SpondonBassed

Sorry to hear that. Have you considered asking the guitarist when he/she had their hearing checked last? Do this after you've had yours checked and can produce evidence of the damage caused. No need to point fingers. Have a friendly, round-table discussion and move forward because as a band this is a serious matter that has already affected one of its members' health. Good wishes for your continued performance.

[quote name='the boy' timestamp='1483067711' post='3204542'] Let it Beiber. [/quote] Hahahahahahaha. Good one. You are right however. Old farts like Blue, myself and possibly quite a number of members here just don't get him. What we get is the hype. Since the first days of radio and television, media has tried to channel the things that our youth are exposed to until that practice became unsustainable. Try and do that today and the Internet will rip the arse out of you. Now the media pushes stuff at you that has questionable relevance. If news of your behaviour is bigger than the news of the music you are putting out there, this will always happen. Look how Pete Doh! has been hampered by news of his druggie behaviour for example. People my age see him as a druggie first and foremost and are not inclined to get in to the music that his hard line followers enjoy. I think Justin is seen to be a cuddly stuffed toy to most parents and they simply wish that their daughters would grow up and move on. To put another spin on it; we can't hear the music for the pubescent screaming of little girls and boys who would accept being spat on by their idol as a sign of recognition. Now I think I've heard that somewhere before but being an old fart, I can't remember. Heeheehee. PS: Justin Timberlake had that in spades but then he also had the dodgy Disney company to limit damage from the media.

Nah mate, that's just Sheldon Cooper... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdD2tL71b7A

[quote name='Maude' timestamp='1483017319' post='3204139'] I'll ignore that [/quote] Hahahahaha

[quote name='jezzaboy' timestamp='1483015408' post='3204108'] If it improves the quality of the performance. I`m all for using a tablet. Does [u]anyone [i]watching[/i] a band[/u] really care if someone uses a tablet? [/quote] I suspect the ones underlined above are the only ones who would know. They'd probably take it as part of the band's "character" too. Of course, most punters don't watch the band so why would they care?

[quote name='Yank' timestamp='1483004644' post='3203987'] Where do you stand on using tablets onstage for words/chord changes? I'm in a new band where vocalists and guitarists use them. I'm old school and prefer to memorize my parts. [/quote] Only if you use them with a music stand.

[quote name='T-Bay' timestamp='1483021077' post='3204175'] Johnny Cash - Hurt, the NiN version is a favourite but Cash's vocals take it to another level. [/quote] Plus one.

[quote name='Maude' timestamp='1482998451' post='3203940'] You've never been to see Type O Negative then. Singer Pete Steele would play one whilst standing in guitar fashion, he was a towering bloke though. [/quote] Sadly, he is no longer with us. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvDSRNcP1Ug

Then again... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJm4HM0or14

With a cello you can do this; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxjE708qx3I I don't recall ever seeing that with a double bass

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1482963361' post='3203836'] A couple of my personal faves are "I want you back" by The Jackson 5 and "Breezin'" by George Benson....the latter is particularly good when guitarists want to go down the cover version route. [/quote] The Jackson Five music videos are a guilty pleasure of mine. Their recorded stage performances are the nads. It goes without sating that Michael's later work was superbly performed and produced but his first solo efforts still blow me away. The basslines are always wholesome and solid. Billy Jean is a tune I must put firmly in my rep (reaches for UBass).

My favourite; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-IU-NQ8c14

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1482990487' post='3203916'] Agreed Blue [/quote] Hahahaha, all is forgiven.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1482990427' post='3203915'] ...Many music historians are making comments about the similarities in the talent between The Beatles and Justin Bieber. The similarities are incredible. Blue [/quote] You what now? While I recognise that you sometimes get a "bad press" in this forum Blue, in this instance, it may be justified. How can you possibly defend such a statement? Are you saying that Boober is a pioneering four piece? Sorry my friend. I don't agree. But then, I suppose you had to be there.

[quote name='Vinny' timestamp='1482930121' post='3203572'] I'm pretty sure that by-laws have been passed denoting bull fiddling as a severely tuttable offence. [/quote] I larfed so hard I need to do extra laundry.

