One man Blues Band
I just had some one build an ipod into one of my guitars so now I can do a show with full backing tracks from a single instrument.
Sort of a millennium version of the old time one man blues bands.
Times are hard and gigs are slim, one has to be creative.
Sort of a millennium version of the old time one man blues bands.
Times are hard and gigs are slim, one has to be creative.
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Permalink Reply by Cole Prior Stevens on -
that's a pretty innovating take on an old idea! Beats huckin' a kick drum, hi-hat and other gear around! Tell me more about how it works... pic maybe?
Best...
Cole
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Permalink Reply by Niki Buzz on -
Well the guitar also has built in effects so delay, distortion chorus etc, are all output through a stereo jack along with the ipod but that seems to cut the high's from the sound in the ipod..... (any suggestions on how to remedy that would be helpful) so I has a separate stereo jack made for the ipod and so now I'm running to stereo outs from one guitar
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Permalink Reply by Snakehips on -
Hi there !
I take it you have multiple cables coming from your guitar then ?
How about getting a small 4 channel mixer, plug your guitar into one channel, the ipod into another (do you need stereo ?) and you still have 2 channels left !! (you could use all 4 if the mixer is stereo, so pan to left and right for each side. Take the output from the mixer (mount the mixer on your guitar or to your guitar strap) to a guitar/mic wireless system (not sure if they do stereo systems !! Do you really need stereo ? Do you have a stereo guitar amp or two guitar amps ?? Perhaps you are going into a stero PA system ?).
Have the wireless receiver connnected to your PA / amp(s).
Now you can wander around the audience while playing !!!
No ideas whether this could work for you. I suppose it depends how small a mixer you can get (but some I have seen are pretty small). Doh !!!! Just forgot ! They usually need a wall-wart type adapter plug for mains power !!!!! Nevermind !!!!
Are you playing the ipod through your guitar amp (perhaps not getting a great sound through that) or a PA system (much better for a "hi-fi" sound).
Just shooting the breeze for some ideas !
On the other side, I'm not keen on backing tracks etc - it puts drummers, bassists etc out of business.
Lightnin Hopkins managed to play, all by himself - and still looked the coolest dude in the business.
Merry Christmas !!
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Permalink Reply by Niki Buzz on
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Hey there,
Thanks for your reply.
The whole point of this guitar is to play without any amps. That's why all the effects are built in the guitar. Everything is in stereo. So essentially I use 4 DI's and that's it.
The original idea was to use 2 DI's and have the ipod and the guitar come from one stereo output but I'm running into impedence problems with that setup and when I asked for suggestions, it was referring to the latter.
I play 13 instruments and did all the backing tracks my self so I don't feel bad putting myself out of work :-)
Niki
Niki
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Permalink Reply by Francine Calo on -
I'd have to see your wiring schematic...but if you can make the room somewhere...a separate tone pot for the ipod might solve the problem.....and if you did the Fender "grease bucket" circuitry, it would probably enhance the highs....run this by your tech....if you need the tone circuit schematic...I can scan it & send it on....
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Permalink Reply by Cap'n Geoff on -
Nice one! Small is beautiful too.
You ever watch Scots lass K T Tunstall play live solo? She has a blues soul.
KT belts out a vocal track and rythm and guitar riffs then syncopates along to the repeats, the effect is mesmerising.
Your idea is more compact and instant, but every bit as valid as live music I think.
Let the new come, and praise the old too!
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Permalink Reply by Dan Rushton on -
You need a simple buffer/booster. You can probably run one of both outputs. This will most likely bring back your high freqs. You have the same anyone with a long chain of effects will have, especially if they aren't true bypass. Have a good one!
Dan
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Permalink Reply by Bobbie Mercy Oliver on
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I have a blues band but due to hard times I am often hired these days to do my one man band act, I play harmonica, guitar and sing using my drum beat machine as my band. I have to say its a really good show.
Bobbie"Mercy"Oliver Texas Blues King
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Permalink Reply by Anderson on -
I wouldn't bill yourself as a "one man band" because.... you're not.
I've seen this done. I don' remember the dudes name, we'll call him Johnny Generic.
Johnny Generic billed himself as Johnny Generic, the One Man Band.
Well, his peeked the interest of myself, Brenn Beck (Left Lane Cruiser) and another friend of ours so we went to see him, well Johnny Generic was NOT a one man band, he played ALL the instruments on the backing tracks and played guitar live but was NOT a one man band.
We booed him and left.
Perhaps it's a "purist" metality but you still wouldn't be a one man band.
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Permalink Reply by Niki Buzz on
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last time I checked, a one man band meant one man who plays all the instruments.
since I played all the instruments on the backing tracks, that make me a one man band.
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Permalink Reply by Chad Nordhoff on -
I stay busy doing this.
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