RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE

[quote name='karlfer' post='1002823' date='Oct 27 2010, 06:26 PM']Never one to advocate violence, however, hit the sod with the'77 Tele bass and give him something to really moan about. [/quote]

yeah,or loose connection/transformer

Spoke to guitar a and I'm doin' the 3 gigs already booked. Then band meeting.......

Bear in mind,altho' he did his suicidal stuff etc. before metallica, Cliffs sound may be close , and he used alot of 'guitar pedals'. Maybe you're better getting an effects unit or something. Also , Robert T uses alot of different basses these days too.

Buy from someone at Basschat. Things to consider: what style(s) music do you play. Something that will hold it's value etc.

Triads are ruthless.. don't upset them

Got phonecall from mr. vocals. He agreees with me,but still wants me to do gig in less than 2 weeks that he's booked. I told him that if the guitarists can't be bothered to talk to me,why should I bother etc. He's got one of the guitarists to ring me,and I missed his call. May have to ring him in a few minutes...

[quote name='BurritoBass' post='1000280' date='Oct 25 2010, 06:20 PM']I'm also at that stage of having fun with my parents so can relate. Ultimately for me music is a hobby, albeit one that I take very seriously. If a band is doing my head in, I would walk away. In fact this applies to things in general. Work pays my mortgage so I tolerate fools but if a band started to become a hassle, I'd leave. The reality is we don't always have time to learn songs 100% of the time. If you have a busy / stressful job (& most of us do) plus other family commitments etc I think most bands get a far greater commitment than they should. Plus if he's not learnt the song 100%, he doesn't know the song. Just because he knows it better than you doesn't mean he can give you a hard time. You acknoweldge a personality clash. If you can deal with it, deal with it, if you can't don't. Between my Mum's Alzheimer's, my constant check ups at the local cancer hospital and 300 other factors I won't go in to, I simply won't suffer fools if it isn't benefiting me! And if anyone wants to think less of me because of it, I couldn't care less! There is a lot more in life than a few tunes and a small cult following. Just don't tell my wife! I get this but we have a lot of capo songs and it's amazing how great sounding musicians come very unstuck when the position is changed. I tend to be the go-to-guy for the "what key are we playing in?" question [/quote] Well, at our last gig ,guitar a lost his capo,and we had to do something else instead. I did a couple of tv themes,but he just couldn't find his capo ,poor sod. Good job the 'crowd' liked my theme tunes. At least I don't let the band down like that

Thanks again for all your kind comments guys. Yes, I think these guitarists do think that' bass is easy'. Received email from mr. Drums asking me to reconsider,and from mr. Vocals who wants me to help him with the gigs booked for 2/3 weeks time respectively. Nothing from guitarists(the halo is stopping them from reaching the pc screen). Mr vocals is away till Friday,and wants an answer before then. I won't do anything unless guitarists ask me nicely.(doubt it somehow) If they wanna have band meeting,then I'll let them ask me. If the guitarists aren't bothered,then let one of them play bass. I know one thing for sure, the audiences won't get the dynamic stage poses and messing around which I provide for a laugh Just a moody guitarist playing bass. Why is it imho guitarists who start this crap??

[quote name='nick' post='999310' date='Oct 24 2010, 08:27 PM']By coincidence I quit my band last night too! Plenty of other bands around, something better will turn up. Good idea to register with bandmix, musofinder, join my band, etc.. Updating my profile this evening. Good luck mate.[/quote] Thanx Hope you weren't suffering too much. My year's been crap ,and this is just another chunk of bad luck. I'll probably leave it till new year now,but thanks for the info. Good luck to you also. Cheers

[quote name='leschirons' post='999291' date='Oct 24 2010, 08:23 PM']You made the right choice. Out there, somewhere, is a band of musos who will be easy to get on with, have no egos and understand what give & take means.[/quote] Well, it was like that.. they were like that... but then?? What happened?? Thanks tho'

[quote name='Doctor J' post='999285' date='Oct 24 2010, 08:21 PM']Once it stops being fun, move on.[/quote] True

[quote name='essexbasscat' post='999266' date='Oct 24 2010, 08:15 PM']Makes room for you to move on to better things, band partners that inspire your own performance etc T[/quote] Trying to find someone who appreciates Steptoe & son and Hawaii five o could be difficult.

