scalpy

Thanks folks, I suspected the Bose wouldn't be the best option. Can't quite get my head around the hk setup although I have two nanos at work and they're fantastic. We run two vocals, trumpet, sax and keys normally, and everyone occasionally on bigger gigs.

Our singer is in the market for a new PA. He's quite keen on the Bose L1 Model 1S with B2 bass as he wants to be able to set up at home so it looks good as well as performs nicely for live work. He's a mini salesman so whatever he gets has to be fairly compact! I've used one of the Bose in line jobs with another act and didn't think it was up to doing the kind of gigs we do. (8 piece party band with keys and horns, pubs and small functions) If he's in the market for a system my opinion is that he's better off getting a pair of barefaced fr800s. He's probably have to get two of the Bose jobs and by the time he's packaged them up a brace of the Brighton wonders plus stands probably wouldn't take up more space. If the rumours are true the barefaceds would make mincemeat of the former too. Help me settle my argument! (What he absolutely doesn't want is two grey plastic boxes like his current mackie set up.)

[quote name='Norris' timestamp='1449398243' post='2923102'] Hendrix - Axis Bold As Love. Great bit of flanging [/quote] I was going to suggest when the theme returns at the end of 3rd stone from the sun. Terrified me when I first heard it as a 13 year old listening to my Walkman in the dark.

Another one for fairytale of New York. I charted it out for the band, took me forever and I loved it even more when i finished.

Done, although I'm another one whose bladder is set to 7:20pm, 10 minutes before the show.

I saw a great bass player Friday night who only used his index finger and maybe occasionally his pinky. Great sound and great feel. Who cares if the technique gets the job done.

scalpy, have you seen this? [url="http://www.jamersonanalysed.co.uk/2013/11/i-heard-it-through-grapevine-gladys.html"]http://www.jamersona...ine-gladys.html[/url] [/quote Brain expanded, fingers waiting to catch up to nail chorus 3!

Great close up of his right hand technique, just a shame they weren't recording 'Grapevine' the Gladys Knight version! I can never do the chorus in that one.

Minor scales are a black art and often a line of best fit. The example given is all based on the natural minor, the chord that's causing the confusion is the D7. This is built on the fifth note of G minor, therefore the dominant. Dominant are typically major chords so the third that should be F (in G natural minor) becomes F sharp. In those D7 bars the scale becomes G harmonic minor. This will sound slightly unusual as if you play the G harmonic minor starting on D you'll get D Eb F# G A Bb C. Building the correct chord on the root third fifth and seventh you get a D7 so no problems but you have this unusual interval of a semitone between the first and second and an augmented 2nd between the second and third- Eb and F#. However the title of the piece suggests a spooky and unusual atmosphere so you can use that unusual harmony as a focus, perhaps a phrase starting on D, focuses on F# and A but uses Eb as passing note and you'll create a horror atmosphere, on purpose!

[quote name='gary mac' timestamp='1446278915' post='2898253'] Seconded. There is room in my house for more G&L's [/quote] Thirded! Got the ASAT for round wound humbucker hugeness, got major gas for a lb100 in Olympic white for flat wound funk.

Roger Hawkins and Tommy Cogbill/ David Hood

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1445245100' post='2889795'] JCS kicked my arse. Not done WSS or SB. [/quote] From what I've heard you'd rinse WSS, Bilbo. Got a strange image of JCS kicking your arse though!

Really cool, thank you. Cerys is the best show on the radio!

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1445241235' post='2889753'] Tony Bennett on the Muppet's, anyone on Loose Women and most actors, stand ups and musicians many times in their lives. . . . you do what you have to do to earn a crust. PS Just remembered Mike Batt was lead Womble. . . . . . . you can't live on fresh air. [/quote] Mike Batt's house apparently is quite something. Surrey somewhere and the legend is he owns all the land he can see from it in every direction!

