Soundcheck

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alexander

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I would like to know what suff you play when it comes to a live soundcheck. Something difficult? Some very easy? Popular cover versions or something of you own music? With which kind of playing does a bass player help the sound engineer to get a great bass sound?
 
i usually play a favourite riff from the set.

you see all these players that try and show off their chops with crazy licks that they wont be playing at all in the show. this is stupid because the sound guy will mix your bass wrong because all he has to work with is your crazy bass solo.
 
But then ya wouldnt look so cool & get the hottest chick in the room. :roll:
 
I play some repetitive stuff, eights, to hear the sound well.
 
Greg said:
But then ya wouldnt look so cool & get the hottest chick in the room. :roll:
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but you would get her if you are not able to play the solo which you intend to play :lol:
 
Greg said:
But then ya wouldnt look so cool & get the hottest chick in the room. :roll:
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were bass players anyway, the lead singer or guitarist will prob get the girl
 
well, I play some scales over all the strings, move the right hand all the way from the bridge to the neck, fiddle with the EQ (just the settings I change during the gig), do a bit of slapping, and in the end play a complicated solo thingie.. it gives the soundman all I will use during a gig. as a band, we play one soft song, one hard song and one latino/spicy song to test out all we will need.
 
Open strings- bar of e, bar on the a etc, for the the sound guys to get the sound of my bass. Just play that until they are happy then i play some riffs from set songs. every band i've been in i've them to do the same (chords for guitar) then we play verse and chorus of 2 songs and maybe a solo section and were done. Normally we have the quickest sound check of the night.
 
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I'm totally with Florin on this one....tend to play 8's using 2 or 3 notes using the E A and D strings so the soundguy has a chance to hear the effect of any changes he makes.

There's nothing more annoying for a sound guy if you're constantly changing what you're playing.

Once the individual members of the band have been intially sorted, it's time for a song and we pick one that has everybody playing and singing. We'll go through this a couple of times ensuring that everyone onstage is happy with monitoring too.

As a rule I'd say play the sort of thing that you play in your set...if you don't play it in your set, don't play it in your soundcheck. Remember - soundchecks are for checking the bands sound prior to playing the gig...they are not a chops display opportunity!!

G

BTW - I'm more than good looking enough to attract the hot chicks without having to demonstrate my crap arsed chops! ;)
 
The room is empty during soundcheck, no girls. It's what happens during the show that matters. It's the bass that makes them (girls) a$$es shake so you 'd better focus on getting a nice sound during soundcheck and skip the fancy stuff. :)
 
I play something that uses all the strings, then as a band we tend to play whatever song we think is most likely to go wrong during the set. It's not just a sound check, its a last minute practice!
 
not just a sound check, its a last minute practice!
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Tut tut tut...you'd never catch us using a soundcheck as a last minute practice...*ahem* ;)
 
I know we're talking sound check for bass, but when it comes to vocals I always sing/chant this instead of "check, 1, 2, check...":

The clouds are really cheap
The way I seen 'em thru the ports
Of which there is a half-a-dozen
On the base of my resorz
You wouldn't think I'd have too many
Since I never cared for sports
But I'm never really lonely
In my Excentrifugal Forz

Usually gets a good chuckle from the sound guy,
unless he's one of these young blokes...LOL!;)
 
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