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This ^^ explains to a large extent just why folk put a 'Fender' logo on their 'Squier' basses. There's a lot of snobbery, whereby a good bass with 'Squier' on the headstock would be sneered at, and a duff bass with a 'Fender' label applauded. I'm not addressing those with dog's ears that can hear the difference; they are few, compared to the vast majority that aren't concerned with such stuff. A Good-sounding Bass is a Good-sounding Bass, whatever the label-snobs pretend.
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I can't work out if this is for real or a send-up?
Dad3353 replied to Barking Spiders's topic in General Discussion
I gave it 35 seconds. No further comment. -
If this is your only concern, forget it, I'd say. When the 'Precision' electric bass was introduced, many acoustic double-bass players of the world refused the concept, on the grounds that it was 'cheating' to have 'precision' frets, and that 'real' musicians had no need of such artifices. The World has moved on; 'clicks', backing tracks, samples and more have all been embraced by the music scene and the public in general. There will always be dinosaurs, but the real issue will be 'Are you (as a band...) capable of playing to a track..?'. If 'yes', get on with it with no qualms or reticence; if 'no', find a keys player or re-arrange/drop songs that don't work with your line-up.
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Bike - Pink Floyd
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We now have a keys player, but, whatever the line-up, we adapt and re-arrange anything we want to play to suit the line-up. For 'Beds Are Burning', for instance, it's the singer that 'mouths' the trombone line in the middle..! (We once had a brass section from another band do the honours; it was great..!). There are many arrangements and orchestrations that, as a 'classic' two guitars, bass and drums, we could not do as the original. No-one minds; our audiences are there to hear us, not a CD of the songs we're playing. As long as the arrangement suits your line-up, I'd say that that's enough. There are complications in using backing tracks that we wouldn't want to get involved in, s'not worth it. Just my tuppence-worth; hope this helps.
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Have you thought of adding a 'watermark' to your photos..? Most graphics programmes have such a feature, or way of doing it. Discreet enough to not spoil the photo, but prominent enough to deter beggars that nick your photos..? Not a problem I have, as my photos are rubbish, anyway..!
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Flippin' excellent; thanks for sharing.
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By a happy coincidence, it was with solid-core that I wired a pair of speakons to link a pair of footlight monitors for our rehearsal. These cabs are cabled using the '2+/2-' speakon pins, so I needed a non-standard (for us...) cable to link 'em, and solid-core was on hand. One day I'll have to open the cabs to swap to 1+/1- cabling, like all our other cabs, but, for now, the solid-core works. Just sayin'.
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Stravinsky's 'Rite of Spring' - djentrified !
Dad3353 replied to musicbassman's topic in General Discussion
To me, the original piece is a matter of timbre as much anything, which, despite the excellent technicity of the fellow, lacks wholly. I couldn't get far with it. Quite a 'Zappa' approach, and kudos for the enormous work involved, but I prefer the orchestral version, no contest. -
Stravinsky's 'Rite of Spring' - djentrified !
Dad3353 replied to musicbassman's topic in General Discussion
For those unfamiliar with the work, here's a more 'traditional' version... -
What, Dïck..? It's OK in context; 'Dïck Duvet and The Blankets' is not offensive.
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Quite true, for avionic use, but for things like audio jack plugs or speakon cables, it's not a problem, especially if there's a compression plate system. If the cable is correctly restrained, there'll be no force on the connection at any time. In my experience it's fine. I'd rather the ends were tinned than have loose brins of multi-strand on the loose.
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The Other Pit Band The Real Pit Band The Original Pit Band Better Than Pit Band
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Un racine commun avec phlegmatique, non..? Sur l'web, pour flegme, phlegme ... B.− Au fig., cour., au sing. Caractère d'une personne calme et imperturbable, qui garde son sang-froid en toutes circonstances. Flegme imperturbable; ne pas se départir de son flegme; sortir de son flegme. C'est un homme qui a un grand flegme, qui est d'un grand flegme (Ac.1798-1932).Un ton de voix dont le flegme affecté cachoit la plus violente colère (Balzac, Annette,t. 2, 1824, p. 38).Impassibilité, qui peut aller de la douceur et de la maîtrise de soi à la froideur et au flegme (Mounier, Traité caract.,1946, p. 240).V. chiffre ex. 7 : 2. Il faut aussi convenir que dans la physionomie anglaise il y a un sang-froid, un flegme, qui est le caractère de la nation entière, et qu'on ne saurait rencontrer chez nous... Musset dsLe Temps,1831, p. 36. Edit : Oui, 'flemme' vient de la même racine, mais usage fait pencher plus vers 'laziness', qui sera plus à propos. Mille excuses, mea culpa.