spacey

Set of yamaha 15" + 2" Horn for that on a selling group in Yorkshire, they will hammer the peavey on Vocal clout.

I would like to run a good old fashioned spectrum analyser across these systems to see if there is a gap in the lower Mid where the bass sits.
When I ran a touring rig that was mainly martin 115 and 215 bins we never had any issue with getting a decent crack from the bass.
I must admit, I find the bass sound at gigs has gone seriously down hill, it either a modern fashion of sound, or just the fascination with Sub bass swamps everything in the lower range.

They went through a period in the mid to late 80's where it was van Morrison and Elvis Costello every flaming festival

[quote name='essexbasscat' timestamp='1429296315' post='2750260']
Oldest song that keeps coming back ?

Happy Birthday !
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Funny story about that song.
Mates band went for an audition as a "functions band" with an agent.
What would you like to hear they asked the agent.

Happy Birthday he replied.
Err we dont know it.
Bye then the agent said, come back when you do, what kind of a functions band can not play a version of happy birthday ?

Good point he said...

I suppose it depends on circumstances, if you live with Mummy and daddy, or have a good day job then you can afford to do things as a hobby.
If you need to eat, pay bills and rent then if you are asked to do something others "normally get paid to do" you have to say yes please, I would like the same level of professional respect.
A cheque would be fine

I have done both.
I soon learnt the second gets you far more work as they value you on what you value yourself at.

Good News, I got a fee every time I did TV always started from the point that if others are good enough to be paid a TV fee, then I am, undervaluing yourself is never a good start to anything, you need to decide what camp you are in and there are only two.
Good enough to be paid for your work and not good enough.
A reputation for been in the not good enough one would be a deleterious reputation to have in any profession.

You will also see they treat those they have to pay with artistes respect as well, dressing room, refreshments, roadie.
Having seen both sides, it beats getting changed in the bogs and escorted out at the end to the back door whilst the artistes get fed.

I carry a back up bass but also some strings fitted, wound on, clipped off and then taken straight off, in the event of a breakage having one that is ready to fit and stretched means you can swap a string out in a minute or two at worst.

Totally jaded !
I agree, but then I like to think I am worth the same as what other performers get paid, they also book the return train tickets to be collected with a pin number and send a pick up to the station for everyone else as well.

In my jaded view, you either get paid or you dont get paid.
same arguments get touted to photographers for free work, exposure, get your name know, never works, if your good enough to play on TV, you are good enough to be paid the standard musicians union rate the BBC pay everyone else.
Or perhaps they don't think you are good enough to be paid the same.

Think its £220 per 3 hours studio time.

Fender should get off their backsides and start enforcing trademarks.
The brand is fast becoming a laughing stock of fakery and counterfeit copies.

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1428568762' post='2742426']
Rammstein , scorpions,joe satiriani , Judas Priest , slipknot
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Rammstein, the only band that spit roasts the audience for the ticket price

[quote name='Shockwave' timestamp='1428502914' post='2741889']
The Modern players have been discontinued, no more Chinese "Fenders" being produced.
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Lets hope so, They should only put Fender on the very best USA instruments in my opinion, get the brand back as a premium range instrument.
Anything else badge it squire.

People will pay for the right stuff.

[quote name='dadofsix' timestamp='1428503574' post='2741906']
Geez, how thick was that strap??? My two Warwicks have proven to be eminently road-worthy over the years -- save for one tuner. lol
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Probably a combination of strap over the pot, crap plastic gater case and clumsy roadie if I am to be honest, but in went the volume pot and the wood around it.
They non German ones might be thicker cavities.

Not many can send bass frequencies without clipping the bass off, thats why I never got on with them.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1428477704' post='2741545']
Wh puts a bass away in its case without taking the strap off first?
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People that use them as Tools of a trade and expect them to be robust enough for the job.
Why I do not play warwicks anymore, they are just not robust enough, lovely instruments to play, but a machine head snapping mid gig is not my idea of a reliable instrument.
That and the wood around the pots it's very soft and thin.

Beats the normal one, shutting the case with the strap over the pots and bang, the pot snaps the wood underneath and falls in.
Loverly basses but almost made out of glass.

No longer a premium brand, which is a shame.

They can not get the body thickness down or the headstock camber right, the two things that are hard to do on a budget copy as you need some good quality cured Ash not basswood.
The Japanese era copies are far better at it.

95% of what I have heard recorded from budget studios sounds the same.

[size=6][b]BAAAAAANG [/b][/size]loud in your face trying to grab your attention.
No space for bass tone, kick drum like a canon, compressed within in an inch of its life and at 20 seconds I hit the stop button.
Heard enough, loud band alert time.

one studio here invested in 24 track tape and old valve compressors and the sound is just magical, you can hear the bass tone and it sounds like a bass guitar !
Magical old school stuff.
The music has spaces, it has quite bits and dynamics missing from the generic American Mosh bang bang bang loud mix school of recording

Concentrate on remembering the songs.
Root fifths 12 bar in different keys and swap around bits, it can get very hard unless you are a huge fan as they all start to sound the same.
Far harder than 20 thought grabbing tracks.

Far better to get a Buzz going around where you live and the news of packed out venues soon reaches those that need to know in this game.
When I think back of bands "that made it" they all had one thing in common, the venues at their gigs were sell outs ten times over before they got signed.

When you have touts trading tickets outside, then its time to start calling record companies and promoters.

They are a Rocking better generic mould turnout, as copies go, a bit poor and only worth £350 because it looks like the real thing.

Basically what your buying, that and a load of bull.

Need more popcorn.

Rookie mistake on the neck plate, they start the screws at the same place so heads are as close lined up as possible, got lazy on the 3rd screw.