dave_bass5

Thanks Pete. I guess I’ll have to take some of ours with us. Some of us use IEM, but i in particular need to as I’m playing keys without an amp. i can plug my IEM’s in to a small mixer but not sure how I’ll hear the others. Lots of workarounds but won’t know until on the night.

We have a gig coming up there soon. This will be the first gig without our own PA and im just wondering what the monitor situation is.

Yeah, i think these are a great size for sitting on a desk (mine is white) for the odd blast. i do have a Fender Rumble 25 in my wardrobe that i never, ever use. I suppose i could get that out but thats a lot more hassle.

For me it was just something I thought looked cool and liked the price. I dont think id get much use out of it as I always use headphones at home and it's not loud enough to use with a band. Might put it on my Christmas list though, as I still think the white one looks cool.

Ive seen it for between £113 and £120 on AliExpress over the weekend. Over £100 just seems to take it out of the 'give it a go' category for me.

I suppose 'I’ve got a lot going on and I’m not in a good place' can partly explain his non communication. To be fair I think I would have got annoyed as well, but without knowing what his issue's are it might be a bit of an over reaction. The world is a global place, you could still do a zoom or group call from anywhere.

That will be the old Ashdown ‘blanket over the speakers’ effect 😎

I do play with experienced players, just not in this band. Any idea where i can find another band that will want me?

Like I said, mostly inexperienced but only one not willing to listen. I guess the youngest is 40 and im the oldest. Others probably mid 40s. Al have gigs, and the drummer is in a part time gigging band (he has experience and we are on the same page). This is the singers first covers band, he has been a singer/song writer for years. The lead just this he has dont it all and knows whats what, but his attitude stinks. Thanks of the support. like I say, its neither her nor there what happens in the future, its more for me to get back up to speed on bass after 4 years away, but it would be nice if the hard work paid off.

I think until they get much closer to the giving stage I'll keep quiet about my PA etc. The lead guitarist has a Boss multiFX so can go directly to the PA, he just hadn't thought of doing it until I mentioned it. He seems fixated with IEM, but has no clue whats really involved. Every conversation i have with him its 'well me and you can use IEM, if the other don’t want to f%%k them'. It's like he has read up on what a few big bands use and thinks its as easy as plugging headphone sin to a mixer. Ill be civil to him but wont entertain any conversation as far as sound etc goes. I know before I joined he was trying to get them all to go IEM and he felt that having me there would help push them towards that, but I cant see any reason to, and I know what will be involved if we did, and it would be all on me.

Yeah, and it’s also the fact that we have to be self contained, with lights and PA. They are used to it all being supplied. I laughed when the lead guitarist said about mic’ing his toy amp up. I said im happy to let them use my PA, but now going to retract that offer. I don’t mind arguments if it gets things sorted, but this guy is very pushy and stubborn, so im going to let him have his way and just be a bass player from now on. This band isn’t worth stressing over, i had all this when i joined my main band and it was a very frustrating time, but most of us got through it. i can’t imagine this lot getting out of the living room so all this other stuff seems irrelevant anyway.

Maybe the cheap Valton GP-5, used just for EQ might fit the bill.

The problem I have is im the new guy. The others think it's all wonderful and have no idea how basic it all sounds (drummer never counts in, the guiraitst just starts etc). If the end ends up in chaos that's just more time wasted. The song in question is Cheap Tricks' Aint that a shame. It has a lot of false endings where there are different bits of guitar during each gap. I dont think we need play them all, or at least go on and on, so I suggested we settle on a number so we can all stop. He thinks we stop when he plays a certain riff, no matter what anyone else is doing at the time. I could let it go, and won't bother bringing it back up next time, but for me his card is marked and my eyes are open to his attitude.

Thanks. Yes, he just thinks he is right because he knows it all. He really doesnt. Keeps going on about IEM's etc, and as I said, we are in a living room with 25-30wats amps. Absolutely no need for IEM's, but as he knows the pro's use them, he is going to. Definitely not a team player. To be honest I dont think the band will go anywhere anyway. Singer/Guitarist has a Boss 30watt busking amp, and the lead has the small 25watt. They both think we can mic them up at gigs 😂 They have done a lot of open mic nights over the years, but never a covers gig where the band pretty much supplies everything. I just enjoy the songs and playing with them. Im not going to stress about it and happy to walk away at any point, but im trying to bring a bit of experience to the band.

Had a crappy one at the weekend. Ive recently joined a new band that rehearse at the singers living room. It normally sounds ok. Small amps and drum kit. Sunday was awful. the lead guitarist uses a Boss pedalboard and stupidly I mentioned he could use IEM's with it at some point, as he keeps going on about them. So now he uses just one, and because he is standing in front of the amp, turns the amp down(its only a really cheap 25watt combo but loud enough). I mentioned to him that I couldn't hear him, and his response almost made me walk out. "its ok, you dont need to.." WTAF!!!!. Because he is loud in his IEM he refuses to even acknowledge that the rest of us are struggling to hear him. Not once would he entertain turning his IEM down and amp up, because, well, we dont need to hear him. Later on we were working the ending of a song out, quite a few repetitive stops, and I said we need to decide on how many. He looked me in the eye and said 'im not going to count anything", just listen for (and he played a little riff). Bearing in mind I can't hear him I got really annoyed and we (he) argued that big bands dont work endings out etc. Am I being unreasonable getting annoyed with the above attitude? None of them have any experience with covers bands, only open mic nights. Id have walked had I not actually been enjoying the songs and playing.