Your Rig's Too Big!

[guy n. cognito]

Ox's signature is also telling....for those on mobile that can't see it.

 

[Jeff Bonny]

You are wrong. Twice.
1. The comment you quote is part of conversation which started when I was asked, "Are you looking for feedback, or agreement?"
2. Nothing has been suggested so far that I have not already discussed with the chap in question and found to be not a factor. When people have made these suggestions, I have told them why it is not a factor. Some people are finding it hard to cope with having a valid point that is also wrong (for this situation).

The one answer that I hadn't thought of, or discussed, I pointed out:

What ever you say Amateur Hour. If you ever get to the point where pros are calling you for gigs you'll get it....or not.

 

[mcnach]

lol. I'm even more charming in person boyo.


No, not sanctimony merely honest replies to the latest in a long line of "If you didn't want to know why the **** did you ask?" threads going back to the dawn of TB.

I know I'm not the only one here who's been playing a long time and has lost a gig because he didn't have the right kind of bass....or hair.......or boots. Hell, I was passed over once for a bass player who couldn't count to 4 because I rode the wrong brand of motorcycle.

@4Mal was bang on saying light travels faster than sound. You don't have to give on everything nor should you (damned if I was gonna sell my old R60 'cause some v-twintard with a few pub gigs didn't approve.) But showing up on time dressed appropriately knowing the music with gear that looks and sound the part is just pro forma on any paying gig. Anything less is amateur hour.



No, that came after you didn't get the answers you were looking for. What you actually asked in your first post was, "If you, too, are deeply disturbed by what I'll freely agree is overkill, explain it to me" I doubt anyone gives enough of a **** what you do to be "deeply disturbed" but you did get honest answers to the question.

Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of good points being made here. But the way they're made by some comes across as a little too "what I do and what I like is the oooooonly true path" (imagine Samuel L. Jackson's voice in his monologue about the righteous in Pulp Fiction, for effect ) and it grates. I think people can disagree with the OP without that attitude...

 

[mcnach]

What ever you say Amateur Hour. If you ever get to the point where pros are calling you for gigs you'll get it....or not.

like that... that's unnecessary, in my opinion. But hey...

 

[the yeti]

On Bass, about 20. Singing, about a thousand. Why do you want to know?

Just curious. So you were a lead singer? I understand your position a lot better now.

 

[eKay]

In my experience a guitar player who brings a full stack is 100 times more likely to be too loud than a bass player who brings a full stack.

I also think getting a good tone from a bass rig has more to do with the quality, construction, configuration, and yes even quantity of speakers, and a guitar rig tends to require driving the amp and speakers closer to their limits. Not always, just tends to be.

I can't explain why but I've followed this entire thread. To the OP, did you get this much argument from your band members??

 

[the yeti]

I'm having Bluewine flashbacks...

i knew something was nagging me. thanks for pin pointing it!

 

[guy n. cognito]

i knew something was nagging me. thanks for pin pointing it!

What funny about Blue (aka Darryl "Russ" Wheeler) is that after he was banned from here, he went to BPU on FB and started the same stuff there....

 

[Jeff Bonny]

like that... that's unnecessary, in my opinion. But hey...

You mean unnecessary like this?:

explain it to me so that I may soothe the old git before he has a heart attack.

But hey...

 

[Jeff Bonny]

So, to summarize:

• You know the rig is too big.
• You understand why some might object
• You have no desire to explain it to the complaining bandmate.
• You're going to keep using it despite the fact that it's oversized for the venues you play.

What was the point of this thread again??

To make me like you more than I ever had in the past? Damn dude I never thought I'd be offering to buy you a beer but here it is: If you're ever in Vancouver 1st round's on me.

 

[Ox Boris]

To the OP, did you get this much argument from your band members??

Haha! No. Funnily enough, they were able to grasp when certain points were irrelevant and so dropped them.

TBW: You'll be way too loud, you're a wanker!
OB: Nobody says I'm too loud.
TBW: But if you were <passes moral judgement>
OB: Well, I'm not, so you can stop talking about it.
TBW: My feelings are hurt, I shall now snipe from the sideline...

 

[Ox Boris]

You mean unnecessary like this?:

I'm not surprised that you can't discern the difference.

 

[Downunderwonder]

If you won't acknowledge there is a visual aspect to the stage presence of the rig there is nothing else to say.

 

[Downunderwonder]

It's too big.

 

[Ox Boris]

If you won't acknowledge there is a visual aspect to the stage presence of the rig there is nothing else to say.

And if my auntie had balls, she'd be my uncle:

I like the way it looks

 

[RustyAxe]

For the first time since I joined ... a just did a "pre-emptive ignore" ...

 

[Jeff Bonny]

It's too big.

Ew, get it away from me!

 

[the yeti]

For the first time since I joined ... a just did a "pre-emptive ignore" ...

smart move.

 

[Jeff Bonny]

I'm not surprised that you can't discern the difference.

If this is how you behave in real life you must be one helluva pug.

/unsub'd

 

[guy n. cognito]

And if my auntie had balls, she'd be my uncle:

Every guy that uses an oversized rig likes the way it looks.