bluedoughboy

Bought one of these for drop D as my guitarist had different guitars for every tuning so it was easy to switch. Paid £32 on eBay and did me well for years.

This old girl has just had a set up, fret dress and polish, hand carved bone nut and a new Jack and pot clean. I can’t wait to get her back. I keep looking at some of the budget basses that look really good for the money, Harley Bentons etc, but I decided to spend the money on getting my first bass match fit. I’ve not gigged her regularly since 2013. I’ve got her back in time for the weekend and a gig in a tight spot where a lyte bass will be welcome.

I’m really tempted by the fusion urban dual gig bag. It’s got mouldable foam inside so you kind of shape it to the bass, plus it has a neck cushion with a Velcro wrap to hold it in place. I think if I go expensive I’d pick this over the mono-it’s a similar price but offers more. If I go cheaper I think I’ll get the gator-you can buy two gators for the cost of the fusion!

I’ve wanted a dual bag for a minute now and have a bit of disposable to buy one. Thomann have put the prices on the Mono M80 down to the lowest I’ve ever seen them at £189 and they have completed sold out. They are £270 at GAK but the Gator double is only £120. Has anyone used either of these to make a comparison or have other double cases they’d recommend?

I dunno mate-those tower systems... they look flimsy. When pub gigs get a bit lively are they going to stand up to it?

Rehearsal is important early on. My old band was together just under ten years and the tightest we ever were was a couple of years in. We had a good set down but were adding to it all the time so were often in the practice room and that showed in our gigs. For the rest of the time we played great gigs and went along just fine, but we never had that last couple percent as we did before we got comfortable. Maybe this was just in my head, but that’s how it felt. But people who don’t want to practice from the off? Better off without them. I’ll do dep/pick-up gigs learning things off the record and not meet up with the band beforehand, but when you’re putting something together and people can’t be arsed-ditch them. And the OP is right-it shouldn’t be this hard to find a band. It’s a ball ache when your favourite thing to do relies on other people.

I thought about a filter. The other idea I had was a pitch shifter, banging between octaves with a flappy hand.

I got caught up in the excitement of the sourceaudio hot hand ‘craze’ of about ten years ago. Wife bought me one which I intended to use for something until I had the £300 for the two pedals needed to make dubstep wobble (which I would’ve inflicted on my then unsuspecting bandmates and audiences). Now dubstep is about as relevant as flares and square wheels and I’ve got a barely used hot hand sat in a drawer somewhere. I can use it like an expression pedal for...something. But what? Any ideas? Anyone seen bassists use it for anything fun? I’ll level with you-I just have wizard envy and want to use it for something fun at gigs, change the found by dumbledoring my hand about a bit. It’s pure vanity.

Saw these online a couple of years ago and have been hankering for one in a natural finish. They look terrific and sound immense in the one video I’ve seen. They’re german, don’t seem to have any following here. https://bassline-bass.de/en/portfolio-view/rebelle-series-2/