• TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
    Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
    Join freeLog in
    Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.

Live Tweaking Of Pedals...

raise your bass. lol. Practicality over aesthetics, it's what separates us from the other gender.
It's not impractical unless I'm bending down to adjust pedals, which I'd never really considered doing until being reminded of the possibility by BigO in another thread.

That and my guitarist looks like an absolute tool with his instrument gracing his equally tall 6'4 frame at nipple height.
 
Rockstars have stalkers too. Get used to it. :p
I'd be cool with it except she keeps asking us to talk in "New Zealand" accents.:hmm:

Okay, I just looked up a relative instrument height shot of the band. I'm the one with three strings in the below shot from last year at the Knitting Factory.

Breakhouse621089.jpg
 
I think some of the burden may lie in the fact that my bass hangs mid-sack in height, thus creating an excess of strap length when my frame is bent in two.:hmm:

This one chick named Mel seems to be really into our stuff.:hmm:

2008681245.jpg

All the hotties at the party feeling naughty shake your boobies, yeah
Who likes to rock the party?
All the ladies with their babies make their babies shake their booties, yeah
Who likes to rock the party?
 
I can't help but fiddle with pedals. If something doesn't sound right in the mix I'll adjust it on the fly, often using my foot to turn the knob.

And I adjust from song to song. And certain pedals have to be tap tempo for me so I can adjust them on the fly - delay and tremolo being two. As much as I dig the EBS TremoLo, I'm kicking it aside for a new tap tempo trem because it drives me nuts to not have it be tap tempo after having a trem for so long that was. About the only pedal on my board that I don't tweak (well, except for my Pitchblack) is the Moog LPF - unless using an expression pedal counts as tweaking. All the knobs on it stay in the same place.

Even my blender gets adjusted during gigs. As I said in the Post Your Pedalboard thread, one problem for me and the Chunk OS is that I'm such a natureal knob twiddler that it frustrates me to not be able to change things easily on the fly.
 
I twiddle knobs, a lot. On the bass, pickups volumes and EQ change a lot. On the pedals, I mess around with most of them, especially the VT Bass. Recently got an LS-2 to use as a blender/safety measure, and I can envision fiddling around with that (the blend) quite a bit, too.
 
Here's a better shot of her face:

Invalid Link Removed

She's a little clingy but really into the band. We keep running into her around town. In fact, really frequently come to think of it.:hmm:

That chcik mel is apparently a very famous comedian now....

Notice who the flight attendant is in this video for the new movie "THE GOODS: Live fast sell hard"

and i saw a comedy special of hers on comedy central. shes so annoying its great!

Her real name is Kristen Schaal

Love flight of the conchords haha.

Anyhow sometimes i like to get on the floor with my bass muff and do minor tweaks