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    Embarrassing rookie errors….

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    On 14/08/2025 at 15:29, Wombat said:

    The great thing about IEMs is that you can play several songs in a pub and not know you didn’t put the PA faders up till one of the band not wearing them tentatively says ‘it’s a bit quiet’…

    Once kicked off the second set with a great sound on stage, until the end of the first number when someone out front told us the PA wasn’t on. 

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    What are your irrational prejudices? I have some bonkers ones...

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    On 08/08/2025 at 09:36, Len_derby said:

    Not really a prejudice, but I’ve never understood why anyone would wear a hat when someone else has taken the trouble to provide a perfectly good, weatherproof roof over their heads. Ungrateful, I call it 😂

    I can never understand why people wear hats in cars. Especially the driver, I always stay well away from them. Same goes for country singers and cowboy hats. And anyone who wears a baseball cap when not playing baseball. (I have a couple of those).
    Oh yes, and bass players with the bass just above the knee when standing.  

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    Too loud, walked off

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    17 hours ago, itu said:

    In 2004 I went to listen to G3 tour (Fripp, Satriani, Vai) with three friends of mine. The venue was made of concrete and the volume was infernal. All I heard from Billy Sheehan was bzzzzzz. No chance to hear any notes. We left after fourth "song". A g-word player friend of mine was working there and said the same, the sound was a chore. I couldn't have believed that good players were counting on volume instead of skills - and Vai's hair fan was just ridiculous. Yngvie may think it differently, but there exists a level of too much. 

    I saw Kenny Wayne Shepherd a year or so ago in a proper concert venue with normally great sound. Christ he was so stupidly loud we joined people walking out half way through the first set. A similar thing with Joe Satriani although we did last until the interval. 

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    Summer Reading

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    4 hours ago, rory said:

    Afternoon All,  

     

    I'm after some recommendations for a decent bass related read while I'm sat by the pool (having been dragged away reluctantly by my wife to the med for a week). Previous years have seen me enjoying Geezer Butler and Geddy Lee's autobiographies. The Bastard Instrument was also great.

     

    Basically (all puns intended) anything bass/rock related to keep me sane while I'm not able to plug my bass in and play along to what ever I'm listening to. 

     

    Any suggestions please folks??

    Not bass related, but Keefs “Life” is excellent. 

    Pubs and venues to be protected from noise complaints

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    8 minutes ago, Greg Edwards69 said:

    Yep. Exactly that. There are at least a couple of bands I know of that use a pair of 18-inch powered subs in the local pub circuit... and they use backline too!  Sounds good, but overkill IMHO. (And yes, I do realise they have volume controls, so they don't have to be loud).

    Does any band have to be loud?

    Nuts arn't just for Christmas

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    Brass nut on my 72 jazz fitted many moons ago replaced the broken original. Graphite bridge saddles on that too. Brass nut and bridge saddles on the Aria makes a nice noise. Plastic nut on the Ibanez SR and probably just plastic on the Stingray too. 

    Singing and playing - how?!!

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    I don’t have any suggestions beyond what has already been said. Practice is the key. I started singing when I started playing bass but that was a long time ago. I Saw Her Standing There was my first effort. I figured if Paul can do it so can I. I admit he is better than me. 

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    Wireless IEMs: Xvive U4 & alternatives

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    Three and a half hours into rehearsal yesterday my iem’s crackled and died. Green lights on the U4 receiver and transmitter flashed and then no sound. Placing the receiver right next to the transmitter works, and I can receive sound from my guitarists transmitter when on the same channel. So my transmitter is apparently dead, or at least not very well and only two and a half years old. The guitarists is much older. I charged it up but nothing changed. I can’t see how to open it up and I wouldn’t know what I was looking at anyway so I have to spend more money. Shame as the system has been very good and reliable up until now. 

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    OnSong app problem

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    On 11/07/2025 at 19:14, Mickeyboro said:

    Anyone had the problem I’m having - I can’t email a set list with songs attached to a colleague. It just won’t go any more. Thanks! 

    I can’t help you with that. As a long time OnSong user I gave it the boot recently. No one particular reason but the constant nag to pay the subscription to get extras I don’t need was annoying, especially as I bought the damn thing outright years ago. My co conspirator in the duo moved over to Stage Traxx 3 recently, mainly because he takes care of making and playing the backing tracks we use, and StageTraxx handles that better. I’ve switched to the cheaper and very similar SongbookPro which has the same functionality with less bells and whistles. And I have emailed a setlist complete with songs from the app. 

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    Who did you see live last?

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    Jools Holland and the band at The Congress in Eastbourne. What’s to say? Brilliant evening, not a duffer to be seen on stage, every member of the band had a solo including the girl singers, and Ruby of course. Plus a surprise appearance for a couple of old Squeeze numbers by Chris Difford. Special mention goes to Imelda May, quite possibly the best supporting artist I’ve seen in years. No miserable songs from her. 

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    OK... so age is now taking effect...

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    On 23/06/2025 at 05:38, prowla said:

    I tried some varifocals spectacles and they were awful: the edges of my 32" 4k monitor became curved and I couldn't read things by moving my eyes but instead had to keep them still and move my head to read; I also couldn't use my peripheral vision.

    I really couldn't recommend them less..

    As for contact lenses: I was recommended not to have them for astigmatism, as every time you blink you slightly shift them.

    I think that varifocal contacts would exacerbate that issue and you'd be looking at the world through a wobbly fish-eyed vision.

    I have astigmatism and I have always been very short sighted, plus advancing years have buggered up the close reading. I wear varifocal glasses most of the time with no issues. I’ve used contact lenses for over 40 years and currently use multifocal Purevision2 from Bausch and Lomb, bought online from Vision Direct. Best contacts I’ve ever used. 

    It's just occurred to me....

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    I have a ‘72 Jazz I bought in ‘82 but in the intervening years I’ve had to change a few bits that stopped working properly or not at all, so not really 100% original now. But still plays well, and sounds good with a pair of custom shop ‘70’s pickups, but I prefer playing my Stingray. 

    What Does Your Summer Look Like ?

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    23 hours ago, Merton said:

    Katy Hurt is releasing her debut album in May, so we have a UK “tour” for mid May to mid July :)

     

    Current dates:

     

    18th May - Dart Music Fest

    25th May - Square Tower Portsmouth

    30th May - Chapel Arts Centre Bath

    5th June - Hot Box Essex

    6th June - Fiddler’s Elbow London

    8th June - Gullivers Manchester

    12th June - Acapela Cardiff

    20th June - Greystones Sheffield

    6th July - Country in the Park Poole - TBC

    12th July - Rodeos Birmingham 

     

     

    And then my original pop/punk/emo band Youths will be releasing our debut album in May too. Only one date so far though, Cambridge at the end of May.

     

    Thats it so far :)

    Thanks for the introduction to Katy Hurt, I like what I hear. Unfortunately I won’t be able to go to the gigs  

    Obscure tribute bands

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    On 10/04/2025 at 20:02, Count Bassy said:

    and the Val Doonican .... Val Doneagain

    A bit off topic. The Shrewsbury Folk Festival this year has The Bar Steward Sons Of Val Doonican on the bill. 
    If you have time to kill, trawling the acts appearing on various UK festivals this year has some wonderfully crazy band names. One of my favourites is Colonel Mustard and The Dijon 5. 

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