SteveXFR

I'm also struggling with motivation. I gave up and sold all my gear last year then bought a new bass to start a new band with mates in January. That went nowhere. Since then I've been for auditions which went nowhere (I learned auditions work both ways). Now struggling to get motivated. I occasionally hear a song and think I'd like to play it but never get around to it. Going to see my old band (still good mates) is in one way really good (they're awesome) and depressing (they create a huge noise without bass). Need to find a band.

I The Witchfinder - Electric Wizard

The Wizard - Black Sabbath

Cannonball - The Breeders

I think they keep going out of fear of dying if they stop. They need something to keep them going and people keep buying tickets. My parents saw The Who back in the early 2000's and said they were past it then.

The Who are still going??

Albatross - Corrosion of Conformity

That would be accurate.

I've seen an all girl Metallica tribute called Misstallica. They kind of sucked so a very accurate tribute to the mediocre titans of metal

I just spotted yet another advert for a Metallica tribute looking for a bassist. This one is different, concentrating on Load and later (post good stuff). That's pretty niche (and rubbish)

Do you use the GX100 in to an amp or straight out the DI?

I accidentally added reverb to a heavily overdriven bass track in my DAW. I like the noise it made and thought it could be an interesting effect to add for baas breaks in songs. Has anyone tried this? Does it work well in the real world? Would a cheap Behringer reverb be any good or should I splash out on a fancy one?

Frost Hammer - High On Fire

Blood Moon - Chelea Wolfe & Converge

Earthtone9 tonight at the Treehouse in Frome. Excellent performance despite the lack of bassist. Support band Hollow Kin were really very good.

Stop - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Politician - Cream

My regular barber wants to start a band playing Status Quo songs in the style of Motorhead. It could be a winning idea. The songs are OK, they just sound boring because of the way they're played

Flying Whales - Gojira

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs at SWX in Bristol last night. Support band, Irked were superb. Loads of punk energy and some almost heavy riffs. Pigs were absolutely brilliant as always with their Sabbath inspired noise. Great performance and as always, the sound in SWX was brilliant. Third time I've seen them and they just keep getting better. The mosh pit was rather lively, I've got a few bruises this morning.

Every cover band does Paranoid (badly) and Iron Man is a bit over played. The Wizard should be in your set as well, I covered it in a band once it's great to play on bass

You might have to send that back to the manufacturer. Most amp techs can't do anything with pcb's and processors other than check the bassics.

Their live sets must be constantly interrupted by drunk people shouting "Play Money/comfortably numb/brick in the wall"

I think anything can do metal. I've even seen a Hoffner violin bass used by a doom band before. A precision and humbucker should be an ideal pickup combination

I like that. Tribute to a hugely popular rock band that doesn't play the songs everyone wants to hear.