Haven't heard about a few of these, so will keep my eyes peeled. A few weeks ago I asked to dep for copa so glad I turned that down! Forewarned about Hairspray now, that's bound to be on the horizon sometime soon. The thing about WSS is that the material is so good and well written. It's intimidating but arranged really well and does drop pretty well considering. Sunset, dare I say it, is not of the same calibre and feels fidgety and superfluous in its complexity, there's no real need for a lot of the time changes etc. And it's certainly not necessary to do it at the tempos our MD wants either!

A lot of my playing is for local am dram companies, and the pads can vary enormously in terms of challenge. West Side Story is always held as bit of a badge of honour but there's a new kid on the block, at least in terms of amateur companies. Sunset Boulevard! I was wondering if anybody else has played this on here, 'cos I did band call today and my head has melted. Massive sections in 5 at rocket speed, what is practically a bass solo for 8 minutes that changes key every line and time signature every bar for several pages, every fret just about covered and hardly any break or dialogue to catch breath. So top trickiest shows so far 3. Chess. 2. West Side 1. Sunset. Anybody else got any other monster roasts for charts out there?

The walking part of everybody needs to love at the end. Not rocket science, not ground breaking but it just feels line you've got the band by the balls!

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1444752928' post='2885630'] 'twas Abe Laboriel, apparently. [/quote] Thank you, that is really cool.

[quote name='Beedster' timestamp='1444593117' post='2884403'] Bass on that track is actually very nice [/quote] I couldn't find out who the bass player was but the drummer I believe was Matt chamberlain. Disney have a long history of using top quality musicians and studios (Mary poppins and bedknobs and broomsticks were done at Sunset Sound- like parts of led zep 2!) they also are pretty flexible during production and will prescribe approximately 80% of the parts for musicians like drummers then allow them to humanise it themselves. Sounds like a great gig to have!

[quote name='JoeEvans' timestamp='1444668060' post='2884941'] I wouldn't want to make a judgement on Ringo's relative abilities, but I do think that John Lennon's oft-quoted remark on the subject was a pretty unforgivable thing to say of a band-mate. [/quote] Lennon never said it. Jasper carrot did in a sketch.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cqeBt5ZO4mU 'Nuff said.

Great choice of drummers on the list, musos will know them (or should!) but nice to see them getting a Beeb name check. Don't know why there's a Purdie video on there though! I know it's received wisdom that 'you're only as good as your drummer' but it's a philosophy I definitely subscribe to.

Never picked up a duff G&L, tribute or American in 20 years of sampling them.

[quote name='GrammeFriday' timestamp='1443270908' post='2873526'] As another back pain sufferer I do certainly understand why lightweight basses are a must for many folks on here. But weight is only part of the picture - balance is at least as important, in my view. I suspect that having to prop up a neck-diving bass with your fretting hand for a whole evening is likely to be just as much of an ergonomic catastrophe as wearing a boat anchor around your neck all evening. And yet there seem to be far fewer people asking 'any neck dive?' than there are people asking 'how much does it weigh?' on the 'Basses for Sale' page. If I had to choose between a lightweight bass with neck dive and a heavier bass with perfect balance I'd take the latter every time. I think that may be why I am with Lozz on this one - I tend to gravitate towards 9lb/4kg basses as they seem to be most reliably in the sweet spot for both weight and balance. Yes, I know boutique manufacturers like Mike Lull make fantastically well balanced basses that still weigh less than a bag of crisps, but not everyone can afford their prices, in which case balance should be an equally important consideration. A lightweight bass may still f**k your back up good and proper if it is not balanced properly. [/quote] I've been playing my neck diving Bertha of a bass for 15 years. This summer my left shoulder has developed the habit of giving me gyp. All of a sudden I'm looking at her in a very different light, no matter how much I've enjoyed the experience so far. (Spending an evening playing a custom shop fender hasn't helped either...)

Sounds like an incredibly expensive GCSE composition. That won't pass.