MacDaddy

Not bad playing for a man.

No. Black comfort strap for my basses with straplocks, and the widest strap available for those without.

Although for rehearsals it's which strap scrunches up best to fit in the gig bag pocket.

32 minutes ago, Leonard Smalls said:

I was in a band in the early 80s in Leeds called Dredd and the Badass Weeds... We were kind of ramshackle, and played extended funk-metal and occasionally reggae jams for up to 3 hours if we could get away with it... We broke up when most of us finished at university - some members went on to far greater things. Keith and Jez went on to form MDMA, and later, Utah Saints with lots of chart success. Chris moved back to the US, met up with his old mate Henry and they became the Rollins Band Chris even went on to play with Bowie! And he got me to meet one of my bass heroes, Melvin Gibbs, when I met the Rollinses for lunch in, of all places, the BBC canteen.

Our singer, Andy, went on to sing for probably the best of the Madchester bands - New Fast Automatic Daffodils. Our other guitarist - another Andy - still plays with Cassandra Complex who are huge in Germany. And our occasional keyboard player, Jay with the famous mum (Clare Rayner), went on to appear lots on telly eating fancy dinners.

The Weeds are still an occasional entity - our long-anticipated debut album is due sometime in the next decade.

That's an episode of Rock Family Trees right there! 😁

1 hour ago, peteb said:

 🤩

and I am currently playing with the original keys player from British AOR titans FM... 

 

Didge Digital? 

I bought Tough It Out at the time. I remember Tommy Vance playing Bad Luck and saying "this time they're gonna make it!".

Still a great album.

1 hour ago, oldslapper said:

Keep coming back to look at this 😳

Me too, but I literally don't have the space. Plus I've already got 2 amps and a combo.

13 hours ago, Merton said:

 

 

Got about 5 mins into my 25 min drive, then got a WhatsApp from the drummer - who was already at the venue - saying “stand down, they haven’t got the booking in their diary”

 

A similar thing happened to me once. En route to the gig and got the call it had been cancelled, so the band met up at another pub on the way.

Where I had a chat with the landlord and booked 2 gigs there. So every cloud... 😆

Panda Audio, because when I bought my Future Impact, I was unaware that to use it properly you have to buy more expensive gear.

Apple. Just because I don't want to be locked in to their money grabbing incompatibility.

The fruit market in a city up north, because over 40 years ago I bought a bag of oranges and half of them were off.

Bob Dylan. For going electric.

A talent scout from Arsenal arranged a trial for a friend of mine. He did well and they said they'd call him. That was nearly 30 years ago, he's wondering if he should give them a reminder?

15 hours ago, borntohang said:

We got "not pish at all" last weekend, which was quietly gratifying. My friend is fond of "you looked like you were really enjoying yourselves up there" when she can't find anything nice to say.

I once had (and this is verbatim )

"you were really great, you didn't get bottled or nuffink!".

To be fair, the Lord is not a fan of the jazz or blues jam:

Amos 6:

1.  Woe to you who are complacent in Zion, and to you who feel secure on Mount Samaria, you notable men of the foremost nation, to whom the people of Israel come!

2 Go to Kalneh and look at it; go from there to great Hamath, and then go down to Gath in Philistia. Are they better off than your two kingdoms? Is their land larger than yours?

3 You put off the day of disaster and bring near a reign of terror.

4 You lie on beds adorned with ivory and lounge on your couches. You dine on choice lambs and fattened calves.

5 You strum away on your harps like David and improvise on musical instruments.

4 minutes ago, Happy Jack said:

 

 

 

I don't think Mendes is planning to deal with Ringo's time playing with Johnny Storm & The Hurricanes or with Ringo's Allstarrs ... the films will be about The Beatles in their hey-day, as seen (in turn) by each of them.

So no mention of

😟

40 minutes ago, Barking Spiders said:

The Ringo one might well be the shortest?

Why? He had a life and career before The Beatles, and has done plenty since.

15 hours ago, Happy Jack said:

Beethoven - not sure there's been one in my lifetime

Immortal Beloved 1994, quite good.

Copying Beethoven 2006, not so good.

Artist licence applied in both.

22 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

One is Devil Woman

By Cliff? Awesome song, sounds great rocked up 😎

Figure it out - Royal Blood

We're doing it with guitars, so a slightly different arrangement, but I've still got to learn it all. 

Get paid to do what I pay to do?

Off course!

I'd have to be earning enough to pay the bills though, and my times of kipping in the back of vans with the gear and other band members, are long gone.

*cough* Pics! *cough*

3 hours ago, christhammer666 said:

and 10 pints of cider

Anything would probably sound good after that 😜

When recording, is it a thing to double the double bass with electric bass (or the other way round) ?

Not in a Walk on the Wildside way, but playing the same thing.

Are there any examples?

Ta!

Great price for a great gig bag.

Yup I've got one!

GLWTS.

Decent speakers, regular tuning, and an octave pedal 😉

On 01/02/2024 at 20:46, basso navo said:

Dear experts of two worlds,

 

being a double bassist, I'd like to explore new grounds: the electric bass. My goal: A fretless bass guitar.

 

Here are my questions:

 

1.  Are there instruments with a thickness of the neck similar to that of a DB?

1.  Are there basses that enable a near-upright position of the fretboard?

 

Looking forward to your ideas.

 

bn

 

Paging @Happy Jack

I bought my SY-300 in December, so I'm (still) in!

15 hours ago, mr4stringz said:

A rather cathartic rehearsal for my noisy two-piece (bass and drums) last night. Our first since the drummist (also my best mate of some 25 years) found out his Mom is terminally ill. Even well into our forties, just bashing the holy hell out of your chosen instrument still really has a place.

2 hours ago, TimR said:

He wore his 'Nazi Memorobillia' for a photo shoot in Germany to promote a gig. 

 

Which is illegal there. 

"The ban broadly exempts art,"

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.dw.com/en/germanys-confusing-rules-on-swastikas-and-nazi-symbols/a-45063547