The Last Bass Outpost

Sorta in focus, this time playing the Rickenbacker. It must have been a Who song.

This will teach you not to ask me for gig photos again.

The Big Orange rig in action. Wth a Guild JSII, modded with Darkstars. My mainstay bass.

Yep, that's my license plate.

We landed a nice time slot on the main stage at an outdoor city festival tomorrow. It's not Woodstock or Shea Stadium, but it should be a lot of fun. PA, stage etc provided which is really nice since our PA is in my basement.

But the bands have to bring their own amps. No big deal. I mean, that's why we agonize over our rigs, right?

Last night after practice we were talking about what rigs to bring. Our leader guitarist mumbled something about bringing his little Line 6 amp since "we'll be miked anyway so it'll be fine." In fairness to him, he does get some good sound out of it sometimes. But...

Thankfully I did not have to say a word.  

First our frontman exploded: "You have a beautiful Marshall half stack and you want to bring that little piece of crap??" He was referring to the sound. Then he added that we want to LOOK GOOD on stage. "This'll be a big crowd!"

Then our new drummer, a local legend who we were lucky to get, joined in: "Marshalls and Orange, my two favorite brands. I want one on each side of me."

Our poor lead guitarist asked "Well, what will DJ bring?" probably wondering if I'd bring my "small room" Sunn 200s on top of a 1x15 folded horn.

But I didn't get a chance to answer. The frontman declared "He's bringing his big Orange rig. And you are bringing the Marshall. End of discussion."

It's nice playing with guys who still care about how we look on stage rather than worrying about being able to carry your whole rig in one trip.  

And, it doesn't hurt that my big Orange rig sounds much, much better than any of the little mini rigs I tried when we had a 9 month residence at a club with a long flight of stairs up.

  

I'm not sure that Wetton was a better player. I'd say the opposite, but he sure could sing!

This is an interesting thread. I was introduced to Uriah Heep by a band member who ... yep, lived in Denmark & Germany for a few years. We covered Easy Living & Sweet Lorraine. Both of them were always well received. Especially Easy Living. It was really fun to play those. All four of us had to hit the mikes to nail those choruses.

 

An interesting bit of history. I'd wonderd about that. Thanks!

Nicely done! There's always a isk on what neck dimensions you'll get when you buy a Rick online so glad it worked out.

Will you be parking the 78?

Many Thanks ilan. That's great!!

I have found the Genz Benz ultralights to be far superior to the much-hyped Markbass amps.

My God... Sysop! Sysop!! PBG dares to criticize the greatest amp brand ever!! He must be silenced. We can tolerate no criticism of MarkBass.