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[quote name='Lord Sausage' timestamp='1420402541' post='2649012'] I'm in bands with people who are emotionally stable enough to play a a tune without it causing resentment! I'm not on about playing an entire setlist of songs everyone in the band hates. [/quote] We're hardly scraping for songs. And we're grown up enough that we can say why we don't want to do songs (it's very rarely because anyone actually dislikes the song). It's not as if I'm still in the old club band and playing "Red Red Whine" while smiling through the pain - that would be the wurst option.

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1420307954' post='2647918'] IMO, there's no easy solution to this for them. They get slated for not 'moving with the times', but when they do take a faltering step in that direction they get slated for it. [/quote] They don't really commit themselves to it, though. They don't have to stop making Ps and Js to bring out something newer. What they do need to do is show some sort of commitment to doing it. And if people really don't want anything other than Ps and Js from Fender, then maybe they could use one of the myriad other brands that they own to demonstrate that they can innovate.

Consensus. We have an Excel spreadsheet with a list of suggestions on, and each member gives a song green (yes), yellow (maybe), or red (no). Anything with reds by it doesn't go forward. We've been building a set up so out of pragmatism we've put some three-greens in front of some four-greens if they're quicker to learn. Sometimes a song gets mentioned in rehearsal that isn't on the list and if we agree on trying that, it gets added. Slightly haphazard but it works. With the other covers band (now in hibernation), the singer, drummer, and I could suggest a sing that we all really wanted to do until we were blue in the face but the guitarist would then decide, generally on songs that none of us had suggested. We finished up with a reasonable set but there were some songs I'd have loved to play but never did.

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[quote name='Mornats' timestamp='1420287309' post='2647510'] It's an easy typo and one that auto-correct loves to use. And "dullards"? C'mon, don't start that! [/quote] I should have put a big smiley there really...

Scrape "Fender" or "Squier" [1] off the headstock and put "Walmart" there and you have the business model. Fender has always been about making basses cheaply and in great numbers. The haphazard machining techniques of the 60s and 70s meant that there was a fair amount of variation and you could get a good one or a crap one. As CNC took over the world, tolerances got better and you were guaranteed a mediocre one every time. There was mention of innovation and how Fender had tried and it hadn't worked. They didn't really try. Look at Harley Davidson, the motorcycle equivalent of Fender. sh*te old bikes with engines designed in the 1920s. HD decided to make a determined push forward and came up with a design that was radically different for them (bringing them forwards to at least the 1980s), and then stuck with it despite criticism from the small-minded HD fanbois. 15 years or so on, the V-Rod design is doing well. It's a shame that Fender have taken over brands like Genz Benz and Takamine. I really can't see those takeovers being any good for the products (Takamine) or the derivatives of the products (Genz Benz). Maybe it wouldn't be a bad thing if Fender, the bloated parasitic organism, died, and left its offspring, Fender CS, Squier in each country independently, Genz Benz, Takamine, and whoever else, to sort themselves out on the world stage. [1] It's not "Squire", no matter how many times you dullards try to spell it like that. You really should have it tattooed in mirror writing on your foreheads.

Played pub about 20 miles away. First excursion for new (to me) Berg cabs. Very good sound. 2x45s plus 30 minutes after midnight. Second set, only song in the whole lot that I sing - "Make me smile (come up and see me)" and audience (which is mainly hidden) rush to minute dancefloorything, making me think they were coming to lynch me. Could have been better paid but went well and was good fun.

Dammit, why is no-one selling a Peavey 5-string? Bass Collection 5-string (I've had one and they're great) £250 [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/251490-bass-collection-sgc-nanyo-315-5-string-1991/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/251490-bass-collection-sgc-nanyo-315-5-string-1991/[/url] TC BG500 combo - I'd hope that the sound was as good as from the RS112 I used to have £275 [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/249840-tc-bg500-210-combo/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/249840-tc-bg500-210-combo/[/url] That's £525. With a bit of negotiation, I could finish up with £500 or more left. I'd spend most of it on women and drink, and waste the rest.

[quote name='skychaserhigh' timestamp='1420251240' post='2647282'] Well , I watched the whole thing and enjoyed it. So there. [/quote] But did you see Dawn French and go "phwoar"?

I'm 57. I'm just about oldest in one band, in the other (currently hibernating) band I'm definitely the grand old man (the singer's mum is 5 years younger than me). I don't care. My first band played Glenn Miller songs. I play music from the 60s to the present. There were lots of crap bands back then and quite a few good ones. There are lots of crap bands now and quite a few good ones. There used to be lots of solo artistes playing all sorts of material of varying musical merit. There are lots of solo artistes playing all sorts of material of varying musical merit. X-Factor and The Voice have a lot to answer for. Opportunity Knocks and New Faces had a lot to answer for. There were more ground-breaking bands in the 60s and 70s because there was more ground to break. I may, of course, be opposed for this view, and indeed I may be wrong, but I would say that someone like Victor Wooten is not a ground-breaker. He is an absolute virtuoso, but he has taken skills that the groundbreakers have explored and improved and mastered them. He may well be nibbling at the edge of the unbroken ground but there's so little of it left that finding a bit that you can actually pitch your claim to is getting very difficult.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1419278317' post='2638341'] Had a chat with a gtr about this very thing today and we gave up when we wanted concesus on ground breaking gtr players. We had Hendrix, Beck and Van Halen and that was as far as we got.... [/quote] Jan Akkerman.

