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It’s gettin’ kinda heavyI’VE GOT THE POWER!
OK, I’ve snapped out of it. This question can be answered. Look to the charmingly titled “This board sucks” thread for a re-direct, or ask here. I have my own ops (EL34 usually better, 6550 may suit particular tastes, doesn’t alter value and is reversible). Try some Coolio, though.
If I can chip in…
London Boy, there are as many (if not more) variations on “bass” as there are guitar. Can you be little more specific about what you want to do, or what you’ve been asked to do?
I’d be happy to reply, but I don’t want to fill bandwidth unless I have a rough idea of what you’re thinking of playing. Welcome to bass, though 🙂
Another good shot is the Plexi Palace Bulletin Board (enough there for a search engine to find the URL). Post your descn in the “misc American amps” category and you’ll get the info you need.
Well, I don’t want to be a bore, but one last opinion on the subject. Alsorts of people want to perform on stage, and some people (not saying this is Mrs F) would rather they didn’t because it makes them feel uncomfortable.
Whenever an actor with some disability got an award (eg Christopher Reeve), this British TV presenter always squirmed about how he “didn’t like that sort of thing.” This told me more about the presenter than the actor or indeed the people who decided to give the award. On another note, there are a pair of conjoined twins in the US (can’t remember their names) and one likes to be a country singer. In all honesty, I don’t think she’s any good and maybe some people only go to gawp. I bet any money, though, that the singer doesn’t give perphooey about my opinion and has her own way of dealing with the gawpers. What she would dislike most (IMHO) is the suggestion that she should stay at home and not subject herself to exploitation.
My own disability is not-very-good-bass-playing but I still get out there for fun (and maybe joke about myself with the audience before someone in there beats me to it). Same opportunities for others, I’d suggest.
Farino, no special expertise here, just a married bloke in a band. Here’s a great way to solve the exploitation non-issue and really lose your Mrs.
Tell her to stop giving you earache. Instead, she should sit down with your bandmates and explain her concerns that Joe Public must be patronizing them. etc, etc, I wiped the rest of it because I don’t want to put words in the mouth of well-meaning Mrs Farino.
If you’re cool, then you aren’t being a jerk, full stop. If the audience is crass, maybe your bandmates will spot it before you do. Again, not meaning to be funny with Mrs F, but maybe she’s assuming the worst and considers it ‘her duty’ to put a stop to it. It isn’t. If the band’s happy, then that’s it. When/if they’re not, then that’s it too. After a while, Mrs F will settle into normal “married to a player” mode and just be P.O’d that you go missing on Tuesday nights – irrespective of the height of the other guys.
Speaking as a Limey bass player with a regular dental hygiene routine; I’d still knock some of the punctuation on electricimage’s last post.
HST, if he’s still around, I’d happily discuss tube-swapping with JCMs. Alt, join up to the PlexiPalace BB and go to the “Marshall” or “Tubes, Transformers and Components” categories.
Just my tuppence.
Oz
