Baxlin

We use them at both our Church premises.  Seems a bit counter-productive that we then have the whole kit miked up, but it does give a balanced sound.  We had thought of electronic kits, but all our (rota'd) drummers said no, they preferred the acoustic kits, even though it put them in a box.

FWIW, both screens are 'roofed' and the one at the smaller venue is a complete box, with door!  The drummer has individual mixer unit, with in-ears, as do all the band.

At the larger venue, we have to pack down after the service, but we have a huge cupboard at the back of the stage, so the drum kit, in its screen is on a platform, on castors, which is pushed into the cupboard (complete with mikes etc), with other stuff packed round it.  Takes about 10 minutes max to clear up, as the PA and bass subs are fixed.

Check out James Eager on ebassguitar.com .  Not only a good teacher but a nice bloke too.

54 minutes ago, Mudpup said:

Is it an Ohm Tramp like this one? i had an Ohm GA140 combo in the late 80's and it was a great little amp.

 

 

I have one, looks identical except mine has two inputs and a tweeter.  I bought it 20-odd years ago from an old fellow who had been using it as an amp for his keyboard.  I’ve used it on stage on occasion, but miked up.

It's currently my practice amp, in my 'music corner', I play guitar, bass, and drum kit through it as the mood takes me......

The Shadows

(as said above). discovering Stax Records

and for a Baby Boomer, inevitably The Beatles.

We tend to group the set on 'who plays what'!

(Mostly two guitars/bass/drums lineup, but lead and rhythm gits both also play keys, and we even swap drummers on a couple of songs.......)

One very surprising thing (to me, anyway) has come out of this thread, and it’s that the majority of members/contributors seem to be shall we say 'of mature years'.  I suppose at 72 I am at the upper end, but when I joined I expected to be in a very small minority.

BTW, I’m scheduled in tomorrow evening's church band with

Keys player in her late teens,

Drummer in his 30s

Leader/lead vocals in her 40s

guitarist - 50s

BV in his 60s.

2 hours ago, grandad said:

So hard to choose just 3.

1. Apache - The Shadows

2. Buddy Holly - That'll Be The Day

3. Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes

Someone needs to list a Jerry Lee Lewis & a Chuck Berry.

Excellent list!

From an older BC member.....

Fontella Bass. Rescue Me - still love the riff

My Girl - the Otis Redding version, IMO less of a 'singalongaMax' treatment than the Temptations' version, and possibly the most popular song my band (or "group" as referred to in those days!) performed, our vocalist got it so right.

If I Could Dream - Elvis Presley    (although strictly speaking I was no longer a teenager in '68 when this was released as part of his 'Comeback Special' TV show)

I try to 'nail it', but as Count Bassy said a few posts ago, the original can change.  Take for instance the Beatles' Back in the USSR.  The original bass part on the record has quite a riff, yet when McCartney plays it live (at least on YouTube) he only seems to pay the root notes, at least while he’s singing.

So what is 'the original'?

The aforementioned Vince Pinkerton and the Lawmen, complete with Solid 7!  Photo taken 25th May 1962.

Baxlin (aged 15) on drums..........

Hope you get it sorted, I’ve had to adjust my fretting action due to osteoarthritis in my ring finger (can’t bend it much), I can only use the other three now.  Unfortunately I can only see it getting worse....

36 minutes ago, Doctor J said:

Take the discarded piece of string you just cut, fold the last 1-2 cm of the end back into a v (like a hook), do the same with the full string and hook them together, then loop a long piece of thread wrapped tightly around to close the mouths of each v, locking the parts together. It works incredibly well.

Many thanks, I’ll store that in my mind!  But as the screw is doing its job, I’ll stick with it (until it doesn’t.....)

Bought a new set of strings for my practice bass (fortunately!),  but trimmed the G slightly too short, so while it looked long enough, and reached in the hole OK, it slipped and pinged off when still a way off tuned.

I have a bit of a 'Malc will mend it' reputation with friends and family, so out to the workshop with it.  Tried various wood and plastic wedges to hold the string in, but finally fixed it with a fine screw trapping the string in the hole.

