Al Krow

If you prefer the form factor of the HX Effects for live use but are missing the amp & cab sims of the Stomp, then it seems like the Mooer Radar will, to coin a Bon Jovi phrase, get you half way there in a very compact package.

Must depend on the band and the individuals involved. We've got a 23 y/o and a 60 y/o in the same band, but it works cos there's a whole range in between. If there were four 20 year olds I'm guessing the 60 y/o would feel much more out of place and vice versa.

Great review by our very own Dood. Comes with some useful effects: octave down gets down to an open E (24.30) without glitching, that easily matches the tracking of the best analogue octave pedals. 5th up plus reverb or chorus are also really neat. Tilt control to weight things to the treble (useful for boomy venues) or bass. Preset EQ in the form of the shape control in tribute to the Mesa M6. Fully sweepable mids although not sure where the bass and treble EQs are centred. A LOT of amp and given its versatility not outrageous in price.

And if hadn't been for a factory accident to Tony, aged 17, those 3 notes might have been very different...

Music may be ageless. But fashion and tastes change. If it didn't we would still all be listening to Frank Sinatra or the Beatles. I think a band wrote a song once, something about "My Generation". Can't remember Who...

Spent 45 mins getting to grips with the RD-8 aided by a couple of YouTube tutorials which seem to be a heap more easy instruction than the manual! Only got as far as single patterns rather than chaining those into songs tonight, but certainly editing patterns is very intuitive and easy to use and I've managed to lay down / save a couple of rhythms and frankly have got further in such a short space of time than with any drum machine. This is in a totally different league to the Alesis SR18 I previously had, in terms of being able to create and monitor, in real time, the drum patterns I'm working on. In this particular aspect it's like transitioning from an abacus to a modern pocket calculator! And feels a bit like cheating but I picked up a copy of 260 Drum Machine Patterns (Hal Leonard) for under £7 off Amazon, which should provide a bunch of easy to plug in ideas as a starting point. It's now taking me seconds to do what it would take several minutes on the SR18, which frankly was sufficiently off-putting to mean that the SR18 was not put to creative use.

Slight apology for gratuitously dishing out some victim's blood to resurrect this mummified thread (speaking of which @Dad3353, would you mind very kindly doing your refresh thing please?). It would interesting to in seeing if any of the posters on this thread ended up going down / staying with the hybrid route themselves. But I've just come across this clip of the all British Laney SL and it's such a versatile and great sounding all-in-one amp loaded with some excellent very gig-able features. At 12 lbs it's also a very manageable weight and can deliver a ridiculous 1000W through a pair of 4 ohm cabs. My only 'gripe' is that I'm not sure that power can be bridged to deliver 500W to 600W through a single 8 cab, which would have been a really 'nice to have'. Hmmm...tempted to get in touch with them to see if this is something they might upgrade their amp to deliver. I just love the touches such as a stand-by switch which leaves the tube section on and warmed up ready to use.

Nope. And not sure how many of us would want to join them tbf! Lol! But my point is that you can substitute pretty much anyone several decades apart in age from the rest of the band, where they are targeting a certain audience or market, and know that it ain't going to work from a marketing point of view for a pro band. That was Lozz's point and I agree. For covers and originals bands which 99% of BC'ers are involved in, age most likely ain't gonna matter musically or presentation-ally, although it may well impact on other issues relating to "fit", socialising etc. and that's gonna vary in importance from person to person.

^^ this Not really an issue, unless you're trying to convey a specific image, but even then...for originals and covers bands - it's not as though there are only 20 somethings in a pub or at a wedding, is it? But I'm not sure this chap could really have considered... ...applying to join them:

Well yes. But Prince Harry and his dad still bang on about green issues whilst taking plenty of flights including private jets...

Could we formally invite you to join as a belated "honorary member" of GAC 2020? A patron of your calibre would add mythical heft to the proceedings.

More of a tricky customer if you ask me.

There's a certain irony in the Trickfish pedal calling itself a "minnow" on that board 😄

Just a light hearted quip - that if you're a fan of the roadworn aesthetic then a wood that dings easily e.g. paulownia shouldn't be problematic for you. And you would get a light eco friendly wood for your bass into the bargain!

But you've just fessed on another thread to liking a battered bass, so it shouldn't be an issue for you anyway 😉

Couldn't possibly say 😁 But think of a not-rocky beach adjacent to an ice berg (with very civilised seal pups).

Interesting. The body is made out of paulownia, a softer wood, and as you said dented just by looking at it! I had a similar view of a budget Warwick Rockbass I had, also made from paulownia. A high-end bass maker has recently taken to using the same wood to provide lighter basses whilst charging circa £1k+ for the privilege, but some of the fanboys were advising not to worry. I'll leave folk to make their own minds up.

Ownership of kit comes with an "opportunity cost" ie as a minimum it takes up both space and ties up funds that could potentially be spent on something better, whether it be bass related or not. So simple test for me is does the bass give you enjoyment: - from playing it (at home or at gigs)? - having it around as something that you take aesthetic pleasure in, and will noodle from time to time; bearing in mind that they may not come up that often? If the answer to the above is no, then my approach FWIW would be to move it on. Very few basses increase in value, so as investments go, there's usually a whole bunch of better and more liquid places to put spare cash!

I know that band was a much bigger part of your life than the one I've just let go of. You managing to move on pretty easily or does hearing about them heading off to Greece give you a slight twinge of regret or just a feeling of relief!

A mixture. For main covers band, I'd say a lot are "very close" i.e. in between close enough and nailed it. There's a few that I've put my own take on - particularly where there's no bass line in the original e.g. Kiss, or where adding a slightly different rhythm mixes it up nicely e.g. Moves like Jagger and a slightly latin feel to Breakfast at Tiffanys for the verse. For the 50s and 60s band - generally close enough is fine; after all they're not the most demanding of 4 chord bass lines in the world on an electric bass! But I suspect will be a whole lot more challenging on EUB.

This one. The most recent of the three.

I listed my Ibby SR 1825 on eBay to take advantage of their £1 selling fee and put a placeholder in of a stock photo, with a view to putting the funds towards one of the new headless range. Chap today asked me for some proper photos, which I duly took, but haven't uploaded. I love playing this bass! It's got such a great punchy tone and is sub 9lbs and I'm going to have a bunch of seller's regret if I move it on! Guess I'll have to wait for next year until some used headless Ibbys come available before taking the plunge.

Haha! Except, I don't think 10:1 is a recognised diet. More like the odds against my team West Ham staying up this season... 😁

I think a 5:2 diet would be perfect with this thread...2 years abstinence interspersed with 5 years back in the game!

Just handed over the reigns of a band I founded 18 months ago to my band-mates, having sorted out my own replacement in the shape of one of the dep bassist from my main covers bands. The band I've left was still too similar to my main covers band at the time of my leaving, and I wanted to focus on my other two bands and also free up some time for my other musical projects. It will still have two of the initial line up, plus four other band members two of whom are just about to join, including the new bass player who is also a very capable lead lead vocalist. Her arrival / my departure has lowered the average age of the band by a decade at a stroke! I'll be very interested to see how it evolves. A first for me in setting up a band and then leaving it to continue without me, particularly one now in potentially better shape than when I was part of it! Any of you done the same i.e. walked away from a band you'd set up which was still a "going concern" (or been in a band where the founder member departed - in my case amicably, but I'm guessing it won't always be thus!) What happened next?