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Superb stuff @wateroftyne. Sounding really good. Dave

Some pics have now appeared from an official photographer for our Tomintoul gig back in July with punk covers band Emergency Exit. Did add to the original post but its way back in the realms of history and i just liked these pics. First time i've seen more pics of the bass player than the guitarist too so this is a first. Dave

I loaned you one of my likes cause i'm a nice auld guy wie a bass. Dave

You youngsters need to learn how to pace yourselves Dave

Me from July bike rally in Tomintoul with Emergency Exit punk covers band. Dave

Now there was a fascinating blast from the past. Tony Reeves bassist i met at a Burns bass tour. Dave

You'd think the matt finish would be more expensive with the gloss finish then rubbed down obviously more work involved ? Sounds like i'm lucky to have a gloss white VM4 then. I think its polar white but not sure Dave

Superb stuff @msb Great crowd and at least its moving to another venue rather than "the end" of a great gig. Dave

I see where your coming from now. There's an element of fun involved. Sounds like it would be a great day/night out to see that. Love the idea of it but as you say it takes a lot of skill and knowledge from your guitarist to pull it off plus you need to be pretty competent on bass to follow him. Don't underestimate your own abilities there Pete. Dave

Huge respect on the requests sets Pete. Amazes me how you can do that. Dave

Yep you need to match the band to the venue. We did a Hogmanay gig and a similar thing was heard by singer in the loo about hoping this lot aren't one of those loud rock bands with screaming guitars all night. Luckily most people that bought tickets checked to see who the band were and came dressed in Glam gear as the venue didn't say what kind of band we were on their adverts altho looking at us in Glam gear is a bit of a dead giveaway. Dave

Nice and well done building your own bass. Dave

That really is a gorgeous bass. Thanks for sharing again. Dave

Band is sounding great in the vid. Curious what bass it is ? Dave

Nice one. I like it. That's how we do it with the Glam band. We bring a standard PA but if we need lighting and a full PA then its a van hire as well so we add on a bit more to the fee to cover it all. The way we look at it is if we can get in our cars its a standard fee. Anything more is extra. Dave

Looks like a great venue and location Daryl. Plenty of space on the stage area too. Good to see you had around 100 folks there. I always find i play better with a decent crowd. Dave.

That was my response when i found out. They offered us £300 to play the gig and then wanted us to supply a full PA and lighting for the main band XSLF. Forget to mention they wanted to use all our backline. Dave

Luckily our drummer is very savvy on all of this stuff having played stadium venues when he was younger. He tends to spot all the sneakiness of organisers / promoters. Also its all his PA so he is very careful with it. Dave

Is it a multi band event. ? Over here venues generally only hire a PA and lighting themselves when its a multi band event to save swap over time. We've been asked a few times with the punk band to do a support slot for well known bands and after we agree a fee the organiser comes out with the "can you bring your PA and the headline band can use it too". At that point we say NO THANKS. We're not giving a free PA hire for another headliner band meaning we need to hang around all night and do the Sound Engineering bit until they finish. I have no issues if we are headlining and on last and support band wants to use our PA. It just comes across as a very sneaky manoeuvre. Dave

Looks like your front row audience have been out in the sun too long Daryl Dave

I'm guessing you did go back then Dave

Thanks Daryl, according to my wife the first set had something not quite right for us but she couldn't say what it was. She goes to every gig. On hearing some other clips from the organiser it sounded like we were too quiet. With the venue filling up a lot more than we expected we more or less set our normal volume. On 2nd set we turned up and it brought the sound to life. The Mesa rig hits a sweet spot at a certain volume and the speakers just seem to sing. More depth, clarity as if they've just come alive. She said this happened at this venue last time we played there. We use their PA for vocals and we got the DJ / SE to raise the vocals for 2nd set too. We had 2nd thoughts about this particular gig as its like a huge marquee and we have no control over the main PA. The holiday park is taken over by Hot Rods in the Borders group with some amazing US cars on show. Dave

That looks like a decent bass rig. What are you using here ? Dave

Some FB vids appeared from our last Glam gig. http://www.facebook.com/1443828596/videos/pcb.1859868427855029/523462433512957 http://www.facebook.com/1443828596/videos/pcb.1859868427855029/1025009992445593 Dave

A Classic on BC Daryl Dave