Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[beans-on-toast]

LOL. I think you are correct!

I just had an "ah-ha" moment. I was running speaker wires, FM antenna cable, and stuff the other year and remembered a junction box close to where I ran the wires into the wall header. The outlets on that wall are on the same circuit as the bad outlet. The problem might be there. I'll give it a go tomorrow.

If you have a portable AM radio, tune it between stations and hold it close to panels, junction boxes, outlets, lamp fixtures, even wire runs behind the wall. The radio will act as an EMI noise detector and make more static when there’s a problem spot. It will help narrow down problem spots.

Another concern is if they installed both copper and aluminum wire. There are special measures required for joining them.

 

[beans-on-toast]

 

[GonePlaid]

How many of those “big rigs” would one need to haul a suitable power station?

Just one:

 

[Winslow]

Stolen from the funny pics thread for @Morrighan:

 

[notJaco]

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It also turned the guitar from lefty to righty.

 

[GwenOnBass]

Stolen from the funny pics thread for @Morrighan:
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Well, yeah
... my best estimate, — possibly the total may be a touch high owing to a savage journey to the heart of the wall of sound — is 98 Grateful Dead shows not counting Bobby show and Jerry shows and all assorted attractions ....

Dead music is astonishingly complex, odd time signatures, the lot .... play the changes no matter how weird But playing melodic bass as does Phil is way beyond my capacity today

Doesn't mean I can't go there and listen

 

[beans-on-toast]

It also turned the guitar from lefty to righty.

Maybe they mounted the xray backwards. I’m left handed and play right hand. I always get left and right mixed up.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Stolen from the funny pics thread for @Morrighan:
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Jams are better than a bass or drum solo.

 

[gtmalone]

Jams are better than a bass or drum solo.

Hey! Nothing wrong with a bass solo now and then if there is something that resembles a melody and not just a showcase for how many notes you can play.

 

[GonePlaid]

Hey! Nothing wrong with a bass solo now and then if there is something that resembles a melody and not just a showcase for how many notes you can play.

[Condensed version] A couple goes to a marriage counselor. He asks "What seems to be the problem?" They don't answer, just look at the walls. He says "OK, I can fix this" and puts on a CD. After a coupla minutes they start talking. HE: "I thought you wanted this". SHE: "Well, I thought you wanted that". They turn to the counselor and tell him "We haven't talked like this in years. How'd you do it?"
"Oh, everyone talks during a bass solo."

 

[beans-on-toast]

Hey! Nothing wrong with a bass solo now and then if there is something that resembles a melody and not just a showcase for how many notes you can play.

I believe that the musician should serve the song, the song shouldn’t serve the musician.

Having said that, some forms of jazz have a tradition of indulging musicians with solos. If that’s what the audience expects and enjoys, great.

 

[GonePlaid]

I believe that the musician should serve the song, the song shouldn’t serve the musician.

Having said that, some forms of jazz have a tradition of indulging musicians with solos. If that’s what the audience expects and enjoys, great.

I play occasionally with a jazz group. There are almost no vocals so there are solos for each of us(guitar, trumpet, sometimes a sax, drums, and me)on most tunes. I'm not a soloist. In fact I more/less play the bass pattern up an octave as a solo. In the word of Joanne Worley: Boring.

 

[GonePlaid]

I play occasionally with a jazz group. There are almost no vocals so there are solos for each of us(guitar, trumpet, sometimes a sax, drums, and me)on most tunes. I'm not a soloist. In fact I more/less play the bass pattern up an octave as a solo. In the word of Joanne Worley: Boring.

Oh, yeah, sometimes I 'kick in' the phaser-if I set it up-for a little "variety".
Still boring.

 

[gtmalone]

[Condensed version] A couple goes to a marriage counselor. He asks "What seems to be the problem?" They don't answer, just look at the walls. He says "OK, I can fix this" and puts on a CD. After a coupla minutes they start talking. HE: "I thought you wanted this". SHE: "Well, I thought you wanted that". They turn to the counselor and tell him "We haven't talked like this in years. How'd you do it?"
"Oh, everyone talks during a bass solo."

lol. I've heard that a few times! If I say I'm taking a solo on a tune, I give them a topic to discuss.

 

[gtmalone]

I believe that the musician should serve the song, the song shouldn’t serve the musician.

Having said that, some forms of jazz have a tradition of indulging musicians with solos. If that’s what the audience expects and enjoys, great.

I agree. There have been times I was thinking hey, buddy, about time to wrap this up and finish the song. Then there are the few exceptional players that could keep going longer.

We had a piano player the other year who was a novice to jazz but very good at classical and could read about anything you put in front of him. He transcribed Horace Silver's piano solo on "Senor Blues" then played it with no variations. Kudos on the transcription but the solo was over 3 mins and that's a long time to play a blues progression. The entire tune came out at about 8 mins.

 

[GwenOnBass]

@Winslow

 

[GwenOnBass]

I play occasionally with a jazz group. There are almost no vocals so there are solos for each of us(guitar, trumpet, sometimes a sax, drums, and me)on most tunes. I'm not a soloist. In fact I more/less play the bass pattern up an octave as a solo. In the word of Joanne Worley: Boring.

Everyone solos the head once is the rule of thumb I know. And I thought this was interesting in that regard

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as the guest tuba player ignores the rest of the band and blows on through.

 

[Winslow]

@Winslow
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It seems I am responsible for more than one gift that keeps on giving.

 

[gtmalone]

I play occasionally with a jazz group. There are almost no vocals so there are solos for each of us(guitar, trumpet, sometimes a sax, drums, and me)on most tunes. I'm not a soloist. In fact I more/less play the bass pattern up an octave as a solo. In the word of Joanne Worley: Boring.

I played a solo as an intro and outro to my arrangement of "Maiden Voyage" which we did as a vocal tune. The intro/outro is an interpretation of the melody. I played the line and transcribed it as I played. It varies a little each time I play it.

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Playback from Finale (MP3). There is silence from 3:27 to 5:13. That's the solo section and I didn't write horn backgrounds for this tune or write out/copy the rhythm section parts. The vocal part is the choir "ohs" (gotta love it!). The horn parts are vibes since the horns sounds are a little cheesy.
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[gtmalone]

Everyone solos the head once is the rule of thumb I know. And I thought this was interesting in that regard

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as the guest tuba player ignores the rest of the band and blows on through.

Many years ago at one of the school concerts, a bass player (not me!) was soloing on a blues form. He got lost in the form and played about 12 choruses. The director and the band started applauding then he wrapped it up. Lesson: If people applaud during your solo (especially your bandmates), it's time to stop.