bassintheface

So I've spent the last week rehearsing & playing bass for the excellent (and lovely) Whitney Lyman - a singer songwriter from the USA. I got booked a few weeks back and she arrived from LA last Monday. we rehearsed Tuesday, then played in London on weds, then a few gigs up North at the brilliant Focus Wales festival. Some recording got done yesterday and a little more later in the week, then she's back to sunny California. Had great time, band was sh1t hot and enjoyed it. Used my Jazz basses, Peavey MiniMax500 and my Barefaced 2x10 - good compliments on the sound from the sound engineer too (and the EQ was flat as a pancake). Plans being made for another visit and some festival dates all being well..... just need to get asked to do some USA dates now 🤣

Get an independent Sound eng to mix the band for a wedding. generally, the crowd will want to dance to songs they know, hear a balanced mix and not leave with incurable hearing damage or temporary threshold shift. its not a ‘gig’ in the sense that people are there to be ‘taken on a sonic journey’ with the guitarist’s pedal collection. neither will they be arsed about the drummer’s intricate cymbal work, or whether the bass player is playing half rounds on a custom Dingwall, through a kemper. Just have the straight conversation with your man. Ultimately, if it sounds pap out front, people will ultimately talk, the bookings will reduce and you’ll get less work. or leave the band of course

I 'did a Trav' and also bought a blue and a black one....... Both played fine out of the box - I'll do a bit of playing then give them a tweak if needed....... bargain - 2 decent basses for £298 delivered! I've got a function band gig this sat, so will take one with a Jazz and see how it fares....... I used the blue one last night in a little low volume rehearsal and no issues really. Still trying to work out the switching and pick up configuration options though.....

Bought a lovely little BF 210 cab from Andy. Super nice guy and made payment and a convenient meet up simple. Buy with confidence. Cheers Andy.