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/

Thank you both. I think I'll get someone else to do it; its not worth the risk of cocking it up!

How do I fix that sir?

It feels normal. After I posted I was playing & the amp kicked in to full belt without warning while nothing was being touched. I'm officially clueless.

It feels normal. After I posted I was playing & the amp kicked in to full belt without warning while nothing was being touched.

I use a gallien Krueger 700rbii, had my first problem with it setting up for a gig on the weekend. I had seriously low volume-we checked all the settings and the main volume had some serious squelch going on, managed to get the knob (amid some loud crackle) at a point that gave me full volume and got me through the gig. Plugged it in today and I've got low volume and the squelch rapidly disapeared. Is it likely that it is just a dirty pot? It sounds perfect, just at a fraction of its usual volume, would that be the case if it was just a pot?

[quote name='Mook' post='1317769' date='Jul 26 2011, 11:03 PM']Great to see someone else with a P Lyte. I've loved mine down the years. Seriously ballsy bass!![/quote] Oh yes, if I had money I'd have bought p-lytes from eBay for my alt tunings. One day! Got my one for my sixteenth birthday and now at thirty-three it's still going very strong.

[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='1316933' date='Jul 26 2011, 12:56 PM']You're very welcome; it was a great gig and I really enjoyed the band's playing and attitude overall! As I said, I loved the sound and way you played those tunes - really inventive and brought the bass nicely to the front (where it should be of course).. I'd love to come to the gig on Saturday, but i have my son at the weekends so it will depend on getting child-care sorted..Where else are you playing?[/quote] err....fox and hounds purbrook august 26 oceans in bognor august 27th the swan woolston september 18th cheers bognor september 30th the lord chichester portsmouth october 1st oceans october 29th hole in the wall chichester november 5th the crown november 19th cheers december 11th

[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='1315694' date='Jul 25 2011, 01:30 PM']It was a really good festival judging by what i saw of it on Sunday.. The Blockheads were very, very good and seeing them reminded me of just how amazing Ian Dury's lyrics were and are and how good the band is! The drummer did a great mini-drum solo which was cool and all the band made their mark during the set at one point or another. But I have to say that Norman is the star of that band and his playing and energy are just outstanding! There was a great band playing around 6pm on the U stage called ' Free Beer & Naked Women' and they were absolutely brilliant! Great energy, loads of character and they really knew how to work the crowd... Very impressive bass player too I thought; he was using what looked like an old Yamaha BB1100 (or similar) and had a really full on sound with lots of nice fx going on too.. Wonder if he's a BC member? Anyway - check them out here: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HZE0cf-YeQ&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HZE0cf-YeQ...feature=related[/url][/quote] thanks for your kind words sir! my mate chris (williams from the slash tribute) linked me up to the discussion, haven't stopped grinning since! glad you had a good time, you collectively allowed us to have a good time. my main bass is a fender precision lyte, and i use a squire p for standard c tuning and an aria stb (that cost me £32 from ebay) for drop d but i had time to tune on the day. i was using a big muff bass, an mxr phase 90 and a cry baby bass wah. i use an mxr micro amp to boost for slap and to level out the passive basses with the p-lyte. i see you're in littlehampton? - we're playing in the crown this saturday (30th) if you're around. thanks again!