chris_b

I've had 2 Bergantino 312 rigs. The first was 3 112's, then a 212 and 112. I'd recommend either format to anyone, they both sounded fantastic. Modular rigs work best for me, and will cover everything from an acoustic duo to the loudest Led Zep tribute. 2 of my 4 amps are 2 ohm so I have no problem powering 2.67's worth of cabs. When I moved to 2 Barefaced SC's I was prepared to buy a third to make up the stack again, but I'm as loud with 2 SC's as I was with 3 Bergs, so I can use my 4 ohm amps for the loud gigs again.

[quote name='ivansc' timestamp='1478422079' post='3168903'] Nobody mentioned THE white boy who sing de blooze? DELBERT [/quote] I think you'll find I did.

[quote name='leroydiamond' timestamp='1478428529' post='3168945'] If I forgot to bring my ACS pkugs to a gig, then no gig. The most crucial piece of kit I carry [/quote] +100 I also carry foam plugs as a backup. I had a filter fall apart once and discovered my foam plugs were on the other side of the stage in the leads case! I always have some foam plugs on the cab now!

[quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1478421298' post='3168898'] Good news is that the new drummer is far more technical than loud and the full band now plays at a more respectable volume that doesn't really need earplugs for rehearsals anyway. [/quote] You should start wearing earplugs [u][i]before[/i][/u] you need them.

. . . then again. . . another not so serious note. . . [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5Sn-A7D76o"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5Sn-A7D76o[/url]

I woke up this morning, woke up yesterday morning too. If I wake up tomorrow morning that'll be three days in a row. - Jim "Golden Boots" Chambers, Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band.

[quote name='louisthebass' timestamp='1478340461' post='3168479'] didn't get it because I didn't have any b/v's.... [/quote] This is it. Forget all this angst about gear and the sound in your head. . . . . learn to sing and you'll be much more use to a band.

The Red House in the song was a pub off the Kings Road in Chelsea. Now it's a Japanese restaurant and cocktail bar. Probably still full of posers though.

I'd be very interested to see that.

I haven't heard this one before. Fantastic Cogbill bass line. Love the Roger Collins version.

I hate Red House. . . even by Hendrix. At our jam we had 3 guitarists in a row come up and ask to play it! It didn't bother them one bit that it had just been played! I had to come up with 3 different bass lines just to keep my sanity.

Don't talk to me about failing auditions. The last one I passed was in 1985! I don't do many, maybe 4 since 85, and I failed them all. I wasn't bothered about 3 of them but I really did want the other 1. That's a terrible success rate! I get all my gigs from guys I know or have seen me play. This is why I always disagree when people post, [i]no one notices the bass player[/i]. They do if you're any good. Play your heart out and people [i]will[/i] notice. Anyway, you're right Highfox, it isn't all about the playing and it does get worse the older you get.

[quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1478210789' post='3167655'] Lie the idea of adapting some classic blues songs only prob with that is one of the guitarists is a Blues fanatic and will only play a blues song as it sounds by the artist. He doesn't even like me to play ad-libs on certain songs. Likes to keep it simple blues bass lines. [/quote] All suggestions are wasted on a guy like this. You meet a lot of them in the blues world. It's where many of the Luddites end up. The truth is that most of the songs he deigns to play would have been played differently by the original artist on takes 1and 2. We played a bluesy version of a Sting song at a blues club and half of them loved it, but the other half looked very uncomfortable.

[quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1478250043' post='3167810'] Ooh, way too cool! Yes, great player, bit of an unsung great. [/quote] Very unsung!! He was even airbrushed out of the FAME studios documentary that they made a couple of years ago! Not even mentioned once. He was on many of the hits that came out of FAME studios in the 60's. I believe he was the band leader in the studio on many of the old soul hits. He wrote the bass line for Memphis Soul Stew.

Go for separates. They are easier to upgrade, and you might be doing a lot of that while you find your feet. You don't need big cabs for a big sound any more. 15's are no longer required in order to handle low bass frequencies. There are 10's these days that produce more volume and tone than most 15's did back in the day. Checkout Hartke, Peavey, GK, Aguilar and Markbass heads. Watts are cheap so I'd be looking at 500 watt versions. To start with I'd also be looking in the classifieds. IMO there is a lot of great gear at good prices these days, and most is miles better than the stuff I was looking at even 20 years ago.

This is superfluous twiddling and doesn't form any important function in the song. So leave it out. No band that I've been in has wanted to stick this on the front of the intro when we've done this song.

For starters check out: Keb Mo, The Neville Brothers, Eric Clapton, Delbert McClinton, Bonnie Raitt, Georgie Fame, John Scofield, Jeff Golub, BB KIng, Albert Collins, Aaron Neville, Joe Cocker, Jon Cleary, Robben Ford, The Nimmo Brothers, Lucky Peterson, King King, Lee Dorsey and John Mayer. And see where you go from there.

I have an Archie Shepp album which doesn't appear to employ any time signatures. I played with John Mealing in the 70's just after he left the band If. They used to specialise in odd and complicated time signatures. I asked him how he remembered the count. He said he didn't count anything. You get a rhythmic pattern in your head and follow that. No favourites for me, just depends on the song.

I believe the keyboard player writes the songs, but they are all credited so they share the royalties. Very generous of him.

I don't like bully's. Looks like ACS will stay top of my list.

[quote name='Thunderbird' timestamp='1478004413' post='3165877'] Thanks for the comments guys the buyer is asking me for part of the cost [/quote] Respectfully decline because the "issue" and course(s) of action weren't discussed first. And importantly, no agreement was given by you for any costs to be incurred.

You must have noticed that I haven't agreed with, disagreed with or refuted anything. Just asking the question. Doesn't "myth busting" require some factual backup?

Earlier this year he only used his white jazz at the London gig. ps through a Markbass rig and sounded pretty much as he does on the videos.

[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1478000440' post='3165815']Does he have to? [/quote] I would have thought so. So why would you believe one unsupported statement rather than another unsupported statement?

Always the song first.