Stub Mandrel Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 7 hours ago, asingardenof said: When I had mine I used to enjoy sowing chaos and confusion by driving reasonably and indicating when the highway code says one should. It was delightful. It's not that everyone who drives badly does so in a black, German car. Or vice versa. There just happens to be a big overlap on the venn diagram... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted December 9 Share Posted December 9 1 hour ago, Al Krow said: We were using a new mixing desk on only its third live outing, and the desk upgrade had so far been great on its first two outings. However we initially came unstuck on Saturday night's gig as were using it for the first time with a keyboard, and found that it was only being fed to one of the FoH speakers via the desk. Turned out that the sole output from the (very budget!) keys used by our singer is a headphone out socket and she had a TRS --> TRS lead. However because it's a headphone out, it's therefore a TRS stereo signal, whereas the desk inputs are TRS balanced mono. Anyway we managed to figure out that splitting the stereo signal into two mono and using two of the desk inputs was the workaround, but it meant for a somewhat more stressful sound check than I had anticipated! I suspect that's going to be a relatively unusual set of circumstances as most keys should have more connectivity than just a headphone out socket? The gig turned out ok in the end, though! All's well that ends well, eh? 😊 Ah the Bontempi Problem... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boodang Posted December 10 Share Posted December 10 8 hours ago, Al Krow said: We were using a new mixing desk on only its third live outing, and the desk upgrade had so far been great on its first two outings. However we initially came unstuck on Saturday night's gig as were using it for the first time with a keyboard, and found that it was only being fed to one of the FoH speakers via the desk. Turned out that the sole output from the (very budget!) keys used by our singer is a headphone out socket and she had a TRS --> TRS lead. However because it's a headphone out, it's therefore a TRS stereo signal, whereas the desk inputs are TRS balanced mono. Anyway we managed to figure out that splitting the stereo signal into two mono and using two of the desk inputs was the workaround, but it meant for a somewhat more stressful sound check than I had anticipated! I suspect that's going to be a relatively unusual set of circumstances as most keys should have more connectivity than just a headphone out socket? The gig turned out ok in the end, though! All's well that ends well, eh? 😊 Yep, we had the same keyboard issue recently. Our keys player doing rehearsals with a cheap keyboard but all the outputs work, no issues. He turns up at the gig with his posh keys, all outputs busted except the headphones. Theses keys play better he announced. I was unprepared lead wise for this (I seem to be the one with all the leads!), and we had limited setup time on a stage shared with other bands, so in the hurry ended up just sending one side of the stereo to FOH. Consequently weird unpredictable sounds from his keys. If the patch was in mono, great, in stereo it was fading in and out as he playing. Not the greatest especially as it was going through a decent pa at an open air gig. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boodang Posted December 10 Share Posted December 10 8 hours ago, Al Krow said: We were using a new mixing desk on only its third live outing, and the desk upgrade had so far been great on its first two outings. However we initially came unstuck on Saturday night's gig as were using it for the first time with a keyboard, and found that it was only being fed to one of the FoH speakers via the desk. Turned out that the sole output from the (very budget!) keys used by our singer is a headphone out socket and she had a TRS --> TRS lead. However because it's a headphone out, it's therefore a TRS stereo signal, whereas the desk inputs are TRS balanced mono. Anyway we managed to figure out that splitting the stereo signal into two mono and using two of the desk inputs was the workaround, but it meant for a somewhat more stressful sound check than I had anticipated! I suspect that's going to be a relatively unusual set of circumstances as most keys should have more connectivity than just a headphone out socket? The gig turned out ok in the end, though! All's well that ends well, eh? 😊 Yep, we had the same keyboard issue recently. Our keys player doing rehearsals with a cheap keyboard but all the outputs work, no issues. He turns up at the gig with his posh keys, all outputs busted except the headphones. Theses keys play better he announced. I was unprepared lead wise for this (I seem to be the one with all the leads!), and we had limited setup time on a stage shared with other bands, so in the hurry ended up just sending one side of the stereo to FOH. Consequently weird unpredictable sounds from his keys. If the patch was in mono, great, in stereo it was fading in and out as he playing. Not the greatest especially as it was going through a decent pa at an open air gig. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boodang Posted December 10 Share Posted December 10 8 hours ago, Al Krow said: We were using a new mixing desk on only its third live outing, and the desk upgrade had so far been great on its first two outings. However we initially came unstuck on Saturday night's gig as were using it for the first time with a keyboard, and found that it was only being fed to one of the FoH speakers via the desk. Turned out that the sole output from the (very budget!) keys used by our singer is a headphone out socket and she had a TRS --> TRS lead. However because it's a headphone out, it's therefore a TRS stereo signal, whereas the desk inputs are TRS balanced mono. Anyway we managed to figure out that splitting the stereo signal into two mono and using two of the desk inputs was the workaround, but it meant for a somewhat more stressful sound check than I had anticipated! I suspect that's going to be a relatively unusual set of circumstances as most keys should have more connectivity than just a headphone out socket? The gig turned out ok in the end, though! All's well that ends well, eh? 