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Rick and the Fakers

if you have interwebs access at work then during your lunchbreak maybe check out some youtube tutorial vids like [b]devinebass[/b] or [b]MarloweDK[/b] even if you havent got a bass to hand to practise on just watching over and over them carefully and analysing rather than just casual browsing can help you pick things apart in your head ready to tackle them with a better insight if it helps try perhaps imagining that its not a computer screen and that they are giving a personal bass lesson to your best friend and that you are sat in the same room watching

[quote name='AntLockyer' timestamp='1369640634' post='2091022'] Practice parts of it slowly without the music playing then play again with the 'band'. At all times thinking in my head what I wanted to play before my body played it. [/quote] open mic nights are good because unlike the recording where you know what is going to happen next , youre not quite certain what the other players are going to do so you do tend to concentrate even more on listening and feeling what the others are doing i see youre in orpington - there is a good open mic night not to far from you on monday nights just outside maidstone

soundcheck time yeah everything pretty ok ..... except the guitars ... need to come down a bit ..... otherwise its great

he should only be six degrees or less of separation away fingers crossed

and may i congratulate on your splendid choice of cab

pm sent - have a scan through pdf links you will see my album cover in there

[quote name='mike257' timestamp='1369499332' post='2089872'] Or if you're busting out the duct tape, just put a piece on top of your head with a quick sketch of your settings. Tried and tested. Half a dozen circles with a line to show which way they need to point and you've got instant recall! The old ways are often the best. [/quote] i disagree and inclined to agree with mr wazoo - i regularly gig my amp with pre and master maxed out but i leave the EQ punched out but i use the shelf boost to up the low end only about 10% and cut the top end about the same - never have any problems - always sounds clean, no fade (hartke2500+410hydrive) however if some little oik was to ramp the low end shelf up past 50% and punch the EQ in and max the low end on the EQ as well then it will definitely start groaning under the pressure - despite all the reassuarances that they will keep the settings within reasonable limits once their up on stage you are at their mercy and it will only take one little selfish unthinking bedroom bassist diva to start maxing everything up because they're not hearing 'their sound' and you have instant recipe for amp/cab failure having said that i dont think that many would actually change the settings - ive been to plenty of open mic nights with several bass players all rolling up with their own basses and plugging in and the only adjustments ive seen going on were very basic just to get the volume level correct if you were swapping for example between a high output active and a low output passive - i would even go so far as to say that most will respect other players rigs as they appreciate that the markbass or ampeg rig they are plugign in to is way better than anything they currently have or are likely to get in the very near future - but there are always exceptions and eventually somebody somewhere will get their rig well and truly ferked because of somebody else's inexperience and inability to listen to simple instructions i think the bottom line is that it is a dynamic risk assessment - ie who rolls up asking and whether you feel you can trust them if you or your close friends cant vouch for them

Anybody can widdle on the skinny strings but very few can master rhythm to where Nile Rodgers and Paul Jackson Jr have raised the bar

[quote name='Mudpup' timestamp='1369422162' post='2089203'] Gotta be a Roger Waters Precision hasnt it? [/quote] has roger found out yet?

is this thing working?

duuuuuuuuude - he quoted alice cooper man with the golden gun TOP MARKS

[quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1369399188' post='2088760'] In all cases I was more than happy for people to use it and to give less financially fortunate/ younger players often their first crack with top rank gear. Also its a good opportunity to find out what your rig sounds like from a audience perspective. [/quote] very good point

[quote name='Low End Bee' timestamp='1369398657' post='2088750'] I'll happily share my rig if sensible people ask in advance. The crap attitude of turning up on the day with just a bass and hoping for the best deserves a lesson being taught. [/quote] this if the promoter/organiser/FOH says they advised ALL bands that they needed to bring (preferrably DI-able) backline gear then i would consider it but only on how polite the would be users wanted to be about it just rocking up and plugging in might suggest that the organiser may have told everybody else (apart from yourself being first on of course) that there would be backline bass available (ie YOURS!!) sounds like you just need to figure out exactly who is taking liberties and administer the low end bee lesson

Ignored :-)

So who else's covers band will be doing this track this summer? :-) I wouldn't class it as a rip- off either if the man himself is part of it fwiw. Depends I guess if you want to best them up over it. Saying that I always tongue firmly in cheek refer to Ray of Light as a William Orbit album with Madge on guest vocals