Recorded it and watched part of it when we got back (about 3AM). Skipped over William Bell, Boz Scaggs, Ronnie Spector, and Ed Sheeran (mainly due to content although Ronnie Spector's voice took a little while to get going and was somewhat wobbly even then), thought Paloma Faith should have just used her own voice for the Tina Turner cover instead of trying to do a TT impression (the first song was good though), Wilko could have done with Daltrey, rehearsals, and a guitar tuner, but no problem with his energy levels, Ruby Turner nailed it, Joss Stone didn't quite seem on full song. Liked Clean Bandit, thought Paolo Nutini has a great voice - reminiscent of Paul Rodgers. Haven't got to Hayseed Dixie yet. I think, from what I've seen, had I been in, I could quite happily have left it playing and ignored a few bits (especially the ones involving Jools's honking and tonking). Oh, and now Dawn French has lost that chubbiness round her face, she looks absolutely stunning.

[quote name='kodiakblair' timestamp='1419242712' post='2637835'] Is it a cultural thing , these Warwick models ? Do German bass players buy them and put them on the mantle ? [/quote] Look at my mahoosive GK combo:

Despite all the flak that Mackie are getting, we're happy with our brace of SRM450 v2s - B stock at £325 each and weighing 18kg (40lb in that quaint old system) so marginally over budget and weight.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1419008485' post='2635704'] IME I'd happily recommend 2 Bergantino AE112 cabs or 2 Barefaced Super Compacts. [/quote] [quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1419012748' post='2635759'] A couple of Berg AE112's will do the job and they weigh around 32lbs [/quote] And these turned out to be the winners, and JTUK just happened to know someone selling a pair of them . After a NYE gig with them, I'm very happy. Plus they give me even more permutations on the car-sized Tetris that I do for every gig (bass gear plus PA and foldback and some lights).

Just bought a brace of Bergantino AE112s from John. Very helpful throughout, packed them well for the courier. Thanks John.

[quote name='JJW' timestamp='1419865149' post='2643306']Do you think it looks cool?[/quote] No. That's definitely trying too hard.

[quote name='Roger2611' timestamp='1420046089' post='2645167'] At 15lbs in weight you would need to save some money for a replacement spine as well! [/quote] It's .15lbs, which is 2.4 ounces. Don't you just love lightweight basses?

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1419949627' post='2644211'] The Elvis number is either a feature number or doesn't work and will drop out and the Nik K number sits ok..enough. So..onward and upward with the drummer search [/quote] The one that seemed a bit of an oddity to me from that list was the Lionel Richie one. It just seems like the sort of number you'd start the second set off with after they'd called the bingo.

[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1419436983' post='2639976'] Problem with restricting keyboard player to piano sounds means that everything sounds like boogie woogie! [/quote] Or Meatloaf.

Pubs often stop serving shortly before midnight and restart shortly afterwards. Find out when they're doing that and announce it. Stop at some prearranged time before midnight. Use BBC iPlayer Radio on your phone to get Radio 4 (other radio stations are available). Put it through the PA. Play "Auld Lang Syne". Start final set. Our last song before midnight will be "Midnight Hour".

I was ditched from a band because the lead guitarist and drummer wanted to bring in an old mate of theirs. The day after I got the news (the members responsible didn't tell me, the rhythm guitarist was the one who broke the news), FB suggested that I might like to become friends with their new bassist...

Some standard fodder, some that's a bit different. We're a four-piece - vocals, guitar, bass, drums. All Right Now - Free Because the night - Patti Smith Born to be wild - Steppenwolf Brass in Pocket - Pretenders Crazy little thing called love - Queen Dakota - Stereophonics Doctor doctor - UFO Don't Speak - No Doubt Don't Stop - Fleetwood Mac Ever fallen in love - Buzzcocks Get It On - T. Rex Go your own way - Fleetwood Mac Hotel California - Eagles I love rock'n'roll - Joan Jett I saw her standing there - Beatles I'll be there for you - Rembrandts Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry Kayleigh - Marillion Long Train Running - Doobie Brothers Make me smile (Come up and see me) - Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel Maria - Blondie Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett - Yay! One way or another - Blondie One of us - Joan Osborne Run to you - Bryan Adams Sex on fire - Kings of Leon Since you been gone - Rainbow Stand by me - Ben E King Stuck in the middle with you - Stealer's Wheel Summer of '69 - Bryan Adams Sweet home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd Teenage Kicks - Undertones Times like these - Foo Fighters Wishing Well - Free Wonderful tonight - Eric Clapton

Sleeping Satellite - Tasmin Archer Will you - Hazel O'Connor Mrs Zero and I have done both these as a duo, but it would be nice to have a full band for them.

I have the far more useful USS Enterprise one.