Count Bassy

6 hours ago, funkgod said:

thinking of sacking our piano player and getting this in,

his timing is better anyway :-0

 

 

Purrfect.

... well someone had to start the terrible puns.

Fascinating video although I think I need to listen to it via headphones.

Much more fun that reading a book!

21 minutes ago, Franticsmurf said:

Pre Covid, the band I was in played some function gigs but mainly clubs and pubs. I enjoyed the mix of setlists and I liked the challenge that a wedding or corporate event of functions but for me, the best gigs (i.e. the ones I enjoyed the most) were the pubs. I have every respect for the discipline required by a good function band but at my level of playing, I concentrate so much on getting my parts right that any performance often takes second place. Our pub gigs are rougher around the edges but much more fun for all. If the band is having a good time, it shows in the performance and the audience will pick up on it. 

 

As part of the audience, I always enjoy a band who are clearly having a good time. 

 

 

Aprt from the playing in a function band bit (I never have), you summarise my position better than I could. Live performance (in a rock band at least) should have a bit of spark to it.

Am I the first to mention Pick Up The Pieces?

To be fair to them it wasn't my sort of stuff - a lot of disco medleys & the like. Don't want to say too muchto identify them in case the bass player is on here.

I was at my cousin's wedding last weekend and they had a function band on in the evening.

Very polished, everything arranged to the nth degree, obviously some very talented musicians. But,...........

........................ my God was it dull!

And you felt that if you saw them again it would be exaclty the same again.

1 hour ago, Boodang said:

EC would sound so much better if he played air guitar.

Hardly controversial.

Jaco Pastorious? Ok when playing a proper bass line, but all that noodling, harmonics & stuff? Meh.

2 hours ago, Rich said:

And the punters, bless 'em, don't they just love it? Guaranteed floor filler.

Exactly. Mustang Sally is a good song. I wish I could write a song that was still being played 57 years later on, and will probably still be doing the rounds in another 57 years (Nuclear holocaust allowing)

Paul Weller? Meh!

Was the test with the friend's rig in the same room as you tried yours? If not that could explain the difference, iether your mains earth is not very good, or your room is electrically noisy (dimmer switches?), (or it's something else). First thing I'd do would be to do more tests to narrow it down, and only look at your bsses' screening/earthing if that is indicated.

2 hours ago, wateroftyne said:

 

I guess you could get into the minutiae of it, but - in my opinion - it's not live. It's been done already, and it's being played back.

 

Not that Ed cares what I think, mind.

For me it comes down to what I'd rather see: A band, or one clever person with a clever bit of hardware? (Hint: It's the band)

17 minutes ago, wateroftyne said:

"...everything you hear tonight is completely live.."

 

No it isn't.

If that is a comment on "Looping" then I totally agree with you.

3 hours ago, Thunderpaws said:

Make each day the best you can!! 

And don't do drugs.

Slim Chance - April 18th

Garry Twigg.

Jerome Rimson.

1 hour ago, Nail Soup said:

I quite like “bastardised”

Basstardised, surely?

14 hours ago, Fozza said:

A Hard Day's Night is an obvious one.

 

 

Ah, but that is a chord rather than a note. Does it still count?

2 hours ago, Norris said:

Squier pickups -> SD QPs

Knackered original pots -> KiOgon loom with series/parallel switch

Original tuner -> Hipshot drop D tuner

 

All upgrades imho

 

This hits the nail on the head. I would tend to agree that these are upgrades but, for example, if someone else has no interest in Drop D, then that is not an upgrade, and it's possible that someone prefers the original Squier pickups to the SDs.

The idea of modifications is that it tailors the bass to your preferences, but it's important to recognise that this might be different other peoples preferences.

In the old days of the Test Card on Telly the tone that accompanied it was, I belive, a "B".

On 24/01/2021 at 19:04, stevie said:

with "dado and rabbet"

 

Am I the only one who finds this a bit "double entendre"-ish?

3 hours ago, Owen said:

OLD SKOOL !!!!!!

Hardly, They still used "Tapes" on the USS Enterprise, which I believe is the 23rd century.

What ever method you use to turn it, it may be worth sticking a soldering iron on it first to expand it a bit, and then let it cool down again. This can help break the 'seal' between the screw and the wood. Alternatively, once to have a dimple in the end put a centre punch in it and wack it with a hammer. - again only enough to break the seal, you'll still need to turn it.

A word of warning ion the scree extractors, thay are hard and can snap - leaving you with a piece of hardened steel in the end of the screw.

2 hours ago, Velarian said:

Just to expand on this idea, how about the the theme from Jaws that speeds up as it approaches a detected person? 🦈

I was reading this thread and thought "I've got a cracking Idea". But you beat me to it you bugger (in the nicest possible sense of the word) - by two hours.

Mick Karn ruined fretless for me. However good I am (and I'm not) I can never sound like Mick Karn.