Broke a string

We were playing for 30 people. Just at the end of the first set, we
played Lady Marmalade. I have a kind of solo (enhaced groove) in the
middle of the song. I broke the G string. First time for me. I mean,
it's Murphy's law again. First time I don't bring a backup bass. I
never carry spare strings, because I always bring a backup bass...
Short story: it's very challenging to play without that string. Noone
noticed it except the guitarist, who asked if I'd be able to play
without that string. I replied that as long as there are 2 strings
left, I should be able to play...

--
Frederic Gelinas

On May 11, 7:46 pm, "Frederic Gelinas" <frederic_geli...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> We were playing for 30 people. Just at the end of the first set, we
> played Lady Marmalade. I have a kind of solo (enhaced groove) in the
> middle of the song. I broke the G string. First time for me. I mean,
> it's Murphy's law again. First time I don't bring a backup bass. I
> never carry spare strings, because I always bring a backup bass...
> Short story: it's very challenging to play without that string. Noone
> noticed it except the guitarist, who asked if I'd be able to play
> without that string. I replied that as long as there are 2 strings
> left, I should be able to play...
>
> --
> Frederic Gelinas


Bet you could do it with one. Hope you never have to try...

BW

Frederic Gelinas wrote:
> We were playing for 30 people. Just at the end of the first set, we
> played Lady Marmalade. I have a kind of solo (enhaced groove) in the
> middle of the song. I broke the G string. First time for me. I mean,
> it's Murphy's law again. First time I don't bring a backup bass. I
> never carry spare strings, because I always bring a backup bass...
> Short story: it's very challenging to play without that string. Noone
> noticed it except the guitarist, who asked if I'd be able to play
> without that string. I replied that as long as there are 2 strings
> left, I should be able to play...
>

No fun! That's why I carry strings.
Try losing an E on "Oh Well". :-)

Mark Marsh wrote:
> Frederic Gelinas wrote:
>> We were playing for 30 people. Just at the end of the first set, we
>> played Lady Marmalade. I have a kind of solo (enhaced groove) in the
>> middle of the song. I broke the G string. First time for me. I mean,
>> it's Murphy's law again. First time I don't bring a backup bass. I
>> never carry spare strings, because I always bring a backup bass...
>> Short story: it's very challenging to play without that string. Noone
>> noticed it except the guitarist, who asked if I'd be able to play
>> without that string. I replied that as long as there are 2 strings
>> left, I should be able to play...
>>
>
> No fun! That's why I carry strings.
> Try losing an E on "Oh Well". :-)

---The "A" string's worse...trust me....

"Frederic Gelinas" <frederic_gelinas@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:dzLVj.78213$dA2.4802@read2.cgocable.net...
> We were playing for 30 people. Just at the end of the first set, we
> played Lady Marmalade. I have a kind of solo (enhaced groove) in the
> middle of the song. I broke the G string. First time for me. I mean,
> it's Murphy's law again. First time I don't bring a backup bass. I
> never carry spare strings, because I always bring a backup bass...
> Short story: it's very challenging to play without that string. Noone
> noticed it except the guitarist, who asked if I'd be able to play
> without that string. I replied that as long as there are 2 strings
> left, I should be able to play...
>

First time in fifteen years... I broke a string Friday night. Was playing
for our extended family... call it a memorial performance, after laying
Grandma to rest. On the next to last song, I broke my C string. Instead of
swapping basses, I played the last song on a "5" string. Had time to switch
to backup bass for encores, however.

Should probably note that the string in question had been on the bass for
almost a year (Black Beauties, from DR), and still sounded great! I just
yanked it too hard on the last chord of the song.
--
Keep Thumpin', Lane...

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On 12 May, 07:22, "Lane Baldwin" <l...@laneonbass.SPAM.com> wrote:

> First time in fifteen years... I broke a string Friday night. Was playing
> for our extended family... call it a memorial performance, after laying
> Grandma to rest. On the next to last song, I broke my C string. Instead of
> swapping basses, I played the last song on a "5" string. Had time to switch
> to backup bass for encores, however.

The idea that you could break a string and still have five to play on
kinda blows my mind.

-jb

"John Bigboote" <Bigboote.YPS@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On 12 May, 07:22, "Lane Baldwin" <l...@laneonbass.SPAM.com> wrote:
>
>> First time in fifteen years... I broke a string Friday night.
<snip>
> The idea that you could break a string and still have five to play on
> kinda blows my mind.
>

For more than a decade, my main bass has been The Voice -- a Spector NS-6P
Custom. My use of this bass proves at least one of the following:

You CAN use an extended range bass in Blues, if you don't overuse the extra
strings.

and/or

I'm as crazy as a loon...
--
Keep Thumpin', Lane...

Ask not what bass can do for you...Ask what YOU can do for bass.
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John Bigboote <Bigboote.YPS@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 12 May, 07:22, "Lane Baldwin" <l...@laneonbass.SPAM.com> wrote:
>
> > First time in fifteen years... I broke a string Friday night. Was playing
> > for our extended family... call it a memorial performance, after laying
> > Grandma to rest. On the next to last song, I broke my C string. Instead of
> > swapping basses, I played the last song on a "5" string. Had time to switch
> > to backup bass for encores, however.
>
> The idea that you could break a string and still have five to play on
> kinda blows my mind.

Yabbut, those 'C' strings are kind of skinny and guitar like. Not real
strings at all.

--- Derek


--
Derek Tearne - derek@url.co.nz
Many Hands - Trans Cultural Music from Aotearoa/New Zealand
http://www.manyhands.co.nz/

"Derek Tearne" <derek@url.co.nz> wrote in message
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> John Bigboote <Bigboote.YPS@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 12 May, 07:22, "Lane Baldwin" <l...@laneonbass.SPAM.com> wrote:
>>
>> > First time in fifteen years... I broke a string Friday night. Was
>> > playing
>> > for our extended family... call it a memorial performance, after laying
>> > Grandma to rest. On the next to last song, I broke my C string. Instead
>> > of
>> > swapping basses, I played the last song on a "5" string. Had time to
>> > switch
>> > to backup bass for encores, however.
>>
>> The idea that you could break a string and still have five to play on
>> kinda blows my mind.
>
> Yabbut, those 'C' strings are kind of skinny and guitar like. Not real
> strings at all.
>

LOL... yeah, they are a bit skinny. And, yeah, 99.9% of everything I do with
that particular string is guitar-like... chords, solos... that kind of
thing. In fact, the song I played sans C string called for some chord
comping above a straight-8th-note bass line. So we missed out on that.
Thankfully, however, I don't work with others who fall apart if the song
isn't exactly the same as the last million times we've played it.
--
Keep Thumpin', Lane...

Ask not what bass can do for you...Ask what YOU can do for bass.
www.laneonbass.com | www.myspace.com/lanebaldwin
www.deeperblues.com | www.myspace.com/deeperblues
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Derek Tearne wrote:
> John Bigboote <Bigboote.YPS@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 12 May, 07:22, "Lane Baldwin" <l...@laneonbass.SPAM.com> wrote:
>>
>>> First time in fifteen years... I broke a string Friday night. Was playing
>>> for our extended family... call it a memorial performance, after laying
>>> Grandma to rest. On the next to last song, I broke my C string. Instead of
>>> swapping basses, I played the last song on a "5" string. Had time to switch
>>> to backup bass for encores, however.
>> The idea that you could break a string and still have five to play on
>> kinda blows my mind.
>
> Yabbut, those 'C' strings are kind of skinny and guitar like. Not real
> strings at all.
>
> --- Derek
>
>


Ya want skinny? Conklin GT-7.