RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE

Stopped gigging in mid 30's . Only had 3 basses then . My good friend ( who's an absolutely fantastic guitarist), got me to celebrate my 40th birthday. Then, I got the bug . Having a good time, and lack of girlfriend meant my bass collection increased somewhat. Got the Telebsss, as miserable guitarist hated my headless basses. Then him and Mr.drums hated the wooly sound of that . Now I'm struggling to play with myself I have the feeling tho' , if I lived up north, there's much more going on band wise and I would probably be still doing it. Smoking in pubs is another turnoff IMHO. One minute you have a reasonable crowd, then they drift in and out .

The last band I was in , left a nasty taste in the mouth so to speak . Initially , we never knew each other ( 4 of us). The singer was Irish/ American but was dropping out of rehearsal last minute . Mr. Guitar ( who also played bass), had no proper personality and only spoke to slag me off when I made errors in rehearsal. Mr.drums was friendly and chatty but was angry at guitarist lack of personality. Mr. Vox had all the notions but sang awfully. I was very sluggish starting off tbh, and did deserve criticism . We recorded a poor demo , which some people liked. We did 1 gig , and Mr. Guitar said I was the best performer . Next rehearsal, singer was gonna be away again , so Mr . Guitar quit. Me and Mr. Drums auditioned a new guitarist. A friend of mine sang with me in a few birthday gigs , so we got Jim on board. We had. A much better time of things gigging more etc. However, Mr guitar kept making up his own solos and was nearly sacked after about 6 months .trying to get used to his boss pedalboard. He then used us, and quit. So then Mr drums had to record in Thailand so quit also. A few months later , it was just me and Mr drums. We recruited 2 guitarists and a singer. Singer was a good laugh . 1 guitarists wife commited suicide( he is a miserable bar steward any way). Broke his hand . We waited for him. We played a few gigs / barbecues which were good .We recorded possibly the worst demo , because guitar 1 wanted to do it o the cheap. Done by dj(s) who messed it up. The band pics were embarrassing. I got a couple of gigs sending a previous cd we did which was good . Then the band started bickering because I never learned 2 songs due to upheaval , and the songs I learnned, Mr guitar had not . I'm in my early 50's now and cannot be bothered . I wouldn't mind jamming in a rehearsal room tho 'just for fun . Oh, and playing in front of one man and his dog, is a waste of time

Nice bass . Mr.Drums will love you

Oops! Got you mixed up with another thread;) good luck anyway

Just briefly flicking through the thread. What was the outcome? What was said?

You could join another band, and use this as a practice one .

They look great . He has a talent

Hope it all pans out

Howdy! I'm sure you'll get a good deal, if you advertised on here. There is a fee if you do.( one of the mods will steer you in the right direction) Posting a few pics up, and naming your location will also help .)

Do you just keep your 'main' bass , which has seen you through everything? Or, do you splash out on a custom / hand made space to your specifications? Or, do you think that "my old Fender ,is my custom bass" ?

Good for metal

Cool

Interesting. You've got a very good budget just for effects alone. I used to have an Eden combo.loved it, very clean, modern and powerful. With multi fx , the thing I'd look for is ease of use. What I cannot understand tho' , is that there are so many with 'virtual 'amp settings of all the big makes. Why have them, when you have an Eden? Depending on your band , maybe it's best to go for something like single boss effects , or the me50b which you can get on here cheap. Lots of people on here like the zoom b9 or whatever. Then again, there is line 6 . Over to other basschatters...

Good stuff, but there's no smile in the band . In one pic, you look like you're gonna tell Mr.guitar off;) sorry only Imho

Nice post . Think I'll have a look. 😉 regarding recording, what do you use?

Charnel and Kramer from the '80s . I remember my guitar god friend , used these before he got an ibanez Jem.The old wash burns were great also apparently ( and not very expensive). Dean guitars are quite decent apparently . The dimebag ones are good for metal

Ch guitars ?

Of course . Now I'm wondering whether I've got too many of the boxes. Micro rack series now consists of : compressor limiter ( rcl-10) Digital delay( rdd-10) Phaser (rps-10) Flanger ( rbf-10)! Overdrive distortion( rod-10) Digital reverb( Rrv-10) Digital chorus ensemble ( rce-10) Pitch shifter delay (rps-10) Power supply (rpw-7) 2 delays ? Mmm.. Apparently, the power supply should be able to power them all?? Then I've got to work out what order to put them in. ( or have I?)!

I used to play it with no effects. Just an active bass