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  1. YellowLedBetterBass
    You mean to say the audiences are evolving and they're going to start being able to notice what notes I'm playing, so every mistake I make will be clearly audible? Oh god no.
  2. YellowLedBetterBass
    Had our first gig with the new lineup last night to a packed venue with close to 150 people in this tiny room. And we absolutely smashed it. I went DI for the bass - Tonex One into cheap generic passive DI box into FOH, and wired IEM packs. Struggled to sleep overnight from the adrenaline, but that's about normal for me after a gig.
  3. YellowLedBetterBass
    Tonight was the penultimate rehearsal with the new lineup before our first gig together. If we play like that on stage at the weekend, the punters will be in for a treat Mixed all the levels right on the XR18 for a good room sound, and everyone was happy with their individual in ear mixes. I was especially pleased with my Tonex One sounds, having gone back to Amalgams Bassman amp+DI captures from their Tonex One pack. It's the exact same captures I used for guitar but it sounded mega on bass too, so maybe the answer for me if I go back to using a proper amp for guitar is to just buy a bassman and have it cover both guitar and bass.
  4. YellowLedBetterBass
    Yeah he's taking his own Sansamp just in case no one else has a DI box. It's serving the same role as a "house amp" would do. I'll be taking the Tonex One and a passive DI box. FWIW, I am actually pretty happy I'm not having to take an amp - from memory this venue sounds pretty good and has great bass response, and last time I played there (I was on rhythm guitar at the time), my Marshall DSL40CR and chonky pedalboard were a nightmare to get up and down the 3 flights of narrow twisty stairs. Now I can just take one gig bag with my bass, IEMs, Tonex One and some cables and I'm done.
  5. YellowLedBetterBass
    I have been asked by the soundman at our next gig to not take a bass amp and the basses for all three bands are going to be DI'ed in with either his Sansamp or our own DI boxes.
  6. YellowLedBetterBass
    It's loaded on top of a passive DI box, only a cheapo Gear4Music one. I do pack a 9v supply usually but in this instance I just had my laptop charger to hand so was using that instead.
  7. YellowLedBetterBass
    Yeah it is 2 whole months later now
  8. YellowLedBetterBass
    Actual rosewood fretboard too I think. They're going to be hard to resist at that sort of money.
  9. YellowLedBetterBass
    Fantastic rehearsal last night. Sounding as good with the new lineup as we ever did with the old lineup, which is really good considering this current lineup has only been together about 8 weeks.
  10. YellowLedBetterBass
    I put this massive board together out of all of the bits I actually use during an average rehearsal. Covers everything I need. I've got it set up so in A/B mode it swaps between a slightly driven SVT and a very distorted SVT. Then for stomp box mode I've got it loaded with a Darkglass Microtubes capture and a Sansamp Bass Driver capture, and I'll test those two captures out and go with whatever I prefer on the day. My setup doesn't need to be any more complex than that.
  11. YellowLedBetterBass
    Rewatching some of the sets yesterday and today. I think my favourites have been Inhaler (that P Bass tone was incredible) and Biffy Clyro. Both bands I liked sort of but was never a massive fan as such, but I will definitely make an effort to see both of them again.
  12. YellowLedBetterBass
    Are there any short scale P Basses that actually sound like a P Bass out there? After Glasto this weekend and seeing so many people using them (especially Inhalers bassist who sounded fantastic with that Ampeg behind him), I really fancy a P bass.
  13. YellowLedBetterBass
    Got the mixer in yesterday afternoon. It wasn't supposed to arrive until Wednesday, but sure enough, Gear4Music somehow managed to get it to me less than 36 hours after I bought it online. Tried the Behringer X Air app on android, absolute crap. Tried MX Mix, marginally better. Tried Mixing Station, and now won't be going back to either of the other two apps. Just been able to plug some guitars, a mic and my bass in so far, trying to hash out the input gain levels for our band by using the same gear as will be used by them. So far, a lot easier to use than people seemed to suggest.
  14. YellowLedBetterBass
    I've just put Maccabees on. Good to see them back together. They were one of the first bands I ever saw live in my early teens, and have always been one of my favourites. Was gutted when they split up.
  15. YellowLedBetterBass
    Doherty did an interview not long ago - he's moved to the South of France and, his words, replaced his heroin addiction with a cheese addiction.
  16. YellowLedBetterBass
    He's the sort of bloke who I think would be brilliant to have a pint with but by the time you've stuck around for a third or fourth he'd probably start getting on your nerves. And I mean that in the sincerest, nicest way possible.
  17. YellowLedBetterBass
    Catching up with Inhalers set now. My favourite bass tone of the festival so far - I really need to get a p bass. Edit - he's now pulled out the gold Jack Casady which also sounds fantastic and is making me think maybe it's actually the Ampeg behind him that I want.
  18. YellowLedBetterBass
    Don't call the Script an Indie band. They're CD-player-in-middle-aged-womans-car-music at best.
  19. YellowLedBetterBass
    That's nothing, Simon Neil of Biffy Clyro got through half a dozen strats and a 335 yesterday.
  20. YellowLedBetterBass
    My dad was a massive Gary Numan fan back in the day. He's text me to say "are you watching Glastonbury Festival H? Gary Numan one of my favourites he don't half look strange now"
  21. YellowLedBetterBass
    In fairness, he's doing a lot better than some of the dinosaurs still trying to play these sorts of shows over the past few years. That GnR set from a couple of years ago still makes me cringe just thinking about it - such was the "quality" of Axl Rose's "singing".
  22. YellowLedBetterBass
    Same band that also openly praise Hamas and Hezbollah at their gigs, and tell their audiences things like "the only good Tory is a dead Tory, kill your local MP". Only to then be called out on it in light of things like the murders of Jo Cox and David Amess, and issue a half arsed apology that just screams "we're not sorry for what we did, only sorry we got caught". No, I'm not a fan. They seem like they all need a slap.
  23. YellowLedBetterBass
    Fiscal irresponsibility means I need to balance my finances, so I'll take £120 if someone comes and picks the guitar up within the next week.
  24. YellowLedBetterBass
    There are a couple of basses I have my eye on so make me a lowball offer and I might just accept.
  25. YellowLedBetterBass
    I haven't watched the English Teacher set but if the consensus from people who have seen it is anything to go by, I think it'll be the first thing I put on when I'm back home later today. Also going to try and find the Fratellis and Ash sets from yesterday if I can. Very much looking forward to watching Maccabees tomorrow night too.
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