Legendary bassist Leland Sklar put a switch on his bass that does nothing. He calls it the "producer switch" — when a producer asks for a different sound, he flips the switch (making sure the producer can see), and carries on. He says this placebo has saved him a lot of grief.
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[–] 38 points 22 hours ago* (5 children)

I have a friend that is a producer. They've had people try stuff like this before.

They just assume the artist/client is... Uh...Eccentric, and politely move on, making a note of it for later.

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  • [–] 10 points 19 hours ago

    I use to run sound mixers for events and local bands, and had a dummy slider that I'd move when a family member wanted to hear their special boy or whatnot. Everyone in the industry knows this trick. Almost everyone plays along.

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