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All turned out a bit more towards ok then. More chance to make the NEXT recordings a real band effort. Good luck. Ian (also from Bolton)

I would never leave a bass hanging on a wall hanger for more than a couple of hours.

Saw them on the last two tours and have 2nd row tix for Blackpool. Superb band. Have got the new album in post - need to put it on!!

I like mine a lot. It has just about every variety of tone built in that anyone could need. This bass is great for the studio. It's great for live use, too and the only thing that could be considred a 'drawback' is the emormous body size. It weighs a ton!! The neck reach is the longest that I've ever had to use. You want neck dive? You got it. It sounds more like a Rickenbacker at times than my 3 Ric 4003's!

I was in a band and they all got a a ltter from HMRC demanding £4k each. Spoke to guitarist from his new home sat on the bog, terrified. Drummer sorted us all out. He had an accountant for his self employed stuff that he added the band to. I used to send in a spreadsheet of earnings, mileage, phone calls, stage clothes, repairs, set-ups, equipment costs, depreciation, etc etc etc. Had rebate on day job tax a few times.

From reading the first page of this, I'd suggest that the guy whose name you go out under meets the cost of you travelling separately. If Social Services got wind of the fact of how these kids are being treated [i](missing a part of each week at school to be 'home schooled' which I doubt happens),[/i] there would be huge fallout. It will probably happen. Best to suggest that he meets your travel expenses, so that the family can have proper time together without you all being in their way.

If singer doesn't play any other instrument (just sings), then perhaps they should buy something towards it such as the PA amp. The whole band should then chip in on speakers, etc. Each of you buys your own monitor - which is your own property. If the singer buys other gear (eg guitar or bass and amps), then equal shares in all PA equipment. Each of you buys your own monitor - which is your own property. In both cases, anyone leaving the band is bought out (on basis of current resale value of gear they have a share in), by rest of band. Agree in advance that resale value is 50% of new price.

Rather a lot by Justin Currie and Del Amitri.

This is too many... [url="http://12stringbassist.blogspot.co.uk/"]http://12stringbassist.blogspot.co.uk/[/url] I should cull a few.

Radio Stars holiday album.

The most i've ever spent on a bass is £2k. That was a couple of years ago and the off price-hike here and there means they'd possibly be £3k now. I don't think I'd ever go that far again. You can get a pretty good bass for a grand.

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Jesus, I've got a tie on in this one... That's unusual.

[b]Mentioning no names...[/b] I was offered the opportunity some years ago, via a friend of the band to audition for a new line-up of a band, who had had number one hits in the UK. Their bassist was leaving. Fortunately, I had been in a number of their soundchecks and had seen how the rest of the band were treated by one of the original members. He was pretty shirty to me once when we were supporting them at one show. No playing our songs (we don't). Don't over-run (we won't). Don't step in front of the monitors or the power will be cut on you (we won't). I was quite taken aback at how a very nice humble down-to-earth bloke could turn into such an utter arsehole, after I had been on nodding terms with him for many years. On doing the math re leaving my day job vs the fee per show, I declined the opportunity to try out for them. I loved the original band, but haven't seen the re-jigged line-up since 2002.

I haven't come across any bad attitude at all at auditions. Perhaps I've been very lucky. Have only done two in the last few years and both were very good experiences. It may be that an existing band selecting a new member may be finding it difficult to work through seeing a few people to replace a long-term member who's left them. People should always remember that it's a two-way process. They don't just have to want [i]you[/i] - [i]you also have to want them.[/i] I took the opportunity with the last band I auditioned for, to gently remind them that they had to sell themselves to me too.

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You have to wonder how much they are going to be asking for this new version. I think I'd prefer it as a plain version, without the spiderwebs, to be honest.

Hamer Chaparral 12er Dean Rhapsody 8 Hamer 12er. Any more out there?

My white and gold model doesn't look cheap - and it growls like my Rickenbackers don't. Long reach for left hand. Great to play apart from that. Needs an extra long hard case. Weighty. Worth the effort, though.

Hope for us al!! Nice one!

and one more that shows the lighting tree. It doesn't show how the legs came out of front of my cabs, threatening to trip me up every time I went near my amps!

Found a photo that illustrates the problem with the soundman's gear and lights all over the stage.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1330273434' post='1554976'] Why was the bass amp supposed to go stage right? Why are you shining stage lights out into the audience? [/quote] Those are the offending lights (on top of my rig). They weren't very powerful. They were mainly decorative, to help create a bit of a psychedelic feel. I have always set up on the same side of the stage, due to my hearing. Custom and practice and necessity. It was also where there was a space left for me, as the drummer had turned up days early and was already set up and mic'd up. The guitarist had sod all space too. The fact that all the soundman's gear left so little room for the band and that he bawled like a baby about me muttering that i wasn't going to get my gear onstage was the issue. There are four venues I will never go near again in my life and that one is the top of my list.

Just a few gems from my former lead singer in a pseudo blues band. "I'm the clever one in this van." (when extremely p*ssed). "You all aren't playing the songs how I want them played." (when extremely p*ssed). "The bass player is trying to take over the band" (because he did a website that generated work and took bookings, when the singer was extremely p*ssed). "I could play with an out of tune Salvation Army Band and they'd still clap, because it's me". (when extremely p*ssed).

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