stewblack

Oh wait, its active? Good job I'm unlikely ever to grow up

Part of the problem for me is that the band I play it in doesn't rehearse so the drummer and I are learning to play together in public. Some songs that's fine, but for others it needs to be a bit tighter

At the moment I've not gigged the whole thing. I'm not playing venues with full PA at present, those days seem to be behind me for now. But you never know. I'd need a bit of time and a willing engineer but it would be fun. For the sake of portability I may start off just gigging with two Barefaced compacts and my Trace Elliot AH500x as that has two amps in the one box and does all the crossover business for me.

That white stuff may be chewing gum, the spearmint sets beautifully hard and doesnt colour the sound the same way as the wriggly's double mint.

Precisely my thoughts. I'm gonna get a sandberg when i grow up

Hmmm, good point. What if I promise not to hit any of them too hard?

Guess what? They now want me to sing one of the harmony lines to it at the same time. I have one of the verses down and it's a joy to play.

How about my new Harley Benton not really a faker but haters gonna say it is?

Fancy a bit of old purple light Trace Elliot Biamped loveliness?

Unless I transposed my recording the E flat seems to fit the original...

As I work through it now, I realise I've also been suffering from Bass Players Drift. It's a condition affecting musicians when they play a song for a long period of time without listening to the original material. Also when playing a song only sporadically and without rehearsal. In case A) the line alters incrementally without anyone noticing until years later what one might swear is the original line has morphed into something quite different. In case B) relying on memory alone when the BL chucks the song unexpectedly into the mix the bassist blunders about findning an approximation of the line. Parts of this 'best guess' line become muscle memory and a whole new part is born

You sure it wasn't picking up @TheGreek and his girlfriend ? (Ooops sorry just remembered it's Mick not Dave)

As the original. I learned the bassline from this https://basslessons.be/transcriptions.php?i=2 Not 100% but pretty darned close. Now I revisit it i see the bass echoes the melody beautifully in the chorus and I'm definitely going to learn it all.

Yeah I do it. I had to learn it in a hurry so quickly sussed the first pattern (once through the chord pattern) and thought I'll get away with repeating this and improvising around it for one gig. Then I'll learn the rest. BL chops and changes set so often I never got round to learning the rest but I must it's a wonderful line. Sadly the song itself feels limp and flat when we play it live. Sometimes you just don't get under the skin of a tune.

I shall, its in a mates house right now but I'll go get it

I have one like this in the same orange fluffy case. No maker's name anywhere, thru neck stereo jack sockets. Might it be a Matsumoku? You have me wondering now. 🤔

Thinking about my OP, it's interesting because the machine is triggered by pressure. Makes you realise that all this moving air talk is far from the bunkum it might sound.

I've read some far fetched stuff in my time, but this? Now the pre-emptive anglo french nuclear strike on the other hand

Ah, well turns out it's a great little set up for those gigs and I mean literally not a euphemism ! Some places I'm gone the moment I can unstick my feet from the carpet

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I found it a harmless bit of fun.