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[quote name='FuNkShUi' timestamp='1430230905' post='2759232'] In situations like that, you wonder why they book the band in the first place right? [/quote] Exactly. We had it at the weekend. Booked to play a new pub venue. We turn-up and it’s very “Wetherspoons” - modern pub interior. 50% of the wooden railed stage area is taken over by a fixed all singing dancing DJ booth. Set up the drum kit (enormous rack style kit) an there is so little space I’m off down one side almost behind the drummer, lead guitarist the same on the other side and singer has to set up mic stand on floor level - two steps down from the stage.. We had the first “turn it down” after 3 songs and another 2 songs later. No applause from crowd and a bad night was had by all. Possibly our worst gig ever. If you are venue that usually only supports talking and the occasional quiet disco or bingo why book a full fat rock covers band playing GNR, Sabbath, Zep etc? You didn’t enjoy it, Your punters didn’t enjoy it and we certainly didn’t enjoy it. For christ sake we are called St0rm K!ngs- what were you expecting - acoustic Carpenters covers!

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Word Up- The Gun version. Bores the hell out of me. F# E, E F# E, D E, F# F#EF# over and over and over and over and....gaahhhhh! Dakota I don't actually mind as it always goes down well and we rock it a little harder than the original.

I have 2/3 tones that I use through the gig on my Tanglewater in to the TC. 1- Standard rock tone for most of the songs = P pickup on, tone up full, Hartke bass Attack on- classic rock tone 2- Same but tone rolled off on the bass and PJ blended for more thumpy 60s stuff like Bowie 3 - P pickup, tone-up, Shape control on the Harkte on, for all out gritty Guns/Maiden songs. I play about 50/50 pick vs finger style.

[quote name='ead' timestamp='1430377347' post='2760700'] I am always mildly disappointed not to receive personal emails from the courier's Chief Exec every hour reporting progress. [/quote] This. I'm waiting on a new bass from Thomann. Spent yesterday checking to see if it had been dispatched over and over and over....

The Overwater Tanglewood Classic J has a PJ pickup configuration. Great P tones. You should pick one up for around £350?

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1430165142' post='2758610'] Cool, the paid rehearsal. It's not what any of us likes ,but it happens to all gigging bar bands. However, when it happens, we do not discount our fee. We have that occasional bar gig where the place books bands , but their clientele is not really into live music. Either you pack the place with your own people or accept a lame evening. It's a part of the bar band business. I say don't let it get to you and have fun regardless. Blue [/quote] Cheers Blue. We were all pretty sanguine about it as this band is for fun not profits. I personally wouldn't be booking us at the rate we were initially booked in at but hey ho- live and learn. I've got three gigs in the next four weeks (two at our two favourite venues) so that will make up for a bad one hopefully. Roll on Saturday night so I can get my next live fix.

Pretty poor gig on Saturday night. Arrived at venue to hear nothing but northern soul playing on the juke box as we set up our classic/heavy rock show. That crowd left before we started. All the bikers were allegedly "away at a wedding" meaning we played to around 12 people and virtually no applause until the encores. Poor bar takings meant we took home half of an already reduced fee. Plus points- we played pretty well and onstage sound was good so we took the view that it was a paid practice.

A decent preamp can give you a bit more chunk and bit more presence and a bit more balls. I've found that the amp alone can sound a bit - background - and the preamp allows the bass to step forward in the mix and have a bit more identity and define its space a little better. My bandmates have noticed the difference and commented positively when I switched from a Behringer BDI preamp to the Hartke Bass Attack recently.

"Oh yes I love INXS"! I was pleased she liked the song. However, we were playing The Cult.

I used bit of old sponge for a while for old school covers like Brown Sugar. Now just roll off some treble and palm mute where necessary. Would like to buy a separate bass with flats and a mute for the old school stuff/motown sound.

Dakota but also pleasingly Children of the Grave!

[quote name='Cameronj279' timestamp='1427213467' post='2727307'] Wats up wif dat tho? [/quote] I'm now experiencing a Captain Darling-esq tic thank you very much.

We use two KAM power bars. They are great and very bright. For examples

Anyone saying or writing "Dat" or "tho" in my presence ........will soon reckon upon the standard of my gardening...from within the shallow grave I have dug for them. Also Rig. This is my Bass Rig. Is it fully articulated? Do you run with the radio handle "Rubber Duck"? No this is your amplifier and associated peripherals and accessories.

Ours has carpet, REAL CARPET. That is all. It's a bit of a hole really, it the middle of nowhere. When I went for my audition with the band I texted my last known GPS coordinates to the wife.

Late to the party here. That is exactly what I use for my pedal board. I started using it late last year and it's working fine. It has a Snark Pedal Tuner, Hartke Bass Attack and a Digitech Synth wah and a four way mains adaptor on top. I put some Velcro hook tap on the bottom and it never moves on stage. I'm sure it would crack if you took a jump on it but it's fine for general use.

[sup]I just bought a Hartke Bass Attack, £73 on Amazon. Very pleased and there's certainly more sounds in it than the Behringer BDI.[/sup]

On the basis of some of the Basschat comments and some interweb reviews I've bought a Samson Q7 to replace a very very low level mic I was using. I only sing some sparse backing vocals on half a dozen songs we do. £19.99 delivered from an Ebay seller and seems to be very good value for that money. Going to use in anger this Friday.

20 years a play at home Guitard and switched to bass two years ago. Joined my first band and did my first ever gig last August. Now regularly gigging in pub covers band (Classic/hard rock). Learned 30-40 songs for the band but have next to no understanding of theory and probably very bad technique. But do I enjoy it, of course. I'd like to take bass more seriously than guitar (was self taught) and get some lessons, theory under my belt and maybe even do some grade/exams at some point.

He was so damn good. Tasteful playing and effortlessly cool. Free- As band that generally played slow to medium tempo numbers would have sounded boring had it not been for that groove and bounce he brought to the songs- and what songs! My first bass was a Epiphone EB3- He was the reason I wanted one. RIP

Take a good moment to have look at you audience and the venue. Walk around the area where the audience are sitting/going to sit so you get a sense of that space. Look at the audience, they are just a collection of individual everyday people short, tall fat etc. 99% of them can't do what you can do and they are all there for the same reason, to enjoy the moment. By all means stay stage focussed during the performance but its good to have recognised and encountered your audience a bit in advance so they are not a great, big unknown threatening mass of faces. Also, avoid catching fire.

Impassive, yet slightly surly. Probably thinking about sandwiches.

2319 We've got a Code 2319.

I've only used nickels to this point as I play a wide range of covers. Roto Rotobass RB strings are nickel. They are cheap but the texture is quite rough in comparison to D'Addario EXL Nickels. I prefer the smoother texture and slightly higher tension of the D'Addarios.