bonzodog Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Id go for whatever suits you to play Mojo. You are a great player and i know you have suffered with back and hand issues when playing so comfort and enjoyment comes way before looks. If you were in a specific tribute band then that maybe different. As you know i have been ribbed about getting a ric but as we move more away from Jam songs thats becoming less of an issue. 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fftc Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 (edited) [quote name='markstuk' timestamp='1484235953' post='3213833'] Laurence Jones ? [/quote] That's the one. [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ji3eZRSJJM[/media] Edited January 12, 2017 by fftc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markstuk Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 [quote name='fftc' timestamp='1484238079' post='3213868'] That's the one. [/quote] He's recently changed bass player who appears to be a P bass player :-) he's also added keys.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 [quote name='fftc' timestamp='1484230264' post='3213761'] Depends how seriously you take 'the look' and whether you think it matters to the audience you usually play too. Perhaps not an entirely relevant anecdote, but I recently watched a video of a blues trio. The music was great, the singer and guitarist is a young guy dressed normal and playing a Les Paul. I'm sure the bass player was fantastic, but he was playing a modern looking six string and it just jarred! Looked wrong and I thought the same thing every time the bass came into the shot. Didn't change the music though, so how important is look? [/quote] Its a 6er Shuker... and it won't be a problem any more, he (the bass player - he's a killer one at that, he's from round my way) has announced that he is moving on to new pastures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 [quote name='markstuk' timestamp='1484238299' post='3213871'] he's also added keys.. [/quote] Thats what you get when that bass player hasn't got a high C to fill things out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markstuk Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 I thought Rogers playing was fantastic.... Reminds me in some ways of Eric Czars days with Joe Bonamassa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 [quote name='markstuk' timestamp='1484238768' post='3213879'] I thought Rogers playing was fantastic.... Reminds me in some ways of Eric Czars days with Joe Bonamassa [/quote] He's a beast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitsto Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 [quote name='TimR' timestamp='1484228691' post='3213731'] But then I'm so awesome most people are looking at me, not the bass. [/quote] Brilliant! Funny, no one looks at me or the bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 I play whatever I like on the day. Unless someone moans about it being inappropriate. Then I play one of these. It actually sounds really good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 [quote name='Spike Vincent' timestamp='1484230740' post='3213765'] I was kind of hoping you'd be asking if you should use a bright pink Danelectro Longhorn with a Hello Kitty picture on it.. [/quote] [quote name='Low End Bee' timestamp='1484231045' post='3213767'] I want one! [/quote] Is this close enough? [IMG]http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n249/BigRedX/DSC03107.jpg[/IMG] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low End Bee Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1484239979' post='3213897'] Is this close enough? [/quote] Nearly. Needs more pink and horns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 (edited) Clearly pink [corrected: Hello Kitty livery] is for guitarists only... Back on topic. I can only recall two particular gigs where I didn't bring/play my Wal and they were both 60s theme gigs. Took my non-60s-authentic bitsa Jazz instead just because that night I decided I would go with a more period look. But that was my whim not and feeling of pressure/appropriateness. Edited January 12, 2017 by TrevorR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 [quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1484242769' post='3213938'] Clearly pink is for guitarists only... [/quote] You're [i]so[/i] wrong... [url="http://s1276.photobucket.com/user/LanterneRouge/media/Rickenfakers/rv4-01_zps2yzkaxow.jpg.html"][/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Pinktastic! Bassjaymi/The Pink Bassman/Jaymi Millard would love that! Ricky style and pink sparkles... perfect!, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 I swapped out a shiny Warwick Star Bass for an Ibanez Artcore as I did not feel it suited my Americana Band looks. I guess I dressed down? This replaced:[attachment=235796:P1040453.JPG] this: [attachment=235795:P1030678.JPG] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Personally I do try and have something that looks appropriate, but would have thought the Ibanez really wouldn't look badly out of place in a classic rock band. So sorry, can't tick either option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molan Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 I don't think it matters a huge amount when gigging. It can definitely make a difference at auditions. I'd generally be tempted to take something 'traditional' looking for any audition because a lot of people out there have an immediate bias to some brands and, more importantly, a huge dislike to anything out of the ordinary. When it comes to the gig I just take whatever is my favourite bass at the time. Sometimes I'll deliberately take an 'inappropriate' bass though. There's quite a rough venue we sometimes play and I usually take a pink bass there, either that or a gold metal flake finish one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 [quote name='MoJo' timestamp='1484216527' post='3213547'] My issue is that I also play in a 'Classic Rock' covers band and as yet, have restrained from introducing them to the Ibanez, purely because I don't think that the 'fancy woods' look looks right in a rock band. I'd be interested in everyone's thoughts [/quote] I will only play basses with fancy woods in rock bands. Those painted things look crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismuzz Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 (edited) John Entwistle played an Explorer bass for bloody ages didn't he? I don't recall anyone criticising him for playing something seemingly inappropriate Edited January 13, 2017 by chrismuzz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolo Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 I'd have though Rick or Gib for classic rock? The horns on a btb are edgey enough for any kind of guitar band. It really doesn't matter. Oh, Gene Simmons. Nuff said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 [quote name='KevB' timestamp='1484226480' post='3213691'] Eyebrows would be raised at seeing 'Paul' in a Beatles trib hefting a T-Bird etc. [/quote] Indeed, that would be odd - ok, thats a firebird.. but.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leschirons Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 I thought we were all invisible anyway so does it matter?😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Who said that? I'll get me coat.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12stringbassist Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 I play in a general rock covers band and I will take any bass I like out to a show. Pointy, whatever. The idea of 'what bass should be in what sort of band' is in [i]someone else's head[/i]. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimR Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Although I did play an 80s pointy headstock Jackson Charvel in a function band. It just looked wrong to me in the photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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