How was your gig last night?

[peteb]

1 hour ago, dmccombe7 said:

Stick with them. If they work, they work. Don't fix what aint broke. I'm afraid i sold mine and have been looking ever since. 

 

 

Mark Bass gear just works! I've gigged a couple of their combos (102 & 103) and still have a LM3 head. Not necessarily the most impressive amps I've ever owned, but they never let me down and always worked well in a mix. If for some reason, I was forced to use MB for the rest of my gigging career, I wouldn't complain! 

 

Edited Monday at 21:23 by peteb

[neepheid]

2 hours ago, dmccombe7 said:

Those little MB combos and cabs are very deceiving. I couldn't quite hear myself on stage but move out front and its right there in the mix. I kinda miss my MB rig. Nice tone that just works in a full band set up.

We keep looking at Agents but can't find a decent honest one. Perhaps those 2 traits don't go hand in hand. 

Dave

 

I use a MB 12" combo on top of a NY 12" cab - best rig I've ever owned.  Rarely needs to go above half on the master.  Light, modular, loud.  The combo on its own is more than enough to handle band rehearsals.  The two of them fit (snugly) in the boot of my car.  Very happy with my amplification life right now.

Edited Monday at 21:02 by neepheid

[StingRayBoy42]

26 minutes ago, neepheid said:

 

I use a MB 12" combo on top of a NY 12" cab - best rig I've ever owned.  Rarely needs to go above half on the master.  Light, modular, loud.  The combo on its own is more than enough to handle band rehearsals.  The two of them fit (snugly) in the boot of my car.  Very happy with my amplification life right now.

 

I used to use that setup but it was too loud for every gig I did...

[nilorius]

My gig was my 3 people band (me-bass;guitar/vocal;drums) at the local studio. It was meant for 5 different bands each playing 20 minutes. Each band had a teacher for a different instrument. Our band drumer is a teacher for drums. The listeners where their students. Everething was ok.

[itu]

Reporting in between sets:

- people have clothing that looks like stolen from tablecloths with round prints (70's party)

- quite a lot of noise (hard walls)

- too many are sitting in their chairs (too many cars outside)

- those having fun are really having fun

 

(Yes, tonight it is ABBA, Chic, Boney M, The Bee Gees, The Trammps...)

[Stub Mandrel]

Just went to see the Little Giants, a sort of 'juke box band'. Lots of guests in the second half and I did a stint on bass, from memory Dakota, Superstition, Gene Genie and Mess of Blues plus one or two others?

 

Shirani guested on sax and asks me "what suits sax?" Optimistically I say 21st Century Schizoid Man and they launch into 20th Century Boy... 🤣

Edited 10 hours ago by Stub Mandrel

[Bluewine]

Setting up for tonight's corporate acoustic gig in Milwaukee. 8-10.

Nice room.

 

Daryl

[Stub Mandrel]

Just now, Bluewine said:

Setting up for tonight's corporate acoustic gig in Milwaukee. 8-10.

Nice room.

 

Daryl

Posh!

[Bluewine]

On 30/03/2025 at 16:21, wateroftyne said:

Another Eagles tribute show, this time at a theatre in Stockton. An enjoyable night.

 

We're a few shows in now, so everything is less of a conscious effort. The vocal harmonies parts - of which there are a shedload, all of which are very high / falsetto - are coming more naturally, so I can kick back and enjoy the occasion.

 

It's such a strong, varied set - every song is a classic (assuming you don't hate The Eagles, of course).

 

Anyway, I had to use IEMs last night as we were using the house PA and there weren't any monitors. I doubt I'll ever love using them, but I hate them less than I used to.

 

 

 

Holy Smokes! That's  " Big Time "

 

I'm so jealous. 

 

Daryl

[WalMan]

Reasonable night that ended up as a pretty good one by the end of the night.

 

Sound was good for the soundcheck but for some reason went off as the first set progressed. Second set felt much better and the punters were up for a good time and in good voice by the end of the night.

 

Sets mixed up and vocalist spent the night linking songs with a fictional tale of progress of a relationship 😁

 

Haven’t managed to get my IEM’s fixed yet but went with one in and the failed one out rather than the KZ10’s as I didn’t really get on with them last week, and that worked fine.

 

Stood at the urinals in the break waiting for my prostate to wake up and and a chap walked in and started enthusing on the set and memories of driving round in his youth playing songs from the set LOUD 🙂 Don’t think he recognised I was in the band as I was tucked round a corner not visible from the bar, so nice when he piped up with “this lot are a cut above your normal pub band…” “We try” says I 🤣

[mikebass456]

A good turnout last night for our first 'public' gig of the year. Easy load in and set-up, PA was hired in and already there waiting.

Forgot to take pics of my rig, but had my two LP DC custom basses and orange rig (Terror 500 and twin isobaric cabs), untethered thanks to my Boss wireless. 

Two sets of British '76-'82 punk covers with the crowd joining in from the word go, singing and dancing as though they were 16 again!

As it was our 10th anniversary, I caught the night on my Zoom H4n, so will be going through the results next week, once my hearing has settled down again (no IEMs unfortunately).

[dmccombe7]

7 hours ago, Bluewine said:

Setting up for tonight's corporate acoustic gig in Milwaukee. 8-10.

Nice room.

 

Daryl

short gig tonight Daryl. 8-10 ?

Dave

[dmccombe7]

2 hours ago, mikebass456 said:

A good turnout last night for our first 'public' gig of the year. Easy load in and set-up, PA was hired in and already there waiting.

Forgot to take pics of my rig, but had my two LP DC custom basses and orange rig (Terror 500 and twin isobaric cabs), untethered thanks to my Boss wireless. 

Two sets of British '76-'82 punk covers with the crowd joining in from the word go, singing and dancing as though they were 16 again!

As it was our 10th anniversary, I caught the night on my Zoom H4n, so will be going through the results next week, once my hearing has settled down again (no IEMs unfortunately).

Great to see you are getting busy gigs there Mike.

I miss the punk band a lot and a lot more than i would ever have thought coming from a Classic rock and Prog. So much energy and power in the songs i just loved playing them especially SLF.

Shame it fell thru.

Dave 

[mikebass456]

22 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

Great to see you are getting busy gigs there Mike.

I miss the punk band a lot and a lot more than i would ever have thought coming from a Classic rock and Prog. So much energy and power in the songs i just loved playing them especially SLF.

Shame it fell thru.

Dave 

Thanks Dave - it's always a blast, as we only play in town four times a year. The SLF always goes down the best - we've added Alternative Ulster this time, which will have them reaching for the Voltarol today......😲😆

[Burns-bass]

Did the first of a run of 4 gigs this week (tiring). Very cool little pub and was a fantastic gig. Got out of there at 12:30.