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  1. ... for those musicians unfortunate enough to have gigs this weekend in Chobham, Weybridge, Chertsey and Woking. 😱 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4nrd0n7299o
  2. Surprised to read this. Both sets of strings are stainless steel and, while I don't doubt that there are differences in construction, I'd have guessed that they have similar compliance levels. Are you sure that the problem doesn't lie in the way you play those basses rather than in the strings? The much tighter string spacing on the Hofner leads to a very different technique than on a Mustang.
  3. I love Radial kit but their prices (both new and pre-owned) have gone right through the roof over the last few years. For less than half the price of a pre-owned Tonebone you could get an equally flexible and high-spec'd pre-owned EBS MicroBass II. Those things are good enough that I have two of them. For my purposes, the Mk.III is a step down and the Mk.II is a much better product.
  4. Of course, this approach won't work for everyone ...
  5. Set up Zoom Q2 4k HD (or similar) cameras around the band. Place a Zoom H4n Pro (or similar) recorder in front of the band. Switch on & record. Later ... load up everything into Reaper (https://www.reaper.fm/). Have fun. To get you started ...
  6. There's a FB meme doing the rounds (about high-end audio gear, but it still applies) where one chap is saying to the other "The two things which really attracted me were the expense and the inconvenience".
  7. Note the subtle change in tone when a human enters the conversation ... "hello, would you please let me know which Saturdays from April onward is your band available. Really keen to book them in " 😂
  8. And of course the perceived improvement lasts about five minutes. After that, it's your bass and it sounds like you.
  9. My CK61 has become my go-to when I'm restricted on space or set-up time. It's very Jack-of-all-trades and there's not many sounds that it excels at (though the orchestra with flute is superb) but as a one-size-fits-all it will always do a job for you. I particularly like the ease of use. Having pairs of buttons dedicated to modulation by semitones or octaves is SO much better than burying that in a menu somewhere, and the range of easy-to-reach sounds for use at gigs is spectacular and makes it easy to change on the fly mid-song. It took me a while to get my head around the fact that the user-controlled sounds have nowt to do with Midi and are just 3-way mini-mixes of stock sounds (with various FX available, of course). Given that I hate having anything to do with Midi, for me that's an absolute Godsend. When I'm playing a full 2-set or 3-set gig on keys then I'll take a 3-board rig using a Stay stand. The CK61 sits in the middle and is chiefly there for piano and orchestral sounds, though it also does good clavier and useful bits like harmonica and even banjo. Below that is a Hammond SK1 which does organ ten times better than the CK61 can ever do, natch. Above it is a Korg Kross which is another Jack-of-all-trades but I bought it precisely because it does excellent brass.
  10. In today through the Lemonrock enquiry system: "I hope this email finds you well. My name is **** ******, and I am the manager of a pub located in ************. As we are exploring opportunities to diversify our live events offerings, I recently stumbled upon your profile and found it intriguing. I would be grateful if you could provide me with information regarding your pricing structure for live performances. Understanding your rates would greatly assist us in evaluating potential collaborations and aligning them with our budgetary considerations. I look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience. Thank you for your time and consideration. Please contact me on blah blah blah" First thing to note is that this is not a joke post. That's a cut & paste (anonymised, of course) from the email. Second thing to note is that those of you who haven't had office-based careers may imagine that this is what business correspondence looks like. It doesn't. In a 45-year career dealing with business correspondence of all sorts, I can't remember ever receiving anything quite as jargon-laden and turgid as this. Resisting the temptation to reply "We believe in peeling the onion by directionifying our key performance indicators into a transitional enhanced profitability status" @Silvia Bluejay replied seriously and honestly. In a reasonably long email about what we do and what we charge she used the phrase "cash on the night". A reply was received within seconds, mentioning the online payment system used by this pub's owners. Hmmmmm. And again, hmmmmmm. And thrice, hmmmmmmmmmmm.
  11. Dang! Your only date remotely near us is when @Silvia Bluejay is out of the country, and you play her music. ☹️
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