Doing it all wrong!

[stingrayPete1977]

Over the years we've had all sorts of threads containing wisdom about what you should or shouldn't do, even to the point of the now famous walking out of a gig before it started if there was a music stand on show!

Other than last night's gig not being for nowt I think I've done a pretty good job of breaking the bass chat laws

All of these things and many I will have missed have been mentioned on here in the past, BTW this is just tongue in cheek fun, I still think the important bit is actually gigging even if it's got all these terrible things going on as listed below

Class D bass amp.
Neo loaded cab.
Set up under the TV.
Music stand hidden behind far PA speaker with tablet on it.
Digital PA.
Class D PA speakers.
Non wooden PA speaker boxes.
No Subs.
Bass, Kick Drum and Guitar in the PA.
DI bass pre EQ rather than 3 mics and a blend to get "my sound" out front.
Ipad on a grab on the singers stand.
PAT Tested gear.
Spare bass.
Active basses.
5 string basses.
Marshall guitar amp and Les Paul gold top.
Public Liability Insurance taken out.
Playing covers.
Matching black clothes, blue ties for the guys, blue shoes for lady singer.
We played brown eyed girl and Daydream believer.
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What else have I missed?

EDIT-
white tape to make cables safe.
Lights on stand.
Sunburst and tort.
Fenders.
Gear left in the van.


What else have I missed?


Happy New Year!

Edited January 1, 2017 by stingrayPete1977

[arthurhenry]

...and you left it all in the van whilst you had a drink after the gig.

[chris_b]

. . . . I can't play 35" basses because I have small hands.

. . . . I only have loss of hearing in one ear. . . . I don't need earplugs yet.

[phil.c60]

I gig with a Fender, so I'm a dimwit with limited taste, and we charged less than £2000 for last nights NYE gig.

Edited January 1, 2017 by phil.c60

[stingrayPete1977]

[quote name='arthurhenry' timestamp='1483274904' post='3205776']
...and you left it all in the van whilst you had a drink after the gig.
[/quote]

All night, which was naughty.

[stingrayPete1977]

[quote name='phil.c60' timestamp='1483276999' post='3205808']
I gig with a Fender, so I'm a dimwit with limited taste.
[/quote]

I knew I'd missed an obvious one, 3tsb Fender Jazz with tort too.

[phil.c60]

No, even duller it's a Hot Rod P/J, the one that even Fender guys don't like!

[stingrayPete1977]

Ha no I meant I had one on that stage last night myself! Tasteless and unplayable junk naturally

[kodiakblair]

With all those natural laws being broken at one time !

How did the world not end. ?

[Earbrass]

Did you deny having been influenced by the Beatles?

[SpondonBassed]

...whilst wearing an "I'm a Belieber!" teeshirt?


Very glad you got out there and did it anyway. That is the bottom line.

Edited January 1, 2017 by SpondonBassed

[stingrayPete1977]

[quote name='kodiakblair' timestamp='1483278123' post='3205825']
With all those natural laws being broken at one time !

How did the world not end. ?
[/quote]

You'd have thought so wouldn't you?

[stingrayPete1977]

[quote name='Earbrass' timestamp='1483279487' post='3205841']
Did you deny having been influenced by the Beatles?
[/quote]

Who are they?

[stingrayPete1977]

[quote name='SpondonBassed' timestamp='1483281581' post='3205862']
...whilst wearing an "I'm a Belieber!" teeshirt?


Very glad you got out there and did it anyway. That is the bottom line.
[/quote]
Justin was depping on drums

[Bilbo]

You didn't play Moondance. Everything else, I can forgive.

[SpondonBassed]

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1483281843' post='3205869']
Justin was depping on drums
[/quote]

Oh. It's "Justin" now, not Mr Belieber? Are you two creepy friends on the sly?



Heeheehee

[stingrayPete1977]

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1483283234' post='3205886']
You didn't play Moondance. Everything else, I can forgive.
[/quote]

There was no moondance, I wasn't on double bass at all either last night, they said lets just play one long set of the stuff people know and enjoy, lol.

[Coilte]

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1483283234' post='3205886']
You didn't play Moondance. Everything else, I can forgive.
[/quote]

No he did not...as it was not a... JAZZ gig !!!!!!

[stingrayPete1977]

[quote name='Coilte' timestamp='1483287537' post='3205939']


No he did not...as it was not a... JAZZ gig !!!!!!
[/quote]
It definitely wasn't a Jazz gig, 120 pre sold ticketed punters plus a few extras, lol

[deepbass5]

you mentioned PAT tested gear but non PAT tested lights on a mic stand is a no no

[stingrayPete1977]

They are tested, they arent christmas lights, they're 'a thing'

[Maude]

I don't understand how 'patting' electrical equipment can test it.
What are you feeling for?

[stingrayPete1977]

If your hair stands on end when you touch it then it's a fail, I haven't got any hair so all our kits passes every time.

[Maude]

Ha ha

I had a knot in my speaker cab lead at the last gig, couldn't get hardly any volume out of it. Lucky really the lead didn't burst.

[lojo]

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1483273886' post='3205767']
We played brown eyed girl and Daydream believer.
[/quote]

You mean you played covers ? !!!

Surely the audience would have preferred 20 original orinigals , could you not provide that ?