How was your gig last night?

[Dankology]

5 hours ago, Muzz said:

Back in the saddle after a weekend off, and I almost needn't have bothered; a refurbished pub in the arse-end of Bolton

I'm originally from one of the several arse-ends of Bolton - give us a clue whereabouts you were...

[itu]

A different gig today - Monday! Government evening party. We weren't in the best shape, although we had lots of rehearsals, and the setlist was ready two or three weeks ago. It wasn't the easiest place, somewhat reverbing, but the worst was that I couldn't hear others on the other side of the stage.

 

Two long sets, quite some people. There was too much light, and people were a bit shy to get to the floor. But our singers were in very good mood, and made the evening.

[msb]

31 minutes ago, Norris said:

Wow. They are pretty vintage. I've not seen those before. Fabulous!

Chuck Taylor also did a Hendrix shoe with the Axis Bold as Love motif , unfortunately some Hindu community activists called the shoes insulting , and Converse immediately stopped selling them. They fetch a premium today. 
(image from the net)

 

[StingRayBoy42]

1 minute ago, msb said:

Chuck Taylor also did a Hendrix shoe with the Axis Bold as Love motif , unfortunately some Hindu community activists called the shoes insulting , and Converse immediately stopped selling them. They fetch a premium today. 
(image from the net)

 

They are beautiful... I need them!

[msb]

41 minutes ago, StingRayBoy42 said:

They are beautiful... I need them!

They fetch a premium price today because of the recall. 
edit googled them … they’re fetching over $600 Cdn now … 

Edited November 25 by msb

[lozkerr]

Fundraising gig for International Women's Day at Edinburgh's Wee Red Bar last night. Pretty packed, lots of people dancing and a great vibe.

 

 

[casapete]

Another trip up to The Lookout on the Pier in Scarborough for our acoustic duo last night.

The bad weather had subsided and it was very mild so an easy drive there. Usual capacity

crowd in this small cafe bistro venue, lots of familiar faces so a nice atmosphere. Christmas

decs up in the room, and some of the boats in the harbour had lights on as well.

 

Lots of requests, mainly more old stuff from a more err….mature audience. These songs

included ‘This Masquerade’ , ‘Africa’ ( I really have to concentrate singing the harmony

in this one whilst trying to remember the bassline), and one of my favourites, Springsteen’s

’If I should fall behind’. Audience were very enthusiastic, and we did an encore of ‘Sultans

of Swing’ ( which went on a bit but made more interesting for me by a small trawler coming

in to moor up just by the window behind us). 
We’ve just been offered a regular load of gigs for 2025 in this great venue. It’s a 100 mile round

trip for us but never a problem, so really pleased. 

Ibanez PCBE12 into Rumble 100 combo / DI into PA.

Clarks black suede chukka boots, size 10.

 

 

 

Edited November 25 by casapete

[Muzz]

10 hours ago, Dankology said:

I'm originally from one of the several arse-ends of Bolton - give us a clue whereabouts you were...

This particular one'd be Breightmet...handyish for The Devil's Dual Carriageway out (A666), but that's about it...

[Dankology]

21 minutes ago, Muzz said:

This particular one'd be Breightmet...handyish for The Devil's Dual Carriageway out (A666), but that's about it...

 

Oh wow, that's where I grew up... Never the most glamorous of places but I'm impressed that there's at least one pub still putting bands on.

[Muzz]

As an addendum to Satdy night's thoroughly Meh gig, I witnessed one of the most extraordinary shows of indifference I've ever seen; I've played for a very long time in all sorts of venues and, like most of us, have experienced many types of indifference: the Working Men's Club Institutional indifference(1), the Wrong Band In The Wrong Pub Indifference(2), the Wrong Couple On The Wrong Night Indifference(3), the Passive Aggressive Offended Indifference(4) and many others, but this bloke was something else: he sat off to one side, on his own, drinking steadily but not quickly, looking across the room. No paper, no book - at one point I had to check he didn't have earbuds in and an audiobook on the go - nothing to entertain him but his own company. He'd glanced at the band as we were setting up, and then completely ignored us for the rest of the evening. It got to the point where I was trying to catch his eye to give him a thumbs-up or something, anything to provoke a reaction, but nope, nothing. As we were packing down he finished his pint (possibly his third or fourth, it's not like he was there for a session) and left. Very odd.

