KevB

To be fair to Roger Glover there are studio shots of him with a Fender on Fireball sessions (not sure if used in recording or not) and modded the PU's on his Ric after a while (eg the Denmark 1972 live gig on DVD). Whilst he did get a fine Ric tone he's probably not the poster boy for that particular bass. Other than the odd song in a set on the occasional tour for nostalgia purposes he hasnt played Rics in anger for years. Squire is pretty much opposite, dabbled with other basses but the Ric remained his bread and butter bass until he passed away.

Blues rock trio's first gig of the year delayed from July 9th to 23rd. Gives us a couple more rehearsal slots to firm up the set so no great issue.

Sorry if it's already been mentioned but the Fishman Fission pedal may also be worth a look. I use one on some songs in a blues rock trio to help fill the sound out on solos. You need to be a bit careful with the set up and not get overly busy with what you're playing, though the tracking is usually pretty good.

Missing out on going to open mic / jam sessions and a collection of the great unwashed coming up and saying 'Can I have a go on that mate?' 😄

Spirit - 12 Dreams of Dr Sardonicus

Bit late to the thread so I think any input has been covered already but yes, another Mcmillan 12 step user here. I'd used Roland PK5 pedals from around 2006 but retired them once I'd got into the flexibility and smaller footprint of the 12 step. I barely have room for those on stage, an actual keyboard as well wouldnt be feasible with the 5 piece band even if I taught myself to play them. For someone who can't play actual keys at all I found it fairly easy to get into. In fact being untrained possibly made it easier going over to the 12 step as with that you don't have to follow the normal pattern of note / chord position if you dont want to (which is not the case for PK-5, Taurus etc) so it offers more scope for a bit of experimentation. For eg I programmed all the subtle variations of chords required for the backing to the guitar solo of Another Brick In The Wall#2 and can just step through them in sequence on the 12 step while the guitard does his thing.

From the dreadful lack of communication and general apathy in one of my bands (plus an ex member being allowed back which will mean getting back up to speed will take even longer) I've already pretty much written off the likelihood of a paying gig with them this year. I think it will be a slog of occasional rehearsals with glacial progress. I've decided to give it a couple of rehearsals to see how much work needs to be done and if it looks too much for too little gain I may hand my notice in. However, already had 1 rehearsal with the supposed 'side band' and they have 2 gigs booked so that's now the priority.

The name of your guitarist rung a bell, I'm sure I saw him play in Bob Catley's band on a solo gig so rather a notch or two up from 'non league' status. Hope it goes well Pete.

It's the hardcore hedgehogs you have to worry about.

If they are as knowledgeable about music as football I don't think you have much to worry about.

As said before the first hurdle is being sure your drummer can accuratelt play to a click, it's surprising how many (quite capable in other respects) drummers struggle with it. Part of the reason I started getting into midi synth pedals was because the drummer in the band I was in at the time couldn't keep to a click or be relied on to trigger samples.

I don't think either of these ladies have been mentioned so far either...

As he's such a fan I thought I'd post this for Barking Spiders...

I saw them play with Neil Murray too, think it was a good gig from what I recall of it. Hmm, 1985. Kate Bush, Magnum, Heart and BOC all with decent albums out that year.

Love him or loathe him you could usually spot a Steinman composition a mile off and that's got to be worth something.

Gillan was mk2, but I'm letting you off with a caution this time.😀

All the ones he seems to be playing have more than 4 strings so not proper basses anyway. 😃

Not I will even be back rehearsing by May never mind gigging. I randomely bumped into the singer from one of the bands I'm in whilst out walking and we had a brief chat and both came to the conclusion that the band was probably on the verge of fizzling out. The other one has gigs booked in July and August at the earliest so not as much of a hassle to get it running, just a blues rock trio.

I was at that gig with a mate. Both felt we'd had a good day out at the end of it. Opening act were arty and amateurish, appeared to be there through connections than any musical merit but I dont recall them cutting the set noticeably short but agree they didnt go down well. Main acts were pretty much as I expected them to be and as I wasnt a big fan of either it was always likely to be a 'one and done' kind of gig for me.

Not a bass line per se (though the bass does play it) - crowd singing the riff to Black Night at DP gigs. There will be a video somewhere.

Black Sabbath debut not a stinker but Paranoid has gone on to be massive.

ELO2 is an unrecognised masterpiece There, I said so.😉

Ultraviolet seemed a bit of a desperate attempt to 'move with the times' and although I applaud bands not trying to make the same record over and over the mix on Ultraviolet was awful, her voice was one of the key parts of their sound and you can barely hear her at times.

So out of kilter from typical Strawbs (Dave Cousins had no involvement at all) it was originally going to be released under the band name of 'The Brothers'.

Gulity as charged, second or third bass I ever owned. Traded it in for an amp I think, pratically gave it away. It was one of these, even same colour : https://reverb.com/item/34246624-washburn-axxess-xs8