Lozz196

Local gigs, chat with the bands and make yourself known as a bassist available for work.

I don’t think so, was a long time ago but fairly sure not - the VPF probably was though.

I like Markbass gear but found their cabs to have a high end roll off, still sounded great though. But put a Markbass amp through an uncoloured cab such as Barefaced or LFSys and imo the amps then really shine.

Yeah gonna see how things pan out, no rush, I’ve said I’ll cover 2025 for them, see how I feel then.

Well first rehearsal done and it felt like the last 5 years hadn’t happened and that I’d never left, sounded great, really tight, and the JMJ really worked - tho I had to use a thinner pick to coax some top end nastiness. Even my backing vox were to standard, which was the area I thought I might be lacking in. Overall am pretty pleased.

Most for me was 400, Hemel Hempstead to Torquay and return. I did deliver a bass to a buyer in The Netherlands once, we were on tour so met up with him just down the road from where he lived.

Fender Tariffcaster perhaps?

My old band used to sell loads of CDs at gigs and online. The keyboard player in my current band is their accountant. Of course he doesn’t divulge specifics but they’re doing quite well so I’d think they still sell a fair few.

Thanks Joey, funnily enough until we got quite well known as people knew two of us were Andys but didn’t know which two I also got called Andy for a while. Kind of an honorary membership I suppose.

I do hope so Chris

I can’t see why not, there’s a lot of boost available, and you can select the frequency to boost which imo is the real bonus. Many years ago I used an active bass and had a sort of solo, all I did was boost the mids on the bass itself and the solo really stood out, looks to me like this pedal would do the same and more.

I wish I were the same Bill, though I do have a bass at the moment that I bought new in 2015 which I’ll never sell (unless things determine otherwise of course).

Wireless kits imo are essential if doing the sound yourself, at least for one member of the band.

Membership revoked!!

Yeah a few rig rundowns I’ve watched have shown speakers being under the stages.

My old band Knock Off have decided to part ways with their bassist so have asked me to help them out until they get a permanent replacement. Am looking forward to it, though coaxing that old aggressive sound out is a challenge as now playing Fender JMJ Mustangs rather than Precisions for my backs sake, plus my hands can’t take that battering playing style anymore, am sure I’ll find a way though. Some good gigs lined up (Cocksparrer on May 31st in Islington being the first one up) and will be nice to catch up with a lot of people I’ve not seen since I left at end of 2019.

They never miss 999’s 🤣

Yeah if there was anyone ever deserving of an ego then she is a candidate, fantastic catalogue of work.

Def, I don’t think my Mustang/Behringer BDI21 that I use in venues with big in house systems would have been any good in my old punk covers band PA - a vocal PA with two 1x12 speakers- especially if said PA had the guitars and drums in it as well. I’d venture it might well have conceded defeat.

There is the other thing as well though, the rehearsal soundcheck, where a band who have a name but clearly don’t get together aside from at gigs go through their whole set - or at least a large part of it - at soundcheck, working out what chords they are, what key it’s in etc. After getting there an hour late. And then the support band get 5mins to get levels right.

Asomvel - just did a search, I’d never heard of them til this post but gonna get their latest CD, must be a great eve both them and Airbourne.

That’s a great idea, don’t think I’ve ever done this but def one for the memory bank.

My preference is for soundcheck mainly to get monitor levels sorted, I hate seeing bands go, after every song “I need more attack in the upper mids in the outer quadrants of the snare drum” stuff, to me either sort it at a soundcheck or live with it. Which leads me to, my current band don’t like soundchecks, so it’s usually go on, live with it and know that the sound engineer will do their best.

Very nice

Good call, always good to have a cheap backup, just in case.