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Too many musicians get this wrong, that is 100% the deal 👍

I play music because I love playing music. I hope that never changes 👍

The BBC mentioned that several members of the band were found 'accommodated in a cottage in Devon being paid low salaries'. On two counts they're doing a whole lot better than me and my band for most of the 80's 🤔

Enjoyed that 👍

The Foto-Flame finish is thick, heavy, and once it starts to come off is going to carry one. This is not relicing, this is like old lino peeling off a kitchen floor. I've stripped two of them and both times the grain on the body was non existent so they do not take a clear finish unless bland is your thing. I think you need to ensure there's no residue from the chems in the FF before you start applying a new finish 👍

That, I suspect, is a poor business decision. I've chatted about this with a couple of UK neck builders who both felt the same but, despite this and some copyright hassles, recognise that business is about what the customer wants

I might be in the minority but I prefer a mic on a stand as - assuming no soundguy (@Matt P I'm not sure if you're simply lending PA or also doing sound) - I could always control feedback by moving the bass, plus to my ear it meant more of the real sound of the instrument came across

Not answering your question but I'd post this in the PA section also as a lot of the live sound experts tend to hang out there I'd be very surprised if a gigging double bass player has neither a PUP or a mic, but guess it's best to prepare for the worst. I used a Heil PR-40 when I used to gig upright and it was very good, you could see which of those you've listed have the closest characteristics?

My therapist says I’m too reserved 😆

....and man the title made me laugh, surely the exception in courier tales should be the bad stories, not the good ones

Yes he did, EVRI's prime directive is f*** THE f***ING CUSTOMER AT EVRI f***ING OPPORTUNITY (it's how they got their name in the rebranding of what was at the time the World's worst ever courier......)

EVRI's problem isn't it's individual members of staff, it's systemic DGAF attitude endemic at every level of the culture, from leadership to IT to customer service to drivers. Nice that the guy helped in this case, but he shouldn't have to, if anyone in that f***ing useless business gave a f*** about ensuring their systems actually work you wouldn't have had to dick about in the first place

How do you avoid bleed from the PA into the mics, is it just careful positioning?

Even those that aren't pillocks now probably were on their way up and at the top of their curve....

....but I'd also welcome alternative solutions, although in-ear isn't an option for us 👍

Show me a band in which the singer isn't a pillock, and I'll show you an unsuccessful band

Decent point, but IMO we do Jack, we gigged without monitors last time out and both drummer and keyboard player struggled to hear the vocals and guitar (although to be clear, although they were probably the only two people in the venue if not the entire postcode who couldn't hear the guitar..... . If the set were more straight forward I think we'd get away with it, but we're doing Odelay by Beck in which a lot of changes in rhythm that also involve keyboard shenanigans and samples are cued by specific lyrics, and even in the rehearsal room - in which the sound is way easier to work with than the venue in question - the drummer is struggling to hear the vocals well.

Jamiroquai had a magical swagger about them at that time, both musically and visually. Zender was a massive part of it 👍

That's a nice story, we were thinking along the same lines 'We've got two PAs, two's gotta be better than one, but how do we do it'

So funny, Adam and the Ants very well observed, especially the stick work and the B&W aisle walk on the security camera, but I think it was - I assume - Sigue Sigue Sputnik walking around the corner with a shopping trolley that took the biscuit.....

Thanks Bill, if it’s good enough for you it’s certainly good enough for us 👍