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I'm really beginning to dislike my guitarist...

#41
mellowinman said:
You're right. I'll try to be more helpful.

Yes, the guitarist is a jerk, a diva, and a loony. I suggest hooking up with his girlfriend, denting his car, and saying bad things about him on an anonymous internet forum.

Now someone tell me how they set up that quickly, PLEASE?
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Not too hard providing you have your game together. Takes me about 5 minutes to set up my bass rig, about 20 to place the PA and plug everything in. By this time the drummer's ready to go, drums miked and plugged in, singer's close on the lights, and the guitarist is on his second beer. I run some white noise through the mains, tweak the EQ with an RTA if needed, bring up levels and run through a song. At this point there's still 15 minutes left in the hour to take care of any feedback oddities in the monitors, which don't vary all that much from room to room since monitors are designed with a narrower dispersion than mains.

Happy?
 
#42
This is simple, His complaint is you not being professional right?
Okay so be professional, You have a problem within your band, one member thinks you are the problem and you think the opposite, right?

Okay so call a band meeting where everyone is face to face that has anything to do with making decisions. Discuss it like a few professionals, come up with a resolution for future issues, IE; Having a chain of command, appoint responsibility of one person to make sure everyone knows exact times before gigs, and come up with an exact amount of time to arrive prior to gigs. If a gig is at 10 and it's normal to be there at 8 well that should be known long before that night. If he is not doing that than that is a problem.

DO NOT QUIT you will be doing a huge disservice to the next bass player, drummer, singer. This guy will never change if nobody holds him accountable for his actions.
Besides it sounds like you enjoy everything about the band except this problem.
Stick it out at least until you can see if there is some kind of way to mediate your issues.
If this can't be done like a couple of adults then and only then should you consider quiting.

If this guy is like this with the entire band I'm sure you wont be the only one looking to get to the bottom of it and together all of you may decide to just get rid of him. Or he may quit.

Good luck man, I hope it works out for you. And I'm not sure if for some reason you may be afraid of this guy. Who knows maybe he's some big gorilla SOB. If so NEVER fear anyone, it's not that expensive to replace your bass with a new one and a crack to the head from a 8-12 pound bass can solve all kinds of problems. Just make sure he comes at you first. You can't play anything from jail.

Good luck
 
#44
lowfreq33 said:
Not too hard providing you have your game together. Takes me about 5 minutes to set up my bass rig, about 20 to place the PA and plug everything in. By this time the drummer's ready to go, drums miked and plugged in, singer's close on the lights, and the guitarist is on his second beer. I run some white noise through the mains, tweak the EQ with an RTA if needed, bring up levels and run through a song. At this point there's still 15 minutes left in the hour to take care of any feedback oddities in the monitors, which don't vary all that much from room to room since monitors are designed with a narrower dispersion than mains.

Happy?
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No, because no one brought any gear in off the truck, but hey, it's your thread, and you never even stooped to calling the guy a "guitard."

:D
 
#45
Is it really that easy for a bass player to find a new band that is gigging regularly?

Some posts on this thread make it seem as though it's a simple thing to do. There just aren't that many good paying gigs these days and there are plenty of musicians to play them. There is some value in being in a band that is already getting lots of gigs. Right?
 
#46
fep said:
Is it really that easy for a bass player to find a new band that is gigging regularly?

Some posts on this thread make it seem as though it's a simple thing to do. There just aren't that many good paying gigs these days and there are plenty of musicians to play them. There is some value in being in a band that is already getting lots of gigs. Right?
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There are more than 2 options - emotional abuse or good paying gigs.

There is a middle ground, and it is better than the OP's band.
 
#47
fep said:
Is it really that easy for a bass player to find a new band that is gigging regularly?

Some posts on this thread make it seem as though it's a simple thing to do. There just aren't that many good paying gigs these days and there are plenty of musicians to play them. There is some value in being in a band that is already getting lots of gigs. Right?
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It is simple to do. As long as you are a solid bass player there are always paying gigs. I could be in 5 different bands right now if I wanted to.
 
#49
mellowinman said:
If we were playing at eleven, I would've expected you there by seven.

Ten?

Six.

And all of that would've been set in stone before the day of the show.

Dinner?

Eat dinner AFTER sound check.

How do you guys load in, set up, tweak the EQ for the mains AND the monitors, and have everything done in an hour or less?
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4 hours for setup and sound check?? that's nuts...Sorry but I'm not getting to a gig (especially in a bar) 4 hours before game time. first of all, I would sit their alone for 3 hours waiting on the rest of the band...lol...It shouldn't take that long to set up and sound check...but this isn't relevant to this discussion anyways.

Bottom line is your guitar player's ego is too large for him to take responsibility for any of his own screwups.
 
#51
mellowinman said:
If we were playing at eleven, I would've expected you there by seven.

Ten?

Six.

And all of that would've been set in stone before the day of the show.

Dinner?

Eat dinner AFTER sound check.

How do you guys load in, set up, tweak the EQ for the mains AND the monitors, and have everything done in an hour or less?
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That's nuts. It took my band less time to set up 10,000 lbs of gear - instruments, kit, mic, FOH (including flying the mains), monitors, all of it, including a sound check.
 
#52
mellowinman said:
No, because no one brought any gear in off the truck, but hey, it's your thread, and you never even stooped to calling the guy a "guitard."

:D
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#59
soulplane83 said:
He's gonna do all that and then call YOU unprofessional? That's what you call a giant red flag. My advice is get out now.
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My advice, rather than quitting, is to see if you can oust this guy first. Why should YOU quit your projects because of one guys attitude? If firing him is not a possibility, THEN leave. Or see if you can make him miserable enough to quit first.
 

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