EssentialTension

Edgar Meyer has dots for some of his favourite notes.

[quote name='BeardyBob' timestamp='1418055413' post='2626344'] ... We insist our guitarists gig with a spare guitar each. Why? Because they snap strings. A lot ... [/quote] I insist no such thing. There's only one guitarist I play with who always has a spare guitar and that's because he uses several different tunings. I've never known him to break a string. Three other guitarists I often play with also don't break strings. If your guitarist is breaking strings a lot then he or she probably needs heavier strings or a lighter touch.

I've most often not carried a spare because for many years from when I first started playing I only ever had one bass. Most people I knew only had one instrument. The reason for having only one instrument was cost compared to income. So it's very noticeable how this thread tends to assume that everyone will own a spare instrument.

[quote name='VTypeV4' timestamp='1418060594' post='2626439'] AFAIK these are Cathode biased amps (I have one too, the 2x10) so all power (and pre) valves should simply be plug and play.. [/quote] Thanks ... and it is the 2x10.

You almost never need a spare bass. Except when you do need it. I rarely bother but I do have two DI boxes, spare cables, strings, fuses etc etc.

OK, got some JJs. Can I just pop out the old ones and pop in the new ones or do I require an engineer?

If that was in my band I'd be suggesting a few sessions with a voice coach.

If you can have frets then you can have fret markers.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1418032712' post='2626061'] We do..and no music stands in pubs whether they are dancing or singing.. It is only 25 songs to remember and play well... Even deps don't put up a stand, they'll look at the sheet at the start of the track for a change or two and then they get down to playing..or we wouldn't have them back. There is a differnet between performance and tunes for tunes sake. We'd want the guy to 'play' the part ..not interested in playing by numbers.. Would it be a hard and fast rule..?? not with the set we do, but for a regular guy, then no.. [/quote] I don't see how any of that has got anything at all to do with whether or not there's a music stand.

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1418031811' post='2626052'] I call all the notes "Loretta", that way I don't make terrible mistakes [/quote] I call them "Doremi".

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1417985422' post='2625798'] If you are a function gig then no one cares as they are dancing to a musical juke box... but they go to watch a band in a pub first and foremost and reading those sort of gigs is boring to watch... and possibly boring to hear. People know which gig is which and which gig they are 'acceptable' at.. I think you can have visual prompts, but don't think they should be visable. A pub gig is by no means a serious gig but you wouldn't be taken very seriously by punters if you used a lot of charts and you'd be a filler band and not one of the better draws around here. Know your market... [/quote] Around here people dance at pub gigs. Know your market.

[quote name='arthurhenry' timestamp='1417992357' post='2625875'] A google search reveals a South West listings magazine called "Focus". I thought it was the band at first too! [/quote] Ah, thank you.

[quote name='The Admiral' timestamp='1417985996' post='2625802'] The might end up paying Focus the royalties if they do. [/quote] Is there some connection between STH and the band Focus that I am unaware of? Can you explain? I always thought STH intro was supposedly knicked from 'Taurus' by Spirit.

Elvis's had a six-string bass.

[quote name='MarkW' timestamp='1417988120' post='2625830'] OK, OK - I take it all back ET! I want one of those! [/quote] It may be the future. Also I thought the guy was funny.

http://youtu.be/wTWidM53Ayc

[quote name='jezzaboy' timestamp='1417987287' post='2625818'] Or things that let you check that your instrument is in tune [/quote] Amateurs.

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1417985824' post='2625801'] Nothing spotted yet but i live in hope that the South West England Tourist Board will soon have an advert on TV with a nice song containing slightly rearranged lyrics along the lines of 'Stairway To Devon'. [/quote] '... or Stannah Stairlift to Heaven.' Page and Plant could be making loadsamoney.

I'm going to make an announcement at my next gig: 'Please stop dancing and instead watch me not using a music stand'. Actually, perhaps I won't bother because normal audiences really do not care about music stands one way or the other.

When it comes to necks, the supposedly perceived difference is commonly put down to fingerboard - usually maple versus rosewood - rather than actual neck wood.

And also looks like an anchor.

No good reason. Even in the neck, the type of wood makes less difference than many many other things like strings, pickups, amp, fingers, pick etc etc . Someone will be along in a minute to disagree totally with what I have said.

Music stands? That's disgusting, next thing you know some people will be using frets.

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1417885693' post='2624889'] [media]http://youtu.be/1xHBjeiqzkQ[/media] [/quote] At 17.37 or so, Rod Stewart introduces Miss Judy's Farm saying 'it goes like this, very similar to this anyway'.

[quote name='gary mac' timestamp='1417885239' post='2624882'] .... a bit loose and like it could all fall to bits. [/quote] They used to get introduced at some live shows as 'Ladies and gentlemen, the Mateus Rose Wine Company presents ... THE FACES.'