😊 Yep, we had the same keyboard issue recently. Our keys player doing rehearsals with a cheap keyboard but all the outputs work, no issues. He turns up at the gig with his posh keys, all outputs busted except the headphones. Theses keys play better he announced. I was unprepared lead wise for this (I seem to be the one with all the leads!), and we had limited setup time on a stage shared with other bands, so in the hurry ended up just sending one side of the stereo to FOH. Consequently weird unpredictable sounds from his keys. If the patch was in mono, great, in stereo it was fading in and out as he playing. Not the greatest especially as it was going through a decent pa at an open air gig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boodang Posted December 10 Share Posted December 10 Sorry... Multiply post was outside my control! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted December 10 Share Posted December 10 Not sure why your post has appeared 3 times @Boodang with the last one posted at a later time. You on the sauce last night Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boodang Posted December 10 Share Posted December 10 Just now, dmccombe7 said: Not sure why your post has appeared 3 times @Boodang with the last one posted at a later time. You on the sauce last night Dave Internet hiccup I think! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted December 10 Share Posted December 10 33 minutes ago, Boodang said: Internet hiccup I think! Maybe you forgot to switch your echo pedal OFF Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moley6knipe Posted December 10 Share Posted December 10 6 hours ago, Boodang said: Yep, we had the same keyboard issue recently. Our keys player doing rehearsals with a cheap keyboard but all the outputs work, no issues. He turns up at the gig with his posh keys, all outputs busted except the headphones. Theses keys play better he announced. I was unprepared lead wise for this (I seem to be the one with all the leads!), and we had limited setup time on a stage shared with other bands, so in the hurry ended up just sending one side of the stereo to FOH. Consequently weird unpredictable sounds from his keys. If the patch was in mono, great, in stereo it was fading in and out as he playing. Not the greatest especially as it was going through a decent pa at an open air gig. It's a keys thing, this. It's taken years to train ours. Used to come out with things like "I need a kettle (power) lead". Eventually the response became "yes, so do I... that's why I bring the leads I need with me" 😄 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisba Posted December 10 Share Posted December 10 (edited) Dropzone played the Purple Turtle in Reading last night. Much bigger crowd than I was expecting for a cold Monday night in December. Lots of cheering and dancing, and good feedback afterwards. Hopefully will get some more gigs there soon. ( We've played in the rather dingy basement before, but this was our first on the main stage ) I used their house Blackstar bass combo, I managed to make it sound like I wanted fairly quickly, but I'm pretty undemanding in this regard. Edited December 10 by chrisba 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapefruitmoon Posted December 10 Share Posted December 10 Back at the Monarch Bar in Dunfermline with Temptation Waits on Saturday night. Good gig, not much of a crowd for the first set, but got a bit busier and rowdier for the second set when some merry punters arrived. Bar owner had forgotten to order enough stock for the weekend though, so there wasn't much bevvy to go around! We added six new songs for this one, which we got through okay apart from me during Welcome To The Jungle where I went a bar too early to a different section near the end. Oops. From what I can gather, only me and one of the guitarists noticed. Annoyed with myself though. Gear was my Fender Jazz into HX Stomp board, Aguilar Tonehammer 350 head and 2 Markbass NY121 cabs. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asingardenof Posted December 10 Share Posted December 10 2 hours ago, chrisba said: Dropzone played the Purple Turtle in Reading last night. Much bigger crowd than I was expecting for a cold Monday night in December. Lots of cheering and dancing, and good feedback afterwards. Hopefully will get some more gigs there soon. ( We've played in the rather dingy basement before, but this was our first on the main stage ) I used their house Blackstar bass combo, I managed to make it sound like I wanted fairly quickly, but I'm pretty undemanding in this regard. I remember going in there 20+ years ago on a cricket tour and abandoning my teammates to watch a handful of guys playing blues for the evening. Glad to hear it's still going, it was a great little place from what I hazily recall. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted December 10 Share Posted December 10 I have some friends that I met through open mic that asked me to play with them. They got excited when I suggest I use my upright bass. I like the singer's voice and they people involved but it's not strictly 'my sort of thing' musically. Still, it gets me out the house and I like playing with different people and learning new stuff. I just need to get some experience playing venues with higher ceilings! 22 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moley6knipe Posted December 10 Share Posted December 10 1 hour ago, Cat Burrito said: I have some friends that I met through open mic that asked me to play with them. They got excited when I suggest I use my upright bass. I like the singer's voice and they people involved but it's not strictly 'my sort of thing' musically. Still, it gets me out the house and I like playing with different people and learning new stuff. I just need to get some experience playing venues with higher ceilings! Howay man! You must have a good 1/4” clearance there! 