skidder652003

played to approx 6 people at a very weird place owners were pie eyed and the chap had a white lizard on his head (really) barman had no teeth good payer though, all in all very strange http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2570292/Yes-Im-just-like-Basil-Fawlty-Barrister-turned-hotelier-admits-bit-raucous-TripAdvisor-review-claims-ruined-Valentines-dinner-drunken-foul-mouthed-rant.html

Its not a shop, its his house in Teignmouth! Give Mark a call and Im sure he'll be delighted to give you the address, a cup of tea will be on order, awesome stuff available!!!

welcome....

gotta love our cousins over the pond!

Over-Nite Sensation and Apostrophe (1973/74) are where I would start

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1465833902' post='3071406'] Liberally? (One for our older readers...) [/quote]

Don't knock the fact that you didn't trgger the bloody thing, hate em with a passion! We always take the power from the room next door with a great long extention cable!

More Maiden & RATM to my mind, great stuff from so young.

an asshole but wow... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH7NqJrDt0A

not working for me

Dave Hall, thats just another recommendation by the way.. http://www.davehallamps.co.uk/

Following on from the "Playing for Nowt" Thread, I mentioned that even though I got paid for last nights gig, I was pretty much bored stupid. This is solely down to the fact that the set has to my mind got stale and we have been banging out the same 30/40 numbers for some time now. We have agreed that we will no longer have rehersals every week unless we concentrate only on new material (covers) and as we are gigging every week for the next 2 months, its not worth going over the same stuff already played 100's of times. Anyway, my question was how often do you introduce new material into the set, every week? Every month? Do you have a completely new set every year or do you have a few perennial favourites that you can't drop? (For us thats the usual Dad Rock stuff - Hendrix, Zepp, Cream - Yawn...)

Oh Yes, don't we love this! Me and the Drummer put up with this from the Guitarist all the time! Uses my leads when his break-does not replace his own, ever Uses my guitar stands (2) has never bought his own Asks to borrow my Fast Fret - never to be seen again Asks to borrow my Servisol - now apparently I "gave it to him!" And the last and biggest bugbear-after every rehersal has never once got a round in, ever, even when i handed him 500 notes after selling his guitar for him on gumtree last week! In 6 years has probably got 5 gigs to my 100's So, yeah, Im his bitch...but... we gig regular, get good money and we all get on Its a compromise that at the end result is all about gigging (and me and said drummer do have a laugh about it)

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1464575657' post='3060429'] Lots of differences between the UK and the US. Over here, you give a bar owner a CD, guess where it will end up. Blue [/quote] yes I should have added you will need a stack of CD's ! The most important part is the sales pitch, be friendly and polite, tell them you have a few dates in other pubs in the next town and that the band members used to be in this band and that band. I find most landlords pretty friendly if they're not stressed, so getting them at the right time is important. Some like to try new bands and inject freh blood into their "roster" of acts, some can't be bothered and rotate the same "turns" year after year. Its a long game and takes time to establish yourselves, pubs close and open all the time, the main thing-don't give up!!!!

Landlords by and large are Luddites, you will need a Live Demo CD and a good pair of leather shoes. Find out where all the live band pubs are in your area (www.lemonrock.com if you're in the South of England) and call in at approx 11am in the morning when the guvnor is having a cup of tea before early doors (not Monday by the way as thats his day off). Have a good patter pre arranged in your head and most importantly a diary of free dates in your pocket. Also tell him/her that its usually £x amount per gig but as its your first time, lets call it £x-£50 and if you (or more importantly, the punters)like you then its £x per gig, good luck, playing is the easy part, getting the gig is man's (the bass players) work.

[quote name='Hobbayne' timestamp='1464418536' post='3059285'] Played ln another pub with a noise meter. It was set so low that even the crowds cheering and clapping set it off! Another band who came along to listen told us they counted it going off 15 times! As Bassbiscuits commented above, we also had to play classic rock so low with no balls to it. Funny how the quieter you play, the slower you play We wont be going back. Shame as the crowd loved it! [/quote] Not telling Granny how to suck eggs and all that, but were you not able to take the main power from another socket not affected by the meter, ie the room next door etc?

[quote name='essexbasscat' timestamp='1464377843' post='3059071'] To the OP; have you had your hearing tested ? Here's why I ask. I bought some ACS ER17's and with them in, I discovered I had real trouble hearing vocal parts, including my own. I would take the earplugs out in order to be able to hear the vocals for harmonies. As a result, I heard the harmonies and I now have tinnitus (what a surprise). It drove me up the wall, as it appeared to be a lose /lose situation. I started threads on here about monitors, earplugs, all kinds of things to get to the bottom of the issue, all to no avail. Almost in desperation, I went to an audiologist to get their opinion. Both ears were blocked with wax, one around 80%, the other even more. A lot of the wax had been rammed in deep by the earplugs . The wax was microsuctioned out, a great job (but that also has a risk of making tinnitus worse) Then came the hearing test. Turns out I've lost the ability to hear the higher frequencies. This meant the higher frequencies were (in my perception), quieter than their cousins in the lower frequency ranges (where the mids live). The earplugs were reducing the higher frequencies to the point my impaired hearing couldn't detect them. Solution ? The audiologist made me a pair of moulded earplugs with 9db of overall attenuation (i.e. ER9's) and I can now hear vocals with plugs in - hooray !!!!!!!!! (do the dance + have a beer) Strange thing is, now I've got used to the 9's, I'm able to detect more of the higher frequencies with the ER17's in. Maybe me ears are acclimatising ? Good luck OP, I hope you get it sorted [/quote] Thanks for the advice. Ive had extensive hearing tests since my op 5 years ago and wear a hearing aid when out in the pub etc. I also have higher frequency loss hence why I probably struggle with the acs plugs. Ive ordered the 10db filters to swap for the 17db ones i have now and we shall see (or hear) how these work. Also the previous advice about putting them in from the start of rehersal rather than when it starts to get too much half way through is great advice, many thanks guys!

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1464331155' post='3058437'] Are these the moulded plugs? Did you get a pair? Swap to the other filter? [/quote] yes they're the moulded ones (cost quite a lot as I remember), but only got the one as Im completely deaf in my left ear (unavoidable as the result of an operation) so unable to swap filters.

Ive noticed probably since day 1 that when I put these in (well only one actually as Im 100% deaf in my left ear), a real reduction in clarity with the band to the point where I cannot literally hear the guitarist at all, and we're a seriously loud 3 piece rock band. Its so bad that I don't use it at all and Im worried about damage to my only remaining one good ear. Is this normal? Im wondering if the filter is defective? Ive ordered another one (at a slightly lower DB reduction range) but Im curious if anyone else has had a similar experience or should they sound exactly the same as without a filter albeit at a reduced volume (as per the sales pitch)?

[quote name='Coilte' timestamp='1464295382' post='3058308'] [url="http://www.gruvgear.com/duostrap-signature"]http://www.gruvgear....strap-signature[/url] Get yourself a harness type strap like this one, to help spread the weight. I have seen them at a cheaper price than this. [/quote] probably very useful but terribly uncool, reminds me of a baby harness for runaway toddlers!