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[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='945473' date='Sep 4 2010, 04:10 PM']I just finished playing a f***ing dad rock fest, a guy walked up to me at the end and said "you boys like Punk, yeah? You should play some Green Day" I don't know how he is still breathing.[/quote] Oh I get it, more of a Good Charlotte fan, eh? ducks & runs for cover

[quote name='jakesbass' post='945048' date='Sep 3 2010, 10:51 PM']I do have a nice little story on this one, I was doing a gig at the Distillers in Hammersmith a couple of years ago and a guy came up and said "I like your playing, I'm a producer, give me your number what do you charge?" I thought, heard it all before, gave him my number and promptly forgot about it, but was civil nonetheless About 18 months later I get a call to do a session for him which I did and it went well and it turned out to be for Eliza Doolittle who seems to be flavour of the month at the mo. I know we often have to tolerate rubbish from punters sometimes but my example goes to show that it's always worth treating folk nicely.[/quote] Absolutely & a great story. I could trade you for a thousand drunken "my mate is a producer and he can get you on Top of the Pops" type tales though. Each one has been met with politeness from me but sadly no TOTP appearances

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='944986' date='Sep 3 2010, 09:51 PM']Well done folks keep them coming,I can see a what is a vintage bass? Thread coming.........[/quote] Supposed to be 25yrs. Does get a bit silly when people sell early 90s basses with "soon to be" tags. Reminds me of Arthur Daley with his "That car is nearly a classic" comments

[quote name='Vibrating G String' post='945024' date='Sep 3 2010, 10:29 PM']My unfriendly opinions have been formed by playing dozens of them [/quote] And undeniably there were some absolute dogs out there. However my point is that whilst there are many stating this from experience I think there are a fair few who base what they say on what they have read.

It's funny when I first started playing I actually had a lot more attention from the opposite sex after gigs then the rest of the band. I was far too modest to mention it at the time but it became a joke within the band (I was loved up at the time so no real tales to tell). A long time ago (& I don't know why) this attention very much dried up. I went through a phase of getting the kit junkies trying to talk about valves and patch cables. It's dawning on me now that I am getting the teenage support bands parents talking to me when I come off stage now So a bit of fun, which stereotype is chewing the fat with you after gigs? The reality is it's probably a mix of all of those but who else can you add?

I have a bitsa 70s Fender Precision bass that I pieced together that is my main live bass and we've just recorded an album with my band where the majority of the songs I played were done on my 1978 Fender Precision. I also have a 1979 bass sitting out on the patio as I type covered in nitro mors that will be another main player. My amp head is a 1978 Fender Bassman too & that gets used at approximately half the gigs I do. So I think I can be added to the list. My bitsa bass and the 1979 have probably been devalued a fair bit by being stripped but I like them like that & don't plan on reselling them. Live & let live. If people don't like a bass, don't play it. I sometimes think the anti-70s Fender brigade is a bit like a bunch of guys down the pub talking for hours about cars they've never actually driven

Just a shame he's still not exercised much Precission in his spelling though

I agree this is of course completely down to individual tastes. To paraphrase an old Dave Lee Roth quote, surely the best bass turns into a groupie after the show & then turns into a pizza after that?

Played South London last night, with some young indie band & a couple of acoustic acts. We played well & rocked a younger crowd. I enjoyed it & we went down well

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I hang around in my local shop because I'm friends with the owner but in terms of bass shopping I prefer secondhand Fenders & unusual older stuff. I'm not in the market for anything right now though so it's only really passing attention at most from me

To contradict the others I'd get the head. I take mine to rehearsals & in gig situations bands are happier sharing cabs rather than heads. At least that's my experience. I do think it's a buyers market right now & stuff isn't selling for what it was. Some amazingly good deals on cabs recently.

45mins, on about 8ish and I am genuinely stunned that somebody other than me has commented on this thread - kinda makes me feel like a rock star! Four bands & we're on first. I plan to be drinking after & just got paid so strike whilst the iron is hot!!! Joking aside we have 2 London gigs in October & one is Shepherds Bush so can always aim for one of those

bump for This Thursday night at The Grey Horse, Kingston upon Thames, South London. We're on earlier so tubes home shouldn't be a problem.

Sounds like you are playing a similar type of music to me. For what it's worth & I don't confess to being an expert on the upright we've just spent a small fortune recording an album with my band. We've tried to get a variety of different ideas on the album and the upright bass tracks were actually done fairly live. We did try using condensor mics but I have a good Shadow pick up in the bridge so actually opted for mainly D.I with just a little blend from the mic. The producer had a reasonable amount of experience recording acoustic & bluegrass instruments which is why we went with this studio - and believe me a [b]lot[/b] of research / viewings went into which studio we booked. We've only got unmixed roughs at present but I've very pleased with what has been captured tonally. Although we were sectioned off we weren't too worried about a bit of bleed. What was interesting and still surprises me is that the banjo & the mandoln are captured just by the bleed off my mic and the singers mic. We had to switch the banjo / mandolin mic off as it was so over powering. It sounds great (& I appreciate this point is better evidenced when you can hear what I am talking about) but it just shows how much these two instruments cut through.

Our endings are well rehearsed and vary dramatically but they are always together. My last few bands have had the so often typical "Don't panic Mr. Mainwaring" type approach to endings and a well rehearsed intro / ending can be the difference between a good band and a great band. It's fine if you are a jam band but I think in the past I've been guilty of flooding the band with material at the expense of doting the "i"'s and crossing the "t"'s with what we have. Better to have an hour of great well rehearsed songs than 3hrs of stuff that goes a bit wayward.