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    Presto jazzicato tungsten

    in EUB and Double Bass

    Posted · Edited by TheRev

    Has anyone tried the Presto Jazzicato Tungsten strings?

    My Spiro Weichs are getting a bit tired and I fancy trying something else as I've clearly forgotten how much money I spent on strings before I settled on the Spiros.

    I have the Presto Nylonwound on my carved bass and like them a lot, but need something brighter and more focussed for the ply working bass.

    Hottest and coldest gigs

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    The hottest was an outdoor gig at the Bridport- West Bay carnival torchlight procession. We were set up on a flatbed trailer, a small distance away from the bonfire. Turns out it wasn't far enough away when the bonfire was lit. our guitarist couldn't actually play because the bridge on his guitar got too hot to touch. We had to stop and take cover from the heat until the fire had died down to mere 15ft flames before we could get back on stage.

    The coldest was on the patio of a house of one of the contestants on 'Come dine with Me'. It was April and below freezing. The producer had us in in position for about 30 minutes before the filming even started and then we had to do three run-throughs for camera angles etc. so that by the time came for the final take everyone's fingers were pretty much useless. The only person who was even close to warm was our mate in the furry badger suit.

    Vocal mics of choice and why

    in Accessories and Misc

    Posted

    The whole band use Sure Beta SM58s - mainly because when I joined I had a betaSM58 and everyone thought that it sounded much better than the SM58, so everyone bought one.

    I recently had to use a SM57 when one of our betaSM58s went briefly AWOL and I have to say that I quite liked the sound  - the increased proximity effect really suited my voice.

    Guild B302 / B301 - likey or no likey?

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    2 hours ago, BrunoBass said:

    It is indeed. I just had a look at Hammersmith’s website for information, and... there is no website, just a Facebook page. It’s all a bit sketchy which is a shame as these really do look interesting.

    There's a thread about them on Talkbass that petered out around June last year. The general gist was that Hammersmith got more orders than they could handle and pretty much ran away and hid.

    Bit of a shame really as this was the first electric bass to peak my interest in about 15 years.

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    Auditions in Hell

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    Posted · Edited by TheRev

     

    Bristol, 2011

    The last audition I had was for a band that the drummer who was in my jazz band had joined about six months previously.  The band had regular gigs but didn't have a bass player up to that point as there 'wasn't enough money to pay a fourth person'.  Anyway, they wanted a double bass player and the drummer wanted me in the band so he booked a local rehearsal space and the singer/guitarist drove the 60 miles from his home to Bristol for the occasion (which he moaned about all the way through the audition).

    I'd learnt the songs from the album the band had just recorded - it was pretty easy as there was no bass on the album, so I could just do what I wanted and it was all Johnny Cash style G/C/D stuff. Easy peasy.

    The singer/frontman bailed out of the session half an hour before it was due to start as he'd forgotten he was supposed to be playing football. No problem says drummer, the guitarist can sing the other guys parts.  The audition got underway and everything seemed good to me. The drummer was mostly playing along with the guitar as that's the sound they had evolved without a bass player, but the drummer and I had been playing jazz together for the past three years so I wasn't bothered about having to play along to a non-standard drum part.

    The guitarist wasn't happy though..... when the drummer asked him how he felt it was going, all he could say was 'I dunno - it's not what I was expecting'. Further questioning from the drummer revealed that he actually didn't know what to expect as he'd only ever done solo stuff and had never played in an actual band before this one and had never played with a bass player before.  No problem says the drummer, we'll have a proper rehearsal next week, before the next gig with singer/frontman and we'll see how much better it is.

    Fast forward to next weeks rehearsal, the frontman/singer bails again because he has a hangover... so we go ahead anyway and rehearse the set. Drummer is happy, I'm reasonably happy but guitarist still doesn't know if I sound like he thinks he wants it to sound, even though he can't explain to me what that sound is. He's also demonstrating an alarming tendency to be unable to remember which key the songs should be in.  Drummer reckons we're all sorted for the gig next week. I'm less convinced.

    Alarm bells should be ringing - I've not yet met this flaky singer/frontman who I'll  meet for the first time at the gig next week and the guitarist is still being very non-committal  about whether I'm in the band or not. it's only my faith in the drummer and his insistence that 'everything will be cool' that I'm not walking away - but it's not looking good from my perspective

    The gig comes round and I meet the singer/frontman for the first time. He's actually a pretty cool bloke and apologises for not being at the audition/rehearsal, but admits that as he's never been in a band with a bass player before, he would have no idea if I was any good or not and therefore would have no meaningful input to make. Fair enough really.

    The gig goes pretty well, the band's fans say they love the addition of bass, so I'm in if I want it.....

    7 years later I'm still in this band. we do 60+ gigs a year and have released four albums.  Not all auditions from hell end up staying in hell.

    The original guitarist is gone though - he whinged one too many times about having to drive to Bristol for 2 gigs and two rehearsals a year.

     

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    Inappropriate profanities in songwriting

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    My band can be quite sweary, when we're not playing in front of children and pensioners, but we like to feel that it's all in context. We advertise ourselves as 'family friendly - providing your family is like the family from Shameless'

    13 hours ago, Cato said:

     

    I'll never forget the disapointment on their faces as I launched into 'This Land is Your Land'.

     

    We do a Dorset-centric version of 'This Land' where one of the lyrics is 'F**k 'em! This land's for you and me!'. Always goes down a storm with the locals. 

    The Big Fat South-West Bass Bash 2018!! 08/04/2018

    in Events

    Posted

    On 4/2/2018 at 22:27, scrumpymike said:

    Judging from the popularity of the HPF topic we've had running for a while, that should attract some interest.  Must admit I was leaning in that direction til I got my Mesa Subway 800 with high-pass filtration designed in.

    In That case I'll bring my FDeck HPF preamp and my Fishman Platimun Pro Analogue preamp.

    Double Bass Amps

    in EUB and Double Bass

    Posted

    1 minute ago, Buz said:

    I’ve been looking but it seems you can’t get them in the uk

    The schematic is available to download - you can build it yourself or have someone else do it if you're electronically ham fisted.  I think SFX have built a few of these for UK people?

    Double Bass Amps

    in EUB and Double Bass

    Posted · Edited by TheRev

    On 27/03/2018 at 20:44, owen said:

    With an Fdeck preamp anything is fine.

    Hmmm. I'm not so sure. I once had to use a venue rig which was an Ampeg SVT with an 8x10 and my Fdeck did not make it fine.

    It would undoubtedly have been even worse without the Fdeck.

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