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Playing around the other day, heard a buzz, figured there was a loose screw or something. Turns out it's a transistor touching the heatsink. Not a lot of wiggle room on either one, any suggestions to make it stop? I think at loud volumes, it can't be heard (hadn't noticed it until noodling...

I've looked through most threads but haven't seen much with a direct comparison, given the fEARful 12/6 is a little older, it seems. I'm in communication with someone local who has a well-loved fEARful 12/6 for a good price. It doesn't look great, is missing a grill cover for the 6" speaker, but...

My band just released our record via streaming, with a vinyl release happening this Friday, 3/13, in the Seattle area. We recorded half at Robert Lang Studios and the other half at London Bridge Studios and we are pretty excited about the results. Most of the tracks were recorded with my G&L...

On a lark, not in the market for a bass, my wife and I went into Guitar Center to pick up a speaker cable, of all things. When with my little eye, what do I spy? This G&L Bass up above! Obv, it's not a simple Bass model, but instead, a LB-100. I picked it up, played it, and, long story short, I...

This gig fell into our lap a few weeks ago. Robb said a guy who runs a store in Lake City that sells audio equipment and outdoor equipment wanted us to play a show. The place is called Turntables & Trails and a lot of cool bands have played there recently. We were joining our pals, the Rallies...

Bought a set on Saturday, 45-105, just installed them to my SB-2. Putting the E on, it felt like roundwound, but I thought, huh, maybe it's a hybrid? Not on the packaging, it's not. Put on the A, D and G strings, and wouldn't you know it, I think the E is roundwound and the others are flats...

This one was a private party for a 40th birthday. We had never played the Old Stove (didn't even know what it was). The husband hired us for an 80's themed party so we tried to dial up our 80's tunes. Left the house at 2:40 and headed to Jen's to load out. We had to provide a PA and lights since...

Not much of a poster but it's what I got Another Thursday gig, another complaint about Seattle traffic. It took me 45 minutes to get home from work, a quick make of dinner, and then out the door to get to the Sunset by 6:30 or so. That ride took me another 45 minutes or so, but I found a decent...

Exciting poster at the door At this point in my musical career, I think the place I've played the most is the Central. Good, bad, indifferent, a gig's a gig and the Central's always been fine. This show was set up months ago by a guy named Will. He does some local booking of bands and is in...

8/16/25, Sunset Grooves at El Sid We played the big room at Kings Hall a few months ago and made enough of an impression to get us invited back, this time to kick off their new, smaller room downstairs. El Sid opened last week, a "punk" themed room in the giant building known as Kings Hall...

7/25/25, Planets in the Ocean at Tim's Tavern Fun night at Tim's last night. Left the house around 5:55 for a 6:30 arrival time and pretty much arrived right on time. Best part of these early arrivals is the ample parking. I was backlining my amp for the other two bands, Full Life Crisis...

7/18/25, Sunset Grooves at Sand Point Country Club Night 1 of a double header of private parties. We played the Sand Point Country Club a couple summers ago and it was a great time. Beautiful views, awesome weather, energetic crowd, delicious food and a good payday. Last night, it was much of...

7/11/2025, Sunset Grooves at the Central It was 80s night at the Central with us and the Valley Guys, a five-piece fronted by Fred Speakman. Our pal, Cathy, did backing vocals and badass stage presence with them as well. I left the house around 5:45 because we were supposed to start at 8 and...

Cool and delicious poster Chris from Strong Suit offered up this gig a few weeks ago, with us and a band I'd never heard of called Miraco. It was on the same day as Haley's graduation, but since that happened during the day and we were headlining at Darrell's that night, I figured it would be...

5/31/2025, PITO at Slim's Last Chance Upon writing this, I realize it's been literally a month since my last gig. Seems so long ago, but also like it just happened. For Planets, though, it's been since early March, which is a pretty long hiatus for now. Not a bad thing to have some time off; we...

(apologies for any weird formatting, copied/pasted from another site) Well, at least we got paid. A private event for a corporate gig dropped into our lap a few weeks ago. Paid well, we'd get fed, it was close to home, and they wanted us to play for about 3 hours. We got our set list together...

Almost posted to FB, but I decided to come here instead. Here's what I didn't post there: I had that blurb ready to go on a local Facebook bass player group page. Posting anonymously, keeping specific details out of it. Before hitting post, I read and thought, "what am I trying to accomplish...

First show of the new year, with a nice line up and venue to kick things off... until one of the bands dropped out day of show. even AI generated posters are weird We had set up a show with Guest Directors (with Gary T on guitar from the Navins) and Patrons of Husbandry (with Rusty W on...

We had booked time last July to go back up to London Bridge to polish off 3 more songs. With the other 9 that we've recorded, we figured 12 would be a great number to put out on vinyl. We've been talking about it over two bands for years, but now we are finally getting close. Unfortunately...

12/13/2024 Lawnlife at Edgewater Hotel A few weeks ago I got asked to play another low volume cover band gig with Sid and Eric. Sid is cool so far in that he leads with how much he'd pay. Easy hook at that time. He offered $500 for 3 ten song sets. 20 of the songs I already played with him in...

