The warning, let it be said in support of the truth, is given right at the start of the show (which started half an hour later than scheduled, at 21:30). “We have never experienced such a dangerous moment”, he said then, attributing the alarmism “to America, Russia, Ukraine and all that bullshit” (and asking the public if Portugal is part of of NATO). Our host in this imaginary bar ended up, however, not developing the subject, only returning to it near the end, before playing the last song of the last album he recorded with Pink Floyd: ‘Two Suns in the Sunset’, from the album “The Final Cut”, from 1983. Certainly aware of Roger Waters’ positions on the invasion of that country, the public hesitated in the reaction, and the two or three seconds that followed were the closest to silence we had at the Altice Arena, this Friday night. “About Ukraine, but also other things,” he added, somewhat vaguely. “The most important thing is to talk,” he defended. When he sat down at the piano for the first time, to present the song he wrote during confinement, ‘The Bar’, he explained the importance of a “safe” place like this – a bar, or a cafe – where we can meet “with friends or strangers” and talk. In front of a packed Altice Arena, on the first of two sold-out nights in that room, the English veteran criticized several world leaders, but ended up preferentially using the (really) giant screens to get the message across. On stage with eight musicians, the man from Pink Floyd offers a concert divided into two parts, with an interval in the middle, and a strong conceptual component and – to no one’s surprise – politics. So you might want to look at Ampeg amps/cabs for your live sound reinforcement.īottom line: Use a P bass (your choice) flat wound strings, a med/heavy pick, play between the pup and bridge, a good amp/cab and you should get close (you'll never exactly duplicate anyone else's tone, but you should get close enough to satisfy any audience you'll play to).On the first date of the “This Is Not a Drill” tour in Europe, Roger Waters brought to Portugal an imposing and opulent show, in which the apparatus of audiovisual production manages the miracle of not overshadowing the music. The recorded sound was most likely done using a tube studio preamp and tube compressor then straight into the board. Keep in mind: Recent polls here at TB have shown the type of fretboard wood doesn't play that big of a role in overall tone. The classic concert video of Waters, I've seen, shows him playing a black P with black pick guard and maple fretboard. Of course there is always the option of custom shop RI's if you have the excess money lying around. IMHO the newer MIM P's (especially the MIM Classic Series 50's Precision) are much closer to the sound of the late 50's/60's/70's era P-bass than the newer MIA P's, especially the ones with the S1 switching. Click to expand.I've been using P basses since the mid 60's.
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