bonzodog

The band I am in now is by far the best musically but the most fun I ever had was in a band when I was 18. We were all 18 year olds and there is no way we would have ever let a 25 year old in let alone someone in their 40s

42 and desperately trying to continue playing bass in a band whilst bringing up a family. Gets me down quite a lot only having pretty basic basses and amps (browsing on here doesn't help ) but I have amazing kids that need my money more!

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Where does the idea that bass amplification has to be 4x more powerful than the sum total of the rest of the backline come from then?
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If you are referring to watts then that has little to do with the volume. The way I understand it , and I may be corrected is, bass amps need more power IE watts to drive the low frequency. A guitar with higher frequency needs less power to achieve similar volume levels.

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I got my B1.on (brand new) for £41 inc p&p from a seller on Amazon. It's perfect for home practice. Headphones in, iPod or other music source and bass...sorted
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+1
And not to mention the hours of fun with the looper and drum machine

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A bit off topic but there's a whole scene devoted to distressed looking cars, it's called "rat rodding". My brother had a colleague with a VW bus which he painted with oxidising paint so that it would deliberately look rusty.
Looks pretty cool (imo) on those old American pick up trucks!

Mighty fine looking P that though!!
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Yes I have a customer that builds distressed looking teardrop caravans

Saw some more pics of this the other day and it looks like all the dots around the dials light up when switched on so should look pretty cool when playing in the dark

People will be wearing jeans with holes in next !

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Unfortunately said 'mixtape' will consist entirely of the mates' favourite tunes from the late 80s and the band will get continually hassled by random guests during their break to put on some decent music as it is automatically assumed it's their mixtape.

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This happened to us once. We did a 50th and the guy asked us to play some background music inbetween our sets. Knowing what he liked I compiled a 45 min selection of ska songs which complemented our Mod and Northern soul stuff.
Only problem is people carried on dancing to the back ground music on the dance floor and I had left lots of gaps inbetween songs as I never thought to mix it properly. Cue lots of people standing around on dance floor waiting for next song to kick in.

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£400 is below what we charge pubs....
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You're doing well to get £400 from pubs. Most pubs don't pay much more than £250 unless they sell tickets.
Like I said though in other posts I'm not in it for the money anymore. We are playing a great pub tonight that gets packed solid with singing and dancing punters.

Thanks for all the kind offers guys. I may buy a new loom or get to grips with soldering myself. I have some old mic leads somewhere that have packed up so maybe about time I leant repair work.

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The 'volume knob pole' shouldn't waggle in my experience, so it could be the volume pot that needs replacing? Or like you say, a loose wire/dry joint. Shame you don't live closer as I could of done this for you for nothing. Its only a small job. Maybe someone on here who lives a bit closer could take a look?

Jas
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Thanks for the offer. I only waggled it when I undid it with a spanner so am sure it's just a loose wire. Don't mind taking it to a shop as the one I have in mind is 5 mins away. I just wanted to know in advance what he may (or try to) charge me.

Sorry if this should be posted in repairs.

Just plugged in my bass to rehearse for tomorrow night and no sound. After a bit of playing about I removed the volume knob and when I waggled the pole it sits on the bass came back on and then became intermittent when I waggled it.

Obviously a loose wire but as I have absolutely no skills in what to look for or how to repair it, I will have to take it to a shop. There are 2 shops fairly local to me who I know do repairs but I've never used them before so have no idea how much they will charge.

Anyone know roughly how much I should expect to pay for what I assume is just re-connecting a wire and hopefully a simple job? Just don't want to get ripped off.

Its only a cheap JHS Vintage so not overly happy about spending too much on it. Fortunately I do have (an even cheaper) bass I can use for tomorrow night

Thanks in advance

I think it looks great. I'm a big fan of the LH series and use them as my main amp but also like the shape function from the other Hartke amps. Been waiting for a class D from them so hopefully will be affordable

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I suppose it depends on your outlook on life…
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Exactly

I will probably be in a minority of one here but I, and I'm sure my two band mates are the same think about the gig before the money. If it's a party it will probably be a good night so we would be happy with £50 each. We've done loads of party's for friends of friends on the cheap.
I've spent 15 years playing in boring clubs where I only did it for the money.
Nowadays I'd happily play for a low fee as long as I enjoy it and I see people enjoying themselves to our music. Life is short so I want to play as many good gigs as possible.

It all depends on what extras you would need to be doing outside of a pub gig like arrival time, performing times etc

We get £200-£250 for pub gigs but we always take lighting, play music in between sets and play for 2 x 60 mins. £400 does seem a bit high to me unless you are providing and actual disco too rather than just backing music.
Tell him you will do it for £200 but he needs to get a dj to fill in between your sets

I use a LH500 as my main amp as it's very loud. I went into PMT Bham last week to buy a TC BH250 as a portable back up but the guy in the bass dept said it was not loud enough for pub gigs so I ended up buying another LH500 as they had one second hand.
The blackline gets great reviews but think it's hard to find anywhere that stocks one to try.

Opening an old thread.
Thinking about buying a couple of these as an upgrade from my 2 x TC BC210s. I've played a 410 hydrive and liked it but my back and storage options tell me 2 x 210 would be better.
Problem is no one seems to be using these 210s as there is not much talk about them on here. Anybody use them?

I'd be using them with my Hartke LH500

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So having tweaked my settings, I think I'm beginning to understand how to manipulate my sound to get a smoother, lest grating more textured sound, but I have another question since hearing a recording (DI'd into mixer) - my E string sounds bassier/boomier than my other strings, is this to do with compression? I have it set on about 9oclock......
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Could be string height? Is the E string closer to the pickups than the others. You could try raising the E string a bit to see if that makes a difference

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Me too...
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And me

Slade (minus Noddy) at Robin near Wolverhampton just before xmas. Great gig and good support from Joanovarc.

Thanks for the tips so far everyone.
Never tire of listening to those early albums. Just my opinion but I don't think the production of the albums Master of Reality onwards came close to the first two albums. Shame as there are some great songs on them , especially on Volume 4

I am surprised you are still persevering playing there as he will no doubt be there again. I'd run a mile.

We used to do a local pub where one of the regulars used to drunkenly dance in front of us knocking over mic stands and falling into one of us. Once was okay but he would do it all night. Gaffer and other locals found it hilarious but we didn't. We don't play there anymore.

Great stuff!! Very tight sound and comes across really well. Loving the bass tone too.
Only thing I would add is a bit more backing vocals. Female backing vocals would sound great on chorus alongside your singer on first track especially

Just listened to a great documentary on radio 4 called Compression vs Art. All about how compression is used in the music industry for both sonic reasons and to reduce file size. Plenty of examples where they show the same song in compressed and uncompressed formats.
Well worth a listen on catch up.
I would recommend listening through decent speakers or headphones though.
It's 30 mins long.