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Fender Rumble Club

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Belated audition report from last Wednesday, original hard rock alternative (soundgarden aic ish) drop c# (standard tuning half step flat with the e dropped another step to c#: c# g# c# f#, but not cookie monster, sludge Gothic doom metal, just grungy.melodic vocals.

Used trusty 1998 USA jazz, had a pretty fresh set of 105 85 70 50 didarrio xl strings, I didn't want to restring, and I had an extra .115 DM nickelsteel courtesy of being leftover from some major band on tour, thanks Kadaver tech!, so I swapped the 105 out only. Off topic, the nickelsteel is very scooped compared to the xls, it had top end zing up to about the fifth fret, but pretty thuddy higher up, the low mids and overall meat of the tone was much more prominent in the xls. My next restring, if I get in the band, will be a whole set of nickelsteel .110-50 with the
.110/swapped for .115 courtesy of Kadaver hookup back in 2010 and my tendency to stockpile. Surely will be more balanced and I can eq to taste to make up for lost mids.

String tangent aside, rig was of course the rumble 200c and 112 "stack", making no excuses this time.

Compliments on my tone right away, it was brief, went through the 3 songs once, then 2 of them a 2nd time. They told me I was definitely in the top tier of the guys they tried, and this one part in an odd timing I nailed effortlessly, and the guitar player was eying me that he was into it I could tell. Hopefully I didn't say anything wrong before during or after, I have a knack for that, And they had a camcorder going the whole time and digitally recorded audio as well. Was pretty much spot on the first time around, but some crazy pa feedback had me slightly off when we played 2 of them for the second time, and I landed some changes on the wrong fret a few times, always with quick recovery at least.

These guys are not expecting new members to pay rent and they are going for talent over image and age. I was 10 mins early, they were loading out the previous guy when I got there, so other than having a smoke in my mouth at the time (figured I was early enough), I'm not currently a heavy smoker, anywhere from 2-4 packs a month, but I don't know where they stand, they didn't say anything.

I have a chance, but there are several applicants so I am not about to restring heavy or take a trip to storage and bust out my OLP as planned backup bass for that band (parallel Warwick stringray pickup close enough to jazz for a backup or for the more aggressive tunes). Geddy is staying tucked away safe and sound.

Rumble does the job again.
 
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Possible ncbd coming up for me, might snag an older SX p as a backup for my lone USA p (my original squier II p in pieces fretless conversion chopped and shaved asat style with not much of a headstock left, won't really fit that bill even if I ever finish it).

If it really impresses me, I might try to sell some pedals and keep my eye out for an older sx jazz, to do the same for my USA jazz, since the geddy is unofficially retired in storage for preservation, and special occasions, not as a backup coming to bar gigs. I used to just figure the p was the backup for the J, but oh the error in those ways. For now I suppose the OLP is the jazz backup, 2 coils in parallel, just closer together, and no preamp to get in the way. Ocd
 
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Linnin said:
I also think it's amusing that some players won't take a bass out to play. I take my '76 Precision out all the time. My friend Steve will take any of his very expensive pre-CBS Fenders to a gig if he's feeling it. Otherwise his various AVRI's get the call.
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I'm the same way. I didn't buy any of my basses to hang on the wall. The only recent exception was a pool party at our lead's house last Saturday. It was a jam with multiple musicians and there was a margarita machine involved. The Squier got the nod for that outing.
 
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I know what you mean.. I play these all the time!

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Linnin said:
I also think it's amusing that some players won't take a bass out to play. I take my '76 Precision out all the time. My friend Steve will take any of his very expensive pre-CBS Fenders to a gig if he's feeling it. Otherwise his various AVRI's get the call.
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