[quote name='Norris' timestamp='1482919273' post='3203465'] The violin would be the soprano fiddle and the viola an alto fiddle if you're thinking along those lines [/quote] That helps, thanks. Seems the Double bass was adopted by what I call the Fiddle family and became indistinguishable to the greater masses from the rest of the family as it evolved. Like the genealogy topic, Lots of families have little "secrets" in their make up.

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1482920496' post='3203479'] Beautiful sounding Instrument. What's better than a Viola Da Gamba ? Two of them... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLeXWQTGn2M[/media] [/quote] That's lovely. Thank you. Ooh! Ooh! That'd be worth considering as a mod to maybe get the best of fretted and fretless in one electric bass. Where's Andy of AJR Guitars?

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1482915350' post='3203436'] Is that some new euphemism? [/quote] What? "Creosoting a rhinoceros"? I'd dearly love to know what it puts you in mind of. Hahahaha, no. It's a quote from Victor Meldrew in One Foot in the Grave where he expresses the desire to creosote a rhinoceros rather than do something that I forget right now. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xvm2xN0yJFs[/media] I don't know if this episode contains the quote but yooboob slung it at me anyway.

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1482909646' post='3203401'] I've had money from a bass sale sitting in my PayPal account for over a month but no GAS! It's going to go on a new bike frame [/quote] You can always splash for some nice strings later and tension them across your crossbar I suppose...

[quote name='Jecklin' timestamp='1482911470' post='3203406'] I'm not sure where the term fiddle originates, I suspect it's a more modern term (late18th century plus) but the double bass comes from a slightly different lineage to the violin family of instruments of which the cello is the bass. The double bass evolved from the viola da gamba family of Instruments. It lost the extra strings and frets to fit in with the violin family,but It retained the flat back in its design (carved backs were introduced by some makers along with violin corners) [/quote] Nicely explained thank you.

[quote name='Cato' timestamp='1482903486' post='3203393'] Funnily enough I had my first go on a cello on boxing day. After getting my head round the tuning difference it was actually fairly easy to get a tune out of, finger style only of course, I reckon bowing is probably a whole art in itself. It's made me seriously consider trying a proper double bass, or at least a EUB, at some point in the near future. [/quote] I went to the October Double Bass Bash. I was curious too. I can recommend a visit to the next one. I have no intention about investing in more kit but I love all things bass, including synth. I came away having had a go on a fetchingly dressed leopard skin five string DB with simple guidance as to stance and how to rest the instrument on my "power belly" whilst playing. Many thanks Owen for letting me grope your main squeeze. Heeheehee. You are right about it being an art in itself. Bowing is very much a technique to be mastered and we were treated to an informal yet informed discussion about bowing, French and otherwise. A couple of members who's dress code reminded me of Hollywood pictures of the fifties were bowless. These were slappers of the highest order (winks @ chaps concerned). They demonstrated syncopated rhythms with a thick background curtain of low notes through an impressively compact rig. One was heard to say something along the lines of "I believe the only place for a bow is on a yorkshire terrier!" It was fun.

I've heard the double bass referred to as a bull fiddle. That, in today's age of political correctness and sexual equality would make the cello his bitch perhaps? More seriously... I believe that violin, viola, cello and double bass are ALL members of the fiddle family. Maybe they're called fiddles because they are often played with a bow? That isn't my question. This is; Is it fair to say that double bass = bass fiddle and cello = baritone fiddle? If true, what then are viola and violin? I think one of them would be soprano but I am mainly thick and can't rid myself of the Mafia associations that thinking that way triggers.

Weren't The Beatles a Blues band starting out? [legs it big time]

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1482879489' post='3203347'] in the 70s they had it in the 60s for Patrick Swayze to dance to? Terrible film [/quote] Larry was inventive enough to invent the time machine and the white suit too. Sheesh, keep up. Heeheehee

I used to be like this about bananas and plantains. Then one day someone bashed me over the head with a pineapple and I haven't looked back since!