Rubbersoul

4 hours ago, BrunoBass said:

Is Wattie back to full strength again now? 

He seemed fine on Saturday and they’re back on full touring schedule.

Supported The Exploited on Saturday night in Belfast. Absolutely fantastic night, they were totally on fire! Big brawl broke out at one point which was a shame and the PA packed in briefly but otherwise amazing stuff. Felt like I was 15 again when Wattie signed my original copy of Punk’s Not Dead!

The Exploited in Belfast, Saturday night. We were one of the support bands, which was nice 😁

Machine Head last Thursday in Belfast. Absolutely epic night.

I’ve got the best results from blending a clean and a dirty track. I use an ABY pedal and send one direct to interface and the other through a Sparrow preamp. Low pass the clean and then blend the dirt to taste. I might stick an IR on the clean as well for more character.

Some great suggestions here. Quite a few I’ve not previously heard: I will check them all out when I get the time.

Headsticks. Folk punk, can’t beat it.

JJ Burnell for me. His bass sound blew me away when I was a kid and really convinced me that this was the instrument for me. That's why I use Rotosound strings (as well as Ashdown amps).

On 08/07/2019 at 21:27, Vinny said:

Buy some wee magnets from the tintrawebs and have fun with a drill and glue. 

I quite like this idea, thanks.

I have a GSR200 which I love but the battery compartment is a faff. You need to take 2 screws out to change the battery which, in the normal course of events is fine but if I need a quick change it’s a pain in the derrière. Does anyone know of a simple replacement that’s easier to use? Or should I just get rid of the screws and hold it on with a bit of duck tape? Thanks.

Public Image by PIL. Another cracker.

Some excellent answers here. Another favourite of mine is Warhead by the UK Subs.

Thanks man, appreciate the advice.

Lucretia (my reflection). It’s so simple, never varies but just drives the song so hard! Love it. Gimme your favourites!

Thanks guys, I think I’ll give them.a rattle, see what happens.

I was wondering if anyone on here suffers from pains in their hands and / or fingers who uses compression gloves?  I saw an advert on Facebook and, as a sufferer myself, thought it might be an idea. They are fingerless and therefore won’t make any difference to your tone.

£469 in Dawsons Liverpool.

I put castors on my 410 and it makes life a lot easier. No change in sound that I’ve noticed. 2 locking, 2 not.

Bought last week on a trip to Liverpool. Hadn’t intended to buy anything, just browsing but I just couldn’t resist. This is a cracking guitar.

I have a loader with 6 slots, each with a different IR in it. You can blend as many as you like or audition different ones very quickly in the context of the mix.  Options, you can never have too many lol 🤯🤯

Was listening to Courtesans earlier. Saw them live last year and they are superb.

I’ve been using Award Session for years. Never had a cable crap out on me. I’ve had 2 of them for about 8 years and another 2 I bought about 5 years ago: excellent stuff.

Nice channel, subbed

When my old band split up a few years back, the singer and I decided we weren’t ready to ditch our material so we started going out with me on acoustic guitar and him still singing. Our material was fairly politically charged anti establishment type stuff, with a lot of it relating to but not taking any sides in our country’s (Northern Ireland) violent past. We’d played a couple of gigs that we weren’t sure about but the least appropriate was when we were asked to play in the Officers’ Mess in Palace Barracks. We thought it a bit odd but were assured that they’d love us and that we didn’t need to change anything in our set. Boy was that bad advice! We’d just finished playing a particularly charged tune called The Vacuum and had about another 5 tunes to go when we were abruptly told that we’d run out of time! Couldn’t wait to get out of the place! Still got paid though, which was nice.

I’m a bass player. If my band is making a recording you’re damn right I’m playing on it. How can I get any pleasure from the finished product otherwise? A wee bit of minor copy / paste is ok in my book for the sake of expedience but it will be me playing nevertheless.