JohnFitzgerald

Here's some lighting from 'back in the day'. As well as 16 par cans ( 8 a side) we had these bad boys too. Sets of pin spots, used sparingly. The guitarist ran the colour lights and I did the whites, it was all done on a nod. We would either have all colours or all whites. We also carried spots that we trained on any available mirror ball. Right at the end of Comfortably Numb (of course) all lights would be killed apart from the spots on the mirror ball. Anyone who had indulged usually appreciated that. Don't know if I could be bothered carrying this much light nowadays. Bear in mind, as above, there were the lights you see in the pic, plus 16 par cans, 4 spots, two moon effects, smoke machine. Happy days.

If I might add one last thought. Pure white light as an effect is excellent if used sparingly with the audience able to see the light source. White pin spots through smoke is mega. In general though, if you want the stage to be illuminated white, it's best achieved by mixing colours to give white. It gives a far warmer light.

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I played. One acoustic guitar part. Both 70s style twin lead parts. Bass - natch. My mate played. 2nd acoustic guitar part. He's much better at the picky stuff than I am. I make no apologies for the twin lead and the bass having loadsa chorus on it. Merry Christmas. [url="https://soundcloud.com/john-fitzgerald-3/guitary-night"]https://soundcloud.com/john-fitzgerald-3/guitary-night[/url]

[quote name='bertbass' timestamp='1356277906' post='1908689'] Just a word of caution. We use and IPR1600 as a foldback amp and had a few problems with condensation over that last few gigs. In from the cold into a hot venue and it doesn't work for about 30 minutes until the condensation evaporates. Never had that with an amp before. [/quote] Only amp I ever had that was with my old TNT, but that was just a matter of plugging it in and turning it on first. When everything else was eventually set up and turned on, the Peavey had awoken. Our guitarist joked that maybe it needed bled like an old radiator.

In Spector Q6 Pro Trace Elliot 2102 Trace Elliot 1153 OLP MM2 Westfield Electro Acoustic SR383 Alesis ADAT Out Peavey 410TX Squier Jazz Bass Deluxe Active Err OLP MM2 Alesis ADAT. I think that's it.

Many of you have commented on the bedroom sound not translating well to a live setting. Couldn't agree more. It's all about the mid, not the scooped mid deep and trebly sound. WIth the current Spector, I get on well with both pickups. I roll off the neck until it sound slightly thinner. Then boost the volume to get the bottom end back. Bingo, just as fat but with more mid by biasing a tad to the bridge pickup. Having said that, I have some video from summer's End and it sounds big beefy and fat. Not that I'm complaining. A good engineer rules.

I have a Westfield bowlback worth about two bob that I got off Gumtree. It was no more than 'all right' when I first got it. Then I had a bit of a fiddle with the truss rod and bridge and now everyone who plays it comments on just how easy it is to play. I do really like it now. It's a cracking guitar. When I'm slouched on the sofa, it works just fine.

Crown XLS602s, I have two of. I'd never say that they were light by any manner of means. Our two are in a flightcase and when all the gear is being lifted, that's the last case to get lifted every time. Every walks around it. The Peavey IPR1600 weighs half of nothing. It weighs less than the gator plastic flightcase that the Crowns live in. Not aware of the reliability of the Peavey, but if it's reliable I could easily buy into one or two of those with no problems.

IColour 4 here x two. Previously did the par cans route, but it was all lots of carrying and setting up. I'm sure we draw more than the 13 amps that we're often provided via a single socket. Just checked, our Crown XLS602 amps each draw 6.5 amps apparently, which is convenient into a 13 amp socket. It just so happens though that everything else is often into that same circuit. How on earth the lights stay on, I don't know.

And my torty is wondering why her nice new scratching post was taken from her so suddenly and stored carefully in a cupboard out of her furry reach.

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1355998581' post='1905393'] Overkill in a pub. (before I learnt just the littl'un would be enough) [attachment=125509:2012-11-24 20.32.25.jpg] [/quote] Nonsense. Too much is just enough :-) See my pic for similarly stupid pub rig. We're only here once, enjoy

I'm good to go now with a full rig pic. SWMBO was going out to the shops earlier, so I took the opportunity of asking her to stay out for a bit whilst I fire up the old Trace and see what this baby can do. Snapped a couple of pics whilst I was at it. It's not what you'd call an ideal practice amp. [attachment=125534:Trace n Bass.jpg]

And it's wearing a badge now. As is the 1153 beneath it. Colour printer, laminator, sticky pads out of the pound shop. Job jobbed.

We carry Marshall 4x12s lighting rig a decent sized drum kit and a Logic System PA. The way I look at it, there's already a van carrying the stuff to the gig anyway, my bass cabs being a bit heavier doesn't make much difference. Thankfully, we've lucked into a very amenable local chap who loves getting involved and carrying the gear in his van, so it's win win really. JF

Regarding £500 being an insultingly lowball offer on an old Rick 4003. Maybe to some. To me ? I dislike them sufficiently that I'm unlikely to think of any good reason to offer that much.

Pete. To a degree, I would have to err slightly disagree with you here. If the parts on your Squier are indeed worth that then of course you're 100% correct that you could sell them on for that. And yes indeed, you'd have a standard bass provided it came with all the stock bits to screw back on again. All I'm saying is that to many people, the premium, especially if you're not getting the stock bits chucked in, isn't really that strong. You know what, even I haven't a clue if I'm talking bollocks or not here, so maybe best I leave it at that. I'm as tight as a camel's a**ehole in a sandstorm so maybe I'm no fair guide. As you were

That'll be the pub band yes. Also play with a Prog band called Comedy Of Errors and have an acoustic project on the go too which goes under the dubious name of Shrink Freud. Yes, The Skulls have played in The Corbies many times.

Yeah, I think I know what you're talking about there. An upgraded Squier is still a Squier. If you want to pay top dollar, fill your boots, but not for me. It's still a Squier - just like the one in my Avatar, of which I'm still fond. But S/H is usually less than new, you'd think. Regardless of upgrades.

[quote name='thepurpleblob' timestamp='1355691497' post='1901486'] Well... if you hear of anything I'm pushing 50 and have no ambition beyond enjoying myself and getting (hopefully) an bit better with people I get along with. [/quote] Go onto that Feckbook thing, find AM Rehearsals in Cumbernauld. They're regularly posting ads for bass players wanted. I'll see if I can make the necessary link. If it helps, I'm not exactly difficult to find on there. Nothing wrong with pushing 50. In all 3 of my bands, everyone is best described as "trans 50" to varying degrees, but that's certainly the mean age across all of the bands.

If there's a gig where a Trace 1048 isn't capable of moving enough air to be loud enough, I don't want to go. That's far too loud for my old ears. Similarly, I don't have any doubts whatsoever that the 150 watts of my old Trace AH150 into my 1x15" and my 2x10" cabs will move enough air to get me into serious volume trouble should I choose to. Which I don't. Mr Foxen is right.

If you recognise all of this and the rest of them don't then I'm afraid you're far too good to stay there. Bands work best when the members are approaching being equals. Your band doesn't sound at all like that. As I said up the thread, you're not a million miles down the road from me being in Carluke and there are plenty of bands in this area looking for decent players.

£64 that TNT sold for That buys a brand new cardboard box combo thingy which is no use to anyone. What a bargain that was.