Let's see your rig!

[Highlander]

Bret... OOOYYY!!! I resemble that remark...!!! 

Mark... who's this Hugh you're humpin'...? 

... and Hornisse, I'm 50 and lookin' forward to finding a regular gig... 

[Aussie Mark]

Our singers are 25 and 30

I turned 48 this month, and our singers and dancers range from 16 to 25.  Our guitarist is 58.

[TBird1958]

It's all I can do to stay away from Bassnw, barely 20min from my house. Evan is a great guy, he really knows basses esp. Thunderbirds, and happily I've had the chance to chat with Steve a few times too, first class guy all the way!

[Hornisse]

There is a Turner Electroline on Ebay with no reserve.  It is up to $500 with a lot of time yet.  Uwe should get one as these were supposedly the basses Turner was designing for Gibson when he went to work for them in the late 1980's!

[drbassman]

Thanks guys!

I love that amp also my good Doctor. It is the amp I like to use whenever I'm at a shop playing something new; it has such a great sound and can be as versatile as you need. One day I'll have to actually own one.
The Gretsch is nice as well.

I agree, it's a great little amp.  The first time I heard this and the Pulse, I just cringed.  I had to have a Mesa and this one fit my needs the best.  The tube pre-amp just makes the tone so smooth and rich sounding.  Some day, I'll get a pulse too, just for fun!  I started with the Scout amp and added the 15" cab a little later.  With both of them running, I can keep up with the typical R&R band and sound system.

I also quit my band recently because hauling stuff around at 59 just plain sucks all the fun out of it.  Not to mention a couple members were goof offs and pains in the tush.  Not really a good time anymore.

[Hornisse]

I'd played with the same drummer for nearly 7 years.  He left to join another band that works more and I can't fault him for that.  He is a great drummer.  The guy we got to replace him just did not do it for me.  I was voting for another guy after auditions but was outvoted by the leader.  He said the new guy had more "personality" which doesn't always equate to great time keeping ability!

[OldManC]

I've left bands for the same reason. I don't think others (even other band guys) realize just how much the drummer matters in a band. Makes all the difference in the world to me as a bass player and to the audience as well, even if they don't know it.

[rahock]

I don't think others (even other band guys) realize just how much the drummer matters in a band. Makes all the difference in the world to me as a bass player and to the audience as well, even if they don't know it.

You got that right! Even when they do realize it, they don't realize it to the extent that the bass player does. I jam with a few different groups of musicians and there is one drummer that I get together with now and then, who is every bass players dream. He leads , he follows, he has his own seperate line of communication going with every musician at the same time, and whenever there is a hole in anything he fixes it instantly. Everyone knows he is really good , but I know it best  .
Rick

[Highlander]

Quit a great guitarist, and I mean REALLY good (named Rick Kaczyk (Polish name - Kashik - sbelin?); he was unemployed; 1st thing he did when he got up was turn on his amp; often practiced for 10 hours straight... but he just dissapeared off the face, don't know how, maybe I do...) in '83, as the drummer was putting all his spare cash "up his nose"... when he was "straight", he was great...
I tried to explain this to the guitarist but all I got was, "I've known him since school, man...". Anyway, 2 weeks later there was an ad in the Melody Maker looking for a bass player and a drummer... whatever...

I've never played with a better or more dedicated musician... it was this that ended my attempts to go pro and I went back to full-time employment...

[Freuds_Cat]

Jeez George dont get me started on drummers......

[Dave W]

More drummers should be like Victor DeLorenzo. No kick. No drum stool either.

[drbassman]

I'd played with the same drummer for nearly 7 years.  He left to join another band that works more and I can't fault him for that.  He is a great drummer.  The guy we got to replace him just did not do it for me.  I was voting for another guy after auditions but was outvoted by the leader.  He said the new guy had more "personality" which doesn't always equate to great time keeping ability!

Personality?  Since when did a drummer need that?  I was thrilled when ours could mount his drum stool without falling off the back of the stage! 

[drbassman]

More drummers should be like Victor DeLorenzo. No kick. No drum stool either.

I agree.  I did a couple gigs once with a solo guitarist/sinner who invited a friend for some drumming back up.  The guy showed up with a snare, stool and highhat.  And he only used brushes, not sticks.  He sounded fantastic!  I'm looking for something like that again.  

[Aussie Mark]

I was thrilled when ours could mount his drum stool

I've seen drummers so out of it that they've tried that too.

[OldManC]

I've seen drummers so out of it that they've tried that too.