Fun night at the Aurora Borealis last night, with our pals the Post Punks. I showed up around 6 for soundcheck, only to find the sound guy had car problems and wasn't there yet. I started setting up my stuff (Zoom B24, butter bass, IEMs) and got ready. Spencer on sound showed up shortly after...

11/22/24, Planets in the Ocean at the Central Big show at the Central as part of something called the Cloudbreak Festival. Evidently a group is putting on shows all over Seattle during November. I guess the hook is any tourist staying in a participating hotel gets free admission to the club or...

Yeah, I played a show last night but the best part was not the gig, but pre-show. Me and Cookie Cookie looking like Bella After slogging through an hour's worth of traffic due to freeway improvements, I dropped my stuff off and headed to the bar at the front of the Sunset to say...

9/6/2024, Planets in the Ocean at Darrell's Tavern **I write these on blogger and they format weird here (old TB took it just fine)** ****thanks for reading anyway**** Since our last gig in June, I think we've only rehearsed once or twice. Maybe once? Much of the reason was life getting in the...

8/10/2024, Sunset Grooves On the Hiyu Well, that was a blast. Let's list some of my first time accomplishments as a long-time bassist: played on a decommissioned ferry, the Hiyu not that I've played on commissioned ferries, or even a boat. The closest was playing on a flatbed truck as part of...

I play in a cover band, I have a Zoom B2Four multi-fx pedal that I use for it. I use IEMs in the band and don't bring an amp. I have tried to make patches for every song to try to have my bass sound close to the actual artist's bass. That can mean 25-30 different patches. I try to keep the...

Note to self: if we play any weeknight gigs, either I switch shifts so I'm off earlier, or we don't go first. I left work at 5pm and got home at 6. I changed and ate a quick dinner, was on the road to the Sunset by 6:30 or so. I offered my bass amp for backline and hoped to be there by 7. I got...

Did a quick jaunt across the water today for a show. A small outdoor arts fair, taking place in a little courtyard off a side street in Seattle. Weather was nice: warm and overcast. I had spent a few hours in the morning doing yardwork, pruning some bushes and trees, and then it was time to jump...

I've been saving up gig money since December and had about $800 or so ready to go. I'd had my eye on a Nate Mendel P bass that was in Bellingham. I was planning on going with that but started looking on Reverb at other P's in a lower price range. I happened upon a P bass in the Player model...

I'm sure there are discussions, but this is *my* discussion. I am saving funds and have some $$ to put towards a P, but then a G&L LB-100 caught my eye. Just a little bit more than the P but greater savings. Also, I love G&L. Saw a pal at a show yesterday (matinee shows FTW), and he said, "why...

After one-hour long rehearsal with the full band and a few hours on my own at home, it was time to play with Del Vox at the Blue Moon. Sherri had given me a Dropbox with 10 or songs in it and I'd been working on them since Sunday, after my shows with Greg and Dave from last week had finished up...

1:20. That's how long it took me to get from work to the High Dive, a meager 17 or so miles away in Fremont. Sadly, I left work at 5:15 or so and despite taking the "toll road" at the cost of $6.50, traffic was insane. Nevertheless, I showed up when I showed up and had a couple tacos next door...

Gig 2 of 5 in 3 weeks is done. Last night's venue was the legendary Blue Moon on 45th. It is old, it is grungy, but it is friendly and it is a really great sounding place. No stage pix, but some flavor shots of the venue. uncomfortable booth with no view of stage back hall to reach...

Gig 1 of 5 in 3 weeks is done. After meeting Greg Hoy on Wednesday and playing through his songs once, we took our act to Tacoma, where the New Frontier Lounge awaited on Thursday night. My old mate from high school, Dave, was driving through horrid rush hour traffic to pick me up to go an...

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Overplaying, let's talk about it. I started playing bass in the mid-80s and did a lot of listening to Rush and Geddy Lee, of course. Over the years, I played a lot of notes. As I matured, I started playing more for the song. In a previous band, I wasn't told that I played too much, but that...

3/2/2024 Planets in the Ocean at Darrell's Tavern It appears that the big D is becoming our home away from home? Back up to Darrell's Tavern in Shoreline for our second show of the new year. I decided to offer my amp for backline. Last show we played, Jim from the Pop Cycle offered up his...

Gig report: 2/2/24 Sunset Grooves at the Tractor Tavern Two months into the year, two gigs at the Tractor Tavern. Not a bad start to the year so far, same as it ever was. We were asked to play this show via Dennis, who also plays guitar in Coool Babies, a Talking Heads tribute band. Maybe...

Gig report: 1/3/24 Planets in the Ocean at the Tractor Tavern David from Pop Cycle booked this show, asking us to play on a Wednesday, but at the venerable Tractor Tavern. The other band, Royal Blunder, I knew nothing about, other than a few songs on the internet that were pretty lo-fi and...

Gig report: 12/15/2023 Sunset Grooves at the Lime In however many years of gigging, I can only remember playing the Eastside maybe once or twice. Make it three times after last night, when the Sunset Grooves played the Lime in Kirkland. Even having lived on the Eastside for so long, I had never...