PaulWarning

I've got one and they are incredible value for money but I prefer my Zoom B1on, a bit dearer but still only about £45 and it has loads more sims if you want them, I mostly just use it with Sansamp bass driver sim the point where distortion kicks in is a lot more controllable, I can have it set just below where it gets 'spikey' whereas the BDI21 seems to be all or nothing

must admit in my limited experience I've never come across a soundman who has insisted on a feed before the effects pedal

[quote name='Monkey Steve' timestamp='1497970432' post='3321714'] lifted wholesale from my old punk covers lot and based on how few chords on the guitar were required (apologies if I repeat some that have already been suggested) Pistols: Pretty Vacant, God Save The Queen, Anarchy In The UK Clash: White Riot - also doubles up as being musically almost identical as Two Pints Of Lager & A Packet Of Crisps Please by Splodgenesabounds Ramones: Sheena Is A Punk Rocker, Blitzkreig Bop, I Wanna Be Sedated Tenpole Tudor - Swords Of A Thousand Men Ruts - Babylon's Burning (also In A Rut, easy but a bit of a dirge) Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet (disclaimer - it's a lot of work to get the guitar solos right, but the bass and rhythm guitar are a piece of p#ss) Damned - Neat, Neat, Neat Stranglers - No More Heroes (again, lead guitar and the arrangement take a bit or work, but the actual bass lines are really simple) Elvis Costello - (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea Green Day - Basket Case Still Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster (but again, the arrangement takes a bit of work) And another vote for Fight For Your Right To Party - we always did that as an encore and it brought the house down. [/quote]I have to say if you think Babylon's Burning is easy you're either a hell of a bass player or you're not playing it properly, and White Riot doesn't just follow the chords either, though I do agree about some of the others Another Girl, one of the few songs I can play without looking at my fretboard

[quote name='Monkey Steve' timestamp='1497956909' post='3321573'] Exactly, it makes no sense to me either, but I've been in two different bands with drummers who insist that the bass drum needs to be mic'd at all times (and to be clear, it's been in the studio and at pub gigs where we'd do our own sound, situations where he could have a say, not where an engineer is sorting it out). Not all drummers, but it was definitely a "thing" with the pair of them. And like you, I can't understand it...just thought I'd ask [/quote]it's probably something to do with present fashion of having the bass drum very prominent in the mix, drives me daft, it used to be the snare drum at one time, a good drum kit is an acoustic instrument designed so all the bits are at the right volume, it's a bit like us bass players insisting that one of our strings should be louder than the other three

[quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1497954321' post='3321533'] Anything by Status Quo is good. Caroline is a well known number. We also do Blockbuster by Sweet, very simple and great crowd pleaser. Highway To Hell Ac/DC also simple and effective. [/quote]Blockbuster, till you get to the triplet bit

any Led Zep track is to be avoided unless the singer sounds like Robert Plant

Don't play many multiband bills but when I do they sometimes want everybody to use the same amp for this reason I use an Zoom B1on pedal to get 'my sound' saves an awful lot of hassle, it can always go before any DI box that's being used

I use a Trace Elliot head, SMX GP12, with a light weight cab, best of both worlds

[quote name='yanto' timestamp='1497371548' post='3317639'] Babylon's Burning and other songs by The Ruts. The Rezillos also had a hard working bass player [/quote]Babylons Burning? that's tough, how he plays it with all down strokes is beyond me, I have to do up and down, doesn't sound the same though

if you're after songs where you can hear the bass line so you can figure it out, try raising the song a whole octave with audacity or something similar makes the bass stand out, Blink 182 stuff is not very challenging, the Ramones even less so, but great fun, Hey Ho Let's Go

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1497355159' post='3317474'] I used to do exactly the same as you, small room with a loud drummer, Marshall guitar stack and a trace Elliott bass amp all at full gig volume, but we were 12 years old at the time [/quote]bloody hell you must have had a hell of a paper round to afford that sort of gear as a 12 year old

