petebassist

They bumble along with nearly 3 million monthly listeners and a couple of songs exceeding 140 million streams. Yes pop music as in short for popular, as opposed to unpopular music, e.g. my music 🙂

Blue Lagoon is the only Bristol bar I know that does party bangers and is large enough, and yes you need to get to know the booker. It's good for load in/out as well.

Danke schön 😉

Incidentally I looked at Thomann and the Spiros say Light on the packet instead of Weich. I know Weich means Light but wasn't sure why they've translated the weight, do you think they're exactly the same?. Looked elsewhere and most UK places are out of stock. Thanks

I've not had this problem with Obligatos or any strings, but maybe it depends on how much playing you do. If I play infrequently and my fingers get sore, I wrap masking tape round them just once or twice, just enough to protect the pads but keep the feel of the strings.

I used to have a stentor 1950, great gigging bass. Thomastik: Spirocore Weichs are great strings and last forever, and for extra lightness some people use the solo set instead of orchestra set. I used the orchestra set on my Stentor. I currently have Presto nylon wounds on, which are really easy on the hands, but have more of a gut-like thud than a growl I’d say.

Great question - I've heard the same term used to describe double bass strings, and never knew what it meant either. I'd say there are only four sounds/tones - trebly, bassy, and muddy... and Jean Jacques Burnel. 😉

Saw this at the cinema last year - amazing!!! a bit heavy on the gospel at times, but loved it. Steve Wonder is awe inspiring, 5th Dimension and the rest great.

I'd go for one or the other but not both. My Ibanez has side dots in the usual places - 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, where the fret would be, and dots on the boards just above where your finger should be so that you can still see them when you position your hand, and in the right light you can see very thin lines on the board, in fact I only noticed these the other weekend when it was sunny. I find the side dots handy to glance at now and again if I'm moving up and down a lot. Never used the dots on the board, or the lines. Seems to generate a lot of opinion about what's best, but TBH you can always ignore the dots/lines if you don't need them.

Exactly the type of advice I needed @BigRedX, appreciated! Sounds like it was a pain back in the 80s - I hope your royalties are still rolling in 💰💰💰 I'll perform it at open mics as well so will be doing as you advise.

I registered with PRS a couple of years back when I wrote a couple of songs but didn't use it (at the time, couldn't figure out the difference between PPL, PRS, and MCPS and all that, but the online PRS instructions seem to have improved a lot & I can understand them). Does anyone simply register a work in PRS to copyright it? I'm not expecting a huge income from the song (unless Taylor Swift wants to record it), but I don't want anyone to rip it off. I'll probably just put it out on Youtube with a home made video. Advice or tips welcome. Thanks, Pete

I don't think you'll be able to find out how you'll sound until you plug in and start sound checking but you seem to have enough controls there - unless you're going for a full on jazz club sound - I know nothing about that. I've only ever gigged with a KK pure preamp going into an amp or PA - only had feedback once in pub with wooden floor boards & I usually tape up the sound holes with masking tape (not a great look admittedly, foam inserts are better if you can knock up some). Hope the gigs go well.

Years ago I worked in an ice cream van doing the rounds in Newton Aycliffe in County Durham. The jingle machine packed up one evening so we played Led Zep's Black Dog from a cassette as we pulled into each street.

Is that a Duke? looks very cool!

As said, don’t worry about the up front cost, it’s a once-in-a-decade event 😉

Stellar voice, wonderful performer, and what a legacy...

The setup thing is a bit of a pain if you buy from somewhere like G4M. If you took a trip up to somewhere like Bass Bags in Derby you could pick up a new bass and get a setup at the same time - I did this for my Eastman, and can recommend the service. Or as suggested, by a used model that's been setup already. Best of luck with your search.

Great band, happened to see them in the Cold Town House bar recently on a night out in Edinburgh, and of course the bass player is cool as F, had a very nice five string Fender jazz that sounded ace.

The TV coverage sound was all over the place - I only watched half of Guns & Roses because they had slash turned up to 11 and drowning out everything else - couldn't hear Duff or the other guitarist. For EJ though, apparently the sound mix was perfect....

440 grams Caline CP-60 Wine Cellar - Bass Drive & DI Effects Pedal, CP60 This is a budget version of similar DarkGlass amp pedals, I'm road-testing one for pub gigs, works a treat so far...

I love this. Appreciate the mini-bass tone isn't to everyone's taste. Ditto jazz in general.

Bass sounds awesome on there, Yamaha Attitude by the looks of it...

Expect to get beer thrown over you at a pub gig if your bass fails and you're just standing there holding up the entertainment. 😅