luckydog

You might consider fitting a stronger magnet in the bridge PU? If it will fit. Or a preamp for that PU? LD

As lo-E says. If reversing the wiring on one PU then results in poor hum rejection, you don't have a rwrp pair and should return them for a pair. Sometimes it's not obvious there's no easy way to tell. HTH! LD

We were at the prom before which kicked out at 9pm, to make time for the David Bowie Prom. Thought about staying for it, but based on previews and teasers it didn't look good, and ultimately glad we didn't. The Prom before was Bernard Haitink conducting the LSO for Mahler 3, which was brilliant. Presumably that is up on iplayer too, and is well worth a look if you're into that sort of thing, the cameras were shooting it. Every respect to Bowie, Ronson and their music and contribution to rock and roll, but this tribute was a fail in my book. LD

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1469189981' post='3096461'] If you don't like joining in Blue's threads, don't. [/quote]Good advice. Bye !

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1469169543' post='3096210'].....for some, the process of creativity is the driver and not the roar of the crowd. This is no less legitimate because it is less popular. [/quote] Yes, and for some it's not, and some find satisfaction in emulating the more or less exact playing/sound of others. Each to their own, and it's not so much a matter of talent, more how one chooses to apply it I think. Someone else's toothbrush might look very nice, but one wouldn't choose to use it ! LD

The thread title reminds me of a H&S notice on the walls at work 'Proper Way to Lift Boxes', which set out in numbered steps how to posture and bend. Someone had graffiti'd out step 1, and replaced it with 'Step 1 : Get someone else to lift it' ! I think the same applies to promotion: it's best to pick and use a promoter who covers your area and genre. DIY takes time money and effort and musicians aren't nec even any good at it, so 'get someone else to do it' is my 2p worth. Promoters, where's the love ?! LD

I think there's also an artistic line between what is typically recognised as a covers/bar band and an originals band. For example, Coltrane's version of 'My Favorite Things' has so much original interpretive content that is primarily artistic despite not being self penned. He also makes no attempt to sound like Julie Andrews ! If the primary motivation of a band is original art, then it won't be thought of as a covers band even when playing non-self penned material. If motivtion is primarily presentation of commercially popular material in a broadly similar form to the original artist, then it will be thought of as a covers band. And all points in between. The %age of artistic content I think is what puts a band somewhere along the scale. Choosing obscure material to cover doesn't affect this, though many peeps will likely not know if it's self-penned or not and assume the material is the band's original work. One can fool some of the people some of the time. Writers should always be credited if it's not original, verbally, during performamces IMO. And royalties paid one way or another ! LD

[quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1469049013' post='3095446'] I think they are referred to as 'Bar Bands' [/quote] Ha ! I misread that as 'Boy Bands' My 2p worth: Covers bands mostly perform versions of popular songs that aren't written by the band, in pop/rock genres. It's one of those self-evident things in life: we don't need anyone to tell us some things, but we know when we see it ! LD

A vote for the Trace GP6 Kevlar 2x10 combo, whatever they called it 7210 or something like that. But the sound I lusted after was always the SWR Redhead 2x10 combo. Hernia belts came as standard...... LD

[quote name='SubsonicSimpleton' timestamp='1468845214' post='3093697'] What's inaccurate about the octave harmonics? [/quote]The harmonic isn't exactly an octave. The harmonic series progressively drifts from ideal multiples as harmonic numbers increase, because the propagation speed of flexing increases with frequency for real strings. The effect at the octave is very small, but bigger at higher overtones. This is why some strings sound tuneful, and others don't, the same effect is found in bells and windchimes which can sound tuneful or clangy depending on shape and material. Some series of overtones sound good, some bad, and that's all about the non-ideal spacing of harmonics. LD

[quote name='Basszilla' timestamp='1468910000' post='3094165'] I have been busy recording a live album with my band. Doing upwards of 40 takes of each track to capture the right version. No click tracks or overdubs. [/quote]Day 8, morale was getting low. 3 days since food ran out, water rations only can't speak. Corruthers seems to have lost his mind, we had to lock him in the vocal booth to escape from his mad screaming. Squiffy has the worst blisters on his fingers I've ever seen. Is there no escape from the smell of sweat and the constant hell hammer of the kick drum ?

