ricksterphil

I had an HB 5 musicman style and thought it was excellent except that the string spacing was too narrow for me. I've had various 5 strings, a couple of Yamahas, a Cort and a Bass Collection SYG which all ended up sold. Gas will probably prompt me to get another one at some point which will probably end up being sold within a year or so

I'm 50 years in and still lazy about practicing. I am forever promising myself I'll 'get really good' one day, but can only find the focus to put the hours in if there's a gig looming. I get the most fun from playing live and singing bv's and I also love just playing my acoustic and singing songs at open mics One day......

Played one on Sunday with a mate as a duo, me on acoustic, him on his Tele. We did Sonnet (the Verve), Jean Genie (me and him used to be in a Bowie tribute band) and Sit Down by James as a tribute to a close friend who died recently and someone we had done numerous gigs with. It was his favourite song. The whole pub joined in and most of us had tears in our eyes at the end. Hopefully a fitting tribute to a remarkable man. RIP Brian Lund

We recorded 6 tracks at a studio, cost around £400 and then hired a room above a pub for £50 (The Queen of Bradgate in Leicester if you know it). Our guitarists brother filmed it while we mimed and then edited to this showreel. I guess a professional filming and editing would charge around £400 so we saved that cost. Proves you can get something done for less than a grand. We've had at least 10 gigs from it so a great investment. https://youtu.be/5aGfwosPMwk?si=WZ4oI5QiMWHiqLFN

Thanks for the update, I checked the band's bio on Faceache so assumed the guy I saw was Luca. Yes, Gus is a fabulous player

You should definitely go, they're amazing. Full of energy, tight as a gnat's chuff and the bass player, Luca Pisanu, is amazing. Apologies for the sound, here's a snippet from last night's gig https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1738ocgr2a/

Tom McGuire and the Brass holes at Rescue Rooms in Nottingham this Saturday. Looks like it'll be a hoot https://www.tomandthebrassholes.com/about-us

I do I've got a Mike Lull PJ 30" loaded with flats. It's my go to gigging bass and my 2 other Lulls sit at home unplayed, but not unloved

She's great, I've got a few of her albums. Haven't seen her live yet, but I think she's touring in the UK in January so I'll be grabbing a ticket.

Oh man, just listened to this and I think I've found my new favourite bass player. Groove, rhythm, excellent pace, with some flashy but classy chord work (but not overdone). That solo, my fellow low-enders, is the bow-wow's whatsit's

I've had a similar experience for a wedding gig where I had to learn a lot of new songs in a short time. I dialled it back and made sure I knew the basics and the groove of the song. I made some mistakes but no-one noticed (I hope😂) You're putting pressure on yourself needlessly, but you already know that. Maybe leave it for a week or change from fingerstyle to using a pick (or vice versa)...it might help

We do the intros somewhere in the 2nd set and generally the audience like it.

We turned up to a gig, no set list, no paper to write one out either. We asked the bar staff if they could help.....the set list was written out on till roll.....it was the only paper they had. It worked tho

My big beef with my band. Waiting for the guitarist to tune up, find his plectrum etc, waiting while the drummer drinks his pint or searches for his sticks on the floor (get a stick bag fer cryin out loud). I'm a big fan of 3 songs back to back, pause for 'hello and we are' type chat then straight in with the next 3 songs. My bandmates don't get it, so I've given up. I once went to see Gladys Knight and the Pips and THAT was a proper performance with everything to time and script and no gaps between songs unless they were planned and even then there was some background music being played. I suppose some might say that it's too slick, but I loved it. There's a pretty good local folk singer I know who rambles on about the back story of each song for a good five minutes before playing it, but I guess that's part of the folk genre

Great story.....👍 "After explaining I was considered medically complete...." 😂

This ☝

and on that note. This has to be the maddest version of that particular classic