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Try not to get tempted by those stencilled/disco/party light type things. You know, the one's that put shapes on the Walls? They look cheap and nasty. You're a professional band, dammit! Not a kids disco! I have a couple of White LED Stage Spots on individual stands and have them either side of the stage area and set them on slow fade in/out. They look ultra stylish especially when combined with a hazer. I'm a massive fan of white spot lights an. I don't use any RGB at all. I think they look ultra classy! I also set two spotlights on the floor either side of the drumkit pointed at about 45 degrees so as not to blind the audience. Less is more! Truckstop

Does Dick shave his legs? Truckstop

Buy a Yamaha BB424x second hand for £250 max, buy some LaBella Stainless Steel strings (medium tension, not too bright) for £25 and then buy a Comfort Strapp for another £25. Now you'll be ultra-comfortable making some awesome sounds and looking great while you do it. Ampwise, honestly just get anything you like the look of that'll be loud enough for your needs. With a £300 budget, I'd be looking at a second hand Ampeg PF-350, Gallien-Kreuger MB200 or TC Electonic BH250 combined with a Trace Elliot, Peavey or Ashdown 2x10 cabinet. If you can find a 4x10 in budget, then great. Go for that! I prefer head and cab. It's easier to upgrade one component at a time and I think it's important for musicians to fully understand what a particular piece of gear brings to the table in terms of sound quality. Another thing to remember is that you really don't need to be as loud as you think in a band situation. Good luck and have fun! Alex

I like the Heebie-Bee-Gees. Truckstop

Nothing you can do. Some rooms just sound terrible all the time. To make it easier for the listener just try to keep the volume down and deal with the fact that you won't be able to hear yourself very well! I always take a rug with me to gigs in case of wood, tile or stone floors. I don't think it makes any difference to the sound, I just don't like leaving my stuff on bare floors! Truckstop

Never been sacked but been in a band that had some serious personal issues and it split before I had the opportunity to text the bandleader to quit. Personally I don't see a problem with being sacked or dumped or whatever by text. It's simple, concise, to the point and, most of the time, much more polite and sensible than most people can manage in person. God, why would you want to sack someone in person anyway? Why would you want to see the results of your horrible newsgiving? Unless you're some sort of sociopath! Get over it and move on!

Yes, neck dive is when the headstock heads for the floor when you wear the bass on a strap. Common on Destroyer/Kelly/Thunderbird shape guitars as the strap button is placed too far into the body mass. Truckstop

It's Daft Punk. Who knows what's going on there? Those particular notes sound to me as if it's some sort of octaver personally or even doubled up on a synth. The bass has probably been tracked a few times too. It's so processed it's impossible to tell how they've achieved that sound. I must say, being able to identify a player and he bass used is quite an incredible talent! Truckstop

Hello all, Looking for a drummer and a guitarist to jam with in Herts. Got no songs written or anything. I want to play stuff like M83, My Morning Jacket, Elbow and Alabama Shakes. Blues, touch of electronica, touch of prog and plenty of interesting sounds. If a synthist or keyboard wizard wants to get involved, then great! I like high energy and also slow and ponderous stuff. I like traditional round bass sounds as well as filthy fuzzy noise. Not really looking to gig but maybe if we get good then why not? Cheers Alex

Watershed's a cracking album! The Lotus Eater and Hex Omega are two of my favourite Opeth numbers. Still Life's still the favourite though. The whole album is a masterpiece. Would love to see White Cluster performed live. Truckstop

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1373010906' post='2132667'] In the end the important things are do you like the way the bass looks, sounds and plays? [/quote] Not if it's an investment! Truckstop

Oh god, how did I forget NIN? It'd be amazing to get them back in the UK! Although I don't think I'd want to play anything past The Fragile. Also forgot about My Morning Jacket for one of the smaller stages. Truckstop

Well I just watched the whole set on YouTube having never heard any of their material before and I can't decide if I've just been blown away or not. At times The XX sound majestic and glorious and the vocals and the melody join together beautifully. Other times just a big bag of "huh?". I didn't like how they seemed to skip past all the parts that could've sounded great. A lot of the times there's loads of tension developing in the song and then there's no pay off; no release. Infuriating! I really liked the way that they share the vocals and I particularly like the sections where there seems to be some kind of dialogue between the pair of them. As if they're having a conversation with each other or telling the listener a story together. it's fascinating to watch and I think that it has to be one of the main attractions of the band. I enjoyed watching the show definitely. The lighting and the 'look' striking and certainly unusual for Glasto. Monochromatic, stripped back, dramatic, industrial. Quite meloncholic I thought. Anyway, I dont know. The XX certainly challenge many of the rules that exist in popular music these days and it's uncomfortable to listen to. But strip back the effects and the production and the songs are there. Truckstop

