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Shift work makes it difficult. If others in the band aren't working shifts then nobody wants a bassist who can only rehearse alternate weeks. If others in the band are shift workers then usually the shifts don't coincide so there's no rehearsals at all. "What about weekend rehearsals," I hear you cry. I'd be up for that too, but nobody likes rehearsing at the weekend for a number of reasons - the day they have the kids, the missus wants to go shopping, it's my day in the pub, the football is on, can't be arsed etc etc.

So I have to wait for quiet periods when shifts stop and I work regular days... then shifts come back and I ask to stay on days... which is ok for a few weeks then I get the threats about what will happen if I don't start doing shifts again, and bye bye band.

^^^^ Sweet baby Jeebus hallelujia!

Everyone around here seems to want to play classic rock and not much else. Nothing wrong with that in principle but it's getting more and more difficult to get musicians together to write new material. It seems only the youngsters around here are up for something new, but it's generally djent, which I'm fine with, but at 45 I'm viewed by the young uns as a bit of an old git.

I've just done a year with Weazeldust, a punky rock'n'roll band. Had to pack it in due to shift work, unfortunately. Not playing live at the mo, but still writing stuff and learning new stuff on the bass

'Sup Ben. Camborne boy here. Welcome!

£600? Sod that....

Greetings! Welcome to the forum. Nice name, BTW!

I'm in the market for the same thing. Looks like I'll be getting a McMillen 12 step - you can either trigger soft synths with it or buy the additional midi expander to trigger hard synths.

Guitar Pro 6 is a nice little program. You can speed scores up, slow it down, loop it etc. Try to work up to being comfortable playing the piece a little quicker, say 5% quicker, than the original during practice, then the piece should feel easily manageable when you get back to playing along to the original.

The black one is a beast. I got me one of these off here a couple of months back. Money well spent - I can't put it down!

Some old biddy came up and cupped my balls down at some social club in Penzance. And her husband was at the bar 20 feet away.... I felt dirty... and not in a good way....

I got a Streamliner 900 going into a Barefaced Big Twin 2 - love it! It does pretty much everything I want. It's ridiculously loud - in the rock'n'roll band I was playing in earlier this year, I generally gigged on less than volume level 1. Can't wait til we go out with the new prog and grunge bands I'm in - it's going to be sonic heaven! I haven't found anything negative to say about the Genz so far....

I love the pic!

As far as loud guitarists go, I run a Genz Streamliner 900 through a BF Big Twin 2, so if they want to get competitive they'd better be ready to lose control of their innards!

Lovely bass. Have a bump on me, sir!

EDIT: Sorry, that sounded a bit... umm... you know.... *blush*

Thanks for all your info, guys. I'm liking the look of the McMillen 12 step controller. What is a reasonably good hardware synth to connect to it to get started?

I spent the last year in an original rock n roll band and we did nearly 50 gigs. There is a scene, but you really need be around for a bit before you find out what is happening where. Like any out-of-the-way place, advertising is a bit sparse sometimes.

Whoa.... that's a lovely bass...

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After years of listening to NS's albums I finally got to see him and his band in Falmouth about 5 years ago. It was absolutely fantastic - the care he puts into the production of his albums is also there in his live sound too. It was absolutely immense. As it happens, I took my ex-girlfriend to the gig - she had never been to a live gig other than a pub band and she was blown away too. A cracking experience!

As Jim's dad would say, having GAS for a Stingray is a perfectly normal, natural thing. I played all sorts of basses for years, but when I finally got me a 'Ray, I was like.... Ahhhh... now THIS is what it should feel like!...

Simon bloody Cowell has a lot to do with it. He's trying to finish what Stock, Aitken and Waterman started - the removal of musical talent from fame. Having said that, while there may be proportionately less kids learning an instrument than in previous times, it appears to me that the quality of what is coming through has improved greatly. I would say that this is down to software like Guitar Pro etc, sites like Ultimate Guitar where you can get tabs to play along to, as well as the free lessons and stuff you can get on youtube and other sites. So it's not all bad... I've seen some cracking bands and artists out playing, and that's just in Cornwall - the arse-end of the country.

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Giving kids the opportunity would be a good thing, but like someone said above - many come to music after the school years - it tends to be in the teens when kids take to a particular band/style/genre and wish to get involved. Having been a teacher in some grim areas, I know well that if you give certain kids an instrument to take home, it will be on sale to fund beer and fags down at the local car boot sale come Sunday morning. Probably not the most popular notion, but that's life...

Damn that's lovely! It would get along very well with my black one.... *bites knuckles*