Thor

We had a gig in Portsmouth last night, bit of a schlep in pouring rain, but thankfully the rain had stopped in time for load in, we played a working men’s club and during soundcheck their was a table of oldies sat with fingers in ears complaining that we were too loud. By the second song the oldies that were complaining were in full flow, singing and dancing and it carried on that way all night😁 i was using my Trace Elliot RAH600 back up amp as my DB750 started banging and popping during rehearsal last Tuesday, heard something rattling in the case so thought I’d take the lid off and found a loose capacitor!? Guess I need to find an amp shop around Wiltshire or Bristol….☹️

We played at The Huntsman Tavern in Salisbury last night, arrived to a fairly quiet bar watching the ladies football and then the darts… Once we’d set up and sound checked what a difference, the pub started to fill up with a lot of friendly faces that (I’m told) follow the band from pub to pub - apparently they were out to see the new bass player….🤣 Lots of singing and dancing from the off had me settled in in no time, it’s my 4th gig with the band and things are nice and tight now, so I’m finding I’m starting to relax and enjoy gigging with them, we did an off the cuff rendition of Radar Love which seemed to go down well. All told a great night and lots of positive feedback ref the new boy - long may it continue 😊

Hmmm, I get like that just having a weekend off, that itch just needs scratching! Hence I’ve joined a second band and am hoping that 2023 will be busy, already have 28 gigs confirmed😊👍🏻

We are a fickle bunch aren't we? 🙂 I have a dislike of Blue basses🙄

It was a proper luxury having that much room to play in, often some of the pub gigs we do my backside is literally touching my cab and I don’t get to here very much, do tend to feel it though🙃🤓

I love it, as I get older though it is becoming a struggle to manhandle it, I also use a Tech 21 Leeds pedal on some Who tracks we cover - that really sounds epic to my ears, and you know it’s sounding good when the rhythm guitarist turns and looks with an approving nod👍🏻

I’m using a Barefaced Big Twin 2 and Aguilar DB750 - the PA perched on top also if that’s what you’ve spotted😊

I think this is a first for me, I somehow seemed to have missed this thread? We were out celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Waltham Chase Trials Motorcycle Club - a gig I landed by chance whilst talking to someone at a corporate do in Bournemouth. A great night had by all, bonus was they fed and watered us as well😊

When I learned I always used a pick and these were the ones I preferred, now I 've played fingerstyle for so long that, having joined a classic rock covers band, I'm trying to re-learn how to use a pick - bloody hard getting up to speed again!? I can comfortably play 16ths with fingers but really finding it a struggle with a pick..... Practice, practice, practice I guess.

Had the pleasure of meeting Dave and his good lady over the weekend in order to trade a MM Sterling for a lovely Sadowsky UV70 - an absolute pleasure and really nice to put a face to a name I’ve had many dealings with, even the dogs made us feel welcome😊 Cheers again Dave

Big Vibrations?

Bought a Darkglass pedal from Ainsley - great communications and packaged well, pedal in great condition as described. Cheers Ainsley! 🙂 All the best, Pete

I’m listening on a Sonos Beam and plenty of bass in the mix for me👍🏻 intrigued by what that black thing is on the top front of the bass cab though? some kind of mic?

I fell out of love with this for quite some time, but just recently (since returning to gigging after lockdown) it’s my go to.

I can relate to this, I started playing bass around 30 years ago, my first bass was a Vox Standard P type bass, I found that it was somewhat limited tonally and soon yearned for a Jazz Bass as one of my mates had one, and I thought it sounded just so cool. I bought my first Jazz in '92, it was a USA Jazz Plus V and I loved it and gigged it solidly for around 12 years or so, that's when I started to buy a few nice basses as surplus money was a little easier - I bought among other things a US P Bass that had a Dimarzio pick up fitted, that's when I first really appreciated a P. Now I've got a superb Sonic Blue AVRI '63 P Bass that is just lovely to play, sits well in the mix and is also nice and light weight. I still like to mix it up when gigging and I do feel lucky to have a number of nice basses to choose from🙂

Do people really part with their hard earned moolah for that? I’m a fan of a natural relic, anyone that’s seen my Oly White ‘69 Jazz Bass will know how much I love it - but this just seems way over the top and completely unnatural? Not for me I’m afraid.