[quote name='oldbass' timestamp='1497349033' post='3317416'] Your in a confined room with no bodies to soak up the volume plus surely the idea is to interact and sort things out etc so 60 watts is plenty if the guitars do the right thing and max the pre's and lower their master vol's. Also this idea that you have to keep up with the "loud" drummer is a bit amateurish imo. Our drummer simply plays a bit quieter in rehearsal and he still sounds crisp and on the money. Your ears will thank you for it in 30 yrs time. [/quote]the only time our drummer plays is at rehearsals and gigs (that's why we practice so often tbh) he could play quieter but it wouldn't have so much fun for him and we're all in it to enjoy ourselves aren't we? pass the earplugs please :-)

[quote name='darkandrew' timestamp='1497292641' post='3317122'] We always used to bring our own backline as well. Is it expected now for rehearsal studios to provide this? [/quote]most rehearsal rooms I know provide a backline and basic drum kit (bring beakables)saves lugging you gear to practice every week, makes it a lot more enjoyable [quote name='The59Sound' timestamp='1497292965' post='3317129'] We always practice at gig levels so we're more used to how it will be on the night. A 300w bass amp really should be the minimum for a rehearsal room. [/quote]unless you've got a room full of people at your rehearsals and you play in the same size room I wouldn't have thought it would sound the same as a gig

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1497291621' post='3317113'] Another thing, I do all my tweeking & twerking in the bedroom through headphones and everything sounds great. Then I get to a gig and it's not the same.I should know better. Blue [/quote] [quote name='blue' timestamp='1497292025' post='3317116'] Thanks Red, I check out some demo clips. Blue [/quote]the same applies to demo clips as applies to playing bass on your own through headphones, it will sound totally different in a gigging environment, we've all been there, sounds great at home, sh*t at a gig

[quote name='stef030' timestamp='1497288114' post='3317062'] the place we use there is a 1/12 trace 75 watt or so is plenty loud enough [/quote]doesn't count, Trace watts are way louder than anybody else's, especially class D ones

[quote name='LewisK1975' timestamp='1497282536' post='3317007'] IMHO - a 60 watt amp should be OK for rehearsals. It's not a gig, and shouldn't be done at gig volumes. YMMV! [/quote]I used to use a Laney 75 watt combo with our old drummer which just about held up but not with our new drummer, no chance, the rehearsal studio we use had a Trace Elliot head for me to use, lovely bit of kit so I went out and bought my own,

[quote name='tonyquipment' timestamp='1497276785' post='3316953'] I would go with sticking a limiter or compressor at the end of the chain to keep everything consistent level. [/quote]I was always under the impression that overdriving the signal compressed it anyway.

I use a Zoom B1on, it has unlimited settings, I have it set just below the level where break up occurs all the time (just before it gets spikey), then use the heavy OD/distortion for Ace of Spades type sound, all for around £45

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1496291379' post='3310217'] That means I was 14 when I purchased it. Blue [/quote]When I get older losing my hair, many years from now, I bloody hate that song, and is my least favourite Beatles album too

[quote name='Twigman' timestamp='1496163705' post='3309272'] Been there Done that Often mistaking the 7th fret for the 5th fret or vice versa [/quote]you and me both, and I can't hear the guitarist very well, ear plugs and all that, so it can take me a while to realise anything's wrong

scooped sound is lovely when playing on your own but live with the rest of the band it's a no no, I've got a Trace GP12 and I turn all the sliders down below 100Hz, and don't use the TE shape button, what you hear and what the crowd hears are 2 different things, generally you need to think you're not 'bassy' enough but you probably are especially if there's a bit of a crowd in, I've found that bass is particularly affected by bodies in the room

if there was a formula everybody would be writing hits, but, some sort of hook, singalong lyrics, and a bit of familiarity and quite a lot of repetition all help.

never quit a band, mind you I've only ever been in one (with various members), but the best reason and only reason is, if it's not fun anymore (unless you do it for a living), but I will say this, if you feel like quitting give it a couple of days to calm down before announcing it

songs where the bass line is the song and not just filling in gaps around the chords, Peaches and Sunshine of your Love spring to mind and Warhead as previously mentioned

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1495530907' post='3304431'] I still reckon that was just co-incidence, since its ocurrence is fairly random. Malware Bytes finds nothing on my machine and I haven't seen this popup for weeks/months yet it just popped up randomly whilst I was halfway through reading a thread. [/quote]same here, don't see it for weeks then about 4 times in 3 days