SICbass

That is both weird and wonderful.

It’s only fair to warn you that you may be exposing yourself to the unsolicited attentions of the entire singles faction of BC. Next you’ll be telling us that when you want or hope for something from your partner, your simply ask them instead of expecting them to know instinctively 🤪.

My guess is that here at BC, you’re more likely to be spurned for the latter than the former.😏

This post was clearly written under duress. Lads, dmcombe7 is being held hostage and I think it our duty as the BC massive to mount an attempt to free him 😀

Inflatable PA speakers?

I've worked for the last 20 years in a show featuring imitators of everything from Elvis to Edith Piaf. In that time, there have been lots of funny and bizarre stories, but the oddness of one has always pleased me. We have a Ray Charles impersonator who is an old white gentleman who uses black make-up on stage. This already feels a bit sticky and I'm not sure how I feel about it, but..., anyway my black colleagues have never commented one way or the other, so I don't know what they think about it. There is a shared dressing-room for the male acts and one for the female acts. Some years ago I walked past the mens dressing room and the door was open. There I saw, sat directly next to each other, the white guy putting on his black make-up and seated next to him a Michael Jackson impersonator, who is black, putting on his white make-up to do MJ. The irony (if that's the right word) of the situation didn't seem to have struck any of those present. I just kept walking and felt like an extra in a Jim Jarmusch film.

Yeah, I was mostly there for Bowie too. It was his first tour after a long hiatus.

I was at one of those gigs too. I think there were 2 or 3 dates back to back. Weren’t The Beat doing support as well? I seem to remember them doing Mirror in the Bathroom and Stand Down Margaret. Just as Icehouse reached the guitar solo in Hey Little Girl, his guitar cut out, poor bloke.

Some years ago at a Poppa Chubby gig (for those who don’t know him, he’s a very large and imposing figure) he, after repeated polite requests to one loud-mouthed punter, stopped the gig mid-song, saying, and I quote, “If you don’t shut the f**k up, I’m going to come down there and beat you down like the bi*ch you are!” Suffice as to say, we had no further interruptions from soft lad. 😏

Ouch. We have a winner!

Class 👍

Our 70s disco band, complete with Saturday Night Fever costumes and Afros got booked to play a Harley Davidson Club night. 1 or 2 of the girls danced. The several hundred men stayed outside in the bar. But hey, they didn‘t trash the place ☺️

If you and the other bass-player get on well and can trust each other it‘s great. It means the band have two worked in bass-players rather than one regular guy and a (potentially) rusty sub.

I daren‘t ask what it‘d cost.

Nice one WoT, sounds like a great experience all round.

Do you learn the material by heart then, or do you write scratch-charts for yourself?

The slot in the nut will probably be cut for the width of a typical B-string. You may find an E-string lying a bit low and vibrating in the slot. I‘m sure someone here can suggest a way to alleviate this if it does happen.

That image is now lodged in my head. Thanks for that....

There was a thread here some time back from someone who was running a youth-club (do we even say that anymore?) looking for stuff. I‘ll try and find it....

This one, despite evidence to the contrary on this “live“ TV appearance... Here, the bassline-proper doesn‘t kick in until about 00:54 Oberheim I think?

Frankly what it needs most is the Klingon cloaking device.

Hi, have you tried looking at the “Deko“ stuff from Thomann? Here‘s one example https://m.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_custom_line_clr_resoba_deko.htm This isn‘t specifically what you‘re after but new stuff, including J and P basses, does come along quite often. They‘re supposedly damaged and not playable but numerous reports on BC say that this is often not the case. Inexpensive and possibly ideal for project stuff. It pays to check regularly.

Welcome Fulkram. The subtlety element gets increasingly fun and intriguing as you go along. What others in a band often don‘t realise is just how much you‘re running the show. As for better basses, these days really usable kit does not have to be expensive, so there‘s plenty to look forward to there too. enjoy the ride, Paul.