Lozz196

All off, clean the fretboard, replace strings, check intonation. As I use Elixirs I generally only have to change strings about once a year, if that.

For me it’s: 1. Why you don't have any gigs? - We don’t have that many as our singer had part of his leg amputated at the end of 2022, hopefully he doesn’t need any further surgery so we’ll start getting more soon. 2.Do you rely on an agent ? - No 3.Who finds coordinates and confirms gigs? - Generally the singer. 4. Are you or any band members in this for the money? - No 5.How much do you want to gig? - The general feeling of my band (The Spacewasters) is about 10/12 a year. The others are also in other gigging bands so balancing the calendar is a task.

Expensive option Fender Custom Shop 62s Reasonable price option Toneriders The Toneriders sound very similar to the Fenders at a fraction of the price.

One of the best songs ever imo

That’s gonna be a whole lot of fun NOT!!!!!!

Nah, bin the furniture and make a lot more room for new basses

I get where you’re coming from, for years I’ve always plugged into some form of Sansamp however recently I’ve got into the sound of bass straight into amp.

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Def, whilst I`m not a big fan of Metallica, so not knowing the songs on the auditions, I thought when Trujillo played there was a noticeable increase in solidity and power. One of those things where if I`d known nothing about them and it was happening live-feed I`d have thought "well he`s got the job then".

Might be worth checking EBS out, their gear is meant to be modern sounding.

Agree, great basses.

Both will do what you`re looking for nicely so as above maybe try a Mustang just to see which scale you feel more comfortable on. After many years playing reg scale I`ve switched to Mustangs and I love them.

In one band we use Farm Factory in Welwyn Garden City, which has Ampeg 810s and various amps, mostly small Peaveys, easy enough to get a decent sound. In the other band we use Mill Hill Studios, rather unsurprisingly in Mill Hill, they have all sorts, Orange, Laney, Peavey, Warwick, again easy enough to get a decent sound.

Incredible

They’ll get a few quid for him

Through adversity (and sound-men) you shall triumph!

I`ve recently bought myself one of these as a backup, not used it with band yet as have been too lazy but have been impressed with sound and amount of volume available when using it at home.

Smart casual is the worst

I found that my 70s Precisions had a quite scoopy sound, more emphasis on lows & highs, maybe Jazz pickups follow the same pattern.

Chalk it up to experience and move on @SuperSeagull, I’m sure many if not all of us have suffered similar and learned from it, I know I have.

Just watching this at the moment, am not a particular fan of the band but my thoughts are that for a lot of it JH is making (having to make) a big life change and for a good chunk of it LU doesn’t seem to be able to understand it and because of that appears unwilling to offer any help to his mate. Or maybe this is my impression having been in similar situations myself (me having been in the JH position).

Mexican Standard, around the £500/£600 mark I’d say

I shall give it a watch later on as this thread has intrigued me. Re the nazi stuff, I don`t know enough about Metallica to comment on them specifically but I do know that actions can be taken out of context, such as: Me and my mates - all with shaved heads due to losing our hair - used to drink in a certain pub in Hemel at the start of Sat evenings, then walk to another later on. On the way was the Indian restaurant which we would be visiting after the pub. As we walked past the restaurant we would wave to the staff who would wave back. One day one of my mates offered the opinion that we should maybe step inside the restaurant and say hello rather than wave as to other passers by it could have been perceived as the skinheads were doing the nazi salute in protest against the Asians. Sometimes things ain`t what they seem.

Same, I announced my leaving of my last band in Aug 2019 and didn’t leave til Jan 2020. That included gigs all over UK and a good few trips into Europe. Not fair to dump people in it that have worked hard to get where they are.

I saw From The Jam last Friday in Northampton. The Skids were billed but didn’t play, was The Purple Hearts. I also thought Bruce Foxton was looking a bit old & frail, though nothing frail about his playing & singing. A lot of the songs on All Mod Cons I’d never heard live and thought they all worked really well.