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tjontheroad
04-01-2009, 03:34 PM
I landed a gig with a local neo-burlesque group

http://www.peekaboorevue.com/

One catch though, I had to buy a contra bass clarinet for the big solo bump and grind parts.

So here it is (on order)

The Leblanc BBb Contra Bass!!! I can't wait to blow this sucker :grin:


https://www.prowinds.com/merchantmanager/images/uploads/le_lc340.jpg

I have to get out and dance with this thing. What strap should I use?
tictactux
04-01-2009, 03:37 PM
<envious>
saxplayer1004
04-01-2009, 05:19 PM
welcome to the club man. Is that hard rubber or is that just a weird picture? Mine is all metal
tjontheroad
04-01-2009, 06:04 PM
<envious>

Don't be...

APRIL FOOLS :twisted:

welcome to the club man. Is that hard rubber or is that just a weird picture? Mine is all metal

It's metal. Painted I guess. I don't have the metal to own one. Maybe one day.

I was asked to try out for the burlesque group though. I declinded because it doesn't work with my schedule. Check them out on youtube. They're hillarious!
saxplayer1004
04-01-2009, 07:15 PM
I'm actually using mine quite often right now. I don't have a bass clarinet, so I'm using it to play all of the bass clarinet parts in various musicals...
tjontheroad
04-01-2009, 08:57 PM
I'm actually using mine quite often right now. I don't have a bass clarinet, so I'm using it to play all of the bass clarinet parts in various musicals...

Glad to know such a fine instrument is getting good use. While I've been playing my bass clarinet plenty, I'd be just fooling myself thinking I'd get enough use with a BBb. Oh well, just day dreaming...

btw, I lived in Cary, NC in the '90s. Loved it there. Where are you playing your shows?
Gandalfe
04-01-2009, 09:16 PM
Wondered who'd be the first to April Fool us...
retread
04-01-2009, 10:37 PM
It's metal. Painted I guess.
I thought it was modeled after the plastic paper clips. :???:
tjontheroad
04-01-2009, 11:13 PM
Wondered who'd be the first to April Fool us...

Hey we all need a useless thread to get through our day sometimes. Happy to help. Carry on :lol:
saxplayer1004
04-02-2009, 01:59 AM
Doing a lot of stuff with local high schools as well as the university. Decent amount of stuff with the local theatre in the Progress Energy Center. Pretty fun. Did you ever have a chance to hear the Grains of Time while you were in Cary? I sing with them now.
Heckelphone
04-02-2009, 08:04 AM
Playing mine in concert (http://www.sjws.org)next Sunday :-D

Unless they've changed the strap ring position, they're really not set up to play just with a neck strap. The strap serves more of a safety harness.
tjontheroad
04-02-2009, 02:15 PM
Did you ever have a chance to hear the Grains of Time while you were in Cary? I sing with them now.

Sorry, can't say I did.

Playing mine in concert (http://www.sjws.org)next Sunday :-D

Unless they've changed the strap ring position, they're really not set up to play just with a neck strap. The strap serves more of a safety harness.

That was give away. Doing a bump and grind dance with it would just wrong :lol:
Dave Spiegelthal
04-17-2009, 07:37 PM
"Neo-burlesque" must pay pretty well! I should start playing it............
Semiconductor
12-30-2010, 08:48 PM
It involves someone getting paid to play the thing.
pete
12-31-2010, 03:13 AM
Ba-da-bump.


I should really get a rim-shot smiley for this forum ....
Notes_Norton
01-04-2011, 04:53 PM
Actually, one of the first professional night-club gigs I ever played was at a strip club in Miami Florida. I was 18, the girls stripped down to g-string and pasties, and I was glad I was sitting down so it wasn't so obvious that I was also enjoying the show. I didn't have to buy a clarinet either, my trusty Mark VI did the job quite well.

Notes