Clarebear68

[quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1351460208' post='1851489'] Awesome to hear you've been offered a New Year gig! I doubt your Ibanez will let you down mate, just make sure to put a fresh battery in it before the gig! [/quote] We've only done 3 gigs so far, so I was amazed they thought we were good enough to ask us to do it! I have to admit it's been a brilliant bass to play and I've not had a single problem with it so far but it's the kind of gig that could lead to quite a few more if it goes well, so I'd rather not take any chances.

The band I'm in have been offered a New years Eve Gig. If I have any problems with my amp or cabs, I can find a workaround (e.g. going through the PA etc) but I have the one bass guitar, so if that goes down for any reason I'm screwed. Does anyone know of anywhere in Manchester that rents out decent instruments?

We made a decision limit the covers we did by only doing songs by British bands and that they had to have been in the top 40. So the 10 we most often put in our set and the ones that get the best reaction from the crowd are... London Calling Pump it up Take me Out Start My Girl (Madness) I Predict a Riot Unbearable (The Wonder Stuff) Start me up Save a Prayer and a rocked out version of Kids in America that goes down a storm ... And they are fun to play as well

[quote name='Wil' timestamp='1349561796' post='1827844'] Have fun. I still reckon the best gig I've ever been to was Radiohead in 2000 during their big top tour. [/quote] I saw them during that tour too - It's one of the best gigs I've been to.

I think Flea's a great player, great technique and I always thought his basslines were interesting ... I just wish the songs on the last couple of albums showed as much imagination as his basslines do.

[quote name='andydye' timestamp='1338220257' post='1671009'] markbass do a velcro one that sticks to your cab (if it's carpet covered of course) an dI've seen one that clips onto a table before too... [/quote] I saw the markbass one and thought there must be a cheap way of doing it. So I got hold of a couple of Velcro cable ties from a mate, wrapped one vertically around the side handle of my speaker cab and slipped the other one underneath so that it goes horizontally - and then I wrap this around the neck of my bass to hold it upright. It works pretty well.

No particular order and just people who made me want to start playing bass and are the biggest influences on how I try to play Bernard Edwards Jaco Mani Darryl Jones Ron Carter Les Claypool Mick Karn John Taylor Sting Stuart Zender