EBS_freak

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1487163180' post='3237651'] Should I wear a watch for an audition but explain that I won't wear it live or play it safe and just not wear it at all? What if I'm then late for the audition? [/quote] Now that is an interesting one. Maybe you should phone in advance. I'm sure that they will take you entirely serious and thank you for being so thorough when coming to the audition process.

I thought phones on stages were a big no no too?

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1487158617' post='3237581'] pratt, look at the state of his bass, he must have been wearing his watch on the wrong wrist for ages to cause that much damage [/quote]

Look at this idiot. I do like the way the photographer had a little joke by "framing" it with the girls arm.

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1487157249' post='3237559'] think? I don't think I play bass [/quote] Ah - going by your avatar, you play your bass the wrong way around anyway Easy to make a watch mistake doing that!

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1487156724' post='3237548'] I do agree it needs to be worn on the fretting wrist after I scratched a near perfect Stingray with my metal strapped watch [/quote] I bet you looked like a right weapon wearing that watch on stage. What were you thinking?

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1487154407' post='3237508'] And the only photo of a Kiss member wearing a watch ON STAGE, it appears to be hidden under a wrist band. And it's the drummer, who IME always seem to be uncooperative and unconcerned when it comes to getting the band image right. [/quote] I proved you wrong and now you are bending the rules to suit! Was Pete Best kicked out for wearing a watch but an entirely different story was fabricated?

And before anybody says... "what about on stage?"... This guy is so crazy, he wears it regardless of it having no longer having a function! Talk about screwing one's career!

Thousands stay away as Kiss member wears the wrong watch shocker!

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1487150167' post='3237448'] I get it. It's just that for [i]most[/i] bands a wrist watch wouldn't impact the style in any significant way [/quote] Surely it depends if you wear it on your right or left wrist?

[quote name='rushbo' timestamp='1487095862' post='3237049'] a quick glance down at the £2.83, eBay special, stick on digital clock on my pedal board will tell me when to wind the set up [/quote] You need to up your clock game..

[quote name='mike257' timestamp='1486808028' post='3234646'] I love the way the six pack of short mic stands costs more than their normal ones. The price difference must be to pay the fella with the saw who cuts them down to size! [/quote] I'm guessing they don't sell as many so don't get the volume price breaks that they get for the normal ones...? Maybe....?

Don't forget the fresh pair of strides.

I always found that it's other people that suck the soul from you.

[quote name='PaulGibsonBass' timestamp='1487095041' post='3237036'] I'd be Paul McCartney, 1962 to 1970. I wouldn't have minded being in Motley Crue too, although I think a couple of weeks would probably have been enough... [/quote] You can't be Paul McCartney for all of that era... one of them died - so which one would you be?

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1487082831' post='3236861'] I really don't think that anyone actually needs a watch to tell the time while they are on stage performing. If you've done your pre-gig preparation properly then you'll know how long the set lasts and also how long each individual song is so that you can adjust as required to take account of any over-run. [/quote] I completely agree... who needs a naff watch...?

Abba

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1487092849' post='3237004'] Head-stock tuners are for hobbyists. Real pros use a head-stock GPS compass so they can precisely align their strings in parallel with the Earth's magnetic poles for optimum 'growl' and 'punch'. [/quote] Don't forget to flip your string ends from the headstock to the bridge as you pass over the equator. Come to think of it, what do you do when you are playing ON the equator...? Or is that one of those "Ghostbusters crossing the streams" situations?

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1487082892' post='3236862'] Which means that his attire has done the job. You've remembered who we are and what we look like. On the other hand I know nothing about your band. [/quote] What a ludicrous statement. I know about Jedward because of their stupid hair. Doesn't mean that they are of any music merit. If you aren't doing it for the music, aren't you just another sell out? Or is it indeed, style (if that's what it is) over substance.

As mentioned the above - the Neotech/Fender/Sadowsky (all made by Neotech) are certainly springy and bouncy!

Have a look at slinger straps, theres a few interesting takes on straps that you may find interesting.

[quote name='geoffbyrne' timestamp='1486721793' post='3234047'] Nobody's mentioned Annie Lennox's version of 'Whiter Shade of Pale' yet..... [/quote] There's a reason for that.