Steve Browning

That's interesting. Will have to watch out for that. The tablet that I use is WiFi only somaybe that will not arise. The other guys use iPhones for their monitor mixes (using a different app).

1st one. Channeling my inner Zal Cleminson at a 6th form college gig (about 1976, I think). 2nd on. Reunited with my ex Pretty Things colleague Dick Taylor (on guitar) at the SoL Party earlier this month. Singer is the ubiquitous (very) Alan Clayson.

Especially when two are stacked like that. Maybe you just hate your crew?

I wonder how you are connecting to the XR18? The advice is to use an external router and utilise the resulting wifi from the router. There is no need for an internet connection. Unless I'm missing something anyway.

Indeed and thabk you. I hadmy tongue very firmly pressed into my cheek with my comment.

I should say that you are advised to load settings from the mixer to the device. If you have done that, my advice above will be accurate. The settings are within the XR18 and not held externally.

Yes. Thank you for the update. Glad it's all sorted in the end.

Yes. The settings are within the XR18. The snapshots are all there and can be called up in Mixing Station. It's seamless.

I would really go Japanese (without turning obviously!!!). Every one I have ever owned, or encountered, has been an excellent instrument. IMHO the price difference you pay for a US instrument just isn't worth it.

I'm sure it's part of the longer version, but I have a picture of the other guys wondering why you're taking your bass to the toilet with you. In its case presumably.

And you paid for them or didn't claim the input VAT (personal use of business assets). Insert big smiley here!! 🙂

Having used my XR18 for a good few gigs now, and having slightly struggled with the Android version of XR Edit, I have switched to Mixing Station. The customisation is a bit bewildering, but the visual is consistent across operating systems and it's more intuitive. I hadn't had any problems with Edit but Mixing Station has the reputation of being more stable also.

To counter the maturity mentioned in the thread referred to. I played bass in a version of the Brian Setzer Orchestra. It was run by the drummer, a supposedly fearsome bloke. His wife seemed pleasant enough. Things were fine, and he accepted an invitation to be the drummer at the after show jam that happened at a Blues Weekend. I had put the band together. The Tuesday night beforehand there is a band meeting called. We turn up at the pub and the drummer turns to me and informs me that I'm a great bloke and brilliant bass player, but he can't play with me anymore. It seems my (then, and now late) wife had said something to upset his. I said that I presumed he was honouring the weekend commitment, to which he said 'no'. More bizarre than bad tempered but the best I can offer this thread.

I fear he won't. It wouldn't be a good thing for him in any case. He has a degenerative condition and has already lasted almost 10 years beyond his initial prognosis. He has a new lady friend and they are enjoying getting out and about. His future is ultimately going to be horrible, so better he enjoys time with her.

Just a bit of an update, and a huge thank you to everyone who commented or reacted. With just one gig in the diary and with a regular venue switching to an agent, we have called time on the band. The singer started off a little defensive (as you would expect) but did see that it was right in the end. He admitted that some gigs completely wipe him out and he has good and bad days more generally. We all wish that it was not so, but to carry on (in front of 'strange' crowds) would expose him to criticism (and possibly even ridicule) and that would be far worse. We will bow out on 7th October. More importantly, we are parting as chums. Thanks again for the support people have given. This is a remarkable place - and this is demonstrated so often here.

If that's Mark, the dishes will be brilliant. He had the exceptional taste to call my playing 'great' when he was at a gig of mine. Won't hear a word said against him. 🙂

Which is how I describe it, it has to be said.

I have a 1972 bass with 68 electrics. Is it a 68 with a replacement body/neck or a 72 with 68 electrics?

I've always been a Precision guy. Had (and have) other basses but a Precision is always my bass of choice. I have two non-Precisions. One I inherited and the other is just for the fun of playing Pino and Tony Levin lines.

I see what you did there. Well played, sir.

Ask any Geoff, I guess.

IME horn players are a mercurial bunch. I played in a band where one didn't arrive for a gig. When contacted, he brazenly stated a more lucrative gig had been offered to him the day before. They all tend to arrive 5 minutes before downbeat and leave 5 minutes after, offering no assistance with the PA into which the mic they proffered upon their arrival was plugged. I haven't played with a single player. I always thought the guy in George Thorogood's band looked really out of place.

I wonder if it's a light colour? As I mentioned earlier, light coloured basses look daft on me.

Similar panic for me. Tartan Heart festival, being broadcast on BBC. Supplied backline. We're rushed to go on stage, so I plug into the supplied Peavey head and it goes through some routine of lights, like a car stereo demo mode. The bass made a sound and I didn't dare touch anything. Couldn't immediately see what any control did.