[quote name='thunderbird13' post='999255' date='Oct 24 2010, 08:10 PM']Sounds like both guitarists have an ego problem. Well done on you for having the courage to walk out of what sounds like a toxic situation[/quote] Thanks Not new for guitarists to have ego's. There was talk of a band meeting,and we had enough time imho to talk today between our 2 sets today. Instead Guitar a makes me scapegoat imho

Thanks guys. Well ,I think what you all say is true. To be honest,it's only after the last week or so that everything's got out of hand. They're a nice bunch really ,but I don't think the bass is taken seriously enough. Just because I'm placid, I shouldn't be shown less respect than other band members. As was mentioned above.. the les dawson notes are definitely heard more on bass. The guitarists do quite a few themselves,and I think the crux of todays problem was that I get crucified for not learning a song on time,and the guitars made quite a few mistakes today. Finding bands near me is difficult ,and mr. drums is/was a great chauffer Might offload some gear soon.

Well,as with most bands ,there's always a long story. So I'll try to condense it We aim to rehearse every 2 weeks. But it's often 3,4,5 weeks. We learn the set,suggest others, and put some 'on the back burner'. O f course, with such an arrangement wires get crossed,with some songs totally forgotten about,and others learnt. And some of the band know the songs and are ready,others are not. Anyhow the reason everything's gone sour is threefold. First of all, guitarman b starts having digs at the singer at times in certain songs. (not aggressive, just alittle too sarcastic) Second thing is, I have had a terrible year (who hasn't ? ) I was at a stage a couple of months back when my brother moved in permanently into my flat(soon to be ours) and I only touched the bass about twice in 6weeks. (our rehearsals were less frequent then ,through other band members so I was very weak on the new stuff). We did 2 gigs recently and I had to go look after my mum for a week the morning after my last one. I/we were on a high. Got back to heathrow,and find mr.drums quits. He cancelled on a booking we made ,as his band were on at the same night elsewhere. I managed to keep it going and got him to reconsider. He was annoyed by Guitarman a 's email reply. I know it was a bad error ,but mr.drums didn't mean it and we bassplayers are mellow . I got shouted at by guitarman a , because I found it hard going learning what I'd call a difficult song. I knew about 80% and he goes in a strop. So, if there are issues to be sorted , why didn't the band bring them up? Apart from that song,I got the rest pretty much spot on ,apart from a brief les dawson moment. The guitarists made a few mistakes today,also we changed the key of one of our songs on the spot ,as guitarist b wanted to try it. At our last gig,guitarman a lost his capo ,and we had to swap songs around. Just received an email from the drummer asking me to consider,telling me I'm too sensitive and guitarman a is blunt as a person. But if I'm playing with hens instead of friendly people , I think it's best to quit.

[quote name='dougal' post='977012' date='Oct 4 2010, 01:03 PM']I use a couple of horizontal mountings in the man cave: [url="http://www.dv247.com/studio-equipment/quik-lok-gs413--7123"]http://www.dv247.com/studio-equipment/quik-lok-gs413--7123[/url] It's mostly the pretty ones that live up there. The heavy usages are on the right at foot level, in a warwick stand. Edit: Just re-read the OP; '... apart from wall hangers...' - ignore me.[/quote] That's quite cool

[quote name='Johnston' post='976166' date='Oct 3 2010, 05:12 PM']I want one of them American fuel pump style cases or the juke box one.[/quote] Yeah ,the pump one is cool

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='976140' date='Oct 3 2010, 04:55 PM']Aren't those picture frames things for people who can't play to display an instrument which cost a lot of money and is for looking at not playing?[/quote] That's me rumbled :ph34r:

Fleabay? I think there's a shop in usa that does that kinda thing .