Quilly

The Lead Guitarist is the band founder. Me and the new rhythm guitarist are 'blow-ins' (I'm the third bassist this band has had). There seemed to be a lot more democracy there also.

Just had rehearsal tonight without the lead guitarist (on holidays) but we still had rhythm and acoustic. Really glad it went ahead. Learned 2-3 new covers. Everyone was more aware of what they were playing , volume way down.

Ive started in a band with other guys in their 40s with the usual work / family commitments. So it’s not always possible for us all to meet regularly . However I feel rehearsals should go ahead even with individuals absent. Even just for the sake of staying tight. Not sure if my band mates feel the same . Ie ‘theres no point in band practice with X missing’ . What do other bands do ?

Bill you are right, decided not to go ahead with it. Had the CTM-100 at 3 O'Clock yesterday at rehearsal and the cab sounded sweet.

Was hoping to run it with the Two10 through the 2 ohm output of my amp. I reckon the tweeter in the MB would add a little more high end to the overall sound of the rig. I kinda need a back up cabinet anyways.

Just ordered a 4ohm Mark bass 2 * 10 traveler cabinet to use with a valve head (to accompany my barefaced two10). The SPL sensitivity specification of 101db seems a little bit like specsmanship? (i.e. are they just using a peak SPL figure at a frequency outside normal bass response). I want to use this with a 100W valve head so sensitivity is pretty important to me. Anyone have any experience with this cabinet?

Question: I have a Trace Elliott 500W cab (500AH-7) and I have 2 x 4 ohm cabinets. The speaker outputs consist of a speakon connection and a 1/4" jack output. If i daisy chain the cabs they will have 2 ohms right? . If I plug this combination into my head will I fry the output transformer? Secondly as there are 2 separate outputs on my can I plug either one into each cab (i'e will it be 4 ohms into each head as normal). On the back of my amp it reads 'Minimum load 4 ohms'

I own an Ashdown CTM 100 and simply love it (despite its weird passive eq) how dos the hand box 100 compare ? From all the vids I've seen it seems to be really drivey but that could be just the demonstrators preferred settings .

Does the p bass have a big fat neck...I love those

Cheers, I've had 2 MIM jazz basses in the past and I wasn't blown away by them but these 'look' decent enough in the photos .

I've seen a sweet looking 70s fender jazz reissue on Thomann. Anyone have any experience of this model. Price point is good. https://m.thomann.de/gb/fender_ltd_70s_jazz_bass_mn_nat.htm?glp=1&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=dpa201803x2x&utm_medium=cpc

True, I've played entire gigs with a Stingray, a P bass or a Jazz bass and while they sound different, I've never thought 'this song sounds terrible with this bass I simply must change' I love the sounds out of all these instruments and it can make gigs interesting when you have to 'make do' with what you have in your hands. A bad carpenter blames his tools.

Too many changes of electric guitars, then having to fiddle with his amp to get the desired tome. While I appreciate different guitars sound differently (i.e. Strat v Les Paul) there has to be a degree of practicality to keep the momentum going (I.e. chose a guitar that has both SS and HH pickups if you must). Our rhythm guitarist just uses a tele all the way through the gig and its sounds great. I usually being 2 basses to a gig but what ever I decide to play, that's it for the gig unless i have a catastrophic failure or unless a song 'really really' needs a fretless or upright bass, and I've never had this situation.

General preciousness with some band members, especially when you're playing in a pub covers band. 😣

Hi there , any Londoners out there can recommend a good store for basses. I'm due a trip soon .

I don't intend being that b1tch !

Setting up bass gear = 5 minutes, No problems. Trying to figure out a sound desk = 1 hr of stress

Nobody taking responsibility for the Vocal PA (or knowing how to use the desk). Every gig I play there seems to be issues with faulty Mikes, faulty leads, too much reverb, not enough reverb, tinny vocals, muffled vocals, boomy vocals, feedback, monitors not working etc etc etc. Drives me effing nuts.

I'm a great believer in making the best of a bad gig and just doing your best (you know 'those gigs' that you didn't really rehearse enough for an you know its bombing 1/2 way through the set). I make as many mistakes as the next guy so I don't like to point out other peoples faults. Still we should learn from bad gigs, poor song choices and being unprepared, Otherwise the band never gets better and you make the same mistakes gig after gig....Now that's really annoying. (this should never be discussed on the night of the gig though)

I was in a band like that before...I think I was bassist # 5 or 6...I wonder why the left of them quit?

SiBob , I meant drop everything down a tone or semitone.

That's my concern, that its just not going to sound natural. I have a second bass, so no panic. Alternatively I was going to install a drop tuner,tuning key. All I really need is to drop the E to D.

HI Folks Any recommendations for a pedal to do one specific task: Shift the pitch of my bass from E > D, A > B etc.

I really like the 'sturdiness' of the AH-500, I never really trusted the lightweight class D amps (I've had one or 2 power failures with these and anyway they just dance around the top of the cabinet). I think TE could have dumped the compressor and the 'preshape' and just leave the EQ.

HI Folks, Any Trace Elliot people out there ? I find the compression cuts the sound excessively and doesn't really allow you 'dig in' (even when turned down low) i.e. the compressor seems either 'on' or 'off'.. Also the 'preshape' function sounds good on its own just seems to scoops out the mids. I cant really hear myself over 2 guitars, apart from the E string. I switched these off completely at a recent gig and my EQ was set pretty much flat with a little boost on the mids. Bass sounded much more defined and clear afterwards. I bought the 500-AH second hand recently and I'm not sure what the purpose of the Pre-shape is when you have an EQ on tap? Some tips on set up would be great please, I play using fingers 95% of the time.