Al Krow

I've always really liked these guys' lighting set up for a 3/4 piece band: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DR7JilxjEMB/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Nice pic Mickey! Do you have any video clips of this 5 piece in action?

@LawrenceH, @Rexel Matador, @Merton - exciting stuff gents! Could you share a bit more about your bands (I think Rexel has provided quite a bit of this already) in terms of: - band line up (e.g. 4 piece, instrumentation etc), when you guys formed, and whereabouts you're based? - plans for 2026 in terms of gigs & material?

A shame the octaver is so poor - given how good the Valeton OC10 was. But I guess that was an analogue version (rip-off?) of the Boss OC2 rather than being digital. Multi-fx always seem to struggle with pitch-shift, some doing it better than others, so I guess no real surprise?

@Jean-Luc Pickguard - I've got a fair few pedals I need to put up for sale at some point! A pretty mint Boss OC5 amongst them. Very happy to give you first dibs!

Amazing thanks! Looking forward to having a listen, as I'm sure others are! Exactly the sort of post that makes BC such a great forum - thanks Carl!

Have any of you GP-5 owners been able to record some of the fx and amp and cab sims to give us a sense of how decent the GP-5 is as a multi-fx?

Anything expected from Santa that's accidentally arrived early and turned out to be great?

Little end of year Dec bump, to see if we can get to discover a few more of our BC'er bands!

Ok if you really want to know... maybe it's because: (i) just being expected to play root notes with the occasional 5th thrown in, gives us the headspace to think about other things, like gear, and to spend hours discussing it on Bass Gearchat? (ii) if someone else did it instead of us, the rest of the band would almost certainly find a better bass player who had the time to put into practising (instead of doing the damn PA, lights, bookings and promo), and (iii) the likely end result is that no-one in the band would have any gigs to play at! ...now can we get back to discussing DMX please? 😅

I'm also taking the PA gear as well as the lights so, as Phil has touched on, getting something that that I could transport easily and be quick to set up was a key consideration for my crew. Back in 2018 we got a pair of basic Chauvet DJ bank bar lights and a Chauvet GigBar2 all coming to around £450, when there wasn't so much choice as now and figuring it all out as a newbie without the benefit of this thread! But the GigBar2's relative bulk for transport meant it was only getting used at functions and the Stairville CLB5 is much more compact for transport, although I'm sure that @Stub Mandrel is correct that you can set up t-bar stands for less with separate pars (don't forget something decent to transport them in to avoid damage), but in my case, and the other two band leaders who bought this unit for their bands, getting something that was "plug and play" and in a convenient bespoke case was definitely a key factor with our limited technical abilities! It complements our pair of DJ bank bar lights, which we now mount on our PA poles, to give us a modest but decent lighting set up for most of our gigs. I pulled together a short video clip to review some of the already-provided settings to share with the band - setting 12 got their vote! Stairville CLB5 - Selected light settings

https://www.thomann.co.uk/stairville_clb5_rgb_ww_compact_led_bar_5.htm?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=1581403906&gclid=CjwKCAiA86_JBhAIEiwA4i9Ju5JFb0lrjHVlTSGWmXCQQTtHinkidF1OsFS-2tEHXrS0mzcRReylrBoCYFcQAvD_BwE We've just invested in these lights, which are also being used by a couple of mates' bands, and all with a similar profile to yours in terms of venues/genres. Decently portable and happy to recommend as providing a good starting point to build on.

What's your budget?

Wow, I'm impressed at this zombie thread resurrection! 6 years have passed and the world has been through Covid and back! Was a time I still used backline and had moved on from a fab little Alain Caron combo, still one of the very best ever combos IMHO, to Barefaced cabs & DG amps. Gah...it's all FoH, digital desks and IEMs these days for me 😅 @Lozz196 you played a P-bass and got a "to-die for" tone from your rig and little Sansamp pedal if I remember correctly?

It sure is. Doesn't work with B2-4 unfortunately?