Recent content by F peyton

Have you resolved the timing issues you mentioned ? The relationship between the drummer and bass player is not always automatic. I am in a band that changed drummers. The new drummers timing sometimes drifts -and he definitely speeds up on certain songs. the drummer he replaced and I locked...

Worst concert I ever attended was Sly & the Family Stone 1971 in the Spectrum (Philadelphia). They played a sloppy, disinterested set for about 30 minutes - every one but the drummer left the stage after a few minutes the drummer stopped and left. I was disappointed becasue I liked their music...

The statement that " a bunch of drunks won't know the difference" tells me everything I need to know. I believe in playing each song the best that I can recognizing my limitations as a musician. I know that there may be mistakes. With that said not caring and playing haphazard because "the...

Ric management seems fine with being a small niche operation. It appears to me that they have never been interested in expanding their production

Sunshine of your love - you play all of strings (on a four string) and covers close to two octaves

Our band has the same problem not with the drummer but with one of the guitarists. He plays songs or riffs unrelated to practice between most songs. Usually he does not play loud but it is hard to have a conversation when he is doing this. One of us simply asks him to stop when we need to...

Four Tops - Bernadette (James Jamerson)

I think the analogy between musical Improvising and creative writing is right on target. We all know words but how many of can assemble like Hemingway, JD Salinger or James Joyce ?

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I have wanted to try a Fusion 550 since they came out but I haven't seen one in person to date. Really looking forward to your feedback. Love the sound of my 700RBII and my 400RBIII - but the idea of the tube pre-amp is intriguing. P.S. The assigner of GK club numbers, may I have a number?

Plug the bass into a GK amp, not connected to speakers, the DI from the amp is connected to a mixer, an mp3 player, a microphone and headphoens are also connected to the mixer.

As several people have said before in this string age is not a factor and age does not define coolness. Paul McCartney is usually the coolest guy in any room he walks in and he just turned 73. as several others have said also You don't need to quit the bass - you need to find a different group...

68 Fender Jazz Bass (still use), Fender Bandmaster on top of an Ampeg B25 cab with Altec 15s This was in 71

I agree - nothing beats the look of a sunburst J with tortise shell pick guard. Of course I took the pickup cover and bridge cover off a long time ago (still have them in the case) Frank