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Just a few experiences in favour of amps and volume... I'm playing drums in a 2 piece band. The guitarist uses a submarine pickup through an octaver for the bass sound. He always struggles to hear his own vocals, so I set us up a "silent" rehearsal rig. Both of us used in-ears for vocals, bass and guitar, with only the drums making any real noise. We thought it was brilliant. One day, when setting up a big rig to record his guitars for the album (stereo guitar rig, full stack for the bass sound), we thought it'd be good to have a jam with it. The vocals went back through the PA, our ear plugs went back in, and F*&K ME we both said, this is awesome. We've not gone back to the in-ears My main band have an Xair-18 which we bought to record our album in a bigger, more covid-secure room. Our guitarist has always used his POD and recently bought a fancy new modelling pedal. He's really into the idea of a quiet stage. Again, the singer struggles to hear himself on stage sometimes. The bassist always used a small TC combo. He's been talking about getting a new amp all year, and at first I was trying to convince him to go ampless, but there was no way. We played a festival where they had an Ashdown Rootmaster into an 8x10 on stage, and it had us grinning at each other the whole set. So, he bought a Rootmaster, and a Barefaced 4 x 10. We had our first rehearsal with it last night and F&(K ME we both said. Maybe this is just the drummer's point of view, but with a great big bass sound, everything is grooving better

One of the most common problems in my recording sessions is tuning. It seems to me, people don't know how to use their tuners properly. They keep hitting the note, not giving the tuner time to settle, and obviously getting frustrated, meaning they hit harder, making the note sharper On bass, just play the harmonic at the 12th fret once, and wait for the tuner to settle to see if you need to adjust up or down (or at all)

Star & Garter in Manchester on Friday night. We went down well, won new fans, and had a great night, but there were more flip-ups than ever! Probably due to the guitarist having to be on the wrong side of the stage, meaning his deaf side was facing the drums. We just about held it together anyway

Wroot Rocks on Saturday, packed hall, absolutely drenched with sweat by the end of the set, played well, sounded ace Northern Kin festival on Sunday, we were first on but still plenty in the big top, so cool to play on such a big stage with a big PA. They had an ampeg SVT and fridge for our bassist, sounded cool. I don't have a pic from the audience perspective. This is just after sound check

Wigan Diggers Festival last night. Brilliant big stage and sound system. Great crowd. The only negative was the shared drum kit. In hindsight I should have insisted I use my own but I don't like to rock the boat. It looks like an adult brought breakables to a kids drum kit! And there was no rug so the bass drum was wandering around

I really doubt we'll do a CD but will sort you a download when it's finished

This site: https://decibelhearing.com/high-frequency-hearing-loss/ Says "17,400 Hz is a frequency that only teenagers can hear. Most people over the age of 18 cannot hear this tone " Having said that, I'm 36 and I just played the example there and could hear it on my headphones

If you're over 30 and can hear 20Khz I'd be very surprised indeed! EDIT: when I used to gig on bass I'd be taking at least 5 dirty pedals with me, so we're definitely in agreement there!

I'm just recovering from an infection in my right ear. For the first few days everything on that side sounded like there was a ring modulator on it. I found it very disorientating, especially in situations with a lot of background noise. You have my sympathy! 3 weeks on and it's almost back to normal, which is a massive releif, as I make a chunk of my living as a producer The bassist in my band admits he can't hear any treble, pretty much nothing over 10Khz, so when he tries to disparage my choice of cymbals, I rightly disparage his hearing

Thanks! We'll have an album out soon, just a couple of tweaks to go

great thread guys, 3/5 is underselling it The guitarist in one of my bands is totally deaf in one ear. There's a device you can get, a mic that goes on your deaf side, connected to a hearing aid type thing on your working side, and it's supposed to sort it out for you. He tried it at the audiologists and was amazed. Then he tried it in real life situations such as in a jam or down the pub, and it was worse than useless, totally disorientating. It must work for some people, so maybe worth a go for you @Killed_by_Death?

A very sweaty one last night in one of the rehearsal rooms at Riff Factory in Stoke. The first gig for my new two piece band Cancel Culture. We played 6 songs, about 20 minutes. Such a rush to play heavy music again!! Can't wait to play some more with this band

You must have a great guitarist to attempt that!

Off The Tracks festival yesterday afternoon. A packed barn with a lively crowd. Some guy shouted "oi drummer, you're amazing", which was nice, although he probably has no idea whether I'm any good or not

My new 2 piece band. I'm on drums

Great atmosphere with a heady stench of skunk, although thank $£^^ for that as otherwise you'd have been smelling the portaloos!

We (headsticks) played Beautiful Days festival this weekend, the big top on Friday, then Bimble Inn on Saturday. Both were ace gigs. I'm on drums but out bassist is awesome. Standard American P

Thanks! I've not actually come accross a bass/guitar I can't get a good sound out of yet

Yes it is! I used to play big 6 string basses but I have an issue with my left wrist and so it's short scale or nothing now. I do have a nice old Squier Musicmaster, but I used the Bronco just because I leave it at the studio all the time.

Rough Trade in Nottingham last night. Absolutely rammed and they went nuts. I think it made a few people a bit nervous RE Covid, but it was so, so good to play what felt like a normal show. Probably the tightest we've ever been too. So cathartic If you get booked to play here be wary of the load in. They've pedestrianised the whole street. Every muscle hurts this morning We've had to move tonight's gig to another venue due to the landlord at the original place getting covid, hopefully it'll work out

3 tracks in 5 minutes and 7 seconds. All of the bass is a squire bronco DI'd with an amp sim, tuned down to crop C and played hard with a pick

Don't you cover RATM and Muse? Without bass distortion? When recording I change cymbals and snares loads for different effects, but yeh, I can't be bothered to do that live. I guess E-drums are a similar innovation for drummers as effects pedals are for bassists and guitarists.

I got the clear ones, but tied a knot in the string close to the right hand so I know which is which. The blue and red ink has worn off

I have a boss DD-20, and even though I'm often tempted to get other delay pedals (and do have a few), I generally remind myself that the DD-20 can do everything Dirt pedals on the other hand... they all sound so different, how could you ever settle on one?! In my studio I have a wall of shelves that's over-flowing with pedals. It's so much fun to just pick some at random and plug them in