Newfoundfreedom

Yes the amp head gives me "my sound" as I run it post eq. But it's tiny, weighs next to nothing, and tucks away neatly under the PA stand. I had a whole pedal board but I don't use it at all now, it's just more gear I don't need to be lugging around. I'm aiming to keep things as simple as possible from now on.

Could be worse. The guitarist is married to the drummer. 😂

I've already gone wireless from the guitar into a class D head, and I've just decided to give DI'ing directly into the PA a go. So that'll be two cabs I don't have to hump around. Providing everything sounds OK at practice tomorrow. That should lighten the load considerably and hopefully make gigging a more pleasant experience. Just the bass, and amp head in a small laptop bag. Although as I'm married to the singer there's no way around having to hump the PA about.

Ooh I like it too. I've said it before, bit the Vintage brand stuff with the Wilkinson hardware is ridiculously good for the money. Definitely punches well above it's weight.

Yup. Despite dire warnings that mixing cabs will bring about the end of civilisation, I'll take the 1x15 + 2x10 combination any time. I don't really care about the science behind noise cancelling frequencies and sound waves traveling at different rates and all the other nonsense people constantly spout. It just sounds good!

Ah another Tonika. They are really a thing of hideously ugly beauty. One of our esteemed members ( exactly who escapes my recollection at the moment ) bought the bass version a few months ago and has it hanging above his fireplace. At least it keeps the kids away from the fire. 😂

It would, except it was perfectly voluntary, and to be fair one of the guitarists (the only other member of the band that was wireless) joined me out front for most of the gig. I'm quite happy dancing around out front rather than being penned in on a small stage.

Yup. Definitely a resemblance. Especially if you were to grow a bit of facial fuzz.

Love it. It's very rare these days to see something truly unique.

How dare you insult the man! It's obviously a 6 string high octave bass.

Ah. I see. Thanks.

I think turning around and leaving would work even better.

I like it when he shows his musical skills by playing a bass guitar, high hat, and bass drum all at completely different timings. That's talent!

If it's just in the centre of the neck that would suggest it needs a truss rod adjustment. Although I'm my (granted somewhat limited) experience, getting the action right almost always requires a combination of the two.

I wouldn't have a clue who uses Rotosound. Did I win?

Now that's getting a bit extreme. I think if that were me, the room I'd be playing in is my living room at home.

Sod the guitars. Slap down some vocals. Job done! 😂

Yeah this was an equally low key affair. Not exactly Glastonbury but a great chilled out atmosphere.

Andy, just from seeing your posts on here, and the knowledge you possess, I can absolutely guarantee you won't fck it up. But I think you have hit the nail on the head with regards to a lack of belief in yourself. I think maybe that's my problem too. Even though logically you know you can do it.

Yeah it's always good to get things off your chest and if nothing else, just have a good old moan. It also helps to know you're not totally an alien species and others often have the same issues.

Well for the first time I actually really enjoyed playing last night. It was our first ever festival. Only a small affair, and the sound guy was useless. But the band were really tight and the crowd were great. Whether this was a light at the end of the tunnel, or just a one off remains to be seen, but fingers crossed.

Oh and I almost forgot. We got a booking for another festival off the back of our performance. So we can't have been too bad. 😁

Well I can honestly say, after the self induced stress of getting set up through someone else's sound system, I thoroughly enjoyed that. The evening didn't go 100% according to plan. We were supposed to be the first band on at 7 o'clock. But due I think in part to the heat, there was absolutely no one there when we were due to play. So the organiser did a bit of a warm up set and we ended up going on about 9 o'clock once most of the crowd, and the other bands had arrived. We did an hour set, and although far from perfect, (mainly because the sound man didn't seem to know what he was doing) the band played a blinder and we went down really well. So much so that the drummer from the band that was supposed to follow us on broke his ankle dancing to our set. Oops!

Exactly this. Just done a small festival this evening. One hour set and I bet I spent less than 2 minutes on the actual stage. Rest of the time I was out front with the crowd.

It's got almost 6 full days to run on the auction. No guarantee it'll go for peanuts. Most of the bidding is done in the last 6 seconds.