Davy

Still looks great every time I read the ad!

Surprised no-one has snapped this up yet.

27 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

 

Hope it improved!

Sadly not. The highlight of the evening was the McDonald's on the journey back and the Dairy Milk waiting for me in the freezer when I got home! 🤣

Onwards and upwards though, we've got a small festival gig tomorrow night with actual paying punters so that's something to look forward to.

1 hour ago, Bunion said:

Ahh your playing the cheese and grain in Frome? 😂🤣

The Victoria in Sunderland. Give it a wide berth.

Worst gig of the year so far tonight!

3 people in, terrible acoustics and just when I thought it couldn't get any worse they told us it was too loud!

Oh yes and I'm writing this in the break so I've got to go back on in 5 mins! Short second set I think...

I like the upgrades, very tasteful.

GLWTS.

First gig in 3 weeks last night with my classic rock covers band "Fossil".

A new venue for us(The Benton Ale House in North Tyneside) and a new start time of 8pm rather than the usual 9-9.30pm start.

I was pleasantly surprised by the turn out and everyone stuck around even after we started playing! 😁

Got a lot of positive feedback and were asked to come back again.

It was also nice to get back in the house an hour earlier than normal! 😊

We're off again next weekend but then back into the usual 2 gigs a weekend after that.

9 hours ago, stewblack said:

This is almost my ideal band - no rehearsals, play anything we're asked regardless of whether we know it, and somehow pull the whole thing off.

Totally with you on that front, it's great flying by the seat of your pants sometimes. I hate it when songs take weeks and weeks to get right in rehearsals.

On another note, I've been off the road for three weeks now due to band member holidays and these posts are keeping me going. Keep it up everyone!

Having recently bought a Cort B5 I'm a convert to this brand.

Really well put together basses with quality parts and they sound great too, I'm sure this will be no different.

Oh and that finish!

GLWTS - If my Fender Jazz sells in time I might well be interested in this...

Great price for a quality bass.

I recently bought a Cort B5 and it's become my no.1 bass.

I wish I'd discovered Cort earlier, whoever buys this won't be disappointed.

I recently bought a Cort B5 which I'm loving but I don't like the look of the control knobs.

I quite like the domed knobs that are fitted to the Ibanez SR basses but not sure if they'd fit the Cort.

Has anyone ever exchanged knobs before and are they all standard opening sizes?

Fender FSR Player Jazz Bass Aged Natural with Maple Fingerboard.

It's in almost new condition having only been played in the house a few times by the original owner and then at a couple of gigs by me. It looks like there are scratches on the photos but they are just reflections.

Currently strung with a set of rounds.

4.0kg on the bathroom scales.

I understand that these are now discontinued in this particular colour.

I would prefer collection but I have a shipping box that I could securely package it up in if the buyer pays for shipping and insurance.

We played in Sunderland city centre last night. Parking was actually OK(right out the back).

Not really the venue for us, DJ was playing 80s music while where were setting up.

It was actually much louder than we were, so much so that I had to wear my earplugs while we were setting up.

Wasn't too bad in the end after the DJ had gone and we went on but I sometimes wonder why these places put bands on when the 80s stuff seemed to have more punters in than we did playing classic rock.

Looking forward to a couple of weeks off now after three weeks of back to back weekend gigs.

5 minutes ago, peteb said:

 

Not had a problem parking (the place that we play has an underground car park by the load-in), but the one way system and bus lanes are a nightmare. At the last gig, the keys player got a fine for driving in a bus lane (that he successfully appealed). Gawd knows how I didn't - really confusing... 

 

I'm guessing you played at Trillians Bar. I've never played there but have been in the audience there a few times(without a car).

The last thing you want is a traffic fine after a long drive from Yorkshire, petrol money and probably not a great fee. Hope the gig was good at least...

35 minutes ago, FinnDave said:

Which pub? I've played a lot of Swindon gigs and parking is usually a nightmare - but Oxford's even worse! I went to see a band in Swindon a couple or weeks ago, spent an age finding a car park, walked to the gig and only afterwards realised that I no idea idea where the car was. Luckily, my phone had remembered and directed me back there. 

We play in Newcastle occasionally and it's always a nightmare getting parked with the lack of parking spaces, bus lanes and one-way streets. If you can't find a space near the pub then you have to literally drive out of the city centre and come right around the ring road and back in again to another car car park. Such a shame because the city centre gigs can be really good.

The other thing that amazes me is that the car parking spaces in the city are always full on an evening and are still full when we leave after 12am. And these drivers aren't drinking alcohol?...

On 13/05/2022 at 13:12, dmccombe7 said:

We're finding same thing on Friday nights that used to be busy but not so much now. If people are going out i think they will prefer a Sat night if at all.

Sign of the times i'm afraid.

Dave

Up in the North-East, Sunday afternoon gigs are becoming the new Friday night for some reason. Doesn't work for me unfortunately as I have kids so I have to knock them back.

I think generally the audience numbers have been dropping up here since the early 90s when I first starting gigging. Back then pubs were normally pretty full every weekend and there were a lot more Thursday night gigs too.

Tribute bands, 80s bands and function bands still seem to do quite well though. 

Maybe it's just that people are a bit fed up with the classic rock that my band is doing.

Funnily enough, I suggested to the band at the gig last night that we do a side project next year, playing stuff a bit less heavy. Didn't go down too well with the guitarists...🤣

Anyway, my gig last night. A lovely purpose built performance venue in Northumberland called Platform 1.

Great in-house PA and lights and a proper stage!

We had to mix our own sound but we use a Soundcraft ui16 with ipad mixers normally so just connected into their speakers(4 bass bins/4 tops and 3 monitors) and it was fine.

The room was very live sounding but a great audience and no heavy lifting for a change.

Love this shape and made even better with split p pickup, much easier to rest your thumb on than the original single coil pickup on the Sting version.

On 03/05/2022 at 12:15, Lowend soldier said:

tbf thats a great looking bass.....

Yes it's got a lovely finish.

Great price, GLWTS.

That is a bargain. All Ibanez basses are very well built and great value for money. I'd have had this if it had come up for sale a few weeks earlier.

So tempting...and a roasted maple neck...

17 hours ago, therealting said:

Really wish my left hand could manage Soundgear necks without cramping up - that is gorgeous. 

I thought Ibanez made some of the slimmest necks on the market? Maybe not the 5 string though...

This is a bargain.

GLWTS.

Wow, that birdseye maple board...

I wish I'd known that you had this when I bought your Sire off you...

Wow, love the that fretboard.

I wish my hands were bigger and more flexible...