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I assume, reading between the lines, that's a no.

Bands I've been in, over the years, have had their fair share of stalkers. One liked us so much, she moved over the road from a venue we had a weekly residency in. She had a thing for me and kept on trying to entice me over to hers after the gig for a 'party'. Eventually she realised it wasn't going to happen and she got the environmental health out to try to shut the venue down, due to noise pollution. Another was a guy who offered to be our roadie. I knew he was a nutter but the singer, whose band it was, overruled me and got him to take us to a few gigs in his van. To cut a long story short, it ended up with death threats, the guy covered in blood dressed in a kilt and a police manhunt. These days, I can see them coming a mile away and make sure I keep well clear.

No. I borrowed a Phil Jones briefcase and had to turn it up to 10 to be heard above a quiet drummer. He has bigger/louder cabs but they are quite chunky. I'd go Barefaced if I were you. Maybe two One 10s?

I had an operation for carpal tunnel a few years ago. I had to turn down a Hogmanay gig with a local band, as I needed time to recover. It was a really good payer and luckily I got my brother in law to do the gig (he's a good bass player and knew all the songs). I'd hoped that gig would have opened up the chance for some big money gigs. But after I let them down, I never heard from that band again. Soooo.....the moral of the story is, always do the gig if you possibly can. If you don't you may regret it.

Only solo if your're a s good as Dave Bronze or Tal winkelfeld. If you aren't, then step away from the solo. Even if you are, there's only so many bass solos an audience can bear. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgffDVO2UyA

[quote name='julietgreen' timestamp='1503070456' post='3355520'] Thanks for that. I learned the blues walking bassline as one of the first things I did on bass, so that comes naturally as long as it's a standard 12 bars. As soon as it diverges from that, I get all finger-tied. [/quote] Great little video, from Scott's bass lessons, which sounds like exactly what you need. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iuqti5Nq4_o

Mighty mite were making PJ bodies in the early 80s. I know as I bought one.

I started to play bass with a pick, mainly because my underpowered amp just wasn't loud enough to compete with a drumkit at the time and it was the only way to get more volume (teenage money woes). Decades later, I decided it was something I should get back into, in order to increase my tonal palette - as it were. I bought a couple of large felt picks, that are specifically made for bass players. They are much easier to use than itty bitty guitar picks and because they are made of felt don't fly out of your hand when you get sweaty. I bought them off ebay and they're £2.99 for 4 [url="https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/272639799836?chn=ps&dispItem=1&adgroupid=46395905027&rlsatarget=pla-326110883982&abcId=1129006&adtype=pla&merchantid=101727777&poi=&googleloc=9046884&device=c&campaignid=862328541&crdt=0"]https://www.ebay.co....62328541&crdt=0[/url]

I used to have a reissue, Fender TV15 Bassman. It was the size and weight of a bus but the reason I bought it was the fact that it was covered in tweed cloth. It was a beauty! Does Barefaced offer tweed as an option?

It's just all for show. A large PA can put out more bass than any 'Monster' bass rig. A guitarist I knew, years ago, toured with Michael Shenker. Shenker had the obligatory wall of Marshalls but was actually plugged into a little Mesa Boogie combo, which was hidden behind the 'wall'.

Don't do it! 20 years ago myself, the drummer and keyboard player all had tickets to see the Rolling stones. The singer/guitarist didn't, and he persuaded us all to play a gig at a local beer festival instead. I've regretted it ever since!!!!!

My impression from Alex's latest video, is that his latest cabs meet every bass players needs. He will now be concentrating on amps and guitar cabs.

The brass grounding strip is functional and used to be hidden from view, on early Jazz Basses, by the pickup cover. Then when bassists took the bridge covers off, as most of them did, Fender drilled a hole from the control cavity to under the bridge, to make an invisible grounding circuit. Only Japanese, 60s reissue, Fender Jazzes, have a functional grounding strip these days. The USA versions come with a grounding strip but it's only for show, as they ground their basses the modern way.

