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Our singer in the Glam Rock band caught it altho it was during one of his solo gigs. I've been back gigging with both bands for couple of months and we've been lucky i guess. All triple vaccinated exxcept for the singer that's just caught it. Its weird how it moves. Dave

Thought that was a far better version on bass. Clearer and few additional fills. Really enjoyed that version too. Wasn't too sure who Jimmy Johnson was but when i finally got a glimpse of him i recognised him with his Alembic bass. Cheers Rob Dave

That's nice and a really nice bassline going on. Is that a little bit of chorus too ? Not heard of this album Rob. Will take a look at it on Amazon. Cheers for that Dave

Best one i've had was The Blue Angels gig where a path was cleared for us, guys held doors open for us and several guys offered to give us a hand unloading and loading. Just goes to show you cant judge a book by its cover right enough. Last gig we had to walk up 2 flights of outside stairs where the smokers congregated at the mid-point. I was first up with a cab and asked if they could move over to the side while we loaded and thankfully they moved but a few ignored us when leaving at end of the night and got a cab corner in their back. I did ask politely but ignorance is no excuse for being stupid. Dave

I found it under my Likes category. With FB changing i can never find anything these days. Singer's good at the Slade songs. Not many male singers can reach that pitch. Well done there. Dave

Hope to see some of the Vid clip if possible. I was same the first gig i did after covid all clear with the new Punk band. To be honest i'm still trying to learn the songs to a point a dont need to concentrate too much but lack of rehearsing doesn't help as we went straight into 5 weekends in a trot. Dave

Like Space Odyssey i have no idea why you came up with that one but i like it. Better than the talking bomb....... Dave

I was sure i had you guys on my FB like page ? Can't find it. Can you send me the link or band name again so i can follow you on FB. I do love a bit of Glam. Dave

Brilliant. our singer Mikey does a bit of audience participation in the clubs. Makes for an interesting night as we never really know when he's gonna go off on a tour. 😂 Sounding good with a nice overall balance. Dave

Nice tone. I had a MB combo and ext cab and it sounded great out front but just no presence on stage. Dave

Is it just backline i'm hearing or thru PA as well. Dave

Sounding really good there guys. The bass sounds really nice. What rig were you using for that one. Nice well rounded tone and nice and clear. Loving the bass on that. Few wee fills added that fitted really well. That could have been Trev himself on bass. Dave

Think that's the sensible decision if you like the band and are all good musicians that generally have no other concerns then its a minor annoyance more than anything else. Think i'd be the same. Some songs with some audiences just dont work and maybe it was just a combination of events. What was the song out of curiosity ? Dave

You gotta have a wee bit of Xmas Glam at this time of year. Dave

This would go down well in there

Certainly colourful. Dave

Nice tone from the Ric and i think i watched this version when i was learning it at the start and then just played what felt right for me. Dave

Its good cause i like Nickelback but prefer the original version. Bassline is better to play on the Elton John version. Dave

Hadn't thought of that but spot on. Will try and keep that in mind. Dave

We used to have a keys player as a 5 piece band but they never quite fitted in for various reasons. Our guitarist now plays keys in some songs and singer Mikey plays guitar. We've always kept Sat Night even without keys it still sounds great. We dropped Croc Rock when we had no keys players but guitarist plays keys at certain critical points in it and then swaps over to guitar again. Dave

Never trust your guitarist to make a decision, they simply aren't equipped for thinking. Dave

At rehearsals it occasionally runs away in bits and it takes a bit of taming to keep the pace right all the way thru. Elton John songs are usually pretty great to play. Basslines are not overly complicated but interesting wee runs to keep you busy. Dave

If there's a full PA there i'll use it as i find it fills the room better even if its just a touch of bass thru the PA. I dont use PA with the punk band but its mainly smaller gigs with them generally pub sized venues at the moment. The venue in the pic holds around 200 i think and they have a pretty large PA and were renowned for their Sound guy. Every band i know that played there complimented the sound guy. Shame he retired. Have to say the Marlowe sounds absolutely amazing. A little more defined than the VM4 but the Marlowe has a slim neck more like my Geddy Jazz. The VM4 for me has a more general approach to the neck that would suit more people. Both amazing basses tho. The other thing is the Mesa rig has a nice warm depth of tone. I've tried the VM4 thru other rigs and its not quite there for me so for me its a combination of bass and rig that i get the tone i really like. Any bass i've played thru my Mesa rig has sounded really nice but its a personal taste. Dave

Can't go wrong wie that. We also do Let It Snow by the Sweet.

Apparently the bass wasn't going thru the PA. The SE in the venue said the bass stage volume was too loud to go thru the PA. 2nd set i turned down and couldn't hear myself over the drums on stage. I play at the same amp volume for every gig as my amp is set up to drummers volume. I've played this gig before and amp settings were exact same. Because i turned amp down a touch i ended up playing harder to be heard and subsequent sore fingers and blisters by end of the night. Not what i'm used to in this venue but original SE retired. We had a 5min sound check before doors opened due to PA issues. The sound was poor on stage but the FOH sound seemed to improve as time went on. Dont think the very young girl SE had ever mixed a Glam band before where bass and drums are quite solid in the mix. Sounds ok tho. Dave