MrDaveTheBass

How much "relief" i.e. bend is there in the neck? You might find that tightening the truss rod to straighten the neck will bring the action down significantly.

Backdoor Love Affair - ZZ Top

Running Free - Iron Maiden

It's truely extraordinary. I haven't found another place like it on the whole world wide web. I actually find the help and support on non-bass related issues more useful now than the low note stuff. We should all be very proud of our lovely community.

I've used Alpines for years - I never play without them: https://www.alpinehearingprotection.co.uk/products/musicsafe

This is generally true. I have been deliberately over cautious with my advice. My current basses' necks normally move immediately after adjusting the truss rod. However, I have had guitars and basses that take a while to move after adjusting them. I have also heard stories of newbies destroying necks by piling on the turns when nothing happens immediately.

Sounds like something my dominatrix was trying to teach me! 😉

Yes! Your neck may also be affected by ambient heat and humidity. I usually have to adjust the truss rods of my skinny-necked EBMM Sterlings twice a year when the seasons change. Remember: Only adjust the truss rod by a quarter of a turn and then leave it for 24 hours to settle. Turn the truss rod clockwise to tighten it and lower the action, or anticlockwise to loosen it and raise the action.

When I played with a drummer with an e-kit, I couldn't get used to not feeling the thump of the bass drum through the soles of my feet. I used to have to watch his right foot to try and guess where "One" was. I much preferred it when he played his acoustic kit, though that was much more of a pain in the donkey to lug about. Mind you, this was 20 years ago, so I would hope that e-kits have improved since then.

Those Ideals are famous for their lovely warm tone.

In my covers band we operate a veto system for choosing songs. If any one of us really hates a particular song, we don't play it. This means that over the years several of my suggestions have been voted down, but I don't mind because at least I know that I'll always like (or not mind) everything that we play. Now tell us what the song is and we'll tell you if it contravenes the Geneva Convention or not! 😉

Ask Leon Trotsky...

Love this track, especially the fuzz bass.

Haha, yes, that's true, even though it doesn't weigh the same as an Orange either!

That sounds reassuringly familiar OP. Strangely I'd never considered that anyone else would've experienced this. After a bereavement I went through a prolonged period of bad mental health, and would regularly see myself from above and behind. I actually found it strangely reassuring, though I was obviously rather mentally ill at the time. I treated it like a first-person shoot 'em up computer game, where you can be full-screen, and see directly out of your eyes, or zoom out behind your character so you can better see the baddies hiding behind the corners. Life at that point was so terrifying that it was comforting to zoom out and try and avoid the bad stuff coming along the track towards me. Fortunately, my mental health improved greatly through hypnosis, and I haven't experienced this strange phenomenon since.

OH NO YOU CAN'T!

Can somebody explain to me why my Orange Little Bass Thing is predominantly white??? 🤔

Go for it! You don't know where it'll lead. You're much more likely to find opportunities when you're playing in a band than when you're stuck on your own playing in your spare room. Perhaps the drummer would be up for a bluesy side project? Or through this band you'll meet someone who is. I was once in a terrible metal band. We emptied a lot of venues, but through them I met the two fantastic bands that I'm in now (neither in the least bit metal). I'm amazed that no one's asked this yet, as it's the most important one of all: What bass have you got, and is it any good for metal? 😉

Gotta go with the singist, however unpredictable they might be. I was even explicitly taught to do this at music college. The tutor would take the role of lead singer, and would deliberately mess up the arrangement- miss out a verse here, repeat the chorus, do something random instead of the middle eight etc. Ever since, I've always watched nd listened to whoever's out front with the mic like a hawk, and tried to follow them no matter what.

A bit of backing shouting goes a long way in my covers band. My speciality is Sex Pistols harmonies.

That looks like The Donkey! Has to be one of my favourite venues to play. Always a great sound in there, and usually an enthusiastic audience of music lovers, rather than the largely disinterested hoardes you usually find down Ye Olde Dog and Duck. Nice rig BTW. I'm still tempted to buy another 2 x 10 and stack them vertically like yours to make a skinny, portable 'Fridge' without the backache.

1. I'd make the lead guitarist mute his amp whilst tuning up at gigs. 2. I'd make the rhythm guitarist mute his amp whilst tuning up at gigs.

Great- now I've got HAS (Hat Aquiral Syndrome)!

All sorted now thanks.🥲

Hi all, I've woken up this morning in my hospital's cardiac unit, so it's looking unlikely that I'm not going to be able to make my bands booked gigs this month. We're a 5 piece (2 guitars, vocals, bass drums) playing all the usual pub covers. A mix of punk, rock and indie. We rehearse in Hinckley, and have gigs booked in Leicester and Coventry. Is anyone able to take the bass chair whilst I get back on my feet again? Don't be too good though - I want this gig back again! Cheers, Dave.