Jacqueslemac

It's supply and demand isn't it? My girlfriend loves Pink Floyd and as we can't see the "real" version, a tribute act is as close as we're going to get. Luckily there are several to choose from. This year I think we'll be seeing The Floyd Effect. Anyone seen them before? Funnily enough, I've never ever heard a Pink Floyd number played by a covers band, but the one I saw last night did two! By the way, has anyone read Midge Ure's autobiography? He complained that someone heard his soundcheck, where he was playing Ultravox material (and new material) on an acoustic guitar and said unseen person observed that he'd rather see a tribute band playing the material the "proper" way instead!

My thoughts too. Your hands interact with the neck, while the sound is [i]mainly[/i] due to the electronics (see other thread where pickups were mounted onto an old plank). I have a Jazz with a Mighty Mite licensed neck and some cheap, ill-fitting body, but it's one of the nicest feeling basses I have.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1328276429' post='1524794'] Sex on Fire is the new Bown Eyed Girl!!!! [/quote] Is it wrong that we do both in one of my bands? In the other one we also play Toxic. And Genie in a Bottle. But our male singer does those. Our female drummer handles Highway to Hell. What we've tried to do, though, is make them our own. In fact, Toxic, Genie and Love Machine are three of our favourites because we play them less like the originals than most of the others in our list (e.g Jumping Jack Flash, Basket Case, Cold Hard Bitch, Hard to Handle).

I'll add positive comments too. Easy to play, with a slick, fast neck, I love the minimalist black look, enhanced by lack of fret markers. Versatile too and lighter than most basses. My Jazz-owning nephew came to stay and although I told him he could noodle on any of my basses, it was the Aerodyne he played the most.

Anything to update us on yet, please?

It helps build loyalty doesn't it? I still remember him saying: "Sorry, we've had to change the cymbals. The guy from Mindbleed keeps splitting them." You don't need to even ask what music a band called Mindbleed would play, do you? And yes, the volume knobs were all turned up to the max every time we followed them into the room.

Yes, in the larger studio I've used, the technician used to come in as we were packing up and helped coil the mic cables, re-arrange the stands etc so it was nice and tidy for the next band. And just checked we'd not nicked or trashed anything.

I never asked. The booking was taken care of by the guitarist. I would've been happy with that as long as we had some flexibility to cancel (holiday, illness etc), as with the usual arrangement, which is to block book, then confirm next week when paying for this week's session. I think they don't charge for cancellations so long as they have three days notice. There's always a waiting list for the slots, so I think they fill them easily. When I was made redundant a few years ago I worked with the local Chamber of Commerce start-up people with a view to having my own rehearsal studio business, but one small-scale one started up close to my home while I was getting the business plan together and then one of the two big ones announced they would be moving to new premises (their old one was pretty down at heel). I chickened out, which was a shame, but probably the right thing to do. The smaller one went out of business after a few months. Interestingly, the small one included a free service which was to record the middle hour and hand you a CD of the recording as you left. It was taken from a couple of microphones in each studio, up by the ceiling. The sound was unmixed, so very basic, but a handy reference. That sold it for me, but we were one of the few bands that used the studio (it was only three miles from Norwich city centre), so it gradually died.

Mine are stored in the house, but out of sight. I forget them for a few weeks and then get nostalgic, drag one out and it becomes my new favourite bass. Until a few weeks later when the cycle come round again. I'm currently playing just the Warwicks, but suspect that'll change sometime soon!

Over here in the east there are a couple competing, so their rates are stuck around £25 for three hours. Kit provided includes PA, basic drum kit, bass amp and two guitar amps. Mind you, vacant slots are few and far between. Once you've got hold of a regular practice slot, you don't let go of it lightly! The bass kit changes depending on what's been knackered and what's just come in. If it doesn't work when you get into the studio, they dig out another one straight away. It's mostly fairly budget combos, but it does the job (i.e. practicing arrangements, not recording). Just recently I've hooked up with a drummer I used to play with. He has his own practice space we rent from him. It only costs us a bit less, but we can use his pro-level kit and PA and leave our own amps there if we like. He's flexible on hours and last-minute changes and is using our cash to upgrade the carpets etc in his studio. And it's pretty safe with the all the guard dogs there!

I met Clarky in a faceless motorway service station to pick up my fretless Warwick, following a smooth, straightforward transaction via PM and text. The bass was everything he had said it was - as new. Deal with him with confidence.

What they say!

In my quest to corner the market in Corvettes, I've added this one to the fleet: So here's my three-in-a-bed group shot:

At last year's East Anglia Bass Bash we compared the Ricky sound on mine with a real Ricky and couldn't tell them apart (once we'd spent a few minutes setting up the Variax so the pickups were in the right place etc). Personally, I dislike the feel of the neck on mine, which shows how it's all down to personal taste!

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1327522214' post='1512929'] It might not have been a high boredom threshold, it might merely have been that they were professional musicians playing what was required of them. [/quote] You could be right, but I only have a few recordings of the same song by the same band playing it live at different times and each one is a bit different. I wonder if anyone really notices on the night, though?

[quote name='Master blaster' timestamp='1327509037' post='1512595'] I just learn the main bits. Like if its a well known piece then I'de learn the main parts then make up the rest. saves abit of time [/quote] Me too. If I wanted to follow the original I'd join a tribute band. It's my take on the original. Did the original band always play it the same way live? Not unless they had a very high boredom threshold. Thinking about it, though, we're hard pushed to do the covers of Britney Spears and Christine Aguilera anything close to the original, what with our male singer and wailing guitar solos and stuff...

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