 

(1) The one where everyone yaps incessantly to each other all the way through the first set, and then if you drop a plectrum during the bingo you get shushed and tutted as they concentrate on winning that late-dated hamper that's been dusted down especially...they might get up for the last song for a stilted dance if you're lucky, and then bizarrely at the end tell you at the bar that they thought the band were great...

(2) You can feel this one coming a mile off from the clientele's dress sense/age, and they've made the same assessment of you at the same time. Works at both ends of the age spectrum. See also 'That NYE the agent booked our semi-acoustic trio as a 7-piece Soul Band'

(3) That couple that sit at a table right where the PA speaker's being set up, but refuse to move and spend the rest of the night alternately rolling their eyes and hollering across the table at each other...

(4) OK, this one's fairly specific, but I had a bloke come up to me before a gig and tell me my bass was 'All wrong; it's got the wrong neck' - this was the Shukerbird, and he wouldn't hear about Leon Wilkeson or John Entwistle, he went back to the bar and spent the rest of the evening  standing sideways to the room, except when people were applauding, when he turned to face the band and didn't move...

Edited November 26 by Muzz

[Muzz]

9 minutes ago, Dankology said:

 

Oh wow, that's where I grew up... Never the most glamorous of places but I'm impressed that there's at least one pub still putting bands on.

Not for much longer, I fear, if Satdy night was anything to go by...

[asingardenof]

15 hours ago, dmccombe7 said:

Absolutely. That was one i made a point of learning at home just for the sake of it and it took me a while to get the finger stamina up to scratch to keep it going all the way thru.

Brilliant  song/ I'd love to hear a gig band play that.

Dave

It's on my list. Now I know I can play that sort of speed having gotten the first half of Footloose down (damn you, Nathan East!) I'm game to give it a go.

[Chienmortbb]

14 hours ago, dmccombe7 said:

Ideally a P bass with a narrow neck would suit me better

Fender Japan Aerodyne go to https://intl.ishibashi.co.jp search for AJB, they are 5% off at the moment (reduced at checkout) shipping about £160. I bought from them 20 years ago and the bass arrived still in tune. You will need to check the customs situation though.

[dmccombe7]

8 minutes ago, Chienmortbb said:

Fender Japan Aerodyne go to https://intl.ishibashi.co.jp search for AJB, they are 5% off at the moment (reduced at checkout) shipping about £160. I bought from them 20 years ago and the bass arrived still in tune. You will need to check the customs situation though.

I'll probably just stick with the Godin on P setting as its a reasonably good bass and altho not THE best neck i have its pretty comfy.

Dave

[Bluewine]

On 25/11/2024 at 12:54, dmccombe7 said:

Last nights gig with punk covers band Emergency Exit in The Cave went pretty well. Few mistakes as we have been winding the band down with this possibly being the last gig altho there was some discussion amongst the longer serving members last night about possibly continuing provided there are some new songs added to the set list and some other/more gigs added.

Who knows where it will end up. I'm the new guy and being the bassist just go wherever the flow takes me.

Decent wee crowd, very appreciative with several calls for encores at the end. (Please note the audience are not aware the band might be folding.)

Anyhow it was a good night. First set i decided to dust off my Geddy Jazz which was great to play but i forgot the Markbass strings i fitted a few yrs back always seemed to get lost in the mix no matter what bass i had them on. 2nd set i went back to the Godin PJ mostly just using it in P position and it was a lot deeper but just lacked that mid boost to cut thru altho my wife did say it was deeper but she could hear the notes quite clearly and much preferred that tone.

Ideally a P bass with a narrow neck would suit me better but the Godin does sound pretty close. It does have quite a nice neck on it too. Wondering if getting a pan pot added might work better with the 4 way switch for parallel and serios positions if that is even possible.

Usual Mesa TT800 in Boogie channel into Mesa SW210/115 cabs.

Dave

 

Love those Adidas. 

