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And they were great last night as well. It’s much different seeing/hearing a band from an audience perspective than from onstage, the power and solidity of the songs and performance, especially from a 3 piece, well I was impressed. Tongue in cheek comment - I’m sure they were even better when I was with them 🤣

Last night my band played and the volume in the venue was such that my ears still feel blocked today. I have earplugs for playing with my deafening classic rock band which doesn’t gig (ACS ones) but from now on I’m taking a cheap pair to any gig I attend, whether I’m playing or not. It was only a small venue so I wouldn’t have thought it would be so loud - lesson learned, hopefully in time.

Played a gig last night pairing these picks with my JMJ Mustang bass, worked a treat.

Thanks Dave

Just got in from our (The Spacewasters) first gig this year, and also our first since our singers motorcycle accident last year which sadly resulted in him having his leg amputated just below the knee. Was at The Black Heart in Camden, 4 bands on the bill including my old band Knock Off who were headlining. All played well, was a good evening, only downside was it was soooo loud, at some points on the other bands I couldn’t hear the vocals at all where the bass was just dominating the mix. We went down really well, prob the best of the night, and sold a good bit of our new merch so all well & good, especially with our newer material going down just as well as songs the band have had for over 10 years.

Just got home from my first gig with one of my JMJs and pleased to report that I still love these little basses, it just felt & sounded so right in the gig environment.

That`s one heavy stage prop, feel sorry for the roadies. Obviously not one of said roadies!

I really hope that I never have to smell that smell again, makes me shudder too.

Yep, I had the predecessor, the Classic 50s, def a very forward in your face tone (with a pick), and a very wide (44mm) neck, albeit shallower. I’d think that playing one finger style would tone down the aggression but still leave it nice & punchy in the mix.

I’m aware that it’s meant to be very uncool, especially for originals bands, but in lieu of a backdrop or bass drum skin (on multi band lineups) then at least it’s some publicity for what band the audience are watching.

Def, a right liberty, when I read Noel Monks (their manager) book and got to this part I was gobsmacked, how the other 3 could do that to him was disgusting.

I think I`d introduce said "mate" to Mr Clawhammer @Linus27 In an old band we had something similar, though a much diluted version of your experience, an old mate who was something of a whizz on lead guitar joined our band. He didn`t have a suitable guitar, an amp or transport, so guess who ended up providing all, yes me. He didn`t even set the gear up, when we got to gigs or rehearsals. Well after a while it got to me so I said to the rest of the band that I was leaving as I wouldn`t play in the band with him a minute longer. They said no we`ll fire him and did. It`s a shame he has so much talent but unfortunately the bottle - or can in his case - means more to him than anything else.

Shape selected, boost 2.6, 5 & treble were my settings.

The bass I had with the most individual stand out tone was also the most resonant bass I`ve had - my 1978 Precision. I loaned it to another bassist at a gig whose own bass took a knock rendering it unusable and he said he`d never had a bass resonate that much on his stomach & chest cavity before.

I’ve never left a band on bad terms - or at least there haven’t been any in my part, I never asked any of the bands if there were on their part.

Easy to spot then 🤣

If you want to be able to get a more precise sound then I’d say yes as the EVO4 just has that bit more in that area, probably due to the additional sliders.

I think the first thing to identify is are the mistakes on the same songs each time, if so an easy answer to that, put a note/star/asterisk against them on your set list as a reminder of this. From there look at what/where/why it happens on those ones. If however it varies on songs then identifying the actual issue is likely going to be harder.

Marshall VBC412 was one of the best cabs I ever had too @fretmeister

I preferred the warmer more depth tones of the Yamaha

I’m intending on going ampless for my gig on Fri. I am taking my amp head as an in-case but if the sound engineer is ok with it I’ll just be using my Sansamp.

Good point there, should have included that I’m a pick player.

The Fender Original to me had a spike in the upper mids that I just couldn’t get rid of, I couldn’t say what frequency but it was just there all the time. The Custom Shop 62 is bulkier in the low mids, prob around 400hz or so, a warm rich sounding pickup.

Very good post Phil, I`ve had a few 210/115 set-ups and in every case to my ears the pair sounded better than each individual cab - the cabs were always from the same brand and range I should add. From there I found that yes better to have one cab I liked the sound of than two that individually lacked so went 412 initially then 410. When I needed a bit more than the 410 I added on a 210 though in all honesty I hardly ever needed this. Again I would only have same brand & range with these. They did sound great but for gigs that size more often than not there was a provided 810. The only other pairing that I did was Barefaced Compact & Midget with again the sum of both sounding better than each on their own.

I bought a 77 in 2011 for £1200, and a 78 in 2012 for £1100, that was the going rate back then.