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… so much easier than trying to find a one armed keys player!

We solved this problem by only employing one armed keyboard players.

Well, a Moog Phatty isn’t an effect and would make for a cool look on stage.

Do a Michael League and have a Moog Phatty on a stand next to you so you play synth bass or BG therefore making the keys redundant in this instance. Alternatively, a synth bass pedal like the EHX mono synth?

Many moons ago I had lessons with Hubbard. The main thing I took away was the importance of correct fingers/hand/wrist/arm/body posture to ensure the mechanics of your playing doesn’t inhibit you. I think this is important and not necessary something that is easy to learn naturally but sets you up for a life time of playing. After that, it’s what inspires you… always learn songs you like and delve into what inspires you.

What's with the bass drum reso head?!

When I'm back in the UK (which is not often) I live just around the corner from McCathy's. It's changed hands over the years and at one stage it was quite rough..... what's it like now? PS Just down the side street to thew place, there are two cracking Indian restaurants that are worth visiting... Rose of India and Golden Curry.... if you like curries that is.

Well, for a tip on how to sound like the Eagles check out Wings of Pegasus on YouTube..... and prepared to be dismayed!

Short scale, light and in a nice red.... tempted to get one myself actually. PS just listened to the sound samples on the Thomann site.... has a really good tone. Even more tempted now!

Well, maybe there’s a 4th category…. how many Hendrix tributes do you find?! The main reason is that even I can play the chords but I can’t sound like Jimi… but our guitarist can, even if he is right handed! My point being not just Hendrix but anyone who has the gift where the talent to sound like someone is key, so theatrics are a bonus but not essential.

Well… this thread has convinced me. I’ve told our guitarist in our Hendrix tribute that at the next gig he has to play left handed… after all, he only has to turn the guitar around the other way!

Get it done in a 'burst' salmon pink!

So, silly example (but relevant I think), I acquired an old 60s Vespa last year and had it restored. Originally it was black/white but I thought it boring, so with no regard to originality I painted it orange and yellow (b@llocks to it I thought, I just wanted it my fav colours). So, in answer to what colour, I would say whatever is your fav finish. Sunburst obviously a classic…. Or maybe salmon pink so it stands out from the crowd.

For me, ‘inherently robust’ means clunky with mediocre hardware. Why play mediocre when you play class…. Life is too short for mediocre!

Actually, I've sort of just gone thru this.... had a custom fretless made and it's so good I don't want to play anything else, so I've got rid of all the mediocre sh!t in my collection.... which means I now only have one bass!

Yep, in order to keep the audience attention we now do gigs with three bands... a Hendrix tribute, a Jimmy Smith tribute and a soul/blues cover band. The fact all three bands have the same musicians in them is just a coincidence. If we put on different wigs for each set I reckon we could charge management 3 times!

I'm still in shock that a Jaco tribute has been fretted!! If you listen really hard you can hear Jaco turning in his grave! I'm sure it plays well though, but it should at that price!

Miracle of modern science, here’s hoping your rhythm guitarist is good for Friday…. and beyond!

The routing shouldn't be too difficult. Plug all your sources direct into the desk, then you can use the routing options to make use of the six aux outputs for the foh feeds, and use the ultranet for monitoring. Using the ultranet requires buying the P16-M units but that does mean you get hardware control over your personal monitor mix and frees up the 6 aux outputs for dedicated foh feeds.

We use a Behringer XR18. With 6 xlr aux outputs you could create your own monitor feed for your iem’s. We did a gig recently with a 15 min turn around between bands and we managed it with time to spare. Admittedly not as complicated as your setup but the xr18 is very flexible.

Quick anecdote… I had an SWR combo with four 8” speakers. On it’s own it sounded awful, in the band context sounded great and cut thru really nicely. Basically, do you have a scooped tone that disappears in the mix?!

When I play in the covers bands we all make an effort to get the tones right, that’s where multi effects comes in handy for the guitarists, and if I’m on drums I make the effort to try and match those when I’m on the ekit. As for playing style, well that depends on what we’re going for but then we’re a covers not tribute. I’ve never been in a tribute… until now, sort of. I came across a guitarist who looks a bit like Hendrix, sings like Hendrix and more importantly, plays like him. We’re thinking of calling it the Jimi Hendrix Experience Experience! Anyway, it pretty much plays itself without much attention to detail as we’re well versed in what we’re playing (although I’m going through the Mitch Mitchell tutorials on Drumeo and attention to detail on the drums is going to make me a much better player when I nail it cold). However, I think with a tribute band I’d expect more detail than we’d put in on the covers, and we put quite a lot into that.

I think in this case absurdism is justified as 'real musicians....' is bit too much of a blanket statement.

Actually I was lucky on this one. My local luthier was retiring and wanted to reduce the amount of wood he had lying around so he only charged me for the parts not all his time. £800. Normally it would be double that, so not that much more than the target price.

Because it makes you feel better about buying a Chinese made bass!