Zz Top

[LZD56]

Rockin' Glasto - but keyboard bass. Wtf?! 😕

[warwickhunt]

Can only assume he has hand/back/shoulder issues... disappointing but feel for Dusty!

[wateroftyne]

Knackered shoulder.

[gary mac]

They sound pretty lacklustre to me
Feel for him though if it is health/injury.

Glad I'm languishing on the sofa watching, rather than wading around in the mud

[paul h]

Picked up the bass for Foxy Lady

[tony_m]

Yep, knackered his shoulder in April apparently...

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Edited June 24, 2016 by tony_m

[Sammers]

I saw em last night in Brum for the warmup show, wondered the same thing.

Still thought they were good though!

[KiOgon]

[quote name='gary mac' timestamp='1466796962' post='3078996']
They sound pretty lacklustre to me
Feel for him though if it is health/injury.

Glad I'm languishing on the sofa watching, rather than wading around in the mud
[/quote]+1

Amazing what a proper bit of bass can do innit!

[warwickhunt]

TBH Foals are mopping the floor re. sound/output (never heard of em g'vnor) BIG fan of ZZ but past prime to be mixing it with young blood.

[LZD56]

Yep Foals have got real energy. Just a thought on Dusty's telecaster bass - does the reverse headstock give a tighter e-string as it has a longer travel to the tuner?

[Schnozzalee]

ZZTop are wonderful - No one like em and often overlooked. One of my all time faves

[Woodinblack]

I enjoyed ZZ Top, but they didn't seem very enthusiastic and not good on timing.

[warwickhunt]

[quote name='LZD56' timestamp='1466800372' post='3079027']
Just a thought on Dusty's telecaster bass - does the reverse headstock give a tighter e-string as it has a longer travel to the tuner?
[/quote]

Supposed to but who knows. Is that a Fender or a Bolin / 'House of JB'

[BrunoBass]

[quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1466802205' post='3079053']
I enjoyed ZZ Top, but they didn't seem very enthusiastic and not good on timing.
[/quote]

I thought the same. Didn't sound very tight, Frank Beard's kick drum seemed a bit approximate at times.

[steantval]

I'm a big fan of the band, we play a couple of their numbers in our set.
They failed to impress me with their performance last night, it was weak and very sloppy.
It really showed when they played Tush, the guitarist was behind (timing) the bass and drums.

Edited June 25, 2016 by steantval

[KevB]

[quote name='warwickhunt' timestamp='1466799203' post='3079020']
TBH Foals are mopping the floor re. sound/output (never heard of em g'vnor) BIG fan of ZZ but past prime to be mixing it with young blood.
[/quote]

I was doing something else in another room and had it on in the background, must have missed the announcer intro. I honestly thought it was Bloc Party until I nipped in to look at the screen.

[Guest bassman7755]

[quote name='LZD56' timestamp='1466800372' post='3079027']
Yep Foals have got real energy. Just a thought on Dusty's telecaster bass - does the reverse headstock give a tighter e-string as it has a longer travel to the tuner?
[/quote]

Generally no, the string length / mass / tension / pitch relationship is fixed and determined by the vibrating length only. Only time the non-vibrating sections might come into play is on big string bends where the string might slide slightly over the nut but its not an effect I've ever noticed in practice and I own guitars with and without locking nuts.

Edited June 25, 2016 by bassman7755

[thebrig]

I'm no guitarist, so I'm sure people will probably tell me different, but I thought Billy Gibbons noodling guitar solo's when playing with Ronnie Spector were awful, it reminded me of when I first started learning guitar aged about twelve, and I thought, "if that's the best I can do, then I need to find another instrument"

Mind you, I guess some people probably think that I should give up bass too!

[gjones]

They've dyed their beards ginger.

Drummer can play a mean boogie.

[Muzz]

I've seen them several times, but this time I thought they sounded like a below-average ZZ Top tribute band.

[HowieBass]

They sounded a bit 'thin' to me and I agree about them performing at the level of a tribute band, more like a Zzzzzz Top

[spongebob]

[quote name='HowieBass' timestamp='1466853069' post='3079346']
more like a Zzzzzz Top
[/quote]

That tickled me!

[Dazed]

ZZ Bottom more like...........Boom tish.

[Oopsdabassist]

Watching it now, reminds me of when I saw em a coupla years back in Hammersmith...underwhelming, as mentioned above, we do a few ZZ top songs too, and I reckon we could play em off the stage at the moment.

[skychaserhigh]

Went to see Rainbow last night in Birmingham and they were superb. Blackmore sounded as good as ever , did a two hour set of classics and even looked like he enjoyed himself !