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06-07-2008, 08:37 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ardmore, PA | | | Going to Italy-What to bring?
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Well, I am going to Italy for an 8 day tour with my high school jazz band, and I am wondering what kind of accessories I should make sure to bring. I am already bringing an extra pair of strings, allen wrenches for setup, and that kind of stuff. Is there anything more I should know? I know all you experienced travelers will be able to name something for me! If it makes a difference, I am most likely going to bring my Schecter Studio 5 Fretless, unless the case I am getting is just a generic hard case, then I am bringing my Ibanez SR905 in its molded hard case (if I am trusting a hard case, I want my molded one).
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06-07-2008, 08:41 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Southeast Mass | | | Cables! Lots!
I wouldn't want to be stuck in a little village in Italy and my cables craps out. That would be tragic
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06-07-2008, 08:43 AM
|  | that video LIES | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern California | | | Take me- I'm hungry. They have food there, right?
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06-07-2008, 08:44 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Czech | | 9V batteries, extra amp fuses, condoms, camera..  |
06-07-2008, 08:50 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ardmore, PA | | They have tons of food, it's going to be so good! I wish I could take you but instead I will just have to say how good it was afterwards  . Good call on cables, I forgot to list that, I am bringing every one I have. Where can I get extra amp fuses? |
06-07-2008, 08:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Great Lakes, IL so lame | | | More strings 1 extra set may not be enough.
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06-07-2008, 08:54 AM
| | that video LIES | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern California | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Anti-Product They have tons of food, it's going to be so good! I wish I could take you but instead I will just have to say how good it was afterwards . Good call on cables, I forgot to list that, I am bringing every one I have. Where can I get extra amp fuses? | Thanks for thinking of me. You should be able to buy fuses at a hardware store. Take a good one in to match it.
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06-07-2008, 12:53 PM
| | | | Bring boxes of Zippo lighters. They go for big bucks there. |
06-07-2008, 01:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Swede lost in the 5th republic | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Anti-Product Well, I am going to Italy for an 8 day tour with my high school jazz band, and I am wondering what kind of accessories I should make sure to bring. I am already bringing an extra pair of strings, allen wrenches for setup, and that kind of stuff. Is there anything more I should know? I know all you experienced travelers will be able to name something for me! If it makes a difference, I am most likely going to bring my Schecter Studio 5 Fretless, unless the case I am getting is just a generic hard case, then I am bringing my Ibanez SR905 in its molded hard case (if I am trusting a hard case, I want my molded one).
Thanks! | * Maglite
* Duct tape
* A complete extra set of the cables you use
A camera and tons of memorycard/film, the ladies are AMAZING in italy!
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06-07-2008, 01:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: SE Wisconsin | | | +1 on duct tape and condoms.... you going bring any bass gear too? |
06-07-2008, 02:08 PM
|  | Musician - tech/repair at Nordstrand Guitars
Endorsing artist: Genz Benz - Nordstrand - DR strings | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Los Angeles/Redlands, CA | | remember the voltage: 220V!
(just in case you are bringing gear...)
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ps: you'll enjoy the food and wine (ice-cream is unreal!), that I can guarantee you.... and if you are handsome maybe the girls, too 
pss: where in Italy, btw? |
06-07-2008, 02:10 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Virginia Beach, VA | | | Learn enough Italian to order coffee and find a men's room. Watch out for pickpockets. Trying to cross a busy street on foot is akin to a European version of "Frogger". Here's a helpful phrase:
"Whatzamattau?"
Riis
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06-07-2008, 02:12 PM
| | Musician - tech/repair at Nordstrand Guitars
Endorsing artist: Genz Benz - Nordstrand - DR strings | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Los Angeles/Redlands, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Zooberwerx Here's a helpful phrase:
"Whatzamattau?"
Riis | uh?
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06-07-2008, 02:13 PM
| | Musician - tech/repair at Nordstrand Guitars
Endorsing artist: Genz Benz - Nordstrand - DR strings | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: Los Angeles/Redlands, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Zooberwerx ....... Watch out for pickpockets. Trying to cross a busy street on foot is akin to a European version of "Frogger". ...... | +1....unfortunately.
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06-07-2008, 02:22 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ellenwood,Ga. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bassteban Take me- I'm hungry. They have food there, right? | Rumor has it that they like pasta over there.
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06-07-2008, 02:26 PM
| | | | chillax guys, i went on tour 2 italy, took a really rubbish ibanez 1980's blazer bass that was knackerd to hell, no spare strings or anything if somthing goes wrong improv round it, if you break a string at a gig u hvnt got time 2 change it so either have a spare instrument or learn your neck back to front. |
06-07-2008, 02:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Virginia Beach, VA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Zooberwerx Here's a helpful phrase:
"Whatzamattau?"
Riis | English / Italian street vernacular for "What's the matter you?". Spelling is probably incorrect.
Riis
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06-07-2008, 02:46 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Lakland / Schroeder /Bag End | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: W' Sconsin | | | A jar of peanut butter. Everything closes from noon to early evening for a siesta, and depending on where you are you might need a snack.
I carried my bass dissassembled in a gig bag and popped it in the overhead bin FWIW. Have a ball! |
06-07-2008, 05:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Ardmore, PA | | | Yea, it's going to be nice. I am bringing an amp but all I know about it so far is that it is a Hartke..But the school we are getting it from has something like 8 jazz bands and did a similar tour a month or two ago, so I doubt that they are messing around with crappy equipment. We are going to Montecatini Terme (40 miles from Tuscany), Florence, Pisa, Cesena, Ravenna, Rome (via Assisi), Soriano, and Corchiano. All in 8 days! And I can't take the neck off either of my basses because they are both neckthroughs. Forgot about duct tape, can't go wrong with that either. I've heard of the pickpockets, I'm going to be using these ultra lame money belts that go across your chest and are almost unnoticeable. I will not be the coolest cat around with them, but I may be the only one keeping my money. |
06-07-2008, 05:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Swede lost in the 5th republic | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Zooberwerx English / Italian street vernacular for "What's the matter you?". Spelling is probably incorrect.
Riis | Better look up "Vancoulu katzo" instead (dunno bout the spelling here either).
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