uk_lefty

I generally wouldn't do an unpaid gig with my established band. But if someone contacts us about a paid gig and the drummer doesn't k ow them he gets really awkward... "But they don't even know if they need lights FFS!!!" instead of taking it as a case of bring the lights and leave the lights in the van, they take five mins to set up. However if one of the drummer's mates asks us to do an unpaid gig in the bum end of nowhere he says "Yes!!" before even checking if anyone else is available. Gig income had been declining rapidly before covid.

Me too, I'm tempted. Well priced as well!

Am sure they've done their research and I reckon it's the portability thing. Everyone seems to do 12s. Personally I like a 15 or two but they didn't ask me so... Their loss? 🤔

There's no 15" cab... Why? Two 4x10 configurations, a 2x12 and an 8x10. But no 15s.... Why? I'd have thought this was the most popular cab config, but obviously I'm wrong.

From what I hear in demos the SY1 has more usable sounds... By that I mean more sounds that are similar to what you'd hear on 70s and 80s pop records, whereas the SYB5 I had just seemed to make industrial noise, which isn't my cup of tea.

I had the MIJ PB70US in lefty. A truly great P bass. I only sold it to fund a CIJ JB75US!

I like the look of some of them. Then I read the reviews and think they're not worth the money or the space in the house. Give me something with F holes to satisfy the "need" for the appearance of an acoustic and I'm happy I've got a use able instrument.

This thread is an interesting read. The rehearsal space I use sometimes has an Orange head and cab in the room and I hated them. I like to just plug n play and I couldn't fathom the controls at all, I don't mind a bit of grit in the sound but this was just buzz saw awful, I didn't realise they could do a decent clean sound. I really like the look of the Orange gear, might have to look closer now if a little time invested in learning how to tweak it means I can have super clean and vintage tube in one package....

Absolute best ever: Pearl Jam at Hard Rock calling. Must have been mid to late 2000s. The whole day was great but being near the front for Pearl Jams first UK gig in 15 years was an incredible experience. I'd seen a few of the support acts and saw the Hives win over a very sceptical audience to have them eating out of their hands. They were replacing Gaslight Anthem who two of my friends were obsessed with. Then Ben Harper and Relentless 7 who are absolutely amazing. But suddenly another 10,000 people were in for Pearl Jam taking the stage. We got swept off our feet by the surge of the crowd. I've just never experienced anything like it. Absolute best live band I've ever seen. I didn't know all the songs by any stretch, just Ten and VS at the time (used to play a few off Ten in my first band and PJ inspired me to get a fretless). Worst? Red Hot Chilli's at Knebworth in 2012. Absolutely painful. Left before the end. It was the sheer hope and expectation that did it to me. I was expecting this tk be off the scale best thing ever. It really wasn't.

This is every keys player I've ever known.

Not my cup of tea I'm afraid. That used to be an old favourite of mine.

Me too, and a hundred times more! Give them independence as long as they take all the bagpipes!

Am I imagining it or are a lot of Amps more reasonably priced all of a sudden?

Absolutely agree! And you can think you sound great singing along to the radio or whatever but then in a room of musos with nothing but a mic in front of you concentrating on the annunciation of each word and phrase etc... Its a real skill that looks a lot easier than it is!

Steady on, they might have got lots of Polish / Eastern European wedding gigs!

I had a "singer" trying to form a band call me up. Made me give chapter and verse on my bass cv etc and gave quite judgemental hmmms and uhuhs. Then I asked about her experience "I've never been in a band but my boyfriend says I'm good" was her reply. At the time I was a keen sportsman and was thinking of digging up my Scottish heritage to have one last crack at international competition for the upcoming under 21 World Cup. I used this as my excuse why I couldn't be as committed as she expected for her project "WHAT??!! You'd rather do that than be in a band with ME??!!!" was the final thing she said before I hung up, not sure whether to laugh or... I don't know!

I really like the concept here of switching from tube to FET. Been thinking about it all day how I could use a bit of warm tubey tone for one of my bands and a good old bit of clean punchy FET for another. But unless I can play through one myself to test it I won't take the plunge no matter how attractive the price. And can manufacturers of Amps and Pedals PLEASE get it that some bassists want clean tones.

But who would release it if I was singing the verses and chorus and the lyrics were about something distasteful? Granted some die hard fans would buy it and it would get some clicks on YouTube but it wouldn't launch a career for me. I was about to say you can't polish a turd but then Cheryl Cole is always by knee jerk reaction to anyone using that phrase so... I'm undecided!

Back to my vanity project statement though. If I want John Mayer to play 8 bars of lead on a track of mine I'm sure there's a price he'd do it for. Doesn't mean it will be any good (the track as a whole).

It's pretty much this! A good singer will get a lot out of it. Someone trying to use it to replace good vocals, good technique etc will not get much out of it. I have the Mic Mechanic which I use for Reverb, but I find the correction awful really. If I record my vocals I don't use that function of it, I prefer trying over and again to get it right than having the weird glitch sound.

Agreed. And a demo, like education, just because you've paid for it and maybe paid a lot, doesn't mean the end result is guaranteed to be a success!

Economic outlook isn't good. Home recording, producing and marketing is at your fingertips, better quality and cheaper than ever.... It could well happen soon!

If you're doing that out your own pocket I'd say its a vanity project and won't get you very far. My mates have recorded very polished and well produced demos for less than a grand, if that gets them in front of record companies then, I would guess, the record company can advance the money for the credible producer.

Well there's two different things there. You could argue that Lilly Allen etc from privileged backgrounds are either standing up for the worse off or pretending to be something they're not. People will have their own views on that. Then the way i meant it in context which is people from a privileged background shouldn't look down on those without the same accident of circumstances for no other reason than a class divide. Because class seems to be defined by something you haven't achieved yourself and its not the 1800s anymore, despite how some might want it to be.