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| From | Stewart Mason <flamingo@theworld.com> |
| Subject | Re: not arrogance |
| Date | Fri, 25 Jul 2003 13:59:39 -0400 |
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At 05:51 PM 7/25/2003 +0000, Adam McIntyre wrote:
>Man, there's a local band whose bass player just got a Rickenbacker and he
>consistently has problems with getting a good sound out of it. Which is
>CRAZY 'cause those things can sound damn good. Apparently though they tend
>to either disappear or really stand out in a mix depending on how familiar
>you are with using one. That's before it even goes through a PA. Apparently
>you have to know your Ric before taking the stage with it. They're
>hardheaded aminals that will work well once you've mastered them.
Could well be the sound guy's fault, though (especially at the Paradise,
which occasionally has simply appalling sound) -- I saw Richard Thompson on
Tuesday, and his bass player sounded fine on either stand-up acoustic or
fretless electric, both of which were perfectly balanced in the sound mix.
The second he picked up the Fender bass, though, he was suddenly inaudible.
S
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