Someone will break into the van and leave another flip phone along side Mike's.
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Thunderbird Club
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Never. I'm in the set-it-and-forget-it camp. Could have to do with the type of music I play. I'm also lazy.
When I first started using a portable automated organizer it was a Palm Pilot (get your mind out of the gutter) it was actually pretty good at what it did and very intuitive to use. Then when the BlackBerry came out I upgraded to that. Horribly clunky piece of technology, not intuitive at all but relatively secure and allowed me to combine both the phone and organizer into one device. Years later I finally decided to try an iPhone. So much better on every level, super intuitive, quick easy access to every feature. Still use one to this day. I hear Android is better at some things and Apple is better at others but I still don’t see anything out there that can flat out replace my iPhone the way it replaced my blackberry or the way the blackberry replaced my palm pilot or the way that replaced my Franklin Planner.
The ones I use do swivel, but the NR is squarer at the 'bottom', so less problem.
I don’t gig anymore, but when I did I always took a backup. It was mostly just that, a back up in case something went south on the main bass, it rarely got much play time. I normally played rounds on my precision, the backup typically was a similar bass with similar strings, looking for a similar sound. It was usually tuned up, sound checked and ready to go at a moments notice in an emergency. It hung on a Hercules hanger on the side of my bass cab.
Any song to song sound changes were pretty much limited to right hand technique and onboard tone and balance controls. I’m sure having different basses for different songs would have been much more effective, but in a gig context I rarely had room for much more than my rig and me.
We have alternate setlists, one if more women show up, one if more guys/bikers, an alternate last set, and a full list of songs for requests, or heavy "friends" presence at last set.
What kind of stuff did you play?
I use a Hercules tri stand, small footprint and option for 3 basses
At home I use Hercules floor stands. The bass hangs on them by the neck, there is no cradle at the bottom so it doesn’t matter what shape the bass is. This is the floor stand I use at home…
GS414B PLUS
When gigging I used a Hercules hanger that was mounted to a plate that sat on top of my 610 cab and my SVT sat on top of that. Very sturdy, takes up hardly any floor space and no legs for band members to trip over. Just make sure your not set up such that there’s a traffic pathway on either side of your rig. This is the hanger I used on stage (two mounted on a plate, so a bass hung on the left and right sides of the rig)…
GSP39WB PLUS
It was a biker bar setting, so mostly classic rock and some blues.
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Well, I guess as we all know by know by know, the world has lost a very special musician and another icon of alternative rock.
So I recorded this song in a tribute to Taylor Hawkins and wrote some very specific lyrics
Alone in that hotel room
You were so far away from home
Away from your wife's loving arms
She couldn't follow where you roamed
A mute on that iconic laughter
It will no longer sound anymore
No longer a choice in the matter
Death was knocking on your door
Drummer for Alanis
Meeting your bro from another mom
Taking William's place behind the kit
Proving the world you were the bomb
A jagged little pill, there's nothing left to lose
Wasting light and one by one
Driving 180 on the sonic highways
Until the final Everlong
Gone too soon, we'll miss you
27 years of rock n roll gone in a flash
Gone too soon, We'll miss you
27 years of Rock N Roll gone in a flash
Gone too soon, we'll miss you
But I guess it was your time to go
Chevy Metal, the Coat tail riders
You played so many stage
All that drumming kept you young
You never looked your age
All those festivals
Meeting your heroes along the way
Singing Freddie's songs with Queen
That was such a memorable day
Gone too soon, we'll miss you
27 years of rock n roll gone in a flash
Gone too soon, We'll miss you
27 years of Rock N Roll gone in a flash
Gone too soon, we'll miss you
But I guess it was your time to go
Say hello to heaven
So I recorded this song in a tribute to Taylor Hawkins and wrote some very specific lyrics
Alone in that hotel room
You were so far away from home
Away from your wife's loving arms
She couldn't follow where you roamed
A mute on that iconic laughter
It will no longer sound anymore
No longer a choice in the matter
Death was knocking on your door
Drummer for Alanis
Meeting your bro from another mom
Taking William's place behind the kit
Proving the world you were the bomb
A jagged little pill, there's nothing left to lose
Wasting light and one by one
Driving 180 on the sonic highways
Until the final Everlong
Gone too soon, we'll miss you
27 years of rock n roll gone in a flash
Gone too soon, We'll miss you
27 years of Rock N Roll gone in a flash
Gone too soon, we'll miss you
But I guess it was your time to go
Chevy Metal, the Coat tail riders
You played so many stage
All that drumming kept you young
You never looked your age
All those festivals
Meeting your heroes along the way
Singing Freddie's songs with Queen
That was such a memorable day
Gone too soon, we'll miss you
27 years of rock n roll gone in a flash
Gone too soon, We'll miss you
27 years of Rock N Roll gone in a flash
Gone too soon, we'll miss you
But I guess it was your time to go
Say hello to heaven
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You denying yourself the opportunity to acquire more stuff? That is... unusual for this crowd.
For me:
Yeah, lazy is way up on the list. And being a talentless hack, no one is going to notice a difference anyway.
That's only Step 1. Give it time.
Agree, the palm was awesome. Sync at home and work and it just worked.
I hung on to that for a long time. Work forced a blackberry upon me. It was clunky, and I hated having a phone number owned by the company, I kept a cell also so I had my number. Only the boss and the trading desk called me on the blueberry.
From there I got a windows phone and it was the best user experience I have had. Being a windows user, it all just seemlessly worked together without having to do anything special or downloading extra software.
When windows phone ended I moved to android and it just isn't as good. Always a hack to make thing work the way I am used to doing.
I won't do Mac and iphone as I refuse to pay the apple tax.
Yep. Even in a church setting a rarely don't change PU balance or at least use a pick or not to change things up a bit. With G&Ls the options are many.
Ultimate Support GS-100+ Guitar Stand with Locking Legs
There is another that's almost the exact same stand. Make sure it will work for bass.
The "muddy" thing was a joke of course (as is the neckdive, snapping headstocks etc.).
