphi was the scene of my first “proper” gig. Great venue, would be nice to play there again some day. Used to frequent Hull quite regularly in the late 80s.

I don’t know how far wide STP Promotions do gigs, we always worked in the North West with them, but def worth a try, they’re on Facebook, Stu is a great guy to deal with.

Great basses, the Vintage Tony Butler Sig, great set up there @doomed