JUST BRING ANOTHER GUITAR

[JiveTurkey]

Seriously. One of my BIGGEST pet peeves ever. Brings $5900 worth of gear to a gig but can't bring a second guitar in a different tuning or "DINGDINGDINGDINGDING!" transpose the song up a half step to 440 OR "DINGDINGDINGDINGDING! 2: PICK A DIFFERENT SONG OUT OF THE BAZILLION SONGS IN THE KNOWN UNIVERSE BOOGLAOO"

 

[fretworn]

Seriously… If you’re gonna play funky tunings, be prepared.

I use the VC a lot and it has its pluses and minuses. I play easily 5 diff tunings on 2 guitars.

~ Former scout

 

[JiveTurkey]

I use the GK stuff if I am going low. In a mix (usual disclaimer lololol); it's fine down to Drop A. It has it's artifacts but I know that going in.

 

[fretworn]

Yup … evil latency and warble on the AxeFX, but I adapt and play ahead a little. It’s fine

 

[Whizzinby]

Seriously. One of my BIGGEST pet peeves ever. Brings $5900 worth of gear to a gig but can't bring a second guitar in a different tuning or "DINGDINGDINGDINGDING!" transpose the song up a half step to 440 OR "DINGDINGDINGDINGDING! 2: PICK A DIFFERENT SONG OUT OF THE BAZILLION SONGS IN THE KNOWN UNIVERSE BOOGLAOO"

I got asked to fill in on bass for a local cover band about 10 years ago for a couple months, while the band found another permanent member. I agreed begrudgingly (Bass? Yuck) only because I was sniffing around with the lead singers chick, who was my coworker. (Another story) These dudes insisted that they play every song in the original key. I kid you not, we changed tunings 15+ times a night. I told them we should just tune to Eb (and go to dropped C# from there for dropped D songs) or conservatively (drumroll) group the songs in the set to the same tuning, because the drunk chicks on the dance floor or the dudes following them around trying to get laid, did not care if the song was a half step down. lol That went entirely over their heads, and away we went playing the tuner pedal for 20 minutes a night. Good times.

 

[fretworn]

Was she worth it?

 

[Whizzinby]

Was she worth it?

5 star.

 

[JiveTurkey]

I got asked to fill in on bass for a local cover band about 10 years ago for a couple months, while the band found another permanent member. I agreed begrudgingly (Bass? Yuck) only because I was sniffing around with the lead singers chick, who was my coworker. (Another story) These dudes insisted that they play every song in the original key. I kid you not, we changed tunings 15+ times a night. I told them we should just tune to Eb (and go to dropped C# from there for dropped D songs) or conservatively (drumroll) group the songs in the set to the same tuning, because the drunk chicks on the dance floor or the dudes following them around trying to get laid, did not care if the song was a half step down. lol That went entirely over their heads, and away we went playing the tuner pedal for 20 minutes a night. Good times.

This is the dumbest thing I have ever seen

 

[Whizzinby]

This is the dumbest thing I have ever seen

Funny in retrospect, but absolutely ridiculous at the time. Heaven forbid we don’t play Chevelle in the original key.

SEND DA PAIN BE-LOW-AH-OH

 

[JiveTurkey]

Funny in retrospect, but absolutely ridiculous at the time. Heaven forbid we don’t play Chevelle in the original key.

SEND DA PAIN BE-LOW-AH-OH

Must have been noob-night at the cover band farm :

 

[DrewJD82]

Funny in retrospect, but absolutely ridiculous at the time. Heaven forbid we don’t play Chevelle in the original key.

SEND DA PAIN BE-LOW-AH-OH

Like being connnnstipaaated

 

[DrewJD82]

I use the VC a bunch in the III and a bunch when recording bass. I spent a year sorting out bass tunings/string gauges between 3 basses just for Cliff to update the III’s VC and make each bass pretty much redundant. Bastard.

 

[la szum]

Laziness? Or addicts to convenience? Combo of both??

It's one of my biggest beefs with "musicians" these days. Everyone wants the one trip load in and load out. WTF??!!

I guess we are not willing to suffer for our art. As if that will somehow make our performances better. Not! :)

 

[JiveTurkey]

Laziness? Or addicts to convenience? Combo of both??

It's one of my biggest beefs with "musicians" these days. Everyone wants the one trip load in and load out. WTF??!!

I guess we are not willing to suffer for our art. As if that will somehow make our performances better. Not! :)

 

[la szum]

How many times does someone on a forum say, "I can carry my entire rig in one trip," as if they have
cured cancer and want a medal or something.

Bravo sir! You explained to me why you have also not learned a new song in 10 years. :)

 

[JiveTurkey]

I looked around the other night at my jam room floor and the lack of portability was astounding

 

[Whizzinby]

 

[DrewJD82]

I looked around the other night at my jam room floor and the lack of portability was astounding

I just saw you write about having a pedalboard mounted toaster oven the other day, I am very not surprised!!!

 

[JiveTurkey]

I just saw you write about having a pedalboard mounted toaster oven the other day, I am very not surprised!!!

 

[DrewJD82]

It’s strapped in, I figure if you can carry anything like a bowling ball, it’s portable. It works!!