martthebass

It's about 5 years since I left the 'jeans and T shirt' approach. Not that there's anything wrong with that but, certainly for a band or genre tribute, you have to at least look and act the part. I think that's the difference between 10 and 50 gigs a year.

I think another consideration is the effort that needs to be put into tribute bands outside of the music. We probably spend as much, if not more time on the marketing, choreography and 'the look' of the stage and band members as we do on the music. This level of attention to detail has probably made the difference in terms of getting in work as we get lots of positive comments and generally no problems on the forward bookings.

Just one band for me doing about 40 gigs per year (down from 50 as I'm on chemo and need some recovery time at times). A tribute to 70s Glam Rock at its finest. Mainly play in the North of England but do bikers rallies and other bits and pieces further afield.

Like above, it's a technique thing. If you don't want the mwaaaah then raise the action a touch and play it like a normal fretted and you'll be there. I had a fretless Stingray set up this way and in the mix it sounded little different to a fretted bass, just a bit less zing and attack.

I use 30” and 34”, I find as long as I only take one scale for a gig and don’t swap mid gig then I’m fine.

The aesthetics are always personal I guess. I think, personally, the Mustang shape has grown on me over the years and I especially like the comp stripe look. The lack of upper fret access can be a 'challenge' but for what I play it's rarely an issue. For years I played a Stingray/Jazz/4003 set up and looking back on the pics taken at gigs realise how big some of these looked on my 5'8" physique. Some of the issues with the Mustang are addressed in the G&L Fallout but I still prefer the look of the Mustang in general but prefer the flexibility of the Fallout on some gigs.

Sounds good......I played this one for years finger style, no one ever noticed.

Sadly we had to cancel our gig at short notice due to the singer testing positive. Covid, the gift that keeps on giving 😔

Had a trip over the Pennines on Saturday to a place topside of Manchester that wasn’t Yorkshire. Great little boozer and great crowd. Although the pub was adorned with Happy Monday’s, Oasis type stuff they really sempt to enjoy 70s Glam. https://www.facebook.com/100057309975369/videos/312264734148803/

Love it, yes definitely a whiff of Flying Lizards on the delivery, but loved them too.

Bit of an over generalisation......

I get all my gear in one of these.......with a bit of a squeeze....

What secret mountain top HQ.....is there something I should know 😒

I've been on MB for about 10 years now so haven't really tried Mustangs on any other set up; seems to work well for me though. The MW sig can sometimes be a bit overblown in the bass end on stage depending on venue, but usually seems just fine FOH. If I need a bit more definition I take the G&L Fallout which has a bit more flexibility.

It almost felt like things were back to normal last night with a fully packed WMC less than 10 minutes from home (much better than the trip across the Pennines in less than ideal conditions last weekend). The last time we played this venue was during restrictions, limited numbers, no dancing, table service etc so it was awesome to have people dancing from the first choon and lots of noise. The new songs were well received too so a cracking night all round.

Love mine, in fact the Mustang brothers got an outing at a packed out to the rafters gig last night

I can’t believe how much £ they are going for these days - even the Mikey Way

Wow......my CW has gone up £500 since I bought it last year....now just over £4K with front leds and schallers.

I'm still searching for the perfect pick, I'm almost exclusively finger style and can get plenty of attack with nails/hard skin but appreciate that sometimes to get that 'feel' you need a pick. I always struggle to get the level of control on volume with a pick and generate too much string noise, especially if I use a thick pick.

It is, it’s a p width rather than a jazz.

Is that the original fitment bridge? I thought it looked more like the older 4003 bridge than this?

I don't need another Rick, I don't need another Rick, I don't need another Rick............ That bridge is hideous, I hope you're going to do the right thing

I notice he now 'resides' very close to my abode....perhaps a buy and collect is in order.....