BigAlonBass

[quote name='Pete Academy' timestamp='1326494222' post='1498158'] Absolute bollocks. [/quote] That kind of attitude is the very reason why I don't air my views on some of the Sacred Cows more often. (Along with some other people I've spoken to off-line. Don't DARE to call any of the "Names" boring or too 'different' for your [b][i]personal [/i][/b]tastes, because you'll be hunted down, ridiculed and quite possibly, shot. )

[quote name='Monckyman' timestamp='1326474671' post='1497795'] Or I can rig mine up and take a few pics if you like. MM [/quote] Yes, please. Far too often nowadays, you get people chiming in with different views, usually consisting of rather technical language, which isn't helpful at all to a technophobic numpty like me. A picture is worth far more than a thousand words, in my experience.

[quote name='urb' timestamp='1326402755' post='1496884'] 'Nuff said... [/quote] Unless of course, you don't want to watch and listen to something that sounds like a cross between a Percussionist and a frustrated Flamenco Guitarist. Then, there's probably more to be said........

I use my Wireless rig for exactly this reason. I'm usually the one that stands out the front during souncheck, to make sure the audience hears "our" sound. I've been surprised at how awful it can sound on stage sometimes, but compliments afterwards seem to back up this method of doing it.

It takes a little bit of work, and a receptive Drummer, but a Mechanical Metronome clipped to the front of the kit does the trick. We used this when we got a damn good Drummer (when the Band was playing) but if he had to start anything himself or do intricate fills, he was all over the place. The mechanical metronome was best, because he could see the arm movements, no matter how loud the Band was. We wrote out the B.P.M. on a bit of paper, which he had at the side of his kit, and all he had to do was lean forward and change the position of the weight for the relevant song. Six weeks later, he 'got it'.

I now despair for a Society that finds Noel Gallagher 'talented' and classes Amy Pond a 'Superbabe'.

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1324164353' post='1471496'] You sell batteries don't you? OR have shares in Duracell? [/quote] Pound Shop. Three for a quid. Use one for a gig, then throw it away. Never been caught with a flat battery on stage-ever.

[quote name='Slipperydick' timestamp='1323714959' post='1466197'] Some GPs will offer you an injection that cures it, but I bottled out as I'd heard its painful. [/quote] I absolutely HATE INJECTIONS with a passion, but the pain I was getting was making it difficult to play as often as I was being asked, so when my GP offered, I accepted. I have to say that I looked away when he administered it, and all I felt was a pretty bad "Chinese Burn" type of pain spreading through the joint. After resting it for three days (as ordered) I've never looked back. 11 years later, and it still doesn't bother me.

I've bought loads of gear (large and small, and not just Bass-orientated) from Thomann over the past six years or so, and have never had the slightest problem with them. In fact, at times, I wonder how the hell they get the stuff to me so quickly! I would use them with confidence.

[quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1321650463' post='1441738'] To my eyes there's probably a very good reason [/quote] Which is?

[quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1321310214' post='1437762'] Which one will have them in full view in the living room [/quote] Errrmmm........Guilty, M'lud.

What-an invisibility gizmo?

[url="http://rinki.net/pekka/monkey/"]http://rinki.net/pekka/monkey/[/url] [url="http://www.onemotion.com/flash/drum-machine/"]http://www.onemotion.com/flash/drum-machine/[/url] Both cheaper than a CD!

[quote name='bigthumb' timestamp='1320690347' post='1430096'] I've been gigging with just one bass for a while now although I do now own two basses. I've never broken a string in all the years I've been playing. I wonder how many take a spare amp for back up? I remember my old Ampeg going bang at the start of a gig, luckily I had an ABM500 with me. [/quote] Two Basses, Two Amps, Two Cabs to every gig. Only ever needed to grab the back-up Bass when a new battery decided to instantly die in the Active Bass I was using at the time, but it meant a seven-second break rather than around a minute to change batteries. Spare amp stashed on the floor behind my stack (had to use it three times in nine years) and the two cabs because I like the sound I get from two cabs stacked.

[quote name='pikeman' timestamp='1320611641' post='1429029'] The fingers are holding up really well so far, I worry more for my hearing than anything else. [/quote] Buy earplugs, NOW! and stop worrying.

Ageist though.

Found out (too late ) that the new tablets I had been given for my Arthritis were Ototoxic, and the accumulated effect has made me virtually deaf. Had to pack in playing, not because of any on-stage problems, but the fact that I got angry at not being able to hold a conversation with anyone whilst at a Gig. The 'social' aspect of it all went out of the window, which was one of the main reasons I liked playing in a Band. On the bright side, my Daughter and Son-in-Law presented us with a brand-new Grandson, and asked us if we would look after him while they were both at Work. Talk about a new lease of life!

[quote name='mrtcat' timestamp='1320091796' post='1422282'] WOT are you playing in South Shields? That's not a million miles to go is it? [/quote] Only around twenty minutes on the Metro. Careful though, the last one back is fairly early, so you might end up having to get a Taxi.

[b]BASS PLAYER FINALLY HAPPY WITH HIS SOUND.[/b]