SteveXFR

The important question is, can you get a tort pick guard to fit?

I think it was back in the 70's the protection tariffs were introduced to help Harley Davidson. It was either that or they'd have to build a modern motorcycle

Im sure potential buyers of a $350 Harley Benton will now buy a $1500 US made Fender or Gibson. Having said that, Harley Davidson would be long dead if it weren't for tariffs on far better imported Japanese bikes.

Thats why you don't leave your P bass leaning against a radiator

Thats not just what would happen in relatively poor northern towns. Here in this middle class south West town the same would happen except little Jemima and Sebastian will be expecting Percy Pigs instead of Haribo.

I have one. The Le Bass is excellent but the Revolt is better.

Meh is not the sound im looking for. Im using a Two Notes Revolt but finding theres a limit to how far I can push the drive before I lose note definition and its not enough dirt

I have a Spector so active with high output pickup. Reverse P bridge pickup at the neck with J in the bridge

The pure cremation advert with the bloke in a bath. Why is he in a bath? Why isn't someone holding him under to get him closer to that cremation he wants.

My band mates used to have a grunge covers band but played the interesting, great songs rather than the popular classics. It didn't go well, everyone just wanted Smells Like Teen Spirit, Alive, Black Hole Sun and Man In The Box while they were playing Sweet Young Thing by Mudhoney and Greasebox by Tad and Love Buzz by Nirvana. This is why I won't do covers. I don't want to play the standard classics.

Something to consume by Die Spitz. Seamlessly blending stoner metal and punk. Absolutely brilliant. They've got some thoroughly disgusting bass tones. The band members are all multi instrumentalists and regularly swap instruments so theres various playing styles going on with each instrument.

Then you must be a fan if Igorrr. They're so weird they make Primus sound like Michael Buble Weird but very clever

Dingwall probably.

I guess another major factor is what you play. Mainstream genres will get more gigs than accoustic free form blackened industrial death skiffle.

The main talent needed is entertaining an audience. Its entirely possible to be musically amazing but boring to an audience

If you're in a small town, lie about your location in your social media and any other bios. There's lots of small venues in cities who support the scene by only booking local bands as support acts. Those are the venues you need to get in to. Thats where you'll gain a following and be seen by promoters. Im in Frome in Somerset, our nearest city is Bristol so if we want to play there, we have to say thats where we're based. Be as helpful as you can if you want repeat bookings. Send the venue logos and pics straight away if they want them and make sure they have a tech list so the sound tech can be prepared and have an easier night. If he's prepared for a standard 4 piece rock band and you turn up with 9 horns without warning then he won't want to see you again.

Paid gigs for unknown bands playing original music are a rarity around here. If we only played paid gig, we'd never play anywhere and we quite enjoy it so we'll play the free ones. Pay is a bonus these days. Playing heavy metal is my hobby. Bar staff and security aren't there for fun so they get paid. The sound tech at our local does it for beer and bands get the same. If I was in it for the money, Id buy a white P bass and a white suit and play 80's covers at weddings but thats my idea of hell.

Is anyone here using a Motorbass overdrive? Ive checked out some reviews online and it sounds amazing but online review videos often add in all sorts of plugins to the signal chain. Does it really get you to that Lemmy style distortion?

I quite like that. Good band name as well.

I can't watch anything with Scott Devine. The jazz noodling just gets irritating after a while and when someone else is playing its like he's got jazz bass tourettes with random outbursts of "pocket", "tasty" or "ooh yeah". His American clone is much better though.

Plague Rages - Napalm Death

I had a rehearsal with my old style metal band last night and the only times I used the G was the intro to one song which is E, D, G power chords with the octave above the root added in. Other than that,its all on the E and A strings other than fills getting in to the D string.

No, its fine. Ive tuned a few to BEAD

There are some metal riffs that only use the D and G strings, 46 & 2 by Tool is one that comes to mind and (I think) Bridge Burner by Mutoid Man but generally, its mostly on the E and A. Maybe its the clanky, trebley tone commonly used in metal makes the higher strings mostly unusable

So you agree? Metal is noise to you, jazz is nonsense to me. I don't see the difference.