Blasting a Wasp Nest with Dynamite?

[knight of ni]

Also living on another continent the worship band/culture is alien to me, but some aren't just playing 'simple' notes : (I'm working on this one ATM. Ouch.)

 

[two fingers]

Respectfully, be easy about it and give yourself some needed grace here - the love of gear, it's cool factor, the collect-ability factor, it's fun factor, the curiosity factor etc. have never been synonymous with it's function only. We all know how little gear it takes to be actively gigging. But having a true interest,a keen interest in bass gear or technology etc is as genuine and legit as an interest in anything. It's a familiar dilemma I observe with musicians. Justification of some sort (other than the greatest of all...passion) is required before it can be accepted. It can take a lovely joy-bringing hobby and introduce guilt or negativity of some kind. Particularly if it is measured by skill set or 'work' quantity.

As for the practice and 2 basses, besides the obvious practical reasons - Sometimes, you have one practice in a week so you take the opportunity to play 2 basses (being its going to be a band/live rig environment) to choose from if the feeling strikes. It's smart IMO. It's useful, practical and knowledge gaining to play through your basses in a live setting. Helps you refine. The whole process is cyclical refinement.

I know from experience that one can be a well paid professional musician and have the musicians gear/tools as a hobby. Not the same thing. Related? Yes - but only through association.

That may very well be one of the most coherent, well-stated, and cohesive posts I've ever read here regarding gear talk.

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

Also living on another continent the worship band/culture is alien to me, but some aren't just playing 'simple' notes : (I'm working on this one ATM. Ouch.)

You aren’t going to get away with this on s simple CCM song . Unless you want to open your eyes and find everyone in the band and congregation starting at you with mouth wide open !!
Think Back To The Future prom guitar scene.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

You aren’t going to get away with this on s simple CCM song . Unless you want to open your eyes and find everyone in the band and congregation starting at you with mouth wide open !!
Think Back To The Future prom guitar scene.

 

[OptimalOptimus]

I carried two basses to practice today. I only took one out of its bag. We went over three CCM songs that were all half and quarter note root notes in the first position. This is my only gig. What is the point in caring about gear so much if don’t actually need it for what I get paid to do? I guess some perspective does not hurt.

I never tried to cope a specific bass tone nor to have the same gear as my bass hero’s.

The only 2 things are important for me. To have the right amount of string for the cover and having a tone that I like.

My Kiesel Zeus 6 string answer both those questions. The only thing EQ and panning the pickup can’t give me is... fretless and so I’ll buy a new fretless Zeus 6 to go with it and be done.

I tried other brand of basses only to end up selling them unlike the Zeus.

Having a P, J, Stingray, Shortscale, hollow body, or whatever is meaningless to me. It doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things. It may matter for a studio player but otherwise it doesn’t matter.
What matters is play well and something that fit the music.
Never heard a band sounding the same live because they don’t have access to all the effects and mix magic when playing live so why bother on that ?

just play as well as you can everything else will take care of itself

 

[Dirk Diggler]

Here's a dramatic video that I thought before reading this post.
Drone is converted into a flying flamethrower to destroy 100 wasp nests | Daily Mail Online

Dirk

 

[Fat Freddy]

 

[mngnt]

For wasps, use brake cleaner spray and a lighter.

You may be joking, but burning brake cleaner produces Phosgene gas - best to avoid that stuff!

 

[Dr. Cheese]

Here's a dramatic video that I thought before reading this post.
Drone is converted into a flying flamethrower to destroy 100 wasp nests | Daily Mail Online

Dirk

Man, I hope that drone doesn’t start a forest fire!

 

[Dr. Cheese]

I had a good night’s sleep and I am taking two basses to church again!

 

[logdrum]

It's the underlying guilt that the collective TB unconscious mind that TB has at work, this urge for piety, simplicity and modesty to counter the propensity to own and covet things. Although we do have a lot of musicians here, this is a gear site primarily. If you do not want to drink alcohol do not go to a bar. You'll also get the financial advice, nice and well intended bur again the wrong place to get it.

So no I do not think you're stirring up a hornet's nest, not even a faint blow of breath. Don't get me wrong, this place is a good resource for many things and I am always grateful for that.

 

[Bikeguy57]

Noob buys their first bass and signs up lessons. First lesson is root notes, he practices that for a week. next lesson is fifths, practices those for a week. Doesn't show up for his third lesson. Teacher calls him, "hey, you missed your lesson. Student-"No time, too many gigs!"

 

[Spectrum]

 

[Frodolicious]

It’s not totally unsatisfying. In my old age, I am trying to be a more disciplined player, and playing this sort of music is a good challenge. My initial thought in my OP was really more aimed at bass gear overkill than dislike of the style although the thread certainly moved in that direction partially based on my statements.

Just to offer another opinion for your reading enjoyment. I am a bass player who also mainly plays in church. I volunteer because I love it, while others are hired.

I ran into the same issues with my gear. It really forced me to consider what I needed vs what was excessive for the gig. I decided a few months ago I would plug my passive jazz bass straight to the PA, no preamp, no nothing.

Guess what?? No one died, and I thought I sounded quite good! I was surprised!

We all love gear, myself included. I've been a lot happier with my life and my playing when I only keep things that bring me complete joy (the Marie Kondo method). Changed my life only keeping the things that literally makes me smile thinking about it.

If you have gear that doesn't bring you that joy, consider removing those things from your life and continue to be your best self each day

 

[brianrost]

Paid musicians are typically the last to arrive at the places I play.

Nothing wrong with that if they are still early enough.

I got tired of being asked to arrive an hour (sometimes more) before the show for soundcheck, waiting around for everybody else to set up and then skipping sound check because there was no time left. I recall one gig where the leader started counting off the first song and I leaned over to mention that the drummer was still setting up.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

Noob buys their first bass and signs up lessons. First lesson is root notes, he practices that for a week. next lesson is fifths, practices those for a week. Doesn't show up for his third lesson. Teacher calls him, "hey, you missed your lesson. Student-"No time, too many gigs!"

 

[Koshchei]

I carried two basses to practice today. I only took one out of its bag. We went over three CCM songs that were all half and quarter note root notes in the first position. This is my only gig. What is the point in caring about gear so much if don’t actually need it for what I get paid to do? I guess some perspective does not hurt.

It seems to me that people willing to put up with a lot from incompetent colleagues and directors, particularly if it's at a Church. From where I'm standing, it seems like you're being coerced into volunteering to play music you hate by a musical director wielding a theological guilt trip euphemistically called "grace".

I'd suggest reconnecting with some old friends from your Church, and putting together a band that plays sacred music that you actually like.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

It seems to me that people willing to put up with a lot from incompetent colleagues and directors, particularly if it's at a Church. From where I'm standing, it seems like you're being coerced into volunteering to play music you hate by a musical director wielding a theological guilt trip euphemistically called "grace".

I'd suggest reconnecting with some old friends from your Church, and putting together a band that plays sacred music that you actually like.

I am a paid musician, but also a member and deacon at my church.

 

[Koshchei]

I am a paid musician, but also a member and deacon at my church.

If you're being paid, then it's a different story. That being said, labour and faith are fundamentally different, though one can service the other interchangeably.

 

[MYLOWFREQ]

I've never brought a backup bass to a practice, only extra strings but there's nothing wrong with having a backup. I've brought multiple basses to rehearsals, but they were not backups (fretless, etc.)