first gig without pants on.....food for thought.

[skidder652003]

well...not literally,
amp is in the fixers and im waiting on a new cab, so last nights gig i had no backline.
First time i've done this, DI'd from my Dave Hall VT-2 straight into the desk - PA, 2 EV tops and 2 EV subs. The venue is seriously tiny so no backline was a blessing (the drummer loved it) plus all I needed to pack was axe and pedalboard.
Heres the thing, it actually sounded really good! The only real problem was on stage monitoring was a bit pants as we were using a couple of pole mounted mini monitors which are fine for vocals but a bit meh for bass, but I could still hear what I was playing well enough from the FOH (about 2 feet away!)
So I think for future flea pit gigs this is the way to go. Im sure the punters couldn't care less and not lugging an ampeg head and cab to and from the van was lovely.
Wouldn't get rid of the head and cab though as I love to feel me trousers flap!
Anyone else moved to DI only?

[Happy Jack]

I always go commando on DB gigs.

[JTUK]

If the kick is in a place you know well, you can do this and get away with it.
You just need to sort out the monitoring.
Can you submix out of the desk into a basic headphone monitor..and take feeds from
all the other kit in the P.A...?

[skidder652003]

we have IEM's as well, but the guitar and drums don't like them but theres nothing stopping me using it actually.
Good point.