LiamPodmore

My band never have played anything like Mustang Sally and stuff like that, probably because we have a much younger audience (15-20) so those kinds of songs don't work well. We do do Country Roads occasionally, and also used to play Highway To Hell, but in terms of the usual cover band songs, those are the closest we do. We also have originals we throw out there too.

Liam

First Bass Owned: 1994 Squier Affinity Jazz
'Go To' Bass: 2010 Squier Deluxe Jazz V Active
'Your' Bass: Musicman Stingray Classic 5/Musicman SUB 5 (Don't own one yet though, did we have to own it?)

Liam

I'll add another +1 to the Hercules, i dont have one personally but i've used my mates at gigs quite a few times and they are rock solid, even with my Squier Jazz 5 which seems to weigh more than my amp sometimes.

Liam

I started on a bass at about age 11/12 (Can't remember exactly when, but close to my 12th birthday), joined a band about 4 months later, then quit that band after a year to join the band i am in now. Best move i made, nearly 3 years later and i know i made the right choice.

Liam

As many others have said, i don't need it, but i prefer it, probably because my 5 is my best bass and feels most comfortable to me, also because its much easier for me as my band go from standard to drop D quite often, and i need a few notes lower than D every so often.

Liam

Personally i'd invest a little money and swap one of the 210's for a 4 ohm 410, that way you can have the 410+115, the 210+115 you also use, and a 210 or 115 for the smallest gigs.

Liam

I couldn't go without my amp i don't think, not yet. In a few years i think i will be able to because we're planning on getting our PA up to scratch so we can use it for pretty much whatever it needs to be, weather its just vocals or the whole band with a fully mic'd drum kit. If we did have a decent PA i wouldnt mind just using a POD and IEM's, would save me alot of effort.

Liam

Last nights was pretty sh*te. There was about 15 people there, if that. Last saturday though, we got a good strong crowd of about 200, absolutely phenomenal, probably because it was free and all our mates live around that area. Surprisingly wasnt all teenagers either, plenty of older people in aswell.

Liam

Not in my opinion, but i never got to use one live, personally i would go with a Boss GT-10B or a Line 6 POD X3 Pro or Live, as that POD seemed pretty useable when i tried it.

Liam

Mine would be considered low to some people, but if i have it higher its painful. I have mine where its in pretty much an optimal position for pick and finger playing, so either one isn't too hard to do because i use both.



I sometimes have it abit lower than this, but that isnt too often, just when im playing 100% pick as i find that abit easier.

Liam

In:

Either a SBMM Ray 35
Or
A Musicman SUB 5
Lots of parts for my jazz rebuild.

Out:
Maybe my Ibanez, not sure yet.

Planning on getting some cabs and rack gear aswell this year.

Liam

The guy from Elliot Minor was on here at one point, had a nice rig too, and they arent exactly the least famous of bands.

Liam

If i were you i would try and find a used Line 6 POD X3 Pro and the matching FBV foot controller (The biggest one is best.) That should put you under £600 and give you a good rack effects unit, even leaves you being able to add a seperate MIDI controlled unit in the effects loop of it if you so desire in the future.

Liam

Personally, if i could get a good tone out of it with ease and little, even better no EQing, it wasn't too hard to move, and had adequate power for my uses (And sounded good when being cranked), i would probably use it. If not, i'll spend my cash on something that i like and will be more happy to use, even if it takes me months to save up just to buy a used cab for £100.

Liam

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1092854' date='Jan 17 2011, 06:04 PM']I think trying a bit of both will be hard, I was advised to just play the 5 only for a while then reintroduce the 4 after you have the five nailed. It's worked for me and I think maybe it's the reason many other just move them on?[/quote]

Sounds like a good idea actually. I would have done this had my 5 not break about 7 weeks after i got it, then took fender 10 weeks to get me a replacement. Biggest PITA ever. Putting my 4 in B Standard did help though, made it really easy to just pick up my 5 once i got the replacement and just play away quite easily. Infact, thinking about it, i actually had no problem with the transition from 4 to 5, and also no problems playing a 6 string either.

Liam

Our past 2 gigs its been pretty much the openers starting at 9, finishing at half 9, and we start at quarter to, do a 10 song set, 5 minute break, 2 song acoustic set, second 10 song set, and then encore for about 15 minutes. Finishing at around half 11. If we don't have another band with us we start at 9 and do pretty much the same set lengths we do then, just with a 6-10 song acoustic set instead of 2. Most of our gigs are free aswell, so we have no problems with going all night if the manager is fine with cause its abit of fun to us for now.

Liam

[quote name='Doddy' post='1108346' date='Jan 30 2011, 05:28 PM']So,you are missing an essential bit of kit if the amp isn't yours. It'll become a big problem if someone else wants you for a gig.[/quote]

Its not that big of a problem as he doesn't mind me using it for my gigs, but i do have a Warwick ProFet 5.1 Head and im just finding the funds for a cab at the moment, so i wont be using it for much longer anyway.

Liam

For me its Bass, Combo (For now) 20ft and 10ft jack leads, spare bass, picks, tuner, spare used strings, phillips screwdriver, allen keys, batteries, earplugs, towel, tshirt, deoderant, hairbrush. I can fit all that into 2 gig bags, and my guitarist delivers the combo as its his.

Liam

B-E-A-D-G but i'm gonna get a 6 string so i have everything i want.

Liam

Bugera's guitar stuff is actually quite good, and pretty reliable. Their bass gear on the other hand, i doubt it will be, but nobody ever buys one to test it because they all know Bugera = Behringer and Behringer = Pretty sh*te, but i would not have any problems buying a Bugera 6262 Head and matching 412 for guitar if i needed it.

Liam

I'll add 2 more for Manchester

Manchester Academy - The guys there gave us no problems, sounded decent and its not too bad of a venue.

Soundhouse (Bolton) - Also a nice venue, or atleast it was when i last played there. Been told it's gone abit downhill with cleanliness but i have no proof. Crackin' house PA and brilliant sound there aswell.

Liam

Bump for a crackin' amp. I use the 150w version pretty often and its well worth the money.

Liam

[quote name='beorc' post='1094433' date='Jan 18 2011, 08:48 PM']Ima no-life bass player for almost 2 years. I love this instrument more than anything else

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I see a nice prestine Ibanez GSR200 there. I remember when mine looked like that.







The 1st is from a gig in february 2010 at The Windmill in Westhoughton. My bands 2nd proper gig. Man i looked young back then. The 2nd is at Gigs Bar in Bolton, August 2010, at a heat for our local Battle Of The Bands. The 3rd was taken at a photoshoot in our practice space late 2010, and yes, our practice space contains a tractor, its a bit odd i know.

Liam

The line 6 Lowdown LD150 is one to look at. Its a 150w 1x12 and it has no problems keeping up with my punk band without PA support. I don't know if they are over your budget or not (My guitarist got it for £280 new a fey years ago) but its definately one to look at. The effects are pretty useable too, if you desire them, except the synth.

Liam

Welcome. The GSR200 is a brilliant starter bass, still have mine now.

Liam