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My partner was going out with the guitarist, in my then band, when I met her. So she knows the score. She's a professional sound engineer and has been away on tour for weeks on end, in the past, where I've been the one sat indoors watching Love Island. My sister, who is married to the guitarist in another of my past bands (there's a theme developing here), hated the fact her husband played in a band. She wanted him to get a proper job, like collecting trolleys at Asda. It was only when he started to make decent cash, after slogging away for years playing toilets, that she started to support him and now she's his biggest fan. My niece has her own touring band and her partner was never supportive of her choice of career (although he used to be a bass player himself and met her at one of her gigs). She's toured the USA, Europe, Asia and Australia, played big festivals and supported bands like the Foo fighters, yet he wanted her to give it all up and get a job in a call centre or something. He's history now.

Yup..... a P Bass and a decent amp. Then use yours ears and listen to your favorite players in those genres. Spending silly money won't get you the feel or sound. I've heard some bassists getting great sounds out of cheap gear.

Yes....I get that compliment from other bass players quite a lot too 😆

At last gig I played in June, the engineer actually asked me to turn up (gasp!). He didn't DI my bass, he actually recorded me with a mic in front of the amp. He recorded the gig for the festival we we playing, as they were streaming the gig online. My bass (my MIJ Precision through a Markbass CMD 121) sounded absolutely fantastic in the video - loud and fat and punchy. I later found out he is a bass player himself. You don't find engineers like that every day. I thought about kidnapping him and keeping him in my basement. Trouble is, I don't have a basement This is him https://uk.linkedin.com/in/stevie-cossar-b04347106

I have one of these and it's a great little amp. It does get overwhelmed by John Bonham type drummers but if I wasn't planning on gigging with it then it would be my first choice.

My First bass was one of these. I still have the neck, pickups and hardwear but the body has disappeared into the mists of time.

Looks a lot like one of these. https://reverb.com/uk/item/37774412-burns-baldwin-baby-bison-bass-guitar-c-1965-sunburst-original-vintage-uk?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=12200508927&utm_content=campaignid=12200508927_adgroupid=115920727614_productpartitionid=1258648438448=merchantid=445804591_productid=37774412_keyword=_device=c_adposition=_matchtype=_creative=495081226236&gclid=Cj0KCQjw0K-HBhDDARIsAFJ6UGhgVvSxKuYk8I4MG4EEHmI-jlugoAAVKqhZLBOHcqbNYID-KBMjGGgaAgeVEALw_wcB

I bought a Precision Elite a couple of years ago. It was a really nice bass and very well put together but I just didn't bond with it. I changed strings to a standard gauge set of Rotosound Swing bass, from the original Fender strings, and I still wasn't sure about it. But then I put a set of Elixir 45/65/80/100 and the bass came to life. The strings sounded better and the lighter gauge allowed me to play more fluidly. This is not the first time a change of strings has brought a bass to life for me. Sometimes that's all it takes, to change a dud to a player..

You should count up how much you could get for the parts, if you sold them separately, then put it up for sale at that price. If nobody buys it, you can disassemble it and sell the parts.

I've had this problem before. I had to file the holes in the headstock to make them larger.

I bought a 5 string G&L L2500 tribute, a couple of years ago, and am still amazed how versatile it is. You want honky Jazz tones you've got them, big fat P bass on steroids sounds, you've got them. The B string is really tight and defined as well. I don't know anything about Yamahas unfortunately.

If you got paid £10,000 to play the Dog & Duck, I'd definitely want to see that gig.

You get paid what you think you're worth. If you don't ask for any payment, you're probably pretty awful.

The video reminded me of the worst gig I ever did, which was a last minute dep for a wedding (I don't do weddings) where none of the musicians in the band had ever met before. We had to play for 3 hours, as the bride and groom hadn't booked a DJ, we soon ran out of songs we all knew. I realised that if I didn't know a song, there was no point guessing the chords and messing it up, so I just turned my volume down and mimed along to the music, with a cheesy grin on my face. After a while I realised the guitarist and the keyboard player were doing the same........ 🤣🤣🤣 After a nightmare of a gig, at the end of the night the bride and groom came up and thanked us for contributing to a wonderful night ????? They hadn't noticed we hadn't a clue what we were doing. I felt guilty taking their money.

Playing behind the beat is a skill you and any drummer you play with need to master. This a VERY extreme groove but is a great example of this style of playing.

I've bought a couple of basses from BD. Dispatched in no time and received in a couple of days. It's a great resource for the bass player who is looking for something a bit less less 'run of the mill'.

Well I gigged with the Markbass today, at a filming session in a theatre in Edinburgh, for the Jazz & Blues Festival. It was certainly powerful enough to compete with a loudish drummer. The sound tech actually used a mic on it and didn't bother with a DI. I had it at about 11 O'clock on the master and I played my P bass. The bass and low mid were at about 1 O'clock. So a pretty successful first outing.

Yes, I was at that U2 gig too.

I suppose it makes it unique. If it ever gets nicked, it would be easy to spot.

I bought my Fender Precision elite, new, from Guitar Guitar. The fretboard is ebony (there was a ban on rosewood for a while) and it has swirly pinkish grain through it. I thought about sending it back, because it bugged me (I expected ebony to be black all the way up the fretboard) but when I took it out to play with my band, people said they liked it. I suppose it's different strokes for different folks.

You could make your own home made one with some masking tape and a felt tip. No need to thank me....

I dislike fake encores. The last gig I was at, where there was a fake encore, was at a Garbage gig In Edinburgh, about 3 years ago. It was the first gig of the tour and there were a few hiccups. After the last song ended and the band left the stage, the crowd clapped unenthusiastically for an encore. Their heart just wasn't in it, andJust as the applause dwindled away to nothing (which didn't take long) and the audience were about to go home for a cup of tea and a digestive, Garbage dragged themselves back onstage. Neither the band nor the audience really wanted to be there and it all seemed a bit of a chore for both parties. If you're a band, always leave them wanting more and never outstay your welcome.

I just bought a Markbass CMD 121P. I've got a gig this weekend and I'll be taking it with me. I've got an amp stand which will tip the speaker up towards my ears to help clarity. I've used one before, that was supplied at a gig, and really liked the sound. We'll see how the gig goes and then I'll report back.

Primal Scream are huge Rolling Stones fans. Riot City Blues is the best Rolling Stones album ever in my opinion.