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Things You Will NEVER Hear at a Sound Check

Posted on November 24, 2013 » tagged: live, sound » 2 Comments »

This made me chuckle when I read it on The Huffington Post: Things You Will NEVER Hear at a Band Sound Check: … From the guitarist Of course I can play quieter. Turn up the singer’s mic. She’s our real focal point. The drums need to be louder. MUCH louder. No thanks. I don’t drink. From the drummer […]

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Setting up a Bass Guitar

Posted on June 1, 2009 » tagged: set up, tips, tutorial » 12 Comments »

This will be a mini series of posts – although I may put everything under this one post too. How do you set up your bass guitar? Obviously the ideal is to have a professional do it for you – you can’t be a skilled hand and experience to get the perfect set up. However, […]

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Back Ups – Avoiding Gig-asters

Posted on March 23, 2009 » tagged: gigging, live, setups, sxsw » 2 Comments »

Well, South by South West (or should I say “South By…”) was even more full on that I had imagined, and I had imagined it being very full on. Oddly, the thing stuck in my mind isn’t a gig, it was looking across at a rig. It got me thinking about having back ups and avoiding […]

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Getting Back into the Groove

Posted on January 31, 2009 » tagged: bassguitar, practice » 3 Comments »

  Sometimes bass playing can get stale. It’s nothing to do with the role of the bass, and it’s not a pro vs amateur thing. It is just the nature of doing something for a long time. We get into a routine that becomes mundane, or we fall out of a practice routine that causes us to […]

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Tips for Selling a Bass

Posted on January 5, 2009 » tagged: bass, bassguitar, selling, tips » 5 Comments »

The New Year tends to be a time for fresh starts and clear outs (happy new year by the way!). It is for me, time to thin the bass stable and find a new home for one or two basses. I’m very blessed to own more than one bass – I know that not everyone […]

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