Karl Derrick Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 (edited) Withdrawn Edited December 7, 2014 by Karl Derrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 I have a cunning plan. Why not just rent a real one and turn the volume down to 0? It's radical but I think it might just work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Derrick Posted December 7, 2014 Author Share Posted December 7, 2014 (edited) Withdrawn Edited December 7, 2014 by Karl Derrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number6 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 [quote name='gjones' timestamp='1417963637' post='2625478'] I have a cunning plan. Why not just rent a real one and turn the volume down to 0? It's radical but I think it might just work [/quote] This doesn't read as sarcasm to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donnyboy Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 [quote name='gjones' timestamp='1417963637' post='2625478'] I have a cunning plan. Why not just rent a real one and turn the volume down to 0? It's radical but I think it might just work [/quote][quote name='Number6' timestamp='1417964333' post='2625484'] This doesn't read as sarcasm to me. [/quote] Not just me then!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Derrick Posted December 7, 2014 Author Share Posted December 7, 2014 (edited) Withdrawn Edited December 7, 2014 by Karl Derrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismuzz Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 [quote name='Karl Derrick' timestamp='1417964079' post='2625481'] Weight is an issue, potential theft is an issue, insurance is an issue. [/quote] Most Marshall cabs I've come across have wheels which will make transporting them much easier Wouldn't worry too much about theft as long as you don't leave it unattended in a vehicle overnight. I reckon finding a dummy rig will be much more difficult than a real thing, strange as that might be! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Noisyjon Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Try John Henry's and if they can't help they will certainly know someone who can [url="http://www.johnhenrys.com/"]http://www.johnhenrys.com/[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number6 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 [quote name='Karl Derrick' timestamp='1417965110' post='2625499'] It has to be left on a dressed set at nights for about three weeks. If the crew all know it's a dummy it won't get nicked. I know dummy rigs are out there, I've used them on photo shoots and music promos in the past. I never rented them myself for any of those. [/quote] Most sets i've ever worked on have security day and night. Normally both for television and for films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 (edited) It being the case that we bass players rarely use dummy stacks we are possibly not best placed to advise. The OP might seek out the services of a film or theatrical prop hire company such as [url="http://www.prophire-backdrophire.com/"]this one[/url] . Google reveals a plenitude of such operations and I am sure at least one may meet the requirements. That said, it may be relevant to consider the brand of dummy stack in the light of the character and their chosen musical genre. Movie-going bass players might blow an impertinent raspberry were the heroine be seen to be slapping away through a dummy Marshall valve head and an 8x12 stack. Detail is everything. Edited December 7, 2014 by skankdelvar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 [quote name='Karl Derrick' timestamp='1417964079' post='2625481'] While not without a sense of humour, I don't really see a need for such sarcasm when asking a perfectly straightforward question. Weight is an issue, potential theft is an issue, insurance is an issue. Dummy is the way to go. [/quote] If you put a after it it's not sarcasm. This is sarcasm http://www.gumtree.com/p/other-guitar-accessories/portable-guitar-amp-marshall-ms-4-battery-or-mains-powered/1091409986 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Derrick Posted December 7, 2014 Author Share Posted December 7, 2014 (edited) Withdrawn Edited December 7, 2014 by Karl Derrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Two seconds on Google reveals that Marshall actually make facades for stage use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Derrick Posted December 7, 2014 Author Share Posted December 7, 2014 (edited) Withdrawn Edited December 7, 2014 by Karl Derrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowieBass Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 If you want Marshall then why not contact the company themselves and see if they'll provide a dummy head and stack seeing as it'll be a case of product placement? http://www.marshallamps.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 (edited) [quote name='icastle' timestamp='1417966229' post='2625517'] Two seconds on Google reveals that Marshall actually make facades for stage use. [/quote] No use if they're shooting in 3D. Or from the side in 2D. Or one of those slow tracking shots when they sort of go round the actor in a semi-circle at a distance to indicate the sense of isolation and all-pervading grimness that characterises the Bass Player's Inner Self. [quote name='Karl Derrick' timestamp='1417966199' post='2625516'] Most directors don't really care what bass playing audience members (or any else) thinks about their choice of equipment [/quote] Yet [i]equipment[/i] is the node upon which the bass player constructs his or her emotional landscape. If there isn't a scene where the heroine wrestles with GAS and posts the question 'What's the best bass for metal?' on BassChat I shall write a letter to the Daily Mail's film critic. Edited December 7, 2014 by skankdelvar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 (edited) [quote name='Noisyjon' timestamp='1417965277' post='2625501'] Try John Henry's and if they can't help they will certainly know someone who can [url="http://www.johnhenrys.com/"]http://www.johnhenrys.com/[/url] [/quote] I was just about the suggest exactly the same thing. I'm pretty sure I've seen unloaded amps and cabs for hire on there before, though the current website doesn't give any info other than to assure us they've got a crap load of stuff. Edited December 7, 2014 by Musky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mornats Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Would a non-working stack be suitable? Someone may have a dud one hanging around somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 I always found that a strategically placed courgette is always more of a talking point than a bunch of Marshalls behind you, not to mention cheaper and easily replaceable if it gets mashed. Perhaps you plan to do both, in which case John Henry is a good recommendation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noisyjon Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 [quote name='Musky' timestamp='1417966959' post='2625532'] I was just about the suggest exactly the same thing. I'm pretty sure I've seen unloaded amps and cans for hire on there before, though the current website doesn't give any info other that to assure us they've got a crap load of stuff. [/quote] I know they've supplied TV shows I've worked on with empty cabs & amps so thought they'd be worth a shout but Karl has "withdrawn" from this thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 (edited) [quote name='Noisyjon' timestamp='1417967189' post='2625537'] I know they've supplied TV shows I've worked on with empty cabs & amps so thought they'd be worth a shout but Karl has "withdrawn" from this thread? [/quote] Yeah, what's all this 'withdrawn' bollocks? Toys out of pram? Indecent photography removed by the Mods? It's ruined the thread for me. I might withdraw. Edited December 7, 2014 by xilddx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Probably just fed up with being told he doesn't actually want what he wants and gave it up as a bad job. Seems to happen in some bass shops as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 (edited) [quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1417967311' post='2625538'] It's ruined the thread for me. [/quote] Me too. I had all sorts of helpful suggestions lined up. For one thing it's incredibly unlikely that a girlie bassist would be playing on her own. She'd be in a band, because bands fall over themselves to hire girlies who look like actresses and play bass. Tina Weymouth for one and Seashell for another Also, practising in a ballroom would be silly. The acoustic environment would be atrocious. And no waif-like ingenue would ever be humping a full Marshall rig around. More like one of the MB combos and hardly anyone plays one of those. No, the mise-en-scene is fatally flawed. Assuming we're talking Mike Leigh gloomy-slice-of-life movies, what's really needed is a plump, bald, bad-tempered middle-aged man in a flat up a tower block with a Sue Ryder bass and an SS 1x10 practice amp. I'm free. Edited December 7, 2014 by skankdelvar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number6 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 It'll go straight to DVD anyway..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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