Salt on your Bass?

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My first gig was the Hope & Anchor, London. We arrived about 2 hours before sound check (mistake cause we started drinking), then whilst sitting around nervous, decided we'd heach hum through our parts of the songs together as of playing - well that was a mistake trying to rememer how everything went!! Got ourselves in a right panic, but it was all good. Lots of support and a busy night, and we took a whopping £6 off the promoter for door money which didnt quite cover a round between the three of us. I loved every minute of it. We managed to record it luckily enough, and its pretty good looking back on it. Enjoy it, cause you only get one first gig, and relax. Put any nervous energy into the performance and playing. As long as you're prepped, you'll tear it up! Best of luck!!

I got [i]jack[/i]ed up on more than a few drinks the other night – off the [i]scale[/i]. [i]Stag[/i]gering back home, I stopped to [i]pick-up [/i]a [i]Rol[/i]-[i]and Orange[/i] fanta to have down the street. I bumped into my mate [i]Iban [/i]“[i]E[/i]-[i]Z[/i] [i]Squire[/i]” he said “this is my new lady D[i]ebs[/i]”. She was a bit of a [i]thunder-bird [/i]if you know what I mean, and without [i]delay[/i] lunged for my snacks – the [i]barefaced[/i] cheek of it! How [i]low[/i] can people go?! I managed to [i]fend er[/i] off, and went straight home so I wouldn’t get it in the [i]neck [/i]from the mrs.

I'm thinking of getting a pick to gig a few set songs with. My amp is 500w at 4 ohms - if I were to go for a blue 2mm pick, will the amp run at full power?

[quote name='ShergoldSnickers' timestamp='1330675981' post='1561244'] The Streamliner 900 and Super 12t are just superb together sonically. They really reinforce each other strengths. I tried WoT's amp with my cab at a bass bash last year, and it put my Eden WT 550 in the shade a bit. Damn. Regretted doing that ever since. [/quote] THAT DOESNT HELP!!!!

I do like Genz matched with barefaced. Very nice set up......I need to stop looking at these sorts of threads......makes me gas for a different amp, even though I love mine!!!! aaaarrggghhhh!!! Well done, cracking set up!!

Yeah saw them too at the o2. Saw them twice last year, and they put on such a good show every time. Best all round entertaining band, and they have a really massive sound. Best I've heard the o2 as well, but that probably seat related. We got really lucky as when the came out and did a walk round the arena, they came in through the door right by our seats!!! I was about 3 feet from them!! brilliant!! I dont think thees another touring band that hits the level these guys do. Brilliant!!!

Thanks for the replies so far guys, looking and musing!

I'd give SFX a look and Tech-21 Bass XXL. MXR blow torch on the fuzz side is also quite nice, as is a turbo rat which you can grab pretty cheap

Hi, So I'm getting married to my lovely lady on 13th May 2012, and we are looking for a band as part of the evenings entertainment and thought I'd ask here if anyone was interested? We're looking for a professional, but fun band. Outline details of the gig so far are as follows (I'm aware I need to screw down some finer points with the venue): Date: Sunday 13th May 2012 Start time: Around 8ish (not sure on set up time, but I'd anticipate mid morning or something) Playing time: circa 2.5 hours Genre: 70s rock/ 80s New wave & new romantic/ 90s brit pop/ rock/ heavy rock/ party - kinda along the lines of David Bowie, Blur, GnR, Zeppelin, Blue Oyster Cult, Maiden, Adam Ant, Queen, Gary Newman, soft cell (no stevie wonder or mustang sally!!) - kind of a jist, not all absolute requirements of course!! If you're interested, drop me a PM with your band name, a link to your site/myspace if you have one, any youtube footage and some kind of indicative set list that you do as well as an indication on fee. If theres anything you think I've missed drop it in there, and we'll go from there! Any questions, also let me know and we look forward to hearing from you! Cheers Andy

Guitarist got pissed and lost his guitar on a nightbus.....also affected a gig. Guitarist collapsed at work having overdone the partying for a few months. Again affected a gig. At least theyre genuine I guess, even if foolhardy!

I emailed planet waves with the question "does this work well with bass guitars, and particulalry on a low B on a 5-string". I recieved a rather comprehensive response that I thought I'd share: "[i]why yes it does. works great on my lap steel ,mandolin etc.. as well. thanks George Santos[/i]" Not sure what else I was expecting to be honest....

I think you may, unfortunately, be right! On the plus side, I'm pretty confident the whole bass playing world is holding its breath for Doods review of clip on tuners for basses without headstocks. Now you're not gonna tell me thats not exciting! I for one am intruiged!!

Thanks, thats useful. Found some other reviews that mention the B string being between "absolutely fine" to "a little slow" to "easier to tune on 12th or a harmonic". I think i might give one a whirl, I only have one on my board at the moment, and it'd be nice to just plug and play. Its a great feeling being excited about a tuner!!

These look really interesting. Are they consistent, and do they pick up and tune a low B well? I use a pitchblack on the floor at the moment, but a lighter weight, smaller and very accurate bit of kit like this looks amazing. Any in field feedback is appreciated!

Great read. I love dep, hvent read much from the bass side of things before. Thanks for posting and pinning!

Whats the difference between the white and the silver version face plates? is there any?? I'm keepingmy eye out for one, and much prefer the silver look.....

Er-15s or er-20s?

Should be fine as its solid state. You effectively run it without a cab if you only have one cab hooked up as theyre separate power amps from memory.

Thats hot to trot!! I love everything about tht rig! Well done!!

[sub]Bought a PT mini from Mark. I can only echo the sentiments above. Great chap to deal with, kind enough to meet halfway for a handover, and looks after his gear. Many thanks, and all the best![/sub]