The Praise and Worship Band Bassists Club part 22 - Page 22

steve_rolfeca · #**421** 12-06-2012, 06:02 AM

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Originally Posted by jmclearnon

Ummm, see i would use the tuner port and i like the idea of the separate channel EQ, if the DI is not that great i have a Radial one anyways .

Just wanted to see what people thought of the EQ on it and the quality of a non-edited signal...

I have a friend who is a big Radial fan, but dumped this one because of the difference between the channels. Not the lack of EQ on the other channel, but the poor sound quality.

This is second-hand information, I have no personal experience with it...

SoVeryTired · #**422** 12-07-2012, 01:45 AM

Another truncated rehearsal last night - the Christmas production rehearsal was running overtime and by the time we'd spent ages setting everything up there was only time for two songs and no time to sort out monitor mixes. Oh well, that's the last such rehearsal - it's the big show itself next week. Looking forward to well over 1000 people coming over the three services based on (free) tickets.

jmclearnon · #**423** 12-07-2012, 03:12 AM

Aww the stresses of such stuff lol, i use this philosophy, the bigger the production/venue the earlier i turn up. Or if its very cold...

I can't wait to get home next week and start the rehearsals, since my 5 is in England I'm borrowing my mates steinburger 5 over Christmas, it will be fun to play another instrument for a while

SoVeryTired · #**424** 12-07-2012, 04:52 AM

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Originally Posted by jmclearnon

Aww the stresses of such stuff lol, i use this philosophy, the bigger the production/venue the earlier i turn up. Or if its very cold...

I can't wait to get home next week and start the rehearsals, since my 5 is in England I'm borrowing my mates steinburger 5 over Christmas, it will be fun to play another instrument for a while

It'll be fun for you to play something different. Not sure I'll get my new one in time, just hoping it arrives in time to be a Christmas present to myself. It now has a neck attached!

Funnily enough, this is pretty low-stress due to each person doing just what they need to. I'm sure it's stressful for the producers though.

jmclearnon · #**425** 12-07-2012, 07:35 AM

Haha true. I play other peoples basses all the time and this is what reminds me what i like about mine!!

Well most of my stuff will be improv/write my own parts lol .

should be fun

khutch · #**426** 12-07-2012, 09:47 AM

We had our final Christmas rehearsal last night, it is on for real tonight and tomorrow night. I'm really glad to be singing rather than playing bass for this one! I will have to ask the bassist who is playing exactly what he does do with the finale, the Hallelujah chorus. We did a straight run through the program and then the WL announced a 5 minute break before we worked backwards through the program to touch up some things. This gave the choir's trickmaster-in-chief the opening she needed. After the break the WL gives the downbeat, the piano comes in as usual, and the rest of the orchestra gives us the loveliest rendition of the Hallelujah chorus you could imagine using the kazoos they had been issued for a comedy sketch earlier in the program!

Ken

SoVeryTired · #**427** 12-07-2012, 09:56 AM

Hallekazoolah Chorus - love it!

jmclearnon · #**428** 12-07-2012, 10:02 AM

That's 100% quality!

english4bw · #**429** 12-07-2012, 10:18 AM

I am never wearing my white and green Ireland Rugby cardigan onstage ever again. Either the lighting was messed up or the person who took this pic put it through a weird filter. Either way... scary. HAHA.

caeman · #**430** 12-07-2012, 10:19 AM

Bad lighting for picture taking. G-d doesn't judge your appearance.

jmclearnon · #**431** 12-07-2012, 10:34 AM

I'm Irish ..... keep wearing it

caeman · #**432** 12-07-2012, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by jmclearnon

I'm Irish ..... keep wearing it

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In order to find his equal, an Irishman is forced to talk to God.

english4bw · #**433** 12-07-2012, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by caeman

Bad lighting for picture taking. G-d doesn't judge your appearance.

Oh I know... just thought it was pretty funny looking. LOL

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Originally Posted by jmclearnon

I'm Irish ..... keep wearing it

Yeah half of my family is from the Limerick area, so I won't be taking this off any time soon. Only when ENGLAND are winning at Cricket do I wear my BRIT gear. So it's half and half. haha

SoVeryTired · #**434** 12-07-2012, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by english4bw

Only when ENGLAND are winning at Cricket do I wear my BRIT gear. So it's half and half. haha

So that would be now?

