Stagecraft 101

[Dew Knot Hump]

Want!

Go nuts!

http://www.piratemerch.com/pirate-clothing-c-56.html

 

[baimun]

Arrrr.... blow me down m'lady.... I'll shiver yer timbers and pillage yer booty!!!

 

[Gary Blanchard]

Go nuts!

I did that years ago.

This would be perfect

 

[baimun]

Okay... now THIS one is kind of cool.

 

[Mark Wein]

ok. this became less educational

 

[Gary Blanchard]

Mark, have you ever known us to stay on topic? :cheese:

 

[mattburnside]

It just got very ren-fest in here.

 

[Mark Wein]

Mark, have you ever known us to stay on topic? :cheese:

I'm the worst offender

 

[baimun]

ok. this became less educational

" You wuz serious about dat? "

 

[Dew Knot Hump]

It just got very ren-fest in here.

I cringe everytime I see this picture:

 

[baimun]

Now there's a saucy wench who knows how to blow down some timber.

 

[mattburnside]

I love how Ritchie's lute has a cutaway. You're going to need that for maximum shredliness if you want to get those bodices heaving.

 

[baimun]

I love how Ritchie's lute has a cutaway. You're going to need that for maximum shredliness if you want to get those bodices heaving.

And knobs mounted to the face like an electric.

 

[Dew Knot Hump]

Now there's a saucy wench who knows how to blow down some timber.

She must be great in bed and really skilled with the old "flute", she turned one of the greatest rock guitarists into a real life version of Spinal Tap.

 

[baimun]

She must be great in bed and really skilled with the old "flute", she turned one of the greatest rock guitarists into a real life version of Spinal Tap.

Wonder if Richie and Joe Lynn Turner have ever opened for a Puppet show?










Or a taiwanese transgendered girl band.

 

[Flamencology]

I love how Ritchie's lute has a cutaway. You're going to need that for maximum shredliness if you want to get those bodices heaving.

I think it's actually a guitar in lute's clothing.

 

[ChaseA17]

I always brought a change of clothes, some extra patch cables for pedals, a backup guitar, extra extension cords (2), extra strap, tons of picks, and my own bottles of water (3). That was about it, I usually had about 3 beers before each show (I played maybe 20 or so shows total with the band I was in in undergrad) and then just had water during the show. The real drinking happened afterwards :rawk:

 

[12Pack]

I bring a singer becuase I suck at singing.

 

[Brian Krashpad]

Good point. When I am performing I am basically an employee of the place. I need to make the establishment look good and to help them make money. I frequently suggest refreshments and encourage tipping the waitstaff.

Yes, I try to always be a "good example" in this regard.

 

[Brian Krashpad]

I always have a backup guitar, but never have a backup bass. I always have an extra set of bass strings though.

I guess the fact that bass strings are so much harder to break makes me worry about it less.

Well, that and the fact that I only have one bass.

I usually will bring a second bass but leave it cased, because the odds of needing it are so minimal.

I am ashamed to say I have broken a bass string before though. Maybe once or twice in about 20 years.

If you break a bass string, though, one or more of the following is true:

a) you never/haven't change/d your strings;

b) there is something seriously wrong with your bass; or

c) there is something seriously wrong with how you're playing.

I guess a fourth possibility is that you get a defective string, but I've never had that happen. I rarely change strings, I'll admit.

On guitar, even though I don't do alternate tunings, I do always have at least one spare, out and on a stand. If the stage is big enough, I may have a second spare out, or maybe offstage and cased. I've actually broken strings on two guitars in practice and had to go to a third. Don't believe it's ever happened at a show. I'll admit to being bad about changing strings on guitar too. And during shows I can hit pretty hard. Yes, one of those doofuses who has found blood spatters on his guitar the next day, if I forget to wipe it down.

For a particularly "big" show I might break down and put a whole new set of strings on. That's rare though.