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Gig was offered to me but I am not available. Paid job with established party band, PM for details if interested.

Band leader recently purchased our tickets for an upcoming cross country gig and to my dismay he got the "budget economy" tickets for Jetblue....

Hey guys! This is my first post ever on talk bass. I started playing live for the first time with a band as of recent and needed a bass to play....

[MEDIA] The band with which I play, Swan Big Band, did a gig at a beach club on the Lake of Zürich in Switzerland. I used a 5-string fretless and...

Hey everyone, I could really need some help from experienced giggers: My pickup's a Shadow SH965 NFX which I currently run into a Zadow...

Looking for advice here. Been doing quite a few fly dates this year and I’ve tried both carry on with a bag and checking a flight case. Second...

I have been trying out IEM at rehearsals and personal practice for a few weeks, in preparation for gig use. I play bass in a big band. For...

Hello guys I'm building my live rig and I need your advice. I have my preamp pedal (Laney Digbeth), happy with it at the moment. I'm planning to...

Hi fellow TB'ers! The subject is super-new - nobody really brought it up yet :D But here it is: I'm looking for your collective wisdom, thoughts...

I usually end up hanging out the drummer in most of the bands I play with. Just such a close musical relationship between the 2 instruments I...

First post so let me know if you need more information I play in a college band and we are starting to get more gigs. We started off with crowds...

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Hi everyone, for about three years I have not used effects on the bass anymore, a bit out of laziness a bit because I was tired of being anxious...

Hey guys, This new venue that I'll be playing at in Yokohama finally got sound equipment for our live event this Sunday. We'll have 2 guitarists,...

I played a show last night with my band. This is our second show as a group, and before I joined them I had taken several years off playing shows...

my volume pots dont go all the way to 0, there is always 10% volume... My bass has a passive Jazz style layout: 2 vol, 1 tone. tone works as...

Gig report. This one is for @BassCliff I do not take pics of my gigs, my work, my sessions or personal life. I am rarely comfortable taking pics...

My 5 piece funk band will be playing for a few hundred people soon. The venue is open air except for a roof over the band and we need to project...

Having purchased an Ampeg V-4B at local guitar show a few months ago, I was anxious to take it to a "full sized" show. The pandemic has impacted...

I am using a soundgear by Ibanez bass and I have an acoustic amp and a fender rumble amp. I have a gig tomorrow night playing several jazz...

Blues can encompass many styles, but no matter the subgroup within the genre or how loud or laidback you play, what is(are) your current blues...

So I screwed up. I didn’t include a poll on my How many TBers do not gig? thread :rollno: (Sorry!) So I’m gonna try something. Here’s the poll...

Just curious as to if any of you have a gigging pedalboard and a stay at home pedalboard? Maybe you have duplicates for convenience purposes (or...

Any band, past/present/future, needs a bass player and they want to give YOU the full-time gig. In your best life, who is that band? And why do...

The Ducks are a weird and aggressive 2 piece, hailing from the gentrified shores of Brighton. They’re the bargain bin soundtrack to broken...

Clearly we are in the darkest timeline now, and reports from our agents in the future aren't indicating that anything is turning around yet. Maybe...

Recently I've bought a new Dunlop bass wah... Any experience with the Jim Dunlop wah and its upkeep.... Dos and don'ts with regards to gigging...

For the last 6 years, I've been playing with some older guys from the area, gigging maybe twice a year, just for fun. These guys are kind of the...

A while ago I promised some of you on this forum to share my experiences regarding my recent work on cruise ships as a bass player in a...

So as the title says, I have a support gig coming up in August (provided we aren’t still isolating by then) and I’m weighing up some options...

I sure do! In these strange times, me and my band decided to wrap up this lil' tune that we had left over from our album sessions. It's a high...

So, gigs in the time of COVID-19.... My band had all of our gigs cancelled, including our first festival. But a friend of a friend knew someone...

My band has been booked at an outdoor festival. It'll be the first festival we'll play, it's the madisa festival in the namib desert. Yes were...

Was having this conversation with a buddy recently. All the mini and micro heads make portability much easier. Do you bring a backup amp head to...

When you play live with PA support for bass and drums, how do you and your bandmates set up amplifiers on stage? Does everyone orient their amps...

So my guitarists set a gig for us that’s 2 1/2 hours drive to and from... for only 30 minutes.... 30 goddamn minutes, 3/5 of our songs we will be...

I just slapped on a brand new set of Ernie Ball custom gauge flats on my previously round wound strung jazz bass. After two or so gigs (in a...

sorry for the trashy title. I stumbled across this video on yt: [MEDIA] he mentoines that a P or a J bass can sometimes kinda get lost in the mix...

The post ended up being a bit long. TL;DR – is 144$ a reasonable payment for the first paid production of a 20 years old person? Hi! I'm 20...