No lust in Jazz

For me playing live with a band, no compression. I don't want to cut through a mix either, I want to sit in the mix providing 'aural sex' into the music.

Sorry I don't know the song, but there's nothing wrong with playing with a pick. You may find that a softer 0.96mm pick helps you with playing certain parts, but I wouldn't bother playing fingerstyle if you normally play with a pick.

[quote name='vsmith1' timestamp='1424162769' post='2693216'] I think that I'd like to see my history written in my own instrument.. [/quote] I have a Precision bought from new twenty years ago; that line sums up. my ownership.

My tips for free tone.[list] [*]Practice without an amp, if you can hear the notes clearly unplugged, you will hear them through an amp. [*]Practice a lot. [/list]

Ace of Spades - Motorhead

I have a lot respect for PM, a general point about him is that apart from being a good musician, he spent many years learning his trade and developing his playing skills before walking into a recording studio. When he did record, he and the Beatles were ready to do it. Much of his playing would have been done with a plactrum too, trying this, may unlock some of his lines.

Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart

Great - thanks for sharing.

[quote name='Bigwan' timestamp='1423827983' post='2689428'] New rig. Not road tested yet, but sounds awesome at home so far! [/quote] I like this a lot.

For me, its not good songs or bad songs, its more 'overdone songs' - 50 odd years of electrified pop music to draw from, much of which people have danced excitedly to, I'm amazed that many set lists distill down to such a narrow band of songs; with the same material cropping up in set lists across the land. If you set list isn't to your liking do something about it.

Right Now - The Gasman - track is Cubicle

I find this generates a "sweat" particularly from the interlude 02:10 onwards [media]http://youtu.be/1HJp-rHZOhQ[/media]

Hounds of Love - Kate Bush

[quote name='anaxcrosswords' timestamp='1423745997' post='2688509'] Just thought of another too, although as I’ve never tried it I can’t say just how difficult it is – [b]Boogie Nights[/b] (Heatwave) has been on our suggestions list for a while but I really don’t fancy that intro! Is it as hard as I think it is? [/quote] No - I've not played it with a band, but as I recall its a piece of cake..

A while back, I found an audio clip on Youtube of FZ backstage talking with his crew, he'd recently changed pickups in his guitar. I mention this as their was a warmth and tangilbe 'excitement' in his voice (he didn't know that the mic was on) which is missing from just about every other piece I've heard - I'll try looking again for it.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1423742851' post='2688441'] But..the point is that too few bands give their set list and continuity and flow much thought at all, IMO [/quote] I can't speak for other bands, but this is how I construct a set.

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1423733899' post='2688330'] Yes! Side 2 (in old money) is among his finest 17 minutes or so IMO. I just don't "get" No Not Now :-/ [/quote] That's ok, I view side one as the antipasti for side two - but the tracks Drowning Witch / Envelopes - are very very fine indeed IMO. Listen to the whole thing regularly tho..

Ship arriving too late to save a drowing Witch - Frank Zappa

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1423692640' post='2688095'] Holy crap, I'd forgotten about some of these horrors! Every morning I get down on my knees and thank God I'm not in a cover band. At the moment. [/quote] Its all music. I can remember the unbridled joy of playing heavily syncopated runs into an odd meter of (usually 5/4 it was the 90's) for whole rehearsals...

To be honest, there are enough technically minded members here to put this together - assumptions can be cretinous though.

[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1423671092' post='2687764'] do you have video footage ? [/quote] Sadly, I don't. I actually quite like the song, but I managed to convince them that there's less covered, equally hip swinging, audience friendly music around...

When I first joined my current combo, Brown Eyed Girl was a staple, the vocals / guitarist had even developed a little hip swinging dance to accentuate the happy go lucky feel of the song. We no longer play it and to this day, if i see him perform that 'dance' while we're playing a song, its usually the last time it gets included in the set. He's far better if he concentrates.

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1423664709' post='2687634'] Which has to be the smallest valve amp I`ve ever seen Dave, plus it sounds great, was knocked out by its sound at the SE Bass Bash. [/quote] Perhaps I should try another one sometime - the one I owned was a big disappointment.

I think you'd have to manage your expectations of small, as you say, transformers and valves have their own physical needs.