SteveK

[quote name='silddx' post='1276970' date='Jun 21 2011, 12:56 PM']Have you never had some sh*t happen to you or another band member on stage? Have you always given a perfect performance?[/quote] Of course, sh*t happens - There are some things out of your control...tuning shouldn't be one of them. I have a great tech who I absolutely trust, who tunes immediately before I go on stage...doesn't stop me briefly stepping on my tuner before starting though. I've done hundreds of open air gigs, some where the sun is shining directly on to the stage - LEDs can be a problem, but it is get-roundable. Bottom line: People have paid good money to see/hear a show...they were short changed!

[quote]QUOTE (Regina Zernay @ Apr 16 2011, 1:00 PM) * I’m the bass player & you guys deserve an explanation. With the late start, we had to get on stage & start playing right away. No time to check exact tuning, you just have to trust your crew & play blind. Couldn’t hear much of anything, bad sound problems. No rescue, onstage no one else could hear what was going on either. By the time I could do something about it, it was our last song. f***ed up. Sorry to everyone who’s mad about it, trust me, I’m pissed too. Will be sorting it out accordingly. – Regina Zernay[/quote] "No time to check exact tuning"?? Give me a break...how long does it take to tune a bass?

I know nothing of Cee Lo Green or his band, but...boy, did they look like fish out of water(?) If it takes a tech or monitor engineer to let her know she is out of tune, then, quite frankly, she shouldn't be doing the gig.

A crap clip of a fretted MC924 played by someone with terrible technique (thumb over the top) [b]and[/b] using a pick...but he has got the moves [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OveMDmYC_WY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OveMDmYC_WY[/url]

[url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-13702105"]Eavis a butthead?[/url] To be fair, Glastonbury has had a fair number of "novelty" acts through the years.

I'm afraid this thread hasn't shown BCers in their best light

I had an MC924 about 1980/81 I sold it after about a year. It's the only bass I've ever sold.

I can't say that I particularly [b]Like [/b]a high action, but, I do dislike rattles and buzzes. IME what most consider a good action is way too low for me. If you're a string tickler, then a low action will probably work for you...I'm not! If I'm going into the studio then I'll raise the action a little more. A studio situation is far less forgiving (rattle-wise) than live.

Never used a compressor on stage, and don't envisage ever using one. It's possible that one or two FOH engineers we've used over the years may have used one, but that's up to them.

£60 to deliver a pot? I'd be surprised if that wasn't a mistake. Did you actually speak to someone or was this via email?

I can see problems with tuning/intonation.

[quote name='silentbob' post='1248305' date='May 28 2011, 03:17 PM']Any thoughts?[/quote] Yeah, I think there is an unhealthy fixation with [i]getting this bass, getting that rig[/i] trying every conceivable combination in the search for "that sound", when, in most cases, the player would do better looking closer to home. Yer Palladino's and Di Piazza's etc are quite happy to turn up and plug into anything available...me too!

Yeah, great band... although not totally up my strasse. My good friend and ex band-mate sang with them on a few occasions.

[quote name='Lysdexia' post='1245303' date='May 26 2011, 10:35 AM']how best to get 'that' sound?[/quote] Buy a fretless Musicman Stingray and a boss octaver - sorted!

[quote name='RhysP' post='1242840' date='May 24 2011, 12:45 PM']Cream Rush Beck, Bogart & Appice The Police Motorhead etc...... Plenty of great three piece bands have managed to scrape a living without their bassist playing a five string. Not saying don't give it a go, just saying it's by no means a necessity.[/quote] Yeah, but all these bands are, like... a hundred years old! Seriously though, having played 4 string all my life, last year I went to a 5 string. I'm going to stick with it for a little longer, but I'm seriously considering going back to 4 string. For me, at the moment, the extra string is more of a hindrance than an advantage.

I think the op was trying making a point - I don't know what point as I don't frequent TB - I would guess that there have been a few [i]really[/i] dumb questions/polls of late.

The only practice I ever did on "my moves" was in the 60s - every Thursday evening without fail (older BCers will know what I'm talking about), mirror and mum's hairbrush at the ready. Kinda saw myself as a singer in those days - although, around about the time of "I Can See For Miles" I moved on to a broom. I was every bit as good as Townshend.

Part of our job is to entertain. Another part (IMV) is to enlighten our audience - turning them on by what we have to say. If you feel you have something to say in a solo, then, say it. If you don't feel you have something to say, then don't. As in life though, many people have a lot to say without actually saying much.

If your bass is set-up correctly before you buy it, then, it should never need retuning. I'd return it and ask for your money back. Seriously though - buy a tuner and make sure it's on stage with you and plugged in at all times.

[quote name='jakesbass' post='1223247' date='May 7 2011, 02:29 PM']Not strictly all it is, as the sequence is II-V, therefore from a modal perspective it's mixolydian too. [b]If you laboured the dorian sound over the second chord[/b] in the sequence you would really miss the importance of the C#-G relationship of the A7 chord.[/quote] But, that's not how it goes.

As short as possible. Can't stand the "clank" you get with longer nails.

Can't really add to the above, other than... Chords generally sound sweeter the higher up the neck you go. Chords played around fifth fret or lower can sound quite ugly.

[quote name='steve-soar' post='1211900' date='Apr 26 2011, 06:41 PM']What went wrong is that everybody is now as miserable as f*** .[/quote] Yes, of course, !975 onwards is known as the period of happy, smiley musos. [quote name='steve-soar' post='1211900' date='Apr 26 2011, 06:41 PM']and it's like punk never happened.[/quote] Unfortunately, I think, even today, it's all too evident that punk happened.

[quote name='skankdelvar' post='1211540' date='Apr 26 2011, 11:14 AM']To my mind, the 70's guy (let's call him Jeff) looks more suited to our tempestuous and troubled times than the two doughy dullards in 'homogenized metaller black'. Think about it. Jeff looks like he's having a good time. Jeff's eyes gleam. Jeff's moustache is full and luxuriant. Jeff's hair is bouncy and elegantly coiffed. Jeff's threads are bright and sparkly and - well - friendly. Jeff's weight does not exceed that of his band's touring PA. It all suggests a man at ease with himself. Adam and Jason (for those are their names) are a different matter. Their eyes convey a self-important stupidity. Their faces are pouchy. Adam has bingo wings. Jason is clearly busting to hang a colossal rat. Adam and Jason affect that ubiquitous hard-man scowl that says "Talk to me and I'll get my 'entourage' to give you a kicking". They are endorsees and thus quite clearly total breadheads. They are a summation of all that is wrong with society in general and our bass-playing community in particular. Jeff is a man for our times. Jeff would tell you that dope gets you through times of no money better than money gets you through times of no dope. Jeff would point out that we all have to work together to stick it to the man. Jeff would let you sleep on his couch and he'd square it with his 'old lady'. We need guys like Jeff. He's a dude.[/quote] Skank, you da man! You're wasted here.

Got to be Photoshopped... Jeff Berlin doesn't play a Gibson