Woodinblack

Which is after the end of that group, exactly what the singer did. He said he only wanted to do his stuff in future. Thats fair enough. We used to be a combined covers / originals band and I guess it must have been depressing that when the originals were played, people went and sat down or went to the bar, and when the covers came on they all got up and danced. He has been on the local radio though saying about how unimaginative playing covers is. Fair enough, keep banging out those imaginative i-iv-v acoustic songs in 4-4 time.

I have played in both, and to be honest there was not much difference, as the 'originals' weren't actual original to me, they were just something the guitarist had come up with and frankly, they weren't very original! Obviously some originals would be great to be in if they were actually original. Original bands were certainly more common back when I was starting in the 80s, although again, not truly much originality, and pretty well all original bands I have seen do the occasional cover. Personally don't mind what I am in, as long as I am playing stuff and get to say how I play it.

OK, I didn't intend to get one of these, but they don't turn up often do they and I had the money I had aside for the Ibanez headless that isn't turning up fast. Turned up yesterday so early days - it is not much like the stick, but it does have the immediacy of being able to play it like a bass, so i will see how it goes!

Well, I hope they take longer to release now, with a new purchase it means I will have to sell something before I can get one!

I am the same. I am about 10 - 20 years older than the other members of the group and it makes a difference as I don't like the rubbishy old stuff that they want to play, blues and stuff.

ok, sorry if you read it that way. I am not a fan of fender necks. Well, fenders in general.

Err.. yes, like me, exactly the point!

The 805 is exactly the same size as every other standard SR series bass, so anything you want to get should be fine. The only thing that could be different is that the b string bridge piece is very close to the edge, but that shouldnt' cause an issue to something with padding on the bottom. When I had mine it just lived in whatever regular case I was using at the time - I think it was before my blake, so probably a thomman.

Yes, it has certainly put me off one of these. I think the thing about the Gibson's (and the last epiphone classic) is the size of the neck, so completely un-fender like, disappointing that they have made it chunky, although I guess not for a lot of people..

Probably not on her own piano any more though

Oh that's not good for me, I guess that is what you get for using a bass to do a sticks job! I was at that gig (or tour anyway, no idea where that was from). On the other hand:

Yes, similar here. If there is something iconic in the bassline, or well known I will copy that, or if it is something I really like I will too (and in fact if I really hate it), but in general it is a variation on a theme. What person from any original band plays the same thing all the time without adding or removing. I am there to bring life to the song and enjoy myself in the process, so I do whatever feels right.

are they good with piano moving then?

Probably the deep impact, or one of: Human Gear Animato Distortion Boss OC-2 Octave Electro-Harmonix Black Russian Big Muff Boss DD-3 Digital Delay Akai Deep Impact Synthesiser Line 6 FM4 Filter Modeler

I must admit I did feel bad for the movers - like they had one job to do and they were specialists at it. Some guy has to go back into work and explain to his boss that he broke a rare 150k piano. Wouldn't like to be having that conversation.

Noone is 'having a go' - just having a little humour. Yes we all get it is bad for her, Yeh, we got that. It has all the pedals. It was very pedally, the most pedaled one apparently. Great pedals. Not seeing too many people upset here

For me it is definitely a pleasure. Yes, I like gigging too, but if I wasn't gigging I would be playing anyway. i would move on basses that I don't play, and I do try to rotate the, so they all get bogged, but some have done a lot more than others

If I wasn't gigging I would try and go down to one guitar, one bass, one stick, one keyboard, one synth module, one roli keyboard, one linstrument and an ewi. And maybe a flute. Oh who am I kidding

I'm not sure that many people view that, though obviously some do. I am sure most people understand that other peoples use of something can be different to their own. I think more so with the bass than the guitar or piano, a lot of people only view a bass as a means to an end in a band and don't view it as an instrument in its own right. Obviously not. My most expensive instrument (admittedly only by a tiny bit) is my chapman stick. I haven't gigged that and I can't see I am going to any time soon!

I read that as 'If *I* didn't want to play a bass.. I didn't read it as 'noone can have one if they aren't gigging', just that he wouldn't.

In the last 200 gigs I have seen two fights, one where some security people just jumped on them (the only place I have even been to with security so i guess they expected it) and one drunk guy who just wanted to have a go at anyone and was promptly dragged outside. The more likely the pub was to have dodgy people in it, the more likely the landlord / landlady was good at getting rid of dodgy people. A lot of irritating people sure, no real violent ones.

See, I don't see that as any different to a kid knocking the headstock of an old gibson. I mean, the value is different, but not the value to them, they both love it the same, but in her case the person who made it is still alive so it is just a question of buying another one. And the kid probably wouldn't have insurance. I am sure she can persuade him to fit a couple of other pedals, shes only got two feet anyway

I have a Helix HX but I also (since I got that) bought a Zoom B3n, which is perfect for some things. My Helix is on my gigging pedalboard (well, it isn't at the moment, no gigs for a month so got a chance to use it with the stick), my zoom comes with me to practices with the other group as a stand alone pedal, and it is fine for everything. I probably wouldn't use it for recording, but I am not currently doing much of that, and if I do I have helix native, which beats both of them, but it is good enough for every other situation. I had been weighing up whether having 2 B1Fours on one pedalboard was an option, and some kind of mixer and maybe some kind of midi control to synchronize them. Haven't decided yet - its either that or a custom teensy board.