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Nothing better, but as said before if the PA and personnel are less than perfect, it's a giant pain in the bum.
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Good. I sometimes think that people take up the drums because they're hopeless at everything else, but still want to be in a band. The number of drummers I've had the misfortune to play with who really have not the first clue is astonishing. To do anything well is hard - to think that one instrument is inherently easier than another is a total fallacy.
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Nonsense, that's 'mojo'. Leave it as it is, or you'll reduce the value.
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Nice work. So much better than before! You can't come on here and shout 'knobs!' That's my thing!
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Oh well. Better than a thud up the clownhole with a clownpole.
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How would you know??
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Tru, dat. Back in the day some engineers would have me turn down to the point where my Ampeg SVT-CL and 8X10 were basically a very large stage monitor. Cracking sound out front, though.
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Had one of those, regret selling it. Never needed an extension cab, even though I played some big rooms with it. Bloody loud and great sound.
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Downsizing is good, combos are good, or can be, and anything that reduces the number of things to be carried and plugged in is good. All this lowers gig stress in my experience. A combo that is easy to carry lowers it more if you need to be on and off stage quickly and out. But the list of light, portable combos that sound good and produce the required amount of, er... 'heft' is short. They are all expensive.
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What the hell is happening with the weather? Only a week ago my nads almost shrivelled away to nothing in the cold, now it's so hot they're hanging very low and they stink. I thought we were supposed to enjoy a temperate climate in this country? I blame the Russians.
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Hee, hee. Well... I don't like closed covers. Not on this bass, anyway. They look good on a Spector, though.
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This is a lot more common than you'd think. The responsibility for keeping time is shared by the whole band, it's not all up to the drummer. It's difficult enough finding people who can play (and aren't nuts), but finding people who can play, who aren't nuts AND have natural rhythm, great feel and good timing is a real mission. But this is one of the main differences between a really good band and the thousands of bands out there who are, er... not quite as good.
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I think this is actually the most annoying thing in the world (first world, that is). Nothing worse than having to push and pull your playing to try and keep a crap drummer somewhere near the beat. Makes the whole business of playing bass a terrible chore, instead of the great pleasure that it should be.
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Huh. I dress like an alcoholic circus clown anyway. Sounds dull.
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Not paying attention to the bass player is the most prevalent amateur band crime in the UK, currently.
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Have you considered the talent may also seep out..??
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Every song has its perfect tempo at which everything just works properly. Don't use a metronome in my current band, though the drummer is great and has a creditable stab at tempi off the top of his head. No great need to change that under the circumstances. When I was in a pro touring band the drummer had a digital metronome connected to an earpiece and had the set's tempi programmed into it. A few seconds listening before each number, a quick count-in and we were away. Works really well. At a gig it's difficult to spontaneously play everything at the pace it should be.
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That's a good point. I carry a small preamp/DI in my gigbag for emergencies and if I need to use supplied backline I'll stick that in front of it. At least then there's half a chance I'll produce a sound I'm more or less happy with.
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You can spray your existing pickguard. Mint paint is available. You can't spray tort though, unfortunately. But you could always slice one off the Tortloaf...
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I too prefer to keep things as simple as possible at a gig. So much so that I now use combos so I don't even have the faff of separates with their associated cabling. Bass, lead, combo, done. I did use a preamp for a long time (outboard), but now I've got a Trace combo I eventually realised (like so many others before me) that time spent getting to know the Trace graphic EQ is very well spent. Turns out you can get pretty much any sound you can think of. No auxiliary preamp necessary.
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One like this... https://bit.ly/2qHcyjb £18. Folds up flat, so it's easy to keep handy at home, in the car or on stage.
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Ha. And it's those who like to learn theory who think it's an advantage. And I'm sure it probably is. Personally I think that whatever floats your boat is good and valid, if you're happy. I learnt a lot of music theory when I played trumpet, piano and classical guitar, but when I started playing bass I didn't feel the need as it was almost a political act - and it still is. However, I'm sure nothing I learnt about music got in the way of my rebellion - and it still doesn't.
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Using the thumb fingerstyle....rant content!
discreet replied to oldbass's topic in Theory and Technique
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Had that happen twice. Another reason for using a pedal tuner.
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It's not just that though, is it? You have to play those notes in the right place and with feeling... and before any of that, you have to get up, put your shoes on and be on time... AND not play too loud, get on well with the rest of the band and not laugh at the singer's trousers.