Headliners: Tom Jones, Elton John, The Who Pyramid Stage - other: Dire Straits/Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton, Peter Gabriel, Blink 182, David Bowie, Elbow, The Blues Brothers, Johnny Cash, Aretha Franklin Small stages: Immortal Technique, Dream Theater, Methany Meldau Quartet, M83, Sigur Ros, Mogwai, Etta James, Dr. Feelgood That'll have to do for now. I could literally come up with like 100 artists I'd like to see at Glasto! Truckstop

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1372942008' post='2131899'] Go direct via a POD or whatever. Amps are a waste of time [/quote] Plus one. Try and get one with a speaker sim; takes away the brittleness of a dry DI signal. Use your backline as a monitor. Truckstop

You need to get real and identify what it is that you really need from your set-up. You NEED a bass and an amp. Everything else is gravy. Truckstop

Someone's selling an Ampeg B-115 combo for £80 in Somerset and someone else is selling an SWR Workingman's 10 for £115 somewhere else on the forum. You'd be silly not to go for either of these. Both way way better in my opinion. Truckstop

It depends. Sometimes I focus on the lyrics and sometimes the music hits me harder. Been listening to lots of Johnny Cash recently; this one's a good'un. Long Black Veil: Ten years ago on a cold dark night Someone was killed 'neath the town hall lights There were few at the scene, but they all agreed That the slayer who ran, looked a lot like me Now she walks these hills, in a long black veil She visits my grave, when the night winds wail Nobody knows, nobody sees Nobody knows, but me The scaffold is high, and eternity's near She stood in the crowd, and shed not a tear But some times at night, when the cold wind moans In a long black veil, she cries over my bones Now she walks these hills, in a long black veil She visits my grave, when the night winds wail Nobody knows, nobody sees Nobody knows, but me The judge said son, what is your alibi If you were somewhere else, then you won't have to die I spoke not a word, though it meant my life I'd been in the arms of my best friends wife Truckstop

[quote name='Josh' timestamp='1372162951' post='2122320'] My cheapest rig to date, a total cost of £100: [/quote] £100?! Horseshit! Truckstop

Had stands, kettle leads and extension cables (probably) unintentionally stolen but apart from that nothing! If I get home and the aforementioned accessories are missing it's probably because I've left them at the venue by mistake! Yeah I'm not particularly attached to my gear but it's still a pain in the butthole if your stuff gets lifted so I have insurance for all my gear. Truckstop

Really enjoying them on BBC red button right now. Awesome band, great look, lovely vintage sound. Singers got a cracking set of pipes! Sort of like country meets soul. Check them out if you can.

One or two SWR Workingmans 10's. I mainly play pubs and small clubs with a medium volume blues band. I gave up carting 4x10's around a couple of years back; you simply don't need lots of speakers and lots of watts in those situations! You just need to be clever with your EQ and train your drumist to chill out and stop hitting things too hard! Truckstop

I doubt the TE rig will be less unwieldy than the H&K rig! In my opinion, I think you'd be making a mistake swapping the HK for the TE. Tonally and practically speaking. It'd be like swapping Cholera for Dysentry. Why not look at some of the lightweight offerings from GK or TC? Or just swap out the 2x15 cab for something like the GK Neo212? They can be had for £250 and they weigh nothing and sound huge. Truckstop

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1372411377' post='2125353'] ....more a case of seasoning the wood to match as closely as possible that of the environment in which it will be living. Too high or too low and it will move while acclimatising. [/quote] That's right....because of the moisture content of the wood. The wood doesn't move because of magic. It moves because the moisture in the wood expands and contracts in different envrionments and forces the wood fibres to shift. Well seasoned wood has a low moisture content and therefore doesn't shift as much as wood with a higher moisture content. There's a reason that manufacturers like Fodera have a source of wood that's been seasoned for decades! I'll agree with you the hardware though. Truss rods of course help with stability and some basses come with carbon fibre reinforcement rods as standard. Multi-laminate necks are also supposed to be more stable than one-piece necks. Truckstop