Craigs List Pickup Gig

[tedious1]

Hmmm... A brass one!

Yes, but a Contrabass tuba, Bass tuba, Tenor tuba, or my personal front runner, the Subcontrabass tuba?

I'd start a poll, but I don't think that the fact a tuba player in a brass or military band can and often is referred to as the bass player is going to be sufficient to keep the thread safe from the mods...

 

[okcrum]

I had an FB pickup gig like this where I had to find a drummer and PA. It turned out great!

 

[Big Hoss]

Sounds like an awesome fun gig. Congrats!

 

[RustyAxe]

As repulsed as I am by the thought of having to do it, I am hereby obligated to inquire:
What is the best banjo for metal?

Something like this?

 

[charlie monroe]

 

[FronTowardEnemy]

That is awesome!

 

[bassfran]

Sweet, Gravedigger Dav- definitely from the 'you never know unless you take a chance' files of CL.

Re; the band name. I used to do some neighborhood gigs (casual block parties) with an old friend that billed his band as The Remarkables.
Because he said it was remarkable that anyone would ever hire them!

 

[CGremlin]

"What is the best tuba for metal?"

Miraphone 186-4U of course, in CC or in BBb if you've got some 7-string guitars fighting you for the low end. If you're going to be setting it on fire at the end of the set, something cheap like a used Jupiter or St. Petersburg.

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

Something like this?

It needs flames or skulls or a goat head or something.

 

[rtslinger]

Like the name and glad the gig worked out for you.

 

[tedious1]

Miraphone 186-4U of course, in CC or in BBb if you've got some 7-string guitars fighting you for the low end. If you're going to be setting it on fire at the end of the set, something cheap like a used Jupiter or St. Petersburg.

LOL, maybe I was wrong, maybe I could get away with a poll question...

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

The guitar player posted the gig on Youtube. It is a private video, so a link wont work. If you want to see any of it, copy the line below (without the quotes) and paste it into your browser search.
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It is about 47 minutes long. The color is horrible and the sound is not very good either. It was a video camera at the back of the room. The music doesn't start until about 2:25.
Please be gentle. Remember, this was a pickup gig. The guitar player and I haven't played together in almost a year and we have never played with this drummer. We had 2 hours to pull it together. There are some really rough spots and some good spots. But, as you will see, the guests liked it.
Candice is the shorter woman in the blue (actually black) dress and Susan is the one in white pants and light blue (purple) top.
I'm playing my P Select straight through to my Rumble 500.
(Please don't ban me for this)

 

[Treadstone71]

I opened this thread assuming it was a horror story, but it's not, and I'm both pleasantly surprised and happy for you Dav.

 

[Zodion]

As repulsed as I am by the thought of having to do it, I am hereby obligated to inquire:
What is the best banjo for metal?

In a volbeat song Doc Holiday they have a banjo in it

 

[plankspanker13]

There's been a few CL success stories with me, as well. There was a day-before call, with no rehearsal, back in January, the week after I had my Chris Squire encounter. Granted, it was blues, but we pulled a few other rabbits out of the hat; enough to get a return engagement 3 weeks later, right on Tempe's famous Mill Avenue, no less. Alas, the video clips on FB are proving a bit difficult to embed, here.

 

[ez-rhino]

I remember seeing this ad, thought it was too good to be true. Glad it worked out for you!

 

[Gaolee]

Yes, but a Contrabass tuba, Bass tuba, Tenor tuba, or my personal front runner, the Subcontrabass tuba?

I'd start a poll, but I don't think that the fact a tuba player in a brass or military band can and often is referred to as the bass player is going to be sufficient to keep the thread safe from the mods...

Is there a drop D tuba?

 

[tedious1]

Is there a drop D tuba?

LOL Gaolee, you're asking the wrong guy... @CGremlin would be the guy to ask. But from what I remember reading (yes, even a bad joke is worth the research...) Contrabass tubas are CC (key of C) or BBB (key of Bb). I don't remember the tunings for the others.

And CGremlin, I'm not joining no damn metal band as the tuba player... If a used Jupiter is cheap...well let's just say I almost bought a used DB for me and a used Cello for the wife this weekend which together would have been cheaper than the used Jupiter, and would've burned better too!

EDIT: I guess the value of the Jupiter is that you can burn it many times...

 

[Gaolee]

Well, I already play a DB, so a tuba is next on the agenda. Someday. Walking in off the street playing a tuba would be an outstanding grand entrance for a bass player. The rest of the band? That's their problem!

 

[CGremlin]

But from what I remember reading (yes, even a bad joke is worth the research...) Contrabass tubas are CC (key of C) or BBB (key of Bb). I don't remember the tunings for the others.

Yes, contra horns are in either CC (common in American and English orchestras) or BBb (Germany, Austria, and Russia, and most bands), although there have been a few one-off horns that go lower and aren't particularly practical or playable. There are also Eb and F tubas for the higher ranges, some rarer C tubas, and the Bb euphonium is often considered part of the tuba family.

If a used Jupiter is cheap...well let's just say I almost bought a used DB for me and a used Cello for the wife this weekend which together would have been cheaper than the used Jupiter, and would've burned better too!

Yeah, tubas are kind of expensive. The Meister Gerhard Schneider in my avatar was $1200 in okay but not great condition (it's a bit road-worn ) and was about 30 years old when I bought it back in 2008. A new horn of the same model sold today (B&S 3103) is about $8,500, and it's a medium-quality horn on par with most of what Miraphone makes in both quality and price (I mentioned this in another thread, but the Miraphone 186 is roughly equivalent to the Fender Precision in the tuba world - it's a great all-purpose tuba and practically everyone has one). Truly high-end horns like Theins run around $25-45,000.