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I make no assumptions about your age or experience here, but for me it was a bit eye opening how things have changed. I play bass in an originals band for a bit of fun and here’s what the band leader did to get us gigs: - Paid for a professional video to be made (university student did it for £250 and it was incredible) - Got a social media presence with another young person managing it (this was someone in their 20s) who set it up and did whatever they do - Played a gig at a mates pub which was rammed with all our friends and used that for gig photos and to invite promoters - contacted a booking agent with all this info - made contact with similar bands on other areas (in the 90s and early 00s, this was how we needed up gigging by doing gig swaps!) It sort of worked. We got a few gigs pre covid that paid money and we even did some cool parties and stuff. It takes a huge amount of energy. In the covered band I’m in now we have a booking agent who tells us the dates and sends us the cash.

That’s an awful lot! You need it to be safe when driving too, of course. I can offer no great advice on PAs. We were lucky enough to score an incredibly powerful, but compact system on BC. We’re looking to add an active sub too, so I’ll watch this thread with interest!

How can it be all original if he’s stripped it down and removed the pickups? At the very least it’s been resoldered, which means it’s not all original. It’s also had a different guard on there (screw holes). Dont trust it!

This video isn’t an exhaustive run through of the history of British Blues, but a whistle-stop journey through the highlights. By and large, it helps to set up what I imagine is a course exploring the players and iconic lines. Perhaps those with expert knowledge can suggest some reading material and Greg can add that to the YouTube description or website? Given I play this stuff almost every weekend the course isn’t going to be for me, but I imagine we all with you the best of luck with it. There’s some wonderful music here that’s at risk of being consigned to history as culture moves on.

I can fit two basses, two cabs, and an entire PA system in my Dacia. It’s doable with some planning

Peavey TNT130 trace Elliot 2 x 10 combo Hi watt DR103 and matching cab 2 x Hiwatt DR103s and 2 matching cabs (yes, really) EBS 360 & 4x10 EA Iamp 350 AER Basic Performer Aguilar Tone Hammer 500 and SL cabs todsy Barefaced and EBS head

Cheers Pete, I get all that (and if you've followed my posts on the DB section, it's something I work on each day). But sometimes needs must – especially when I'm playing with an amplified blues band. The purpose is to ensure I'm starting each song in the right position... It's like training wheels. I'll use it for a bit, then when I've got the confidence it'll come off and happy days.

I’d love to play one but I can’t stand The Who.

Haha, I liked that. There do seem to be a statistically unlikely number of 'bursts appearing, but what do I know. Did the Musicground lads get out of prison yet?

I think they're also supported by lots of charities and things that can either buy the instrument and then provide long-term loan of it, or interest free repayments over a long-term period (like a mortgage, I guess). I wonder what would happen if you tried to borrow from them to buy this?

As I understand it, many of these instruments are owned by orchestras rather than players. Maybe that’s how?

We don’t need to get into “are vintage instruments better” (they’re not), but if you buy right it’s undeniable that they’re a good investment. Whether they will continue to be, who knows!

I think they all are. The vintage guitar market heads ever further into the stratosphere of preposterousness. Barry Matthew’s slab was up for £9k at AB a while back and the guys at the equipment rental place had one for £10k a couple of years back.

I’m going to buy a t shirt.

I’ll add it to my order when I get the Stanley Clarke pre!

There we go, job done!

I’m sure this has been asked before (I did check), but is there any tuner pedal (not a multi FX) that can operate while playing? (I.e. not muting the signal!) It’ll be useful for my intonation while playing DB, so any help appreciated!

What a great channel. Many thanks!

The vintage market is full of such insanity and nonsense. I was looking at this… https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/195095187498?hash=item2d6c94502a:g:fI4AAOSwzLpilME4&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAsO3C9t0zvqEBXIwI0SGxeLxJsgm9lJ0gyTu1RWqHm2hNyqQtrgNEZCvFosnECrBxJqAeOPr7chTYEXeKUj9tE3ozmRxV5fzRKHxtg8yRzd0pjcEdWt6B6l7GfGf%2B5%2BJjIqj6QWbDxPjNUL%2BM8zLQn%2BKEyfb2wFjHMHMNL4Bbsn5fp5jGK%2BtOuoF8sn6lSHUOYWTroQkP0giK80WqUsAaom92YdcfTKqDZoa1cOmbCV3%2B|tkp%3ABk9SR86GhbPSYQ ”Fender guitars and basses from this era had notoriously ‘baggy’ routing to the pick-up and neck pockets. This is because Leo fender, being aware of the imminent sale to CBS, stopped upgrading the equipment used to cut the body blanks, so tolerances slipped very slightly in the run up to the takeover sale.” My guitar is poorly made but that’s ok, because they all were.

What a lovely story. Hope he can enjoy it now. Worth having a chat with a luthier who can help ease out the truss rod. Probably stuck but hopefully not broken.

That bass is amazing and I love it.

This forum is for two things: Alwrting people to bargains (few of those) Highlighting rip off sellers If you view posts this way it makes sense.

Surely this is all about the potential application of this? The designs are freely available and on the public domain. The technology is falling in price. Finally, it looks super cool! Its easy to be negative about these things, but the impact could be transformative. I’m working on a project with a global engineering business that are phasing out their network of parts stores and instead shifting to 3D printing. Local engineers can download parts and print a valve part they can be fitted in days. At the moment it’s not possible, but soon will be and it will transform the speed they can deal with dangerous situations. (These are choke valves for energy use in oil and gas etc.)