Marvin

I've got some AKG K72 headphones. About £35. Decent sound and quite robust. Others I've bought, the bass just crucifies them.

I suppose like most I've mixed feelings about this re: the original question. In most covers bands most of the songs I've played I've never really had a strong like or dislike about them. Some of them have been interesting and fun to play, others not so much. I've been sent audition lists and seen a song or 2 and thought 'oh dear god, not that one again'. But in the main I suppose I've been ambivalent about the songs themselves and more interesting in whether the band as a unit works. There's stuff I wouldn't consider playing, if someone said 'do you fancy joining a Black Lace tribute band?' I'd politely say no thank you. On the few occasions I've played songs I've loved it's always been a disappointment. The Thrill Is Gone simply doesn't sound right without BB King, it's sort of ingrained into my head A few years ago I was in an originals punk/indie band. I must admit most of the material wasn't my thing (the songs not the genre). The band was ok as such, however every gig we played no one was interested. Actually the best compliment we got was from the owner of a local music venue. We were supposed to be supporting a band one night, midweek, but they had to cancel. We had a gig on the Saturday so asked if we could just play for free as a practice, the owner said yes. The singer was late, so whilst waiting the guitarist, drummer and myself had one of those half hour blues/rock/psychedelic jams that we all used to do and forgot about. The owner said 'that was great, you should play more stuff like that' 🤣🤣

The old Warwick Rockbass basses had chunky baseball bat necks. I hated the one I had, although it wasn't helped by the way it hung on the strap. The first fret felt like it was a 1000 miles away. The overall combination was the most uncomfortable playing bass I've owned. I was relieved to get rid of it.

I considered doing the same with an SR300 I had. After extensive looking, all the pickups and eqs I found, that would fit, were more than what I bought the bass for. In the end I gave up and sold the SR300.

When I got back into playing I used JoinMyBand and Bandmix, then a few start ups came through word of mouth and a couple from Facebook. I've never got anywhere with open mic nights or jam nights. The last open mic I went to, only a few months ago, was basically a lot of retired chaps warbling away whilst playing their very nice acoustic guitars. Even though I know a couple of people who run open mics it's not done me any favours, I've never got any contacts that way. Currently I've just about given up. I got offered a spot a few weeks back in a band, the singer was in a band I was in some time back, but it was the same songs we'd been doing years ago, I'm not interested.

Those butter ads, always brings me back to these misfits. (contains some grown up words btw)

Mike Campbell is superb, very much overlooked. I've just mistakenly watched the Radiohead gig on Sky Arts. I've got quite a few of their albums but I'm glad I've never gone to see them live, hell they're dull. They seem to have persuaded audiences that 'garage jams' and dicking about with old gear with loads of patch cables sprouting from it is edgey.

Such a good band.

Jimi Goodwin's Precision bass.

I'd been listening to The Breeders: Pod, The Pixies, REM, Ozric Tentacles and lots of local punk and art punk bands, before Nevermind hit the airwaves. It wasn't really that new or interesting to me. For the mainstream it seemed to be a kick back against all that hair and sleaze metal. As I wasn't into that either it all sort of passed me by.

As like @BigRedXneither the artists or albums interest me in the slightest. I can say I definitely don't own any of them, and I've only heard Nevermind (because my brother owned it, and played it continuously, when we both lived at our parents)

I've had flats on my 2 basses for probably 3 or 4 years now (precision and jazz both have flats on them). Both the D'Addario Chromes and Fender Flats both have plenty enough highs (as the article points out). For a change I put some rounds on my Jazz a few weeks ago, that lasted about 5 days before I put the Chromes back. I really didn't like the whole feel. And I was expecting much more top end fizz. I'll stick to flats for now

I see Sam Fender has hired the sax player from the muppets

Good advice. I also feel that if you play, whatever it is you're playing, like you mean it rather than standing there like you're just going through the motions, it makes a massive difference.

I use a Zoom B1.on for home practice. Like others with a Zoom it's just instrument cable in, headphones out, and aux in if you need a backing track (and rechargeable batteries). Never had any problems, it's small and you can practice anywhere in the house...within reason

I've got a 210 Rumble cab (paired with Peavey MiniMax 500 head), unfortunately I've yet to get to use it outside the house. I do however, have a mate who uses the Rumble 500 combo regularly in his covers band, but then I think he puts his bass signal through the PA a lot. It'll down to how loud the rest of the band are. I was in a stupid loud band once and I sold the Rumble I had because I just could get loud enough to cut through, I ended up with an Aguilar TH350 and Schroeder 1212 which was plenty loud enough.

That's what I was thinking, this mix sounds very close to the 'Naked version. After hearing the naked version the original sounds dreadful. The original is bloated, crowded and pastey.

Absolutely awful news. I had been speaking to someone last week who knows Charlie and his wife and had spoken to them recently. From our conversation I didn't get the impression he wouldn't recover, maybe never tour again but... So sad

As you get older, and your hearing deteriorates, it's the higher frequencies that you can't hear anyway 😁😎 I'm actually trying to get a few more highs in my tone, I want a twangy tone for something I'm doing...so I'm probably the exception that proves the what not.

I would love to go and see them, but the nearest they get to me is Bristol and that's over 2 hours away and I've got work early the next day. Levy is a great bass player.

This was setting up at a gig a few years ago. Great band, great people in that band (there were 2 other guys) and the ladies were as mad as a box of frogs.

Kylie at Hyde Park last night on BBC4...I lasted 20 secs. Not Kylie's fault...why is live sound, even recorded live sound, if that's not an oxymoron, such a problem for the BBC? The sound was awful! The vocals, this time seemed way louder than everything else which you couldn't hear anyway. I turned over and there was Eric Clapton in the mid and far east (something like that). The sound was markedly better...unfortunately the camera work for the live show segments were naff. I went to sleep than.

I never had much interaction with Martin on here, however MB1 was always a poster I looked out for. Such sad news. RIP

Encountering the same problem. I've said I'd play bass for an outfit that is currently a trio - vocal, acoustic guitar and electric. It needs a drummer or cajon. However, I only know of two drummers, both of which I'd rather not want to work with for various reasons, which is no great loss as neither would want to get involved anyway. I've looked at the pre-recorded mp3 drum tracks before but never went any further than thinking about it, partly because no one at the time knew how it worked techinically.