Candidate for 'bodge of the day' maybe?

Malcolm

6 hours ago, Pea Turgh said:

You could buy it as a project.  Needs a new nut (& strings!).  Replace the bridge, pickups, scratchplate, neck, tuners, maybe the body, too.

And call it Trigger's Broom?

To complete the set, the acoustic guitar was the Lucky 7

Did its job.  (for a 3 schoolboy band - Vince Pinkerton and the Lawmen, who didn’t take Nottingham by storm, unfortunately).  IIRC the lead was attached, ie no jack socket.  So he cut it and fitted an in-line co-ax joint, which wasn’t overly successful....

TBH, I think it was the cheapest electric guitar we could find.

9 hours ago, BigRedX said:

Most surprising - U2, Boat Club Nottingham, 1980 (went without having heard any of their songs, completely blown away by the music and the performance)

I was a rowing member of the Boat club in the 60s, we had some great bands there, as they did next door at the Union (one side), and the Brit (the other side).  We had to book bands up to a year ahead, so quite a few had made it big(gish) by the time they came.  Over the years, the likes of Status Quo, the Herd, Honeybus, Ten Years After, (a local band!!) John Lee Hooker, Led Zep, etc.

That jogged my memory....

The lead guitarist in my first band in 1962 had a Rosetti Solid 7, same body and pickup/scratch plate.

New Amen Corner, each time I’ve seen them, were much better than the acts they supported/backed.  OK, they were supporting the likes of the Foundations and the Fortunes, etc, bands from way back, but who were still ‘headlining'

Our Church band has no amps or cabs on stage, as we have built in PA and subs, and individually mixed in-ears.

4 hours ago, Old Man Riva said:

Most surprising - Elkie Brooks - Coventry Theatre 1978
 

Unless she played there twice in 1978, I was at the same show!

Had some good/big names at the Coventry theatre around then, also saw (with Mrs B!) Cliff Richard, Elton John's "one man" show (with Ray Cooper!), and The Shadows.

First concert: Beatles, Roy Orbison, Gerry & Pacemakers package (1964?) Odeon, Nottingham

Last concert: Harriet, (2019), Tring

Best concert: Queen with Adam Lambert, 2018, O2

Worst concert: The Searchers, Cromer, just before they announced their retirement

Loudest concert, Status Quo Wembley Arena, various dates 

Seen the most: either Joe Brown or Barbara Dickson

 Most surprising: Dennis LeCorrier (Ex Dr Hook) Norwich Theatre Royal

Next Concert: TBN, 

Wish I could have seen - Presley

Some may judge my method to be a tad Heath Robinson, but it will work.

I put the nose of a pair of long nosed pliers into the socket, and gently open them, to grip the socket from the inside.  Then tighten the nut with a spanner.

As I said, HR, and I take no responsibility for any damage!!

Stuck in the middle with you - getting the timing of the bass upbeat to the intro, and fitting a bit of the "Hey Joe" bass line in, the latter thanks to James at eBassGuitar.com on YouTube!

I’ve previously bought two Westfield basses, both from EBay, both for less than £30, both excellent buys. 

The first was a 5 string, to see how I got on with the extra string, I didn’t so I ebayed it and made a profit.

The second I defretted, again to see if I liked it.  I did, very much, but had no opportunity to use it apart from at home, so that went too.  TBH, I regret selling that one, even though I more than doubled my money!

15 hours ago, Big Rich said:

@LeftyP Your bass gig is a mirror image of mine, I would be part of a pool of musicians and I would expect to play about once or twice a month.  The songs are a mixture of modern and traditional hymns, and the level of musicianship is varied.

I'm going to keep my playing appropriate to where I am and what each song needs, to go in tapping and slapping would detract from the words of the songs/hymns.

Everyone's there to praise Christ and not witness my 4 string athletics.

Similar here, too.  We use OnSongs on iPads, and have individual MEI mixers with in-ears, so choose our own mix.  I find other bassists have almost the same mix as I have - making sure we can hear ourselves, of course!

we also have talk back, so the worship leader/md can communicate with the band.

Malcolm