Had a fun practice tonight on electric guitar with the youth band. WL on acoustic and a hard-rocking backline of teenage drummer, me on humbucker-equipped strat through a cooking Fender tube amp, and bassist on Gibson Thunderbird slung somewhere below his knees! We had a good time chatting about basses - he knows how to play them, I know a fair bit about gear and what would be a good bass for his nephew to start with.

As well as the Thunderbird he also brought his Jaydee (in metallic pink - none more '80s!). Heavy but very versatile, killer slap tone, sustain for years - but it just doesn't do rock as well as something like the Thunderbird or my P Special. So that saved me a few ££££s in future purchases.

kbaxter26 · #**435** 12-07-2012, 08:21 PM

I really enjoy this group of people. I learn a great deal about bass and "the Church" from reading these posts. Keep it up all you wonderful people. As for me, I just want to be good enough (someday) to play in church and give Our Lord His due!!!

khutch · #**436** 12-07-2012, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by english4bw

I am never wearing my white and green Ireland Rugby cardigan onstage ever again.

Hey, could be worse, here's my wife and I in choir garb for the evening:

It went pretty well and there is a rinse and repeat tomorrow night. The kazoos remained silent except during their bit. Hopefully a few lives were changed too. Afterward there were cookies, many cookies, and cocoa. Mmmmm.

Ken

english4bw · #**437** 12-07-2012, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by SoVeryTired

So that would be now?

Had a fun practice tonight on electric guitar with the youth band. WL on acoustic and a hard-rocking backline of teenage drummer, me on humbucker-equipped strat through a cooking Fender tube amp, and bassist on Gibson Thunderbird slung somewhere below his knees! We had a good time chatting about basses - he knows how to play them, I know a fair bit about gear and what would be a good bass for his nephew to start with.

As well as the Thunderbird he also brought his Jaydee (in metallic pink - none more '80s!). Heavy but very versatile, killer slap tone, sustain for years - but it just doesn't do rock as well as something like the Thunderbird or my P Special. So that saved me a few ££££s in future purchases.

Yeah ENGLAND are batting well down in India. So glad we've finally got a half-decent squad going these days. Back in the 90's and early 2000's it was really a bit depressing to be an England cricket fan.

And as for the Jaydee... ugh. I've never liked them. Played one years ago once and it was awful. The 8 strings just totally messed with my technique and I had to just give it back to they guy who was showing it to me with disgust. Nice basses, but I'm not sure why they're so highly rated to be honest. ?? Just my opinion, other people love them.

english4bw · #**438** 12-07-2012, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by khutch

Hey, could be worse, here's my wife and I in choir garb for the evening:

It went pretty well and there is a rinse and repeat tomorrow night. The kazoos remained silent except during their bit. Hopefully a few lives were changed too. Afterward there were cookies, many cookies, and cocoa. Mmmmm.

Ken

Oh boy... do I ever feel lucky now. haha

*notice I didn't repost that pic in my reply... LOL. didn't want to give anyone a seizure seeing it twice on the same page. hahaha

SoVeryTired · #**439** 12-08-2012, 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by english4bw

Yeah ENGLAND are batting well down in India. So glad we've finally got a half-decent squad going these days. Back in the 90's and early 2000's it was really a bit depressing to be an England cricket fan.

And as for the Jaydee... ugh. I've never liked them. Played one years ago once and it was awful. The 8 strings just totally messed with my technique and I had to just give it back to they guy who was showing it to me with disgust. Nice basses, but I'm not sure why they're so highly rated to be honest. ?? Just my opinion, other people love them.

Not too shabby with the ball either - 6 Indian wickets for 36 runs between lunch and tea.

I didn't have such a strong reaction to the Jaydee. I could appreciate the workmanship and versatility but it definitely wasn't for me.

english4bw · #**440** 12-08-2012, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by SoVeryTired

Not too shabby with the ball either - 6 Indian wickets for 36 runs between lunch and tea.

I didn't have such a strong reaction to the Jaydee. I could appreciate the workmanship and versatility but it definitely wasn't for me.

Yeah they're phenomenally built basses, but I just could never get the whole 8-string thing. I know Mark King of Level 42 would argue with me there... but he's not on here. haha