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Posts posted by Piers_Williamson
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Why don't you do it again (the Quo)
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born to be wild (steppenwolf)
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senses playing overtime (pre fab sprouts)
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blue (joni Mitchell)
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Every day I have the blues (BB King)
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white room (cream)
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Black night (deep Purple)
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Mud Giants EP (Mud)
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Too late sorry. Give that one to odysseus
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songbird (Kenny G)
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Going Loco Down in Acapulco (Billy Ocean)
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Statement of the case (the sign of 4 aka Pat Metheny... very obscure....chucking pianos down the stairs quadruple album fun)
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Abraham Martin and John (Marvin Gaye....and one of the best Motown songs ever)
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Norwegian Wood (Some beat combo)
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elephant talk (king crimson)
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Docktor Docktor (UFO)
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What does 'Wild Dog' sound like?
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1 hour ago, fretmeister said:
For a while my band leader was a pianist.
She had no idea what the range of the bass was. I'd often get parts that fell off the ends!
Cue the GAS for a six string. Mind you, that might look a little OTT!
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Lots of good points have already been made. On the practical side, my experience of playing electric bass in a big band is you may be given a very tight spot to play in where inevitably you can't hear yourself that well (albeit that anyone over 6 ft away might be able to hear you a lot better). An ability to tip your amp up is good, or lift it off the floor on a milk crate. Some small combos (Hartke?) are designed to do that . However, floors (and walls) are also really good sound reinforcers. Staging can be good or bad at reinforcing sound (depending on what you are trying to achieve in the room). I have played a little Phil Jones combo which would be good with upright as well, as well as a 1/10 Markbass combo (louder). the key with both is they are quick to set up and don't take a lot of space.
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Thanks for the tip. Got myself a copy and as an Ealing boy, I've finally figured out where he lived until his Lord of the Manor days.
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I loved that, but isn't it one of the most boring bass lines to play in the world?
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Obscure one from Ian Dury/Norman: My old man...one of the first songs I learned. Oh, and Millionaire's Waltz by Queen/JD
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Beautiful bass...not making them any more. I just mortgaged my kidney for a Wal 5er, otherwise I would snap this up.GLWS!
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