Pinball

When was that Video shot then? The original must have come out in the mid seventies?

I guess it has to be my LTD ESP Surveyor 405 because its my go to bass both for live work and recording. Thats despite having owned some very nice basses. Love the sound, I hit sounds I like simply by flicking between the pups, they are nice but not so expensive that I worry about them At one with my bass

[quote name='solo4652' timestamp='1385466362' post='2288520'] Rehearsal tomorrow night. I'm going to take the P bass and roll of the top end a bit. I've also simplified how I play the bassline of Kiss and We are family so I can really concentrate hard on locking in with the drummer, who I find easy to play alongside. We have our first gig the following night. Maybe some of all this is pre-gig anxiety. I'll report back in a few days. Wish me luck, Folks. [/quote] Sounds like a good plan. Having read the post from the start it sounds like the type of discussion we have a lot. I'm all for trying to refine, improve things. If you get in that mind set its good fun. Where it gets out of hand is where you start getting personal and start people start telling people how to play. Thats not the case here. ooh and good luck at your gig.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1385059247' post='2284037'] If you've got loops going you're going to need to have a click track anyway in order to keep in time. For the other stuff unless you are using sequenced parts and a tempo/click track it will never be as consistent as if it was played by a keyboard player. What you should probably do is ask yourself just how important these extra parts are in the context of the live performance. I've seen a couple of bands recently using sequenced backing and extra sounds triggered and TBH apart from intros and quiet parts in the songs these were all but inaudible. I'd try playing the songs without them and see just how much you miss them before looking for other solutions. [/quote] I'm with you, we're half way their really. Most of our stuff sounds fine without and it would be simple enough to trigger intros etc. A more simplistic approach will probably work fine live.

Hi, we're not playing to a click track anymore. We abandoned that idea as it was too restricting. [quote name='Myke' timestamp='1385053181' post='2283921'] Have you tried using Ableton Live? I've never used it properly but you can like link a sample/loop to a key or a pedal or whatever interface your using and trigger it like that. Not sure on price though [/quote] At the moment we have complete key tracks on Reaper, which needs a click track and relays on keeping very tight. Ambleton may be easier what do you think is the best way tpo trigger them. The drummer with a pad maybe or some pedal. [i]Note: if I sound out of my depth thats because I am I normally leave this stuff to others in the band but wondered I could come up with some suggestions.[/i]

Hi, I'm rehearsing in an originals band and it is is going well, The main issue holding us back is that we haven't been able to find someone to play keys. On our recordings we use quite a few loops, both during tracks and to create a soundscape. We have been trying to carry that over into our live playing with our drummer playing to a click track. In theory its fine but In practice this isn't working too well because we're finding it a bit restrictive and it sounds horrible if it goes wrong. As a result we're looking for simple ways that we can trigger pre-recorded loops and sounds via our PC, has anyone got any suggestions of how to do this or even better is there anyone in the Bristol/Western area who fancies playing some keys?

[quote name='ratman' timestamp='1385023526' post='2283454'] Your brain isn't full. That's just your excuse to yourself. You just have to do a gig without your charts and prove to yourself that you can do it. It happened to me a while back. I was running a very slick function band and once at soundcheck I realised I forgot my pad. I nearly freaked. But, I did a 3 hour gig, and made 2 mistakes. The pad stayed at home after that. Take the leap of faith at your next gig and just get on with your playing. And you'll have more fun if your nose isn't buried in charts all night long. [/quote] Hmm I think that's simplistic as everyone is different. My memory is fine for playing but really bad for lyrics. Even though I wrote the songs I can't remember or repeat the lyrics from our new stuff but I can remember songs I did 35 years ago. At weekend we tried doing some of the new songs but I just floundered even though we tried repeating them over and over. What ever makes your life easy I say.

Hmm what type of music it is isn't the question. The question was asking is it bad and the answer is yes, whatever music your into in my humble opinion.

I watched this earlier, It was the first link that came up on Yahoo. Why I thought? A total no event. If you haven't seen the vid don't bother honestly. The term overhyped rubbish springs to mind.

A little personal tribute to Lou. I woke up with this in my head last Sunday after watching a band on Saturday who made a big point of playing sweet Jane as their last track. No apologies for the bad timing as it was a one-taker. Hope you likeee [url="https://soundcloud.com/mole-music-1/forward-never-back-2"]https://soundcloud.c...rd-never-back-2[/url]

I'm up for a meeting if its with-in reasonable driving distance. I enjoyed the last one very much.

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1384806074' post='2280989'] Sorry - in-joke between Pinball and myself! [/quote] indeedy, still twiddling that moustache I see.

Thanks all

Hi, I'm looking into getting one of these and I notice there are 3 generations of this cab. Can someone tell me what the differences are?

In answer to your question I dunno, maybe they aren't inspired by your band or sales pitch or maybe your not paying enough to get the standard of player you require. I'm sure there are a few on here. You will maybe have to try and woo them