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depends whether I've got my hearing aids in or not seriously, I know what the Nicko is on about, bass is usually not very prominent in the mix so they all sound the same, live, anyway, which is why I plump for a P bass, it just seems to cut through the mix better than most other basses, yeah, I've seen bands with bass players swapping basses, can't tell any difference, saw a 60's covers band the other week, first half he used his £7000 1967 Rick, second half a Fender Jazz, sounded more or less the same to me TBH, and yes I had my hearing aids in

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1471735297' post='3115506'] More interesting IEM solutions...? Try this. - [url="http://posseaudio.com"]http://posseaudio.com[/url] Quite like the idea of the mic stand mounted controls and ambient feature. [/quote]yep, solves the problem of having to mic everything up

after this thread I actually took my spare bass into the venue tonight, got it out to tune it, jaws dropped to the floor, (it was about a tone flat) it's the first time the rest of the band had seen it

anybody got a plan if the PA fails? ours did once I put the singers mic through my bass amp and used the effects in for my bass via a Zoom pedal, it worked, no backing vocals (might not be a bad thing lol) of course we don't mic any instruments up

our singer knows (I married) a monster from outer space, poem, that fills a couple of minutes

I'm surprised how many E strings get broken, I would have thought that one would be the least likely to break, given how thick it is

I wonder if certain basses are more susceptible to breaking strings?

[quote name='thebrig' timestamp='1471550437' post='3113965'] I think you need to start a new topic on this because it's always mystified me too. [/quote]I've just started a poll

a poll on how many times you've broken a bass string, be interesting if it was pick or fingers

no problem with that, one of my favourite gigs of recent years was the Glitter Band, and yes they did Gary's songs as well, but they did warn everybody with "we're going to do some songs from a while ago now, so if it's going to upset you you'd better f*** off now" nobody did that's what they were waiting for

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1471548503' post='3113935'] How are people breaking strings ? [/quote]that's always mystified me, I bash away with a 1mm pick and never broken a string.

[quote name='RickyV' timestamp='1471519417' post='3113594'] Ha, I knew I was opening myself up to scrutiny!! Laziness is all. It's just how I have learned the songs and havent bothered to change it. I guess being relatively new to bass and gigging, the comfort factor is important as in I dont want to give myself anything else to think about. I will get round to making it easier for myself at some point!! [/quote]fair enough

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1471518717' post='3113582'] I've never used a backup. I have had a failure that I got round and since then take a backup but 1 failure in 30years? How high profile are the gigs? [/quote]must admit, when it's no fee, originals 30 minute thrash gig I don't take one, but, if it's gig you're getting paid for it would be really unprofessional not to be able to finish the gig because you've not bought a spare bass IMO

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1471517574' post='3113570'] I`ve seen a couple of bands have to stop their set short due to no backup bass, whereas all guitarists seem to take backups. Only time I don`t take a backup is if there are other bands on the bill that I know, so we agree before the gig to loan our basses as backups if needed. When there are three such bands on the bill you`re pretty safe doing this. [/quote]unless you're cack handed

sunshine of your love or Peaches, I usually mess up the Chain, and as someone else has mention I go up and down the G major scale

[quote name='RickyV' timestamp='1471516859' post='3113552'] I have 2 basses with me for a gig purely because a couple of songs are tuned down a whole step and i dont want to faff retuning all strings between songs so I just swap basses. If all songs were standard tuning I would probably wouldnt bother with a back up. I have spare strings and cables as well but thats all. [/quote]this is probably a stupid question but why don't you just have one bass detuned and play the standard tuned songs 2 frets higher up the neck?

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1471517023' post='3113557'] For a lot of people, myself included, it's a question of simply not being able to afford spare equipment. [/quote]I'd rather have a cheap back up, in my case a £40 Hondo, than none at all, I've seen a bass pack up because a wire came unsoldered

I usually take a spare bass, leave it in the car, I've never needed it, but I work on sod's law, if I don't take I'll need it, also have a backup amp that I've never needed as well

I've got a Zoom 506II which is a great bit of kit, in some ways I prefer it to my Zoom B1 on, which has taken over from it, I use the EG distortion which isn't spikey fuzz with maximum gain then EQ it to suit, EQ 0n 6, contour on 0, have the compression on C9 but I don't thing that does a lot with using the distortion, It's gets me into JJ Burnel territory, sort of. Just remembered there's a bassist in a local mod band who wouldn't use anything else, he gets a good sound too. IMO all amp sims are just distortion and EQing with presets

I think a guy called Darren Russell Smith is the main man

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1470905226' post='3109213'] Me neither Paul, was a great weekend, hopefully we`ll get asked back but when there are so many good bands out there you just have to cross your fingers and hope. [/quote]he does have his favourites though, our singer nags him relentless and we've never got back on, but some quite average bands seem to be on most years

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1470814489' post='3108570'] I suppose the bigger bands get paid, the names, but for us we got Access All Areas wristbands for the whole weekend, plus food on the day we played. [/quote]well I certainly wouldn't complain about that

[quote name='Yoda' timestamp='1470672135' post='3107529'] I've just bought a second hand MIA Fender P bass from a seller on this forum...it's a red one, but hey, I'll have to live with that! I'm hoping that this'll scratch that itch. After some thought, I realised that if i went for a MIM Fender or the Squier CV I'd spend all the time I had it wondering what the MIA would be like. So thought it would be best to just dive in...it's not [i]that[/i] much over my initial budget...really. Thanks to all that contributed to the thread. [/quote]a wise choice, IMO of course

not hate, but if you don't like the music they or there band are producing you're hardly likely aspire to play like them

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1470732054' post='3107921'] Yes, that was the case for me anyway, I guess it depends what stage you're on? You could buy a wristband for all 4 days for £50 which seemed like pretty good value. Unfortunately I had sessions in the studio so couldn't take advantage [/quote]getting dangerously near pay to play though, still I suppose he could give f*** all or even charge, and bands would still be fighting to play there.