Beatle Bands

roadrunners · Post by **roadrunners** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 2:02 am

woah! those sound like fighting words........perhaps you didnt see the J.K at the end of my sentence....or perhaps you though it meant something other then just kidding

325_fan · Post by **325_fan** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 6:57 am

I picked up an couple of "Vinyl Kings" CD's. They sound a lot like The Beatles.

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 8:35 am

Vinyl Kings are superb!!

chris_scruggs · Post by **chris_scruggs** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 8:31 pm

Alex,

Oh, heavens no, I was just picking on myself. I am a dork. It honestly did cross my mind that the righty Paul should of replaced his Epiphoine pickgaurd with a lefty one, but then I realised if I let that bother me, I'd be a lost cause...

Another problem I notice with Beatle tribute bands (besides righty Pauls) are too-tall Ringos.

chris_scruggs · Post by **chris_scruggs** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 8:33 pm

Vinyl Kings are a good band! All original material, too. Everyone in the band is an A-team Nashville studio player, too. The bassist, Michael Rhodes, is the highest paid session musician in Nashville (righthanded, though).

CS

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 9:40 pm

I saw Beatlemania in worcester about 20 years ago, their Ringo was right on, you'd swear it was him, he did the head bobbing exactly right too.

chris_scruggs · Post by **chris_scruggs** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 10:03 pm

I read an interview with John Lennon in the late 70's where he said he went to see Beatlemania for a laugh, and that their John did a better job as him than he did. He also said the main difference between them and Beatlemania, was you could actually hear Beatlemania.

chris_scruggs · Post by **chris_scruggs** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 10:27 pm

Alex,

I just now out of curiosity checked your profile, and at 17, just now figured that you probably DO live at your mothers house. I'm SO sorry! I always assumed that at 22, I was the youngest person on this forum.

With the "mothers house" comment, I was picturing a Simpsonesque "Comic book guy". I was trying to say,"Yeah, but I could be a much bigger dork". I wasn't trying to insult anyone...

Apologies for a joke that just didn't translate into print,

Chris Scruggs

roadrunners · Post by **roadrunners** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 3:08 am

Ha! yes, I do happen to live at my mother's house.... (see profile). I dont know about that dork bit....seeing as im probably more nit-picky then you are. Such as....why do most tribute bands play got to get you into my life in the pepper years?....and why do almost no tribute bands have a hofner with removed pickguard and "bassman" sticker for the later years

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 4:21 am

Because 99% of the audience don't notice little things like that, in fact 99% of most audiences probably wouldn't know a P bass from a Hofner.

beatlefan · Post by **beatlefan** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 6:14 am

Oh, I notice those things, alright!!

My wife hates when we go to a performance and I constantly nit-pick that stuff....

"John didn't strum like THAT!" or "George should shuffle his feet more".... haha!!

bmi_guy · Post by **bmi_guy** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 6:32 am

Chris - do you play "slap" bass like Paul did?

iamthebassman · Post by **iamthebassman** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 6:04 am

Bob is correct. Case in point: In the early years of my Beatle band(when we weren't making much money) I played a lefty Epi Viola bass and a lefty 4003FG. On a break, a guy came up to me as I was standing near my basses and said "Man, where did you get those, they are exactly like Paul's".

roadrunners · Post by **roadrunners** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 11:40 am

yea definetley.....We used to use Pathfinder 15R Stacks and mic them through the P.A (for small shows) and we had alot of comments on how good they look and sound.

scottpro1969 · Post by **scottpro1969** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 12:17 pm

Ronn:
How did you like the Epi Viola?? I've been thinking about buying one since I can't afford a Hofner right now. I've heard pretty good things about the Epi and the Jay Turser copy. I'd be ineterested to hear your comments.