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I play in a covers band and it's definitely not just about what, or how well you play - but How you Play to the audience. 

We are pretty cheeky and go out of our way to engage, but it's all natural stuff- no delusions of being rock stars. 

Our guitarist is fun, loves a knee solo ( sometimes needs a hand up afterwards), we are all wireless and have recently taken to dashing into the audience and photobombing selfies whenever possible.

If things are quiet, we do more interaction. Usually means by the second set we have less need to.

We try and dance a bit...but we're all Dads....

Turbo Condom and the Fish Fingers - we knew one song (House of the Rising Sun) which the drummer could sing but couldn't play, we made up two others - the drum kit fell over. Our mates in the garage at the party thought we were gods....

Dumper - the above 3 piece became a 5 piece and learned how to plug everything in. We gigged a lot and by the end actually got quite good, somehow.

Red Raw and Sore - one guitarist left and we ' rebranded ' only played a couple of gigs then packed it in for a bit.

NightOwl- myself and two other Dumpers, plus a new girl singer and another good guitarist.  Quite a few gigs , well received- pregnancy stopped play ( very amicably of course.)

Declined Transaction- I work for a corporate credit card company and this band was formed by an old punk director, an inspired name choice. The most fun I had at work 3 singers ( one awesome) great drummer, two bassist and two dodgy guitarists. Said director blagged us into British Summer Time in Hyde Park, twice. We released a single. Had our name banned by the CEO (American Bible Belter - nuff said...)

Hoaxx- my current band, probably the best I've been in. Get more gigs offered than we want 🙂

Cheers Dad, I think that's what I'll end up doing. Like you say, it's a village fun day, with a beer tent.... I may be overthinking it 😉

Heading off to a little outdoor gig in an hour so apologies if I don't respond!

Anyhow, we'll be supplying pa for this gig - recent outdoor gigs I've had the two subs sitting together and central. This has been fine as we've either had a small stage or been on a truck etc. Sound has been good.

This one is at ground level though, so can't tuck the subs underneath and obviously can't have them centrally in front of the band.

Would I better of placing the two together on one side of the band? I'm conscious of the filtering/ power alley thing that I vaguely understand 😉

Cheers all.

I have more guitars than hangers, and somehow seem to have gravitated to Corvettes. The Warwick photo is rarely seen as the two fives live in my gig bag.

The other view is most common!

I have a Mezzo 5 and snapped up a Warwick Rockbass Corvette Medium scale 5 from the marketplace here soon after.

They are both great, but the Warwick edges the Mezzo for my needs. If you can find one, I recommend it.

I now take two Corvette's to a gig (one German 34 and the 32),as back up and if  space is tight (like last night) I opt for the 32". 

Avalon Funeral sounds pretty interesting too. I'm thinking Roxy Music covers done in a Doom Metal style - Bryan Ferry in corpse paint would be quite a look.

Mine has had a modest makeover. I'd ideally like black hardware too, and to sort the preamp but that little project can wait a bit.

Rip it Up (and start again) - Orange Juice

Kebab shops that close before we've finished loading out. Rude.

I start off pretty mobile and slowly get more worn out as the evening progresses!

17 hours ago, Newfoundfreedom said:

I've got the Harley Benton Airborn Pro, as does my guitarist. We both use then both for practice and gigging and I can't fault it at all for the money. 

I switched to one of these from from a Shure GLXd16 and a Smoothound because I got drop outs with them - I think it might have been the wireless router we use for the mixer, and in bigger pubs they failed when it filled with phones. Shame because I liked them both, although the aerials on the Smoothhound receiver get in the way a bit on a pedal board.

The Harley Benton is on the  5.8khz frequency and (touch wood) hasn't missed a beat. Flimsier than the GLXD16 but works for me.

I always think that the Jaguar bass is classic, but also fits the 'hip and different' thing as they aren't as common as Jazzes and Precisions - there's a few options of variants price wise. Also they often have a 32" scale, which does mean that there is a little less finger stretch involved and so maybe more comfortable/easier to learn on. Here's one https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Squier-Classic-Vibe-70s-Jaguar-Bass-Black/2ZYB?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=surfaces_across_google&utm_content=surfaces_across_google

Another option, also 32" scale is an Ibanez Mezzo, cracking little basses these - I have the 5 string version. There is a 4 string in the classifieds on here I think, but this is what I'm referring to https://www.thomann.de/gb/ibanez_srmd200d_mft.htm

On 22/05/2022 at 08:47, Nail Soup said:

My class was 14/15 when John Lennon was killed. Our English teacher gave over the next lesson to John. We weren’t really sure who John Lennon was.

It must have been a big deal for the teacher though.

I was about 11 when my Mum told me that Lennon was dead, I was confused for a while as I thought Lenin had already been dead for some time...

Skyscraper - David Lee Roth

Life Eternal - Ghost

They Call the Wind Maria - Harve Presnell

The End - The Doors

2 hours ago, stewblack said:

Perfect fit!

Yes,  the table legs can be adjusted so they are wider apart or narrower ( as well as longer) so it might work with a variety of cabs. 

Hi all

Just thought I'd share this as I haven't seen anyone else do this before (I'm sure they have, it's not that special 😉.)

I wanted to be able to just use one cab for smaller gigs etc.,  but also wanted to angle that cab up and have my (big and heavy) ABM sit on top.

Below is what I came up with and it works well,  I think it looks ok too.

The amp sits on a table I got from Thomann with the amp on a wedge underneath,  in this case it's also on my Gramma Pad too.

Works well for me.

Gary Gilmore's Eyes - The Adverts

Lots of short scale 30" options.

The Ibanez Mikro is shorter still but a fat sounding lovely little bass.

Also the next size up is worth a look,  Ibanez Mezzo at 32", cracking bass.

Unless you are a tribute, or focused on playing exact covers - then once you've got the song structure and any 'signature' riffs and licks down, then start paying more attention to what sounds good with YOUR band rather than the original. 

Set aside a few hours in a village hall with 'not great' acoustics and do a 'tech session' together. 

We did this when we got a Behringer digital mixer and it really helped us learn how to use all the functions. 

Makes sound checking in normal venues a breeze now.

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