 

Daryl

[Bluewine]

On 25/11/2024 at 12:08, Bluewine said:

Thanksgiving Eve is a big Gig night in the States. Maple Road will be performing at Rockfield Music & Media. We start at 7:00. And it's BYOB .

 

Very intimate Victorian vibe.

 

Daryl

Great gig, engaged crowd and the place was packed. No deps really helped. Above average compensation. 

 

Unfortunately not many decent pics.

 

Daryl

[Lozz196]

Happy Thanksgiving Daryl, have a good one

[Bluewine]

21 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:

Happy Thanksgiving Daryl, have a good one

Same to you Lozz, thanks.

Daryl

[Boodang]

On 26/11/2024 at 02:52, msb said:

Chuck Taylor also did a Hendrix shoe with the Axis Bold as Love motif , unfortunately some Hindu community activists called the shoes insulting , and Converse immediately stopped selling them. They fetch a premium today. 
(image from the net)

 

I've recently started a Hendrix tribute / blues band, and these are a must! I can feel an expensive xmas present coming up.... if I can find a pair in my size.

[Cat Burrito]

Yesterday was the one year anniversary of my duo Deadlight Dance recording our live in a Saxon Church movie / album "The Wiltshire Gothic" so we thought we'd mark it with a cheeky few numbers at our friend Joe's Open Mic in Aldbourne, Wiltshire. Just for fun, I worked out a few on the upright and off we went...

 

 

We opened with The Cure's Fire in Cairo, bravely tackled Sisters of Mercy's This Corrosion (on the upright bass and mandocello) and finished up with joy Division's New Dawn Fades. We got a second set where most of the acts had gone once they played (I always think that is a poor show!) so did a couple of our original songs and then some other deep cuts from the depths of our collections. The crowd seemed to like us but one drunken local coming out the toilet decided to shout about us being "f***ing s**t!" Everyone ignored him. I didn't think it was worthy of acknowledging at the time. I am sure he's brilliant! I don't know if it's a consequence of growing up post punk but I quite like music being divisive at times and not appealing to everyone. I felt we played pretty well. I was also rather taken with the teenagers who did a couple of set. Nice to see the younger generation giving it a go. 

[asingardenof]

Pissing this now as I'm off to that there London at the arse crack off dawn tomorrow and won't be back until Monday evening.

A much-hyped gig at the Salthorn WMC near Bradford this evening, up and "unfinished" road so bad that left me fearing for the car's suspension. Fortunately it survived and I was able to find a parking space virtually outside the front door.

 

The pace was smaller than I was expecting but I decided to use the ABM anyway and it sounded very nice, but probably overkill. I'd been told that the club was likely to be packed and it was, but everyone was sat down until we were well into our second set when we had half a dozen brave souls up and dancing.

 

We all played well, with only a couple of gaffs; the first being out drummist forgetting that he's not supposed to play during the breakdown in Let Me Entertain You, and the second where I, having remembered to retune after our last sing being in drop D, then forgot to disengage the tuner pedal and wondered why I was a bit quiet during the first couple of bars of our first encore.

 

We went down very well and they've promised to rebook us next year, which is nice because we're having a hard time getting new gigs at the moment.

 

Obligatory "tonight's office" photo and a warning aimed at someone called Worthington possibly...

Edited December 1 by asingardenof
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[JPJ]

A gig of two firsts for me, first gig on a proper acoustic double bass, and first gig without any form of backline. Our female fronted acoustic trio played up in the wilds of Wanney at the Queens Head in Glanton Northumberland. It’s a strange place to play, the pub is essentially three inter-connected rooms laid out in an L shape and you play in the corner of the L to effectively two separate rooms. We had an enthusiastic crowd made up of locals and friends of the band, some of who had brought their instruments with them (12 string guitar, 6 string guitars, cajon, and even a cello) so things got a little ‘off piste’ at times with the various guest spots.

Playing without backline was ‘interesting’ and next time I will definitely use my in-ears as I was struggling to really hear the E string and as a result I have a lovely pair of blisters on my plucking fingers. For the gear sluts, here is the obligatory ‘office’ photo 😎

 

[Stub Mandrel]

Wowser. We played the Exchange in Risca. Could be described as the 'type specimen' for a valleys rock pub. Full of lovely people. My partner and I met some people at a gig on Friday who wete looking at our posteron their phone and persuaded them to come.