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1468849158' post='3093732'] Unless you play 70s bar band rock you should be in the basement anyway. [/quote]I thought pages of discussion eventually resolved it was the attic ?

[quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1468786133' post='3093334'] My nightmare would be nothing but harmonicas. [/quote] It warped my fragile mind sitting through a harp player's soundcheck as he made tiny amp adjustments that as far as I could tell made no difference. 20 minutes later he was happy. Jeeps. Then when came on stage, without even listening to a sound, he twiddled the settings............. I suppose that is on topic here, there are the twiddlers and there are the leavers..............! LD

Or Ukes.........

If marooned on a desert island with a bunch of musicians (and no suicide pill!), and by some miracle a container of musical instruments washed up, I think one wouldn't complain that there was only one bass and no matter what is was, one would be grateful and cope whatever genre of music the musicians settled on. However, that is very different from yer own choice of sound to suit yer own choice of genre. In that sense, the Pbass might be the desert island bass, whereas other choices can better suit yer own choice of sound and genre. LD

If you're lucky, the high resistance will be at the junction between one of the PU lead connections and the ultrafine wire that forms the coil. That fine wire is so delicate it normally either conducts or it breaks completely, so a high resistance suggests the solder connection inside the PU if you're lucky. HOWEVER, repair requires the finest of soldering skills, and isn't a DIY job unless you have the eyesight of a hawk and super steady hand plus highly skilled soldering. Then it's best to follow advice and send it to a quality repairer, one that aims to preserve as much of the original as possible. I successfully DIY repaired a '74 Jazz pickup this way, but not for the fainthearted ! LD

Maybe we each develop our own tone(s) and sound(s) over the years, which is shaped by the bands we play in and the things we listen to? Having got there, I find the soundcheck is the time and place to get the off-amp sound that is 'correct' in the sense it is the tone I use for the project - only I know it. Then I try not to change tone or level throughout a set or session, unless something is wrong. It could be that the tone is quite different between projects, because that is what works and might involve a different guitar or amp/speakers. But always within a project I use the same tone and try to keep it consistent. So yes, I think ! LD

[quote name='obi 2 kenobi' timestamp='1468706558' post='3092845'] Could it be any more busy ? [/quote] And yet it works............... ! I suppose the bass carries the motif of the song: if you're gonna hum anything it will be the bass line LD

Restoration and repair of vintage gear is my thing. PM me, lojo. I'm assuming it's the piano, but I do jukeboxes too as it happens. LD

What I've found so far is that band members care about collateral damage to the gear, but women who don't know you show some affection and empathy for the compression bandages and want to talk to you about it with double interest when you say you fell off stage. It's in the balance. LD

Maybe yer fingers get massaged like kobe beef ? LD

More irony is we do a song called Ouch!............... LD

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1468255300' post='3089616'] In an excess of enthusiasm I once stage-dove at an awards dinner at the Grosvenor House hotel. Took out a whole 12-setting table and damaged my knee so badly as to need a stick for three months. Sigh [/quote]Man, that is funny (except for the knee)!

[quote name='Dropzone' timestamp='1468239051' post='3089443'] I survived, it was quite a fall. The sound guys face was a picture, unlike mine ;-) [/quote] Nice, that's a classic ! LD

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1468223635' post='3089265'] Hope it doesn't turn out to be too serious mate. That's probably lucky, injury-wise, for a band that carts a Hammond and Leslie cab about! (trying to be positive here!) MBA [/quote]Thanks MBA. Irony is, I was carrying the Nord we use for piano.........always thought it would be the Hammond that got me, but no it was the Nord. If it had been the Hammond or Leslie, I would be playing the great gig in the sky for sure...... but we're always aware and so careful of that, and then the lightweight great grandson got me ! Having made sure I was still breathing, there was more concern from the band about damage to the Nord In mid air apparently I flipped the keyboard over and landed on it, trapping my left hand between it and the floor ! Moral is: stick to Hammonds, they're safer to shift. LD