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Hutch Hutchinson with Bonnie Raitt, Delbert McClinton and Keb Mo. Reggie McBride and Stan Sargeant with Keb Mo.

I'm playing with Robin this Saturday and I expect he'll be jumping on the tables and walking through the audience several times during the evening.

I've gigged in many bands for Monica since the 80's. She's been running these great weekends for over 20 years. We all love her. Take your bass and join in Robin Bibi's jam nights.

Noooooooooooooooooo!! The original recordings were perfect, even with all their imperfections. They don't need to be messed around like this.

Don't discount an upgrade from active to passive.

The NYXL's are brighter and last longer. They are also cheaper. I put them on my active Jazz bass. I know nothing about string tension, all strings feel the same to me, I skate over the top of them, so I buy based on the sound and life.

Being at risk doesn't mean that RSI WILL happen. Maybe the real issue is how hard the right hand plucking technique is. There are some players, like Stanley Clarke, with a very bent wrist who don't appear to have problems. IMO digging in seems to be a more risky technique with a bent wrist. Maybe guys with a lighter feel are not in the danger zone.

It stops the strings ringing so he doesn't have to mute the strings during the clever bits.

Do we need effects? All I know is I don't.

For rounds, I used DR Lo-Riders for many years, and sometimes Hi-Beams. After hearing D'Addario NYXL's about 4 years ago I've used those ever since. For flats, I've been on a set of TI's for about 5 years. I had a listen to some La Bella's but couldn't hear enough of a difference to make me change.

9 mins in, for all those who say sustain isn't important!!

They didn't come out of nowhere. They are standing on the shoulders of 40 years of Funk, Disco, R&B and Soul bands going back to the 60's. That's not a bad thing. I rate this band and the players. JK is pretty irritating, but he's a singer so I guess that's to be expected.

John East.

This. I play in several bands and do even more deps, so creating the same audio environment on every stage is a must. I have a rig that can be heard at the back of most rooms and can be DI'ed on larger and outdoor gigs if necessary. IEM's is a level of technology that, in my bass world, is still at the solution looking for a problem stage.

He was/is a fine bass player, and also played on Every Picture Tells A Story. He was on bass in the Savoy Brown Blues Band in 1973.

I don't get FOH much these days so my sound is for everyone. My sound is always for my enjoyment. My playing is for the band and the audience.

The bass player is Gordon Edwards and this is pretty much his style. He formed a band called Stuff with Steve Gadd, Richard T etc. Stuff was filmed at Montreaux. Have a listen. It's a masterclass on under statement and groove.

I guess you had to be there. I wasn't and, apart from Working Man's Dead and American Beauty, I don't really hear much in their noodling that interests me.

Your Ashdown's are rated at 300 watts each. BF rate the Super Twin at 1200 watts, so depending on the amp you use it could certainly go louder, fuller, bassier etc. Is it "better" or worth the extra expense? Only you can decide that. I made my decision 5 years ago, BF's are my cab of choice.

Sad news. We supported them several times in the early 70's. They were a force of nature and Jeez were they loud!

Why? What's wrong with being a one bass person? If it's a good bass and gets the job done, then who needs any more?

It's part of a fiendish Chinese plot to get bass players to turn down!!

Is there a fuel shortage? Watch the semantics, hair splitting and back flips from our politicians. The chairman of the Road Hauliers Association said today, a large amount of the fuel is currently sitting in the distribution centres and petrochemical plants and it's not being delivered to the garages. So the politicians aren't lying, but they are!!