Stagecraft 101

Yeah, I have had bass strings break before, but I'm thinking it's happened once in my 15 years of playing in bands.

Once I get Mrs. P her own bass ( :wink: ) I'll bring a backup. :embarrassed:
 
I don't bring back-up guitars because:

1) Playing acoustic in my style, I haven't broken a string at a gig in 40+ years of playing.

2) I don't own a backup. :rolleyes:

I tend to play lightly, and am not doing any string bending, so that lessens the possibility of trouble. If I were playing rock and roll I would imagine I would have a backup guitar.

Gee, I wonder if Pete Seeger carries a backup? I seem to remember when I met him he brought one guitar and one banjo to the gig. :grin:
 
Gary Blanchard said:
Gee, I wonder if Pete Seeger carries a backup? I seem to remember when I met him he brought one guitar and one banjo to the gig. :grin:
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Don't know about Pete Seeger, but I saw Don McLean last year, and he broke a string during American Pie. He proceeded to whip a set of strings out of his back pocket and changed it himself right there on stage while the band took turns jamming.
 
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I've never played a Halloween show.

:(

Not on Halloween, anyhow. I have played a huge private party/small festival called "Boofest" a couple times, which is held near Halloween each year, and though some of the audience dresses in costume, the bands seem never to.

They did have nice lights though.

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We've done several Halloween shows. That pic of Lino is at least 7 or 8 years old, since I see my Cybertwin in the background, and I sold that thing off several years ago.
 
Speaking of breaking strings I don't think I've broken a string at a gig in about 4 years and I do a lot of bending. If I do break one I always finish the song and then change guitars. The weird thing about me breaking a string is that most times when I do it's usually the A or D string.
 
Prages said:
We've done several Halloween shows. That pic of Lino is at least 7 or 8 years old, since I see my Cybertwin in the background, and I sold that thing off several years ago.
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That's (The Bank) in your old college town. I've got pics of you, but you didn't dress up for that one
 
Ahhh...The Bank.

That was actually a pretty cool gig the couple of times we played there...at least I thought it was.
 
Prages said:
Ahhh...The Bank.

That was actually a pretty cool gig the couple of times we played there...at least I thought it was.
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I remember them treating us very well. Wonder if that place is still there as a
bar ? I haven't been in that town for a long long time.
 
Lino said:
I remember them treating us very well. Wonder if that place is still there as a
bar ? I haven't been in that town for a long long time.
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Paula and I went through Montgomery on Bridge Day. I don't remember if it's still open or not though.
 
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