gjones

Any band would find it hard to compete with the visuals in a venue like that and U2 look like 4 ants on that stage. It would almost be worth the ticket price (which I'm sure was insane) just to see the show, above and all around you, and forget about the band.

As the years have gone on I've become economical with my fingers. I used to use two but I've noticed I'm down to one on most songs. I suppose if it was good enough for James Jamerson it's good enough for me.

If I've learned anything over the 40 years I've been playing in bands it's, you can never go too loud, or too light. If you can get both in an easily transportable box then you've hit the jackpot. Fender Rumble 500 V3, or Markbass 121 CMD P are the combos I'd go for, they're both loud and light. I own the Markbass shown above and it can mix it with a loud drummer. I have friend who owns a Fender Rumble 500 and it can also go very loud and is ridiculously light. Both can be bought for around £350/£400 secondhand.

I haven't been able to read the whole thread but in your initial post you said only the vocals and drums go through the FOH. It makes me wonder why the drums aren't loud enough to be heard acoustically out front? If your drummer isn't loud enough to be heard above the band, when you're playing in a pub, then the band is too loud. I like loud bands but I've rarely heard a band, playing in a pub, that drowns out their drummer.

I was at the back, the only other person behind me was him and his pal. Maybe he snuck up behind me so he could complain.......we'll never know.

The guy was making a point, as his view was not spoiled by my videoing. I'm not sure what point he was making?

I was at a gig of my Niece's band. She plays loudish rock and the venue had about 150 to 200 people there. I don't usually video bands that I go to see but decided I'd video one of the songs as a memento. After about 20 seconds some guy behind me asked me to stop videoing because it was spoiling 'his view'. I attempted to explain that I was videoing my niece and was only planning to video one song but he was having none of it. He could have stepped a foot to the left and he would have had a perfect view of the band. At that point I realised he was just being a total d***head and I felt I had no choice but to tell him to **** off! and have a nice day.

From looking at that picture it looks like the bridge is higher on the blue one than on the yellow/orange one. Which might account for the gap below the bridge? edit: double post!

From looking at that picture it looks like the bridge is higher on the blue one than on the yellow/orange one. Which might account for the gap below the bridge?

I played the exact same model in Edinburgh GuitarGuitar and, for some reason, didn't like it. It may have been badly set up, or had a chunky neck or something, I can't remember? I loved the look though. On the same visit I tried the MIM deluxe precision and loved that - probably because it has a Jazz neck.

When I was told by a management company in Glasgow, that my band had approached to take us onto their roster, that they couldn't take us on because, even though they liked our music, myself and the drummer were too fat. I was 23. ...and I'm still fat.

Learn to play guitar and to sing. I may sound like I'm being a smartiepants but I have a friend who is a professional bass player but got fed up being a sideman all the time. He picked up a guitar learned a few songs and now plays solo gigs to supplement his income from playing with bands. He can get a solo gig midweek gig much easier than he did playing with a band.

Good choice. I own a Rumble 100 V3, it has a great sound, it's loud enough to play live with a quiet drummer and is ridiculously light.

Tears for fears - songs from the big chair Prefab sprout - steve mcqueen Sade - promise

Well I've got 10 basses, 3 amps, 3 cabs, two combos and I now know what works for me and what doesn't. GAS is a distant memory now.

Ed Friendland has had a set of Labella flatwounds on his Precision for over a decade. He says they're just settling now Personally I can't wait that long, the set I got was replaced by roundwounds within a week.

Should have stuck with the Yammie. Saw him playing it recently on YouTube, so he still owns it.

Played The Howling Wolf in Glasgow last night. It's unusual, in that it's a bar that only has Blues Bands playing and all the piped background music is also Blues. It was a fun gig, the place was pretty full and the audience had a really good time. We're a pretty hard hitting blues band so we fitted the bill. The manager was a happy bunny and asked us back but the times they had available didn't really suit our guitarists work schedule. We'd all like to play there again but we'll have to work something out.

Just listen and play along to some BB King, Howling Wolf and John Lee Hooker and you'll be alright.

Ideal for those of us with OCD.

Is that Freddie Starr in the background?

That'd make an impression at the Dog and Duck on Saturday night 🤣

It all seemed to be all on one level, with uninspiring chords and no hooks. When there's no financial incentive to write decent new music why bother? They make their money selling gig tickets these days and people only want to hear the old stuff.

I recently left a band because of the behaviour of the guitarist. Weirdly, within a couple of weeks he asked me to join two other bands? I declined the offers (he obviously just didn't get it that he was the problem).