[quote name='tantummenace' timestamp='1502643647' post='3352651'] Okay so you may have seen my other posts asking noob questions... I really want to get better but I don't know where/how to learn! Preferably I can do it at home for free as I don't have much money or time! I have been watching SBL's so far and I'm gonna be honest I havent learned much at all. All I have learned is the major and minor scale... Not even using his tutorials after discovering he doesn't make sense to me. He doesn't have a good playlist on which videos are good to start with and he doesn't seem to make tutorials that are essential to know what you are doing for that tutorial! I know he has his pay thing and it is cheaper that getting a tutor but still I tried out the 2 week trial and it is still not that good! He spends most of the time talking about random sh*t and never gets to the point! Anyway I gonna stop ranting about Scott. Does anybody have a youtube playlist or website that teaches you in order? Not having to find videos and piece together what you need to know? Thanks in advance! [/quote] I bought a book when I started. Learned a bit of bass tab and figured out the bassline to Jimi Hendrix's 'Hey Joe' ( a nice walking bass line, which is a good place to start). Then I threw the book away and started playing along to my favourite tunes. They were all pretty simple but gave me a feel for the instrument. Then I started jamming with my friends and learning more difficult stuff (this was the important bit). Lessons are good to get you started but don't bother with scales and stuff. Learn songs and you can figure out the scales and boring stuff later. Music is supposed to be fun. Once you can play a simple bassline, seek out others who are starting out in music and start jamming, that's where the fun is and fun will motivate you to get better and better at your instrument. Learning to play bass should never feel like hard work.

I had the bass at max on the amp. The sound was passable, if a teeny bit bass light. I have a pre amp, so could have added more bass and the amp would have gone even louder. But I had a DI going to the desk and didn't want to muck up the front of house sound. So the onstage sound wasn't particularly twangy. There was definitely some, trouser flapping. low frequencies there.

I played at a venue in Edinburgh, last night, called Whistlebinkies. The bass amp they usually provide was broken, so the engineer connected up an Orange, Crush Pro 120, guitar amp, to the Ampeg 410 they have at the venue, for me to hear myself. Wow that thing was LOUD! I had the master at about halfway and the gain on the clean channel just under halfway. Now I can't figure out, how a 120 watt, solid state guitar amp, can be significantly louder than the 600 watt bass amp it replaced. The previous amp they had at the venue was a 600 watt Ashdown Mag and the one they had before that was an Ampeg PF 500 I would have to crank both of them up near their max to compete with the volume the Orange could put out, with the gain and master at approx 50%. I might understand if the amp was valve but there are no valves in a Crush Pro 120? I am officially confused?

Don't go to one of the early shows. Last time I went to see him at the Fringe it was the first show of his run. He was so nervous, I thought he was going to be sick. Go to one of the later shows. By then he'll have got the hang of it and be a lot cooler and calmer.

I saw this and wondered why he left the stickers on. If you decide to buy it, make sure they're removable and aren't covered with varnish, or something stupid.

If the tanglewood is difficult to play take it a tech and get it set up. You may not need to fork out for a new one if you can get the old one playing well. And then you can spend the money you saved on a new bass Edit: too late!

Because of streaming and the lack of CD/download sales, big, established bands are playing more live gigs than ever before. So there must be a huge audience for live music out there. I just wonder why TV companies aren't cashing in on the market. I'd love to see more live music on TV, both from the dinosaurs and the new kids on the block.

My experience of TE gear was mostly in rehearsal rooms (where old Trace Elliots go to die). I really disliked them as, whatever I did to try and get a good sound from them, I just couldn't. Then one day my band where playing a gig, supporting a Ska band in a club in Edinburgh. The bass player in the band let me play through his amp, which was a GP7 combo with a 15 inch speaker. I was playing my Precision through it and it sounded fantastic. It had a great ballsy, punchy, trouser flapping sound to it and, considering I think it was only 150 watts, was very loud. Since that experience, I have considered buying one from Ebay as the secondhand price is as cheap as chips. But all the sellers want the buyers to pick them up - I assume because they are the weight of a small planet.

I joined a band, just as the other members decided to have children. They were all popping sprogs and buying people carriers, like they were going out of fashion. We were paying for a rehearsal room that nobody rehearsed in. After 18 months inactivity I decided it was a lost cause and joined a band that actually gigged, occasionally. I make it a rule now that I don't join a band unless the members are serious. No chartered accountants, Doctors, lawyers,, orthopaedic surgeons, financial advisers or dentists, with young families, need apply. The members of a band need to be hungry and love music. I class myself as semi-pro, with a professional's attitude. I don't want to be associated with dilettantes (my former band mates were all lovely people but liked the idea of being in a band, more than the actual reality of being in one).

Hopefully this will help. It's a review from another basschatter http://basschat.co.uk/topic/77602-archer-professional-double-bass/page__fromsearch__1

There's Jools Holland. Up here, in Scotland, we have The Quay Sessions http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05x1ylt I can't think of any other UK TV show, that is set up to specifically, broadcast artists, playing live music? Considering how popular music is, it's strange that TV companies don't make more of them. We have hundreds of TV channels broadcasting, mostly, total sh*te. Why don't they produce more shows like Jools Holland's. Bands would be queuing up to promote their tours/albums and they would be cheap to make. Does anybody else know of shows that I'm not aware of?