Les

It did get interesting 🤔

I get yer @stewblack it just hasn't happened to me

I can't remember having any failure catastrophic enough to not do the gig and get paid. But I'm sure some have. I suppose its your attitude to risk. I don't take a spare bass to be honest.

Spare mixer seems like overkill people

In all honesty it isn't a problem with the rest of the band. We're pretty much a well oiled machine it's just taking the wrong bag in the first place that did for me 😂.

Anyone who's ever been in a working band knows the band lead bag/box. It's a thing of utmost importance but over the years it collects a few casualties and weirdos along the way. It contains the living, the dead, the injured and the "just in case". Over a year ago I decided to sort the band lead bag out. I disposed of the dead, straightened the injured and nursed them back to health, carefully calculated the various lengths required and purposes, wrapped them neatly and filled the pockets with spares, fuses, connectors, a torch, generic spare strap etc etc. It was a thing of beauty. Then I filled another bag with the walking wounded, weirdo's and stuff that was worth keeping just in case. Guess which fookin bag I picked up and took to our first gig back after the apocalypse 😔 ?

Ta boys, so not worth paying the extra for the Gator ?

I get enough protection from my Ritter gig bags but they're nearing the end of their useful life so looking at the rectangular rigid foamy kinda things, I do carry quite a bt in the case ie, wireless system, leads, strings etc as I want to just pick the bass up in its bag/case and walk out the door. Looking at these if anyone has used either of them https://www.thomann.de/gb/gator_foam_case_bass.htm https://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/Rectangular-Foam-Bass-Guitar-Case-by-Gear4music/2E5N?origin=product-ads&campaign=PLA+Shop+-+GENERIC&adgroup=GENERIC&medium=vertical_search&network=google&merchant_id=1279443&product_id=111659d1&product_country=GB&product_partition_id=85003491199&gclid=Cj0KCQjw9ZzzBRCKARIsANwXaeLS0coFMagZJmC_zUJvgf7Hr0JN--oi2fQla0ZzdTHH0wMmHQV_hZUaAi4gEALw_wcB Wondering if the accessory bits inside either side of the neck are ok or does stuff move about cos' the lid isn't solid ? Ta Les

I suppose you do what you need to do on your musical journey.

Was actually joking with my rider comment above but I've found in general the more you're being paid the better you're treated.

Just put the food and drink requirements for the band in your rider then it's sorted before hand

Yea could do I suppose but already running 3 bands with separate calendars so that’s yet another one to do. Not sure I can do what I want thinking about it. Thanks all.

Works great but I want to send date sheets out to the bands agents on a regular basis and I can't seem to figure out how to. All it needs is to indicate is a date that's not available, ideally highlighting weekends, they don't need any other info ie where we booked or anything just a clear indication that the date is unavailable. Any one any ideas ? Also using a different online calendar is out of the question as I'd prefer to staple my scrotum to the table, sell my basses and retire rather than go through teaching band members who can't be trusted to sit the correct way on the toilet how to use another system. ta Les

A regular “fan” if you will bought them as a joke cos’ somebody’s always looking for the band readers but we did catch the guitarist using the magnifying glass once. karen found it and thought it was hilarious.

Those of us of a certain vintage will relate. Our drummers only 45 and can see without readers so she likes to take the micky.

Not sure. Online gives you an opportunity to be blunt or even rude. You bang something on Facebook for 60 quid and some joker will message you with ”£30 ?” no “hi mate would you consider” etc etc. Never happened to me face to face or the phone.

Would seem the Internet has put paid to manners.

We prob do 3 a year when we need to learn new songs. We gig very regularly so don’t really need to rehearse to keep it slick. When we do rehearse however it’s work not a social and we usually achieve what we need to.

Ah right. Dunno where I got Darlington from. Bummer.

Gutted for you pal but this was headed for a “save the last bullet for yourself scenario”. Out of interest why is it so hard for you to get other muso’s. I don’t know Darlington but I know it’s inhabited? Annoyed For You of Wigan

Sorry to say it @thebigyin but this is dead in the water pal. 😥

Did someone post that on the Facebook group Save The Gig ? If so did it get sorted from there ? Les

Nah , he is the villain. No one on here is begrudging the lad his retirement and good luck to him but this is not workable in any way shape or form. There's obviously some "only guitarist in the village" thing going on as the OP says it's practically impossible to get another guitarist (so that scuppers the 'get a dep when required') so we'll have to accept that's the situation but that's got to be the only reason this lad can ever think he's going to be in a band again. He may be great and have had an illustrious career in what ever size pond he's been swimming in but It's a racing certainty that he's NEVER been the one putting the gigs in for a band or he wouldn't think for a second his terms are acceptable. @Newfoundfreedom you had the goal posts moved so you left your band and quite rightly as it wasn't what you agreed to in the beginning. If you read the OP you'll see that he had the goal posts moved after the start too. He's right to be miffed as you obviously were. Les