 

Anyway pub was pretty much rammed. I couldn't see any of the side dots on my (reissue) 1960 precision for the first set so swapped to my  Harley Benton Marquess, an active two pickup fiver, as different as it is possible to be, for the second set. But if we made any cock ups (there were a few) no-one gave a toss. Went down ancabsolute storm, three encores and it would have been more if the pub hadn't put the lights on. We finished with gasoline by audioslave and bearly took the roof off.

 

Much to my partner's horror a WhatsApp in joke was debuted as the band's new tagline "keep it moist". At one point the whole pub (except Ms. S) was chanting "moist, moist moist..."

 

An utterly epic night and felt like we've really become a band.

 

The "keep it moist" t-shirts are in the care of UPS...  😁

[WalMan]

A gig out in the wilds. Having been up to Victoria on Tuesday to meet Beedster and relieve him of his Geddy/Status Jazz and have a bit of a chinwag I got a Hipshot BT2 from Bassdirect on Friday - a fettle even I could manage as a straight replacement for the Hipshot already fitted - and managed to find a spar set of strap lock buttons that fit what I have on the strap at the last minute, so casting caution to the wind I took it along. I spent probably 20 years with just my Wal and a d-tuner before joining here and getting my first 5. Since then I have pretty much exclusively used 5ers live so much the same as that first night all those years ago when I got the 5 and took it to a gig that night despite the muscle memory of the 4 and d-tuner there were some lost moments tonight but no one except the rest of the band noticed I should think. The Frankenjazz sounds great 🥰

 

Gigwise it went ok. Crowd were good as was the sound generally I think after a shaky start at soundcheck when there was booming and feedback. I am getting a bit peed off that this is a regular occurrence that is embarrassing. 🤬

 

Still otherwise all went well. New songs came and went well. Crowd singing and dancing so I shouldn’t complain. New bass sounded lovely so there’s a silver lining 😁

 

 

[Woodinblack]

Well, that was a more interesting gig than last week. Despite having my new Ric for less than 24 hours, I decided to gig it, easier to find out what something is like when you gig it, and I am glad I did. It was a gig at a local working mens club, good layout, played many times before. However this time it was harder to load in as there was a 18th birthday party in the back room. We set up fast and for some reason, when we were done I was looking round as it was quicker and the stage was tidier - we had so much more space than usual. but it was all connected. Couldn't get the sound right to start with but I leveled everything off, turned it up and adjusted and got it pretty perfect.

Did the first half of the set and really enjoyed it, people were good, the stage sound was good, the ric was great, and everything just seemed to go well. At half time people were coming up saying it sounded great and asking about the bass (which is unusual, noone ever really notices). Also had comments that it was good without the keyboards, which is handy, it is the first giig we did there since our keyboard player left. And well, one woman was insistant we should play 'one and only' by chesney hawkes, and we should do it because it was easy and everyone knows it.

Second half all went well, played a bit long stopped before 12, everything went very well. Finished, everyone seemed good, the owner of the club came up saying it was the best bass sound they had had in the club, and how did I get it (bass -> Mod dwarf -> PA) and was impressed with the ric as well (he played in a band). 

We started packing up, the drummer went to get his stuff and said 'I would leave it a minute, there is a guy in the party that was getting pretty lairy'.. shortly afterwards a guy who was clearly the Lair came out, went up to the woman who seemed to be organising the party and started yelling and trying to strangle her, then a few people dived in and people went flying and it all kicked off. We carried on packing stuff. 

So then the fight moved to the back room then outside, so after we deemed it safe we went and got the cars and loaded up, just in time for the police car and meat waggon to turn up. So that was all fun.

Felt sorry for the 18 year old girl whos party it was, she seemed way younger than 18, really friendly and having a great time with everone unlike most of her too cool friends. At the end of the evening she was in tears being consoled by people - but you know, a few days in perspective, and she had a birthday that was both fun and had an ending she won't forget - who wants a forgettable party?