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The Bass Zone / Re: Last In Line
« on: November 21, 2015, 06:34:40 PM »Seek and ye shall find...
Ta
Aint' the interwebs grand !
was similar to the second one, except just him and his gold top
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Ta
Aint' the interwebs grand !
was similar to the second one, except just him and his gold top
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The Bass Zone / Re: Last In Line
« on: November 20, 2015, 07:07:33 PM »
I toured with Def lep in 05, Vivian was by far the musical high point, not for the shows where he was expected to replicate Steve's parts and was only let off the leash on the newer stuff, but for his soundchecks. The rest of the band hardly ever soundchecked, leaving their backline guys to do a line check, but Vivian always turned up and entertained us crew with half an hour of amazing blues improv and covers Hes a great singer also, he sometimes did a really slow version of Don't Believe a Word, even slower and bluesier than Gary Moores version, I really wish i had a recording of it
His solo blues album is worth a listen too
its a shame to hear about his health issues
His solo blues album is worth a listen too
its a shame to hear about his health issues
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Gibson Basses / Re: 1964-65 Thunderbird
« on: November 20, 2015, 01:33:22 PM »Stiff Little Fingers just played Paris.
they're kinda used to bomb threats tho
http://classicrock.teamrock.com/features/2015-11-19/why-stiff-little-fingers-paris-gig-had-to-go-ahead-by-jake-burns
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Gibson Basses / Re: 1964-65 Thunderbird
« on: November 19, 2015, 02:09:42 AM »I really can't blame them for cancelling.
me neither, EODM lost two of their touring crew, I would hope the band were thinking of more than just their own safety.
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Gibson Basses / Re: 1964-65 Thunderbird
« on: November 18, 2015, 09:19:02 AM »Shoulder. The Thunderbird actually committed suicide rather than play a U2 song.
:mrgreen:x2
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Song Suggestions Please?
« on: November 17, 2015, 12:06:27 PM »
What have we come too!
Tell me about it, I'm an old punk , rebellion is in my blood,
I guess its a sign of maturity that I can make pragmatic decisions that are the antithesis of what I feel
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Song Suggestions Please?
« on: November 17, 2015, 10:48:01 AM »AC/DC!they all have different chorus progressions to verses don't they, if there is one that doesn't that would be sweeet
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Song Suggestions Please?
« on: November 16, 2015, 09:51:41 AM »
cool keep em coming,
the chorus/verse being the same progression is the main thing, the ability group that i am looking for get too anxious if they have to keep track of where they are in the song or can get lost , but if they can just keep chugging through the same progression they can really enjoy themselves
I also forgot too say needs to be parent friendly cos its to be performed at end of term show, I've already had to refuse " Highway to Hell " for my more able students, because you never know whether a parent may be hyper religious etc.
Knocking on Heavens door works if you swap the A minor for a Major too, my mid level group do that already
So far I think Wild Thing is the winner, but there still might be a something better, thanks for all the ideas
the chorus/verse being the same progression is the main thing, the ability group that i am looking for get too anxious if they have to keep track of where they are in the song or can get lost , but if they can just keep chugging through the same progression they can really enjoy themselves
I also forgot too say needs to be parent friendly cos its to be performed at end of term show, I've already had to refuse " Highway to Hell " for my more able students, because you never know whether a parent may be hyper religious etc.
Knocking on Heavens door works if you swap the A minor for a Major too, my mid level group do that already
So far I think Wild Thing is the winner, but there still might be a something better, thanks for all the ideas
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The Bass Zone / Re: 3 string bass
« on: November 16, 2015, 09:37:22 AM »
yes the low D string is a low B from a 5 string set (125 I think) , the miiddle D is an E string and the highest one is a regular D string so its D in three octaves D1 D2 D3 on a tuner, or maybe D0 D1 D2 I forget which, he tunes it himself these days.
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: First real bass playing gig in 2 decades !
« on: November 15, 2015, 11:07:55 AM »Pics or it didn't happen.
sadly I don't know if there are any, there is video though which were gonna watch and critique next week so maybe a screen cap of that will be obtainable.
