Low End Bee

If it was a current band I'd stick with mine. Only with money, more gigs, groupies, etc.

The Faces - for the partying.

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='606704' date='Sep 23 2009, 03:00 PM']I know what you mean I'm from Tottenham. [/quote] You're a Norverner

Thanks Wayne. I get all cab driver when I think of Croydon. Sarf of the river at this time o' night!

Anyone been there? We're probably doing it in November. Croydon's a bit off my manor. I only know Croydon from Saturday Gigs by Mott the Hoople.

I know exactly where you're coming from Wayne. I take it like me you're not half way through a 10 album deal with Sony? Where do these people get off? Luckily the problem is no more.

One string per finger. Therefore 4. You people from the Fens may need more though.......

[quote name='M4L666' post='603111' date='Sep 19 2009, 08:10 PM']Is that Ashdown dual band one any good?[/quote] I've got one. The high and low split is useful. I use it for smoothing out the highs and leave it virtually off for the lows. Mains only. Eats batteries.

Live, I have only once correctly played the very simple bass intro to a song we do called 90 Miles. It's a but embarassing as I wrote it. Last time I played it in A instead of B.

Another chapter "[b]Eb[/b] This is found at fret number 6 on the second fattest string. Don't worry though. You'll never need to use it. In reality it's what in music theory they call a 'spacer'. It's just there to seperate the important D and E roots. I've only ever played this by mistake in the early days. A good technique is very important. When I was giving Mandy lessons on my old Vox I spent a lot of time making sure her fingering was spot on."

That books been my inspiration for years. I particularly like the Chapter on 'D' with the Mandy Smith anecdote.

The guitarist and I bring in a basic idea/ideas then we all jam it into a song. We both pitch in on lyrics. The drummer looks after the beats. I come up with the bassline. The guitarist comes up with guitar stuff. We knocked out a rather good one last night like this. I have honestly never worked any other way. If a member of the band I was in told me exactly how to play a bass line I would tell them exactly how to f*** off. That's demarcation that is.

Call 'em what you want. Nobody would take any notice. They'd all be watching the '[b]ego[/b]' of guitarists.

How about a Squier VM Jazz bass?

I gave up for 18 years. I wouldn't recommend it. All that time I wasted on work, motorbikes, mortgages, girlfriends and wives could have been better spent on rock n roll debauchery. Plus I might actually be able to play bass properly by now. £61 for the Shuker.

I bought a set of Elite flats on a whim and put them on the mongrel P last week. After years of rounds I'm really interested to see how they fare at practice on Wednesday. They sound lovely at home.

"[b]LEB's balsa wood rehearsal drum sticks[/b][i][/i][size=1]TM[/size]" Coming soon to a store near you.

I like the shape a lot. 4EQ? I can just about get my head around 1 passive tone.

The Half Moon in Putney will pay you on an escalating scale depending how many tickets you sell that works well. We rammed 130 in there for Halloween last year and it was a lovely earner and last band is off by 11. Last month we only managed 60 but it was still a good night. I'm up for arranging 'club nights' for us and another one or two bands that factor in finishing at a reasonable time so the punters can get home and not getting dicked around by venues. I have a few venues up my sleeve if anyone's interested.

We had our first rehearsal as a 3 piece last night. I was blown away by how much punchier we were. The 'spaces' really made the songs. I simplified my parts a couple of times during guitar solos and the drummer compensated really well too. The dynamics were top notch. I didn't find I needed to increase my volume in the mix at all. Especially as I could hear what all 3 of us were playing so much better now. Hell I even tried BVs (football terrace style is the best I can manage though) for the first time. I'm really looking forward to our open air gig on Sunday rather than dreading it now. Can you tell I enjoyed it