stuckinthepod

I was a big fan of the Monster album. The album that launched 1m tremolo pedal sales!

This coming Tuesday 29th at 10.30pm. That is all

John McVie, Dusty Hill - ZZ Top, Jack Bruce

Excellent!

Last gig with my classic rock pub covers band. Singer/Rhythm guitarist snapped a string on a Floyd rose equipped guitar on the first song. Drunken Robert Plant wannabe invaded the stage every other song for the first set. Second set much better and small crowd of 20-30 got into it. Better than several recent gigs...but glad its over and I'm out now and on to more (I hope) fulfilling pastures.

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1479730564' post='3178755'] For me, this. In fact I have Just left a band for exactly this reason - fed up of spending an entire evening in a bar that can't be bothered to promote gigs, to play to a dozen people, most of whom came with us anyway. I sucks the enjoyment out of it - whether you are paid or not (and we usually weren't!). I get the whole "paid rehearsal" thing, but you only need to do so many of them. When almost every gig is like that, it's clear that something is wrong. If the band "soviet" aren't prepared to try something new then (for me, after seven years) it's time to move on to something else. [/quote] I second this. I just played my last gig with my (pub covers) classic rock band on Saturday, after 2.5 years of gigging. Lots of effort and practice to play to a disinterested crowd who'd be more happy with jukebox or bingo or karaoke. We are a full fat rock show with big PA and lights and after rehearsal expenses, strings and gear its a loss making enterprise. If people were in to it I'd feel differently. Ironically the last gig was one of the best ones in the last six months, despite the blond haired Robert Plant wannabe invading our stage multiple times during the first set. Twat.

I've always give the string a stretch of about an inch at the twelfth fret and then fretted and bent the strings (heavy finger virato style) at three fret intervals up the length of the neck. I did this on Saturday morning with a pack of D'addario EXP and played them that night with no issues.

I'm up for this!

Sorry to hear you got mucked about. Joinmyband can be a bit circle of sh*t at times but you have to plough on through the chaff to get to the good people. I've recently agreed to get together for a jam, learned three songs and had a bass set up with a new set of heavy strings for C# tuning. Now trying to arrange a date and it's all gone quiet. On the upside, met a good singer last night who had responded to my ad and we got on very well and musically on the same page. Also, and I know this is sad, we both turned up bang on time. [i]I remember being knocked out by their... their exuberance, their raw power - and their punctuality[/i].

Always liked the look of these BTBs so picked it up as an impulse purchase for a good price on Ebay. It's ex display NOS effectively, ten years old but with plastic still on pickups. I assume it has the original Elixir strings on it and they are still zingy and new sounding! My first 35 scale bass and I think string tension compliance will take some getting used to. I plan on playing heavier music so this should stand me in good stead for downtuning. Any advice/guidance from BTB sages out there is appreciated. [url=https://flic.kr/p/NZHnXb][/url] [url=https://flic.kr/p/NSDiH5][/url]

FYI there is a 1987 Wal Mk1 up for sale on UK Bass Marketplace on Facebook at the moment. £3k

FYI there is Music Man Sub up for sale on Northwest Guitar/Am/ Gear exchange on Facebook for £200. A young lady is selling one up in Preston. Will PM you

I have two words for you... JUSTIN CHANCELLOR of Tool. Great example of his Wal tone here [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj_xjzyAarA"]https://www.youtube....h?v=yj_xjzyAarA[/url]

Grand Central on Oxford Road is your good old fashion scuzzy rock and metal pub with bands

Law of Sod applies. When you are gassing for something new your gear will be stalwart and unbreakable. When you are finally happy with everything... breaksville!

Yes, lots of tweaks through the set, mainly to Mids on the Bass or the shape control on the Bass Attack pedal. I play in a covers band covering Bowie and Stones through to G&R and Metallica. A Duff Mackagan tone is not appropriate for Brown Sugar and vice versa. In my mind I'm trying to have a classic sixties type thumpy tone for Stones & Credence & Bowie, a standard rock tone for most of the set and a Metal type tone for Maiden etc. Througout the set I'm adjusting bass eq & volume, Preamp Pedal setting and amp settings (Horn & drive). Does anyone in the band or audience notice....DTF LOL [quote name='MoJo' timestamp='1476028588' post='3150565'] I play in a covers band and find that, where applicable, I try to replicate a tone that one would associate with that period or genre. 50's / 60's covers, I'll play on the neck pickup with the tone rolled almost all the way off and play up near the neck. Punk / rock numbers, again the neck pickup, tone wide open this time, played with a pick or 'Steve Harris-like' attack. For The Who's 'Substitute', I have both pickups on, tone wide open with overdrive. Who else does this or do you go with your own tone for every song you play? [/quote]

Aloof on the hoof

They are also fitting older Gibson pickups to the Epiphone Pro series guitars and basses. These are very well made in Indonesia and a great option at their price point. I bought an Epi TBird Classic Pro bass from Amazon on a deal for £250. This is one of my two gigging basses and plays and sounds great. The Gibson Tbirds start at £950 and go up to £1600!

[quote name='Funky Dunky' timestamp='1475072738' post='3142814'] Name and shame! Truly, I have about half a dozen similar stories. A big part of the problem is simply staffing. These stores always happily employ at least a couple of stoner types - you know the ones - about 20 years old, sleeve tattoos, tunnels, wallet chain - know a bit about guitars, calls you 'man' repeatedly. Those dudes. But customer service is of noooo interest to these fellas. They want you to play the instrument for no more than five minutes, and they don't want to do any sort of deal with you. If you want to try any more than two pieces of gear on any given day, they start to sigh. They plug in a guitar, noodle for twenty three seconds, hand you it with a "there you go man" and walk back to the counter to resume their vital conversation about Zakk Wylde. You have a question, but he's nowhere to be found. You try to get his attention but you can't catch his eye. You try the "may I help you" riff, but it fails to entice him. So you put the bass down and approach him. He sees you, but continues his conversation which has now turned to "I'm thinking about getting my nipple pierced". You wait politely until you become exasperated, and blurt out your question. He looks at you as if you're rude, and replies "Danny'll help you, man - I'm just going for muh break." I hate guitar shops. Especially the big chains. Approximately one-fifth of the staff care about you. The rest appear not to. Sorry. Touched a raw nerve. [/quote] This is painfully accurate. But add in... every bass is grossly out of tune and horribly setup; dead battery in all the active basses; and some 14 year old is sat 4 feet away from you, attempting what he tells his friend is "sweep picking".

Sound Control - Now a live venue

[quote name='Les' timestamp='1473509829' post='3130848'] Was it "The Bath" in Morecambe by any chance ? [/quote] I believe it may have been... Now defunct.

...and he was married to Liv Tyler for a while! Lucky beggar. Great band.

I live just south of Manchester and the furthest we've done is Morecambe (Never again! at that particular venue) and have a regular gig in Preston. 45mins motorway driving and circa 40miles. That's about the max I'd go for.

The gunk keeps the funk

Behringer BDI (sansamp clone)?