If not my wife the photographer will be at the actual assesed performance (which takes place in a real actual nightclub !) so there'll be pics of that for you to snigger and pass comment at the old man ion stage with a bunch of kids
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Double entendre, anyone?
« on: November 15, 2015, 11:04:14 AM »
the bass player of a certain stadium NWOBM bad demands a small round table stage left with a checked tablecloth for his drinks to sit on. His bass tech gets really wound up by being refered to as a Bistro-tech!
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The Outpost Cafe / Re: Double entendre, anyone?
« on: November 14, 2015, 04:17:50 PM »speaking of wine, a guitar tech I recently loaded in had this flightcase amongst his essential kit
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The Bass Zone / 3 string bass
« on: November 14, 2015, 04:06:24 PM »
Thought I'd share this recent project 
one of my students is a young lad who has muscular dystrophy. He has been playing a barred open tuned guitar for a while and has a wicked sense of rhythm. But he wanted to play bass, and specifically wanted to play funk. Unfortunately his left hand is neither strong nor dexterous enough for him to use anything other than bar with his index finger (using his middle finger for extra strength)
So i came up with this, the DDD bass, using the 3/4 scale Samick that I had repaired the snapped neck on.
it works well, he can do the octave pop and generally funk out on it, his right hand is much more dexterous and he can do double fingering and has even started to slap
its tuned D1 D2 D3 , we tried DAD for the fifth, but he prefers it like this
obviously Ive had a go and its definitely the oddest tuning I have ever played on, but its actually a real bag of fun
one of my students is a young lad who has muscular dystrophy. He has been playing a barred open tuned guitar for a while and has a wicked sense of rhythm. But he wanted to play bass, and specifically wanted to play funk. Unfortunately his left hand is neither strong nor dexterous enough for him to use anything other than bar with his index finger (using his middle finger for extra strength)
So i came up with this, the DDD bass, using the 3/4 scale Samick that I had repaired the snapped neck on.
it works well, he can do the octave pop and generally funk out on it, his right hand is much more dexterous and he can do double fingering and has even started to slap
its tuned D1 D2 D3 , we tried DAD for the fifth, but he prefers it like this
obviously Ive had a go and its definitely the oddest tuning I have ever played on, but its actually a real bag of fun
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The Outpost Cafe / Song Suggestions Please?
« on: November 14, 2015, 03:08:37 PM »
Looking for some new songs to use with the autistic kids I coach, hoping you guys can come up with some suggestions
I need some more of what i call three chord wonders, the kind of thing where the chorus and verse are the same progression, they don't have to be just three chords but do need to be major chords so they can be played on a barred open e tuned guitar.
the best one I use is Sweet home Alabama, but also Hit the Road jack, the Passenger, Twist and Shout and All along the Watchtower(played with A major rather than Minor)
I know there are more out there but struggling to come up with them
cheers
I need some more of what i call three chord wonders, the kind of thing where the chorus and verse are the same progression, they don't have to be just three chords but do need to be major chords so they can be played on a barred open e tuned guitar.
the best one I use is Sweet home Alabama, but also Hit the Road jack, the Passenger, Twist and Shout and All along the Watchtower(played with A major rather than Minor)
I know there are more out there but struggling to come up with them
cheers
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The Outpost Cafe / First real bass playing gig in 2 decades !
« on: November 14, 2015, 02:56:10 PM »
So yesterday i played my first gig as a musician in 20 odd years,
i've filled in on drums or bass or guitar with the kids I coach at school shows, but that doesn't count as the focus is on them , not me. yesterday at college we had a dress rehearsal for our first assesed performance, we had to play two songs in front of our whole year, was odd to feel pre gig nerves again, but massively fun to rock out again
i've filled in on drums or bass or guitar with the kids I coach at school shows, but that doesn't count as the focus is on them , not me. yesterday at college we had a dress rehearsal for our first assesed performance, we had to play two songs in front of our whole year, was odd to feel pre gig nerves again, but massively fun to rock out again