😝 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obrienp Posted December 10 Share Posted December 10 23 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said: It's not that everyone who drives badly does so in a black, German car. Or vice versa. There just happens to be a big overlap on the venn diagram... In Norfolk it’s any make of car, tractor, van, lorry, or other self-powered farm machinery regardless of country of origin. There is obviously a special spec list for cars bought here: most drivers save money by not specifying indicators. If they do use indicators, it normally means they are trying to trick you and will actually be turning in the opposite direction to that indicated. They will wait at a junction until there is a car coming and then pull out very slowly and drive at a steady 38 MPH in the middle of the road, regardless of the speed limit, whether it be a 20 limit in front of a school, or a 60 on what passes for an open road (there are no motorways in Norfolk and few dual carriageways). 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricksterphil Posted December 10 Share Posted December 10 Last Friday saw us back at The Speakeasy Bar in Hinckley. Cracking gig, with many of the crowd saying they'd come to see us play before, which was great. We rattled out our set of good 'ole Country choons, with a sprinkling of Chrimbo songs for good measure. Finished the set with Islands in the Stream followed by MIFLAW. Cheesy I know, but fun to play and lapped up by everyone throwing shapes in front of us. 2nd encore ....Sweet Home Alabama (well you have to really). We did throw in 2 or 3 originals into the set which were very well received. Mike Lull P4 through a Handbox R400 with matching cab, with just a graphics eq and a thumpinator in the effects loop The band is called Southern Frontier Country Band...check us out on Farcebook and give us a like 🤠 Obligatory gig pics some of the excellent crowd 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted December 11 Share Posted December 11 13 hours ago, moley6knipe said: Howay man! You must have a good 1/4” clearance there! 😝 Only because this time I remembered I could lower the endpin! 🙀 1 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted December 11 Share Posted December 11 Wiltshire's darkest boy band Deadlight Dance played what was easily the best open mic that I have done in a LONG time. We thought it would be fun to mix it up and both play acoustic guitars so I dusted down my Gretsch Rancher and spent the last few days practicing. As it's 35yrs ago this month that Nick and I made our live debut (in a Sixth Form production of Cinderella, she lost her shoe at the ball to the soundtrack of us stumbling through Bauhaus' "Bela Lugosi's Dead), we thought it would be fun to open with that very song. We also did versions of three originals from our latest release, "Chapter & Verse". I thought it was the best we'd played in a while. Directly in front of us was the legendary Nick Harper (son of Roy) and he seemed really into it. His friends all were too. What I liked was that every act, bar just a couple, watched and supported each other. The standard was exceptionally high and I felt confident enough to flyer the pub, which in turn boosted our likes / followers online. I have to say that Nick Harper's set was hands down the most impressive musical performance I have ever seen. He was down tuning notes with the tuning pegs as he played and it was an absolute masterclass in guitar virtuosity. Still the overriding take home for me was good musicians, all supporting each other. 20 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted December 11 Share Posted December 11 29 minutes ago, Cat Burrito said: ... the legendary Nick Harper (son of Roy)... Coincidence; I posted a Roy Harper video here just the other day..! Time for a resurgence of the style..? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted December 11 Share Posted December 11 (edited) 2 hours ago, Dad3353 said: Coincidence; I posted a Roy Harper video here just the other day..! Time for a resurgence of the style..? Roy Harper was a fantastic songwriter. Heard one of his albums back in late 70's and it was so good. The song i remember most and was touched by the emotion of it was "When an old Cricketer Leaves the Crease". I'm not a cricket fan but this was such a fantastic song back in the day. Dave Edited December 11 by dmccombe7 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obrienp Posted December 11 Share Posted December 11 Well he was good enough for Zeppelin to write a song in tribute: “Hats Off to Harper”. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted December 11 Share Posted December 11 And the Harper/Page Jugular/1984 album... Break out the Rizlas and Roll-up a place to unwind... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetera Posted December 11 Share Posted December 11 (edited) I depped with the Spandau Ballet/Duran Duran tribute show 'From Gold To Rio' at Eastleigh Concorde Club last night! Great gig and best bass sound I've had in my KZ IEMs thanks to my Spectors, HAZardlAMPs pedal, GK Legacy800 and a cracking sound team the band use... @casapete - the keyboard player was Chris, your old bandmate in ELO Experience! Edited December 11 by cetera 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted December 11 Share Posted December 11 3 minutes ago, cetera said: @casapete - the keyboard player was Chris, your old bandmate in ELO Experience! Ha, yeah Chris has been doing gigs with FGtR for quite a while now. He fits everything in around the ELO Experience dates, works well for him. I must get to see him with them sometime soon. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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