markbunney

Yes it did, they had gigs lined up and a reasonable bunch of songs. I didn’t like the whole setlist, but then I have never played in a band where I liked everything on the list - the majority was good though. If nothing else, I am finding doing things like this is increasing my confidence with playing with new people, and learning different songs

They didn’t really say why, just that they had gone with someone else. They said the singer had voted for me, but the guitarist and drummer had voted for someone else 😂

I can’t make my mind up on this. it’s just what I was looking for - a simple, portable unit with aux & headphones that I could possibly use at a gig, but then I keep thinking that if I spent more money I could get a Stomp that I could use with my guitar as well, and I could definitely gig with it

I got the “thanks, but no thanks” text this afternoon which is a bummer Nevermind, I enjoyed the audition and playing some songs that I wouldn’t normally play

Back home from audition. It went as well as could be expected and they seemed a nice bunch etc….. Ended up only playing 2 of the audition songs as they were sick of playing Go Your Own Way that night 😬 Instead we played 2 other songs off the setlist that I had learned, so I was glad I had made the effort to learn them. hopefully I’ll hear back from them soon, one way or the other

Thanks for all the good wishes, I shall report back afterwards. Re: learning 17 extra songs, some I had already played before, some were quite straight forward and some I just fancied having a go at so it’s not been too bad. I’ve had auditions before that have not gone well before because I didn’t know anything past the handful of songs I’d been asked to learn. I’m taking inspiration from Jason Newstead learning all of Metallicas back catalogue before his audition! 🤘

I have an audition tonight. They sent me the setlist, and said to learn three specific ones off it for the audition. I have learnt those, and am pretty comfortable with them, but Ive had a good go at learning another 17 of them just in case!

Awesome looking board! can I ask why you have 2 Boss sy 200s?

Lol I sent him the same picture and it wasnt very well received!

You might be right with that. I saw a retailer this morning had the HX One on sale, and it’s only been out for a short while

Our gig was cancelled tonight as our singer/guitarist broke his ankle on Monday! we have nothing booked now until the end of June, which is very depressing!

There are a few reviews/videos starting to appear for the guitar version, hopefully some more bass ones will start to appear soon. I am v interested in getting one of these

Thats lovely - am very jealous! Have seen a few posts today on social media of people receiving these

I sold a bass to Frankie Poullain from The Darkness. I had listed it for sale on Gumtree, and I met him outside my old office in Canary Wharf to hand it over. It was an Epiphone Thunderbird, and he said that he wanted a cheaper one to play at home, as he was worried about leaving his expensive Gibson ones lying around with young kids in the house!

Teamup works pretty well as long as people fill in when they are off

Andertons have them for pre order for £199 arriving in April

Awesome, thanks. this looks great, I’ve been thinking about getting a HX Stomp for ages, but out off by the cost and the fact I would only use a small portion of its functionality

It doesn’t have an aux in, but can I plug my phone in through the usb socket so I can play along to songs?

Yesterday I visited a well known music shop in Brighton to try a few new basses. I wanted to try some of the USA Fender Jazz’s they had in stock, with a view to making a purchase in a few months. I didn’t really love the ones i tried, and ended up trying a Mexican FSR bass they had, which was less than half the price of the others. I absolutely loved it, and was on the verge of buying it there and then, but when I went to see if there was anything that could be done on the price, I was told that the bass had already been reserved and wasn’t for sale 😭 Typically, it was a limited edition and they weren’t sure if they could get any more in. Now the thing that surprised me the most was that someone somewhere had bought this bass, but it was still left out in the shop for anyone to try. I would have thought it would be taken off sale as soon as someone had paid. If anyone on here has just bought a FSR Jazz, then I am very jealous!

Played with The 77s at Market House in Maidstone last night. It was our last gig with our outgoing drummer, I thought it might be a bit awkward but it turned out fine. The place was packed, and we had a really good gig. It’s my favourite place to play locally, I have been playing at the weekly jam night that is held there, but it was nice to play a full gig there. There were a couple of the other “big” local covers bands playing at other pubs in town, but it didn’t seem to affect our attendance. we have a dep lined up for our next gig in March, and then nothing currently booked until June whilst we sort out a new drummer. The only downside was having to load out in torrential rain.

we use Teamup, seems to work pretty well, although if I had a pound for every time a member has said they can't make something even though they are showing as free on the calendar.........

I have the alpha omega amp and it’s brilliant

We had 15 gigs booked for this year, our drummer decided he wanted a minimum fee from gigs and so we had to cancel 4 gigs because they weren’t paying what he wanted, a week later he quit with no notice which has meant we’ve had to cancel several more, which means I’ve lost out on around £600 which I’m not happy about! currently looking for a second band or dep opportunities in the mean time. I have been going to the local jam night though, just to keep my playing going

Just FYI GAK have moved their bass department to the upstairs of the next door shop and they didn’t have a huge amount of space, or bass gear when I last went a few months ago

I’ve not watched this documentary since it was released, I’ll have to try and watch it this week. I saw Jason Newsted with Metallica a few times, he was brilliant and still one of my favourite players. His bass playing on Load & Reload is great.