Pete Academy

Anyone agree? A bit embarrassing.

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We have one. Old school rock thump.

[quote name='Gareth Hughes' post='868831' date='Jun 16 2010, 10:54 AM']Yup, I can match that - and possibly beat it for amount of hours involved relative to hours played. (Not that I'm proud, or that this is any competition with a great winner). I did roughly the same amount of hours travelled for two gigs as Pete Academy did for his Irish jaunt - except that my two gigs were in Chicago. What should have been a three week tour was all but cancelled at the last minute. Seeing as the visas/flights, etc had been paid for the manager thought the act should still do the two shows that had sold well. Flew from Dublin to Chicago late Friday evening - gig on Saturday, gig on Sunday, early morning flight Monday. Second time - same act now that I think of it - was worse. I had a different gig in Killarney - a good five hour drive from Dublin at the time, but took it anyway, thinking I'll still get back in time for my 7am flight to Germany. Coming into Killarney there are thousands of punters heading to a gig - but not my gig, I knew from the numbers. Turned out Westlife were playing there too that night. And all those people were leaving the same time I was leaving!!! I left the gig at 1130pm - by 1am I was still in Killarney and panicking as I looked at the map. I finally got home at 5am, packed quickly, said goodbye to my wife (whose birthday it was.......) and left for the airport at 530am. It gets worse. The flight is on the Saturday, but the gig is on the Sunday. So why the early travel? There's a 6 hour bus ride from the airport to the gig and as we're playing at some huge conference once it finishes (and it started at 9am), we have to soundcheck the night before. Joy. At least two hours are wasted once we land because whilst a bus has been booked for 10 people, it does not hold 10 persons luggage and their instruments. Doh. We finally get there late in the evening and all I remember is setting up my gear and then lying down to sleep in front of my rig while a tortuous vocal soundcheck was done . Band soundcheck time - midnight. The better part is that this was the day of the Germany-Brazil World Cup in 2002, so we had to watch the match on a huge cinema size screen in the same room as the conference and they play immediately afterwards. Fair play to the German punters -when they lost we thought it would be the worst gig ever, but everyone in the room stood up, applauded Brazil and then seemed to enjoy our gig. So all that for about 90 minutes of music. (And a HUGE frikking buffet;))[/quote] A few years ago we had a gig booked in the South of France at an outdoor venue, a tribute festival. Gig got cancelled, but as we had already booked the flights and hotel anway, we went and had a Nearly Dan mini holiday.

[quote name='bh2' post='873232' date='Jun 21 2010, 08:28 AM']Your bass is invisible.[/quote] [attachment=52708:jazz.JPG]

I played a funk gig with the Jazz bass last week. I've really dropped on to a winner.

[quote name='MythSte' post='872753' date='Jun 20 2010, 05:04 PM']Ahh I get depressed when people bring this up! I had my 15 miuntes of not-quite-fame in '08 [/quote] We played the Acoustic Tent in 2000. Fantastic experience.

[quote name='Chris2112' post='869394' date='Jun 16 2010, 08:18 PM']Here it is...Jeff is showing some fantastic shops and soloing ideas but they're not really working over the slightly plodding stuff going on behind him. Two fantastic bass players here, sadly failing to make amazing things happen! The bass Jaco was playing here was borrowed from a guy called Greg Wilson. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw3BV7V7ZbQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw3BV7V7ZbQ[/url][/quote] Did Jaco buy anything from those shops?

I've had issues with my LMK head cutting out, but it seems I've located a faulty Boss PSU to be the cause. I've sent my amp back to Proel for checking, as our soundman thinks the DI is noisy.

£230 to £250.

The 1000w has come down in price and is a true bargain.

Doddy might know.

There's no doubt bass is physically easier to learn. In fact, beginners can root-note their way through a song, while the guitarist has to learn the chords. I stress this when someone asks about it. The OP was about how guitarists approach a bass when they try to play it. ie. as if it's a guitar with two less very thick strings on it.

Leech were around in the early 80s, made near Manchester, so I recall. That's definitely a guitar amp.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='866366' date='Jun 13 2010, 08:20 PM']If you want people to think you suck when you screw up play guitar. If you want people to think your whole band sucks when you screw up, play bass.[/quote] Exactly.

[quote name='The Burpster' post='866324' date='Jun 13 2010, 07:58 PM']I like this discussion and I find it intriguing. Let me share my experience. I started playing about 5 yrs ago. My best mate who has been playing (6 string) for about 30 yrs was really excited, and has been/was really supportive (maybe in that one I am lucky!) To start with he was giving me tips and helping me find my way 'round the fretboard etc. I have always been dumbstruck by his playing he can play some really impressive stuff. Recently he has bought one of my basses from me as he fell for it as soon as I acquired it. Interestingly now when we jam, he will ask, "jeez how do you stretch to those notes? I've tried that and I cant do it without making my hands hurt!" Also try as he will he can't play finger style like we do, the other major point that he really apprecites is that he states in his own words...... "most guitarists can't keep time for toffee, and I kinda rely on your sense of rythym. Not many guitarists would admit that!" The tables have turned to mutual respect. That is a really nice feeling.[/quote] Good post.

I get this all the time in retail: 'I'd like to play guitar but I've heard bass is easier.'

A bloke whose lad has just returned from a guitar school in London told me his lad had been offered a job playing bass in a band. 'He'll find it easy, cos he's used to playing guitar.'

Put a bass in a guitarist's hands and they just seem to get the urge to, well...widdle.

[quote name='allighatt0r' post='865528' date='Jun 12 2010, 09:24 PM']I was at a jam night recently when a guitarist got up to play House of the Rising Sun. Stumbled through the intro once or twice then announced to the room that he couldn't play it properly because he was used to a 12 string. [/quote]

I was in the shop today and was selling someone a bass rig. His guitarist was with him, and he asked him to play his bass while he fiddled with the tone controls on the amp. The guitarist widdled on the bass, then said he couldn't play something with strings that thick. Says it all. Viva la bass.

Lovely.

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