The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #136588 Message #3120110
Posted By: The Fooles Troupe
23-Mar-11 - 08:22 PM
Thread Name: Whats in your gig bag?
Subject: RE: Whats in your gig bag?
"Maybe those accordion players are onto something after all! "
... and they say WE are stupid! No need for a gig bag, except for the music sheets, and the bottle of rum! No need for amplification nonsense, mine are rated at '3 guitars' , '4 guitars' etc - the number of other players I can drown out!
The accordion player never has to worry about spares, etc - if anything breaks, or even better, IF IT GOES OUT OF TUNE!!!, you just take it to 'The Man' .... :-)
Which means that, of course, it something happens on the night, you can't play - stop cheering! I know your names! And I can find out where you live ... so, you need a 'backup machine'. And if you use as your main instrument one that is not a 120 bass, but a smaller folk size with limited range, then since some damn capo addicted guitar plucker will probably want to play in same damn weird key like F# minor... so you need more than one backup machine..
Now should you also play other instruments like whistle - small hand cart for the 47 whistles, hammered dulcimer, etc... you get the idea ...