PatrickJ

Maybe the Basschat team could set something up and do it properly - would be great to have a well thought out resource to find bands or band mates.

Ah, another member of the 4x kid club!

Perhaps you could try selling a kid on the BC market place (under the sell anything category)- or trade one for a new bass.

A few times in this, and other recent threads of a similar nature, sellers over pricing items comes up as a theme. Having literally just listed a bass for sale an hour ago (that Sandberg GAS has got me good) at what I think is a fair price has made me wonder about how BCers go about figuring what a fair market value actually is for an item. Incidentally within 30 mins of posting my listing I get messaged asking what is the lowest price I'll drop too

Does the agent and venue know this is the plan ? I guess if you don't do it then they'll find someone else who will so you may as well pocket the cash. I guess singers do it a the time but it does feel wrong.

It was only meant as a bit of fun Personally I'd go for Amp The Markbass EVO1 la bam is selling, @ £450 is a great price for what looks like a really interestingand useful amp. Guitar There are a few interesting guitars for sale at the moment but, the Sandberg TM4 Supreme in black is what I'd go for as I've got a bout of GAS for one of these at the moment. I'd also probably take is the fretted Mayones BE4 - £470 delivered seems like a real bargain for what I think is a lovely looking guitar. I've been playing a Jabba for a while and always like Mayones neck profiles.

Def BC marketplace but would be fun to see what else is out there that tickles your fancy, fleabay, bumtree, FB etc.

So, here's a question .. Assuming you had no constraints with money, space or logicisitcs which Bass Guitar AND / OR Amplifier would you buy from the items currently available in the BC market place ??

I recently went to BD to try out some Sandbergs (one of which came home with me) - they were more than happy for me to do so. I asked for some headphones, they set me up in the corner and left me to it. After I finished I had a great chat with who I assume was the infamous Mark.

Lies, all lies

I'm with you, when I was looking for a new pedal pre-amp anything less than a 4 band or parametric EQ was ruled out.

Good luck with the tour, where are you playing and when?? i checked you guys out on YT, I liked the cover of Slow Dancing in a Burning Room. Great inspiration for the likes of me, about to hit 40 and only just getting into the gigging thing.

I had one of these but sent it back to Anderton's as I was getting loads of noise on the gain channel. They tested and said it was faulty but didn't have another in stock to replace it so I got a refund. It's made me nervous to buy another but I am tempted as I constantly hear great things, and I think they look awesome .

Just seen this on YouTube.. Loving it!

Thanks guys. I think I've shortlisted 2 singers so will probably just book them in for individual auditions on separate nights I'll aim for a hour with each but if things go will may extend that on the night

Thanks for the advice thus far. I'm definitely checking them out before hand through e-mail conversations and asking for some sort of recording. I want to avoid a complete disaster. I'm also showing them some rehearsal videos of us along with sample set lists so they know what they are getting into..

How do you guys audition / select new band members? Our band is looking for a new singer! Through JMB and Gumtree I've got a few people I'd like to audition but having never done this before I'm not sure what the standard approach is. I'll have 3 or 4 people to see and I was thinking of perhaps asking them to learn 2 or 3 songs off our standard set list. We normally rehearse 8-10pm, so perhaps have one come at 815 for 30 mins and one at 915 and doing this over a couple of weeks . Is this a sensible fairly typical approach?

This might help

I've not read that thread but I do think it's another example of content posted on BC that may turn some away from this community.

+1, put a free notice up on Joinmyband.com and see what responses you get. I've done this a few times now because I wanted to be able to dictate rehearsal schedules etc. Singers are a bit of a pain to find but drummers and guitarists are easier.

I have a pretty modest collection, just 3 basses. Think in total I've had six pass through my hands; the only one I regret selling was my Warwick GPS Corvette 5. 2 reasons I regret moving it on, firstly I lost a fair bit of money on the sale but the bigger reason is the nostalgia factor - it was the bass I played my first gig with :(. I've bought the two 4 string PJ basses over the past six months. Although the 5 string Jazz has been my gigging bass since gig 1 I'm now tempted to move it on as I haven't played it since getting the PJs. Those things are so damn versatile, I have one strung with rounds and one with flats. Our set list no longer has lots of different tunings which was the original reason I went for the five so it now seems a bit redundant. My only concern would be the resale value of a Mayones guitar. I wouldn't want to lose a ton of cash on another bass sale (perhaps selling it through the Bass Gallery or some where similar is an option, not sure what they take as commission).

Wow, never expected to see my home town mentioned here on Basschat. I moved away a long time ago but my parents still live there - chances are I might visit them at New Year's, might see if I can score a ticket and come to the show!