Mudpup

Played there before @Lozz196?

We were inspired enough by this one to stick it in the set list - goes down a storm with the laydees of a certain age. It's a random bunch of mildly famous Scandinavian metal heads doing guilty pleasure 80's stuff. I love 'em....

Adapt and overcome!

Buy off the classifieds here and if you don't get on with it you can flip it with minimal loss. It's actually really difficult to buy a bad bass nowadays so as long as you stick to a brand name you're unlikely to go wrong. Something like a Squier Precision or Fender Mexican Precision will always work in a rock band. Other names that tend to be good quality are Cort, Ibanez, Lakland, G&L and Sterling as a starting point. Welcome to the money pit!

Let us know how you get on with them 🙂

I'm getting on well with Happy Ears having tried a few other lower/mid priced options. They seemed to have a more even frequency reduction and I find them comfortable. Not expensive either. You can buy the Discovery Pack to check sizing - I ended up using the large black ones and the white medium ones fitted the guitarist. https://www.happyearsearplugs.com/uk/shop/

After a traumatic week at work being made redundant I needed a good night out and some cheering up. This did the trick nicely. We sacrificed all musical integrity and pumped out an evening of rocky crowd pleasers in a sports bar type pub local to me. Dance floor full from 30 seconds in. Opened with She Sells Sanctuary and didn't put them down until Killing in the Name Of.. as the 4th encore. A week of extremes for me - on the floor on Tuesday and high as a kite by Sunday morning.

I suppose if you're buying at full price you're expecting absolute perfection. The smallest blemish makes it B stock. Certainly doesn't bother me buying anything that's likely to pick up gig wear on the first gig at a reduced cost

It's usually a few minor things such as wonky stitching or small marks in the leather. They usually put some pics up of any damage with each individual item. My 2 arrived and I couldn't actually see much wrong with them. I can't see much wrong with this one

Gotta keep an eye on the outlet. It changes all the time

I'm desperately hoping they may give me some if I say nice things..... Here's the link to the outlet https://www.richterstraps.com/en/c/products/b-stock

Oopsie quadruple zillions post alert. Sorry! Sticky finger....

DOH (@binkybass look away now 😂

Jeessuss - my phone is possessed! Sorry about the world record double post chaps

FFS!

Aaargh

I picked up a couple of Richter Springbreak 1 Nappa leather straps a few years back from their outlet shop and think they're brilliant. Super soft padded Nappa and brilliant build quality. I don't think I would pay full price for them as they're shockingly expensive normally but I only paid about £35 for mine. Grabbed a Levy's padded 3.5" one a couple of months ago for a spare bass and it's good but not in the same league as the Richter's. (@binkybass look away now 😂)

I tend to put mine behind me at the foot of the bass cab. I only switch things on/off a few times in the set - just a bit of chorus or distortion on about 4 songs. We have too many gigs with punters tipping beer all over the place to risk having it anywhere near them (I didn't realise how expensive it would be to replace it if it blew up) If we have a barrier or a decent stage it can go in front

Yep, got them on all my basses. Which bass do you have?

Big Block 750! Epic amp!

The trick is to get a good balance of standards and some interesting curve ball stuff. But the curve balls have to be recognisable and can be hard to find. And we really stay away from the Killers and Sex on Fire to try and retain a point of difference. If people want that sort of thing they can find it in plenty of other places. Thinking of the obvious song and then trying to take a couple of steps sideways is a good plan. We pick up loads of gigs because we seem to have found a kind of sweet spot and the common denominator is that people need to be able to sing the chorus even if they had forgotten the song or never knew who it was in the first place. I call them trigger songs. If you can get people singing and dancing for most of the set they will be staying for the evening and that's what the landlord needs. We get a lot of feedback at the end of gigs about how nice it is to hear some different songs for a change though. Consequently we have stuff like Sweet Child, Dakota and Living on a Prayer in the set but we also have things like Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls (it's amazing how that gets everyone singing the chorus), a rocked up Maniac from Flashdance (all the 50 something laydees will have a sing/dance to that one), Design for Life by the Manics (massive chorus), Echo Beach (everyone remembers that and it's got a great tempo and groove) and True Faith by New Order. No one else locally does these although a few local bands have started to copy some of our set as a result. Doing a search on You Tube for known songs but a cover version is a good source of inspiration. Here's a couple of examples below that we found...

How about having access to a Swap section as a bonus to the Marketplace subscription ? I think a purely Swap section is a great idea.

I forgot to do the feedback thing for Nik a few months ago, sorry! We had a chat about Mesa amps at the Bass Bash late last year and sorted a meet out to do a swap at Niks place a few weeks later (seems like he was doing a bit of horse trading there!) So he now has my MPulse 600 and I have his old Big Block 750. Fabulous guy and totally upstanding 😁