stingrayPete1977

[quote name='martthebass' timestamp='1483303588' post='3206099'] Left most of my gear at the venue and picked it up this morning.....very naughty. [/quote] It was a bit of jaunt so I didn't want to back, I'd rather get home later but only need to put the house straight the next day. Our ex drummer always left his kit on friday nights at an open mic we did last friday of the month at a hotel, he turned up just as the full englishes were being served up every saturday, no as stupid as he looked maybe.

[quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1483303559' post='3206098'] Did you have all your cables carefully routed so you didn't keep tripping over them? [/quote] Yes, is that not very rock and roll?

Yes the dj ended up by the bar The dance floor is actually the other side of the pillar out of shot, we've played there twice now and tried putting the singer on the left and the right of the pillar, neither are ideal!

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1483303445' post='3206097'] ha ha.! excellent Pete. [/quote] For anyone that missed the original post and or can't read music that's going to confuse the hell out of them! I do agree with the revised version though, you need to listen to what's going on and react to it, sometimes that can mean taking the lead too.

[quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1483305089' post='3206119'] Aside from owning a bass ! [/quote] And a PA.

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1483302424' post='3206085'] . [/quote] Staccato?

[quote name='crez5150' timestamp='1483301685' post='3206072'] You can add White cable tape to that list ;o) [/quote] Added in the edit

[quote name='lojo' timestamp='1483301425' post='3206067'] You mean you played covers ? !!! Surely the audience would have preferred 20 original orinigals , could you not provide that ? [/quote] Well we asked them if they wanted to hear our Lesbian Grime Rock set but they said they'd prefer the regular stuff, maybe next year.

If your hair stands on end when you touch it then it's a fail, I haven't got any hair so all our kits passes every time.

Just watched it on iplayer, took me 10 minutes. Imelda May without her band was weird, Roy Wood without his band not so good. Strangely I thought ABC stole the show?

They are tested, they arent christmas lights, they're 'a thing'

[quote name='Coilte' timestamp='1483287537' post='3205939'] No he did not...as it was not a... JAZZ gig !!!!!! [/quote] It definitely wasn't a Jazz gig, 120 pre sold ticketed punters plus a few extras, lol

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1483283234' post='3205886'] You didn't play Moondance. Everything else, I can forgive. [/quote] There was no moondance, I wasn't on double bass at all either last night, they said lets just play one long set of the stuff people know and enjoy, lol.

[quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1483281581' post='3205862'] ...whilst wearing an "I'm a Belieber!" teeshirt? Very glad you got out there and did it anyway. That is the bottom line. [/quote] Justin was depping on drums

[quote name='Earbrass' timestamp='1483279487' post='3205841'] Did you deny having been influenced by the Beatles? [/quote] Who are they?

[quote name='kodiakblair' timestamp='1483278123' post='3205825'] With all those natural laws being broken at one time ! How did the world not end. ? [/quote] You'd have thought so wouldn't you?

Ha no I meant I had one on that stage last night myself! Tasteless and unplayable junk naturally

[quote name='phil.c60' timestamp='1483276999' post='3205808'] I gig with a Fender, so I'm a dimwit with limited taste. [/quote] I knew I'd missed an obvious one, 3tsb Fender Jazz with tort too.

[quote name='arthurhenry' timestamp='1483274904' post='3205776'] ...and you left it all in the van whilst you had a drink after the gig. [/quote] All night, which was naughty.

Over the years we've had all sorts of threads containing wisdom about what you should or shouldn't do, even to the point of the now famous walking out of a gig before it started if there was a music stand on show! Other than last night's gig not being for nowt I think I've done a pretty good job of breaking the bass chat laws All of these things and many I will have missed have been mentioned on here in the past, BTW this is just tongue in cheek fun, I still think the important bit is actually gigging even if it's got all these terrible things going on as listed below Class D bass amp. Neo loaded cab. Set up under the TV. Music stand hidden behind far PA speaker with tablet on it. Digital PA. Class D PA speakers. Non wooden PA speaker boxes. No Subs. Bass, Kick Drum and Guitar in the PA. DI bass pre EQ rather than 3 mics and a blend to get "my sound" out front. Ipad on a grab on the singers stand. PAT Tested gear. Spare bass. Active basses. 5 string basses. Marshall guitar amp and Les Paul gold top. Public Liability Insurance taken out. Playing covers. Matching black clothes, blue ties for the guys, blue shoes for lady singer. We played brown eyed girl and Daydream believer. [URL=http://s997.photobucket.com/user/stingraypete/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-12/20161231_220432_zpszggfbu8b.jpg.html][IMG]http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af100/stingraypete/Mobile%20Uploads/2016-12/20161231_220432_zpszggfbu8b.jpg[/IMG][/URL] What else have I missed? EDIT- white tape to make cables safe. Lights on stand. Sunburst and tort. Fenders. Gear left in the van. What else have I missed? Happy New Year!

Trying to find solutions for everyone else isn't the answer, removing the root of the issue is the only way forward. The audience and sound crew will thank you too.

P Bass Jazz Bass Stingray Stingray Fretless Stingray Five How's that?

The only songs I now specifically don't use the B string on are those that I either normally play on upright bass or songs I might fancy moving onto the upright bass at a late date.

Our singer uses one, there's a massive difference between a cursory glance for the tricky parts and newly introduced songs and staring at it all night, I'd be surprised if many of our audience notice it being there tbh.

Ideally we'd all have a great front person that remembers all the words to hundreds of songs, failing that I'd take a great singer with an ipad mini on a proper grab bracket over an average singer that remembers the words. The younger bands are going to be using more and more gadgets on stage to trigger things or do clever stuff I'm too old to understand.