How was your gig last night?

[ezbass]

3 minutes ago, neepheid said:

Take something like this with you?  https://www.argos.co.uk/product/2026642

 

Whilst I detect a little mirth in this suggestion, my initial reaction is, “Ooh, good idea, I could sit on it too!” 
 

Aging bodies suck 😖.

[neepheid]

1 minute ago, ezbass said:

Whilst I detect a little mirth in this suggestion, my initial reaction is, “Ooh, good idea, I could sit on it too!” 
 

Aging bodies suck 😖.

 

No mirth to be detected - for once it is intended to be a serious and hopefully useful suggestion, you old fart

 

[ezbass]

1 hour ago, neepheid said:

 

No mirth to be detected - for once it is intended to be a serious and hopefully useful suggestion,

 

In which case, thanks for the thought. However...

1 hour ago, neepheid said:

you old fart

Harsh 😢, but fair .

[NoRhino]

Played with the blues band in a tiny pub in Lanark.   Didn't take many people to fill it so an enthusiastic audience of thirty created a great atmosphere.

One downside was the access to the toilets door being immediately behind us.  Two songs before the end of the first set I was aware of a most unpleasant honk emanating from said direction. Thankfully the air had cleared by the start of set 2.  

Man alive, it was grim for a while. 

[grapefruitmoon]

35 minutes ago, NoRhino said:

Played with the blues band in a tiny pub in Lanark.   Didn't take many people to fill it so an enthusiastic audience of thirty created a great atmosphere.

One downside was the access to the toilets door being immediately behind us.  Two songs before the end of the first set I was aware of a most unpleasant honk emanating from said direction. Thankfully the air had cleared by the start of set 2.  

Man alive, it was grim for a while. 

 

I think I know this pub, played there a couple of weeks ago! The toilet proximity is a constant danger to band members.

[MacDaddy]

Yesterday The Royal Blues, at The Royal George, Soho, that London.

It was an open mic night, the promoter actually said we're too good for that kind of thing now, but he gave the band our first gig so we didn't mind. 

It filled up considerably when we were on, then was noticeably less full for the House band who finished the night off.

We had a new backing vocalist. Myself and the drummer hadn't met her prior to the gig, but she nailed her parts. 

Gear: Korg clip on tuner ➡️ Ibanez UB804 ➡️ Swiff Audio wireless ➡️ TC Electronics BG250

What a difference it makes being able to hear yourself 😆

Footwear: Mfre Bordo Suede Brothel Creepers.

 

Edited 22 hours ago by MacDaddy

[lemmywinks]

Had a dep gig in a tiny ale house in Chorley, was going through an amp for a change which I've not done in years, enjoyed it even though I made a couple of mistakes (they play every song in a wildly different key from the original) and the TC BH800 and PJB C8L sounded great on stage.

 

Was thinking about swapping out the preamp in my Cort GB Modern 5 but after tonight I'll leave it in and tweak my Fishman DI a bit more for IEM gigs.

 

 

[HeadlessBassist]

Just home from another near 400 mile round trip to Felixstowe today, with the Live Tribute Show at the Spa Pavillion Theatre. Fantastic gig with a full house. Maybe the nice weather/Easter holiday brings them all out? Used the American Performer Mustang for the first set tonight. It punches well above it's diminutive weight. Consider me impressed. The start of the second act saw the Buddy Holly tribute's guitar cable die, but luckily I had a spare cheap lead plugged into a Pitch Black Tuner on a table in the wings, so he only ended up missing half of the Everly's "Cathy's Clown". 

 

Thursday was the Lowther Pavillion Studio in Lytham St.Annes near Liverpool. Another full house and another 2am return home.

 

Thankfully some down time now for a couple of weeks, while I wait for my 85 year old Father to be discharged from hospital after a Stoma operation early last week.

 

 

[dmccombe7]

13 hours ago, NoRhino said:

Played with the blues band in a tiny pub in Lanark.   Didn't take many people to fill it so an enthusiastic audience of thirty created a great atmosphere.

One downside was the access to the toilets door being immediately behind us.  Two songs before the end of the first set I was aware of a most unpleasant honk emanating from said direction. Thankfully the air had cleared by the start of set 2.  

Man alive, it was grim for a while. 

I'm always surprised how bands can fit in that particular venue. Great atmospheric pub tho.

Dave

[dmccombe7]

Private 60th party in Boness for BLOCKBUSTARZ last night.

These events can be hit or miss as not everyone likes Glam Rock. 1st set was odd as we had dancers up on songs that don't usually trigger a dance spree but if it works then go with it. You generally know what songs will trigger the dancers but last night it was just odd. We've played this venue quite a few times now and many had seen the band before so maybe that had something to do with it.

Sound on first set just wasn't quite right. 

2nd set we all upped the volume a tad and WOW there it was our usual sound. 

For some stupid reason they arranged the tables with the kids all at one large round table in front of the band and across the dance floor from us. Kids struggle with band volumes and altho we were sympathetically playing at a lower volume i find it reduces the atmosphere a touch if a band is too quiet. The kids soon got used to it tho and were soon dancing with balloons on the floor in front of us. 

2nd set was great fun and everyone enjoying themselves. We even threw in a new song Ziggy in 2nd set to see how it would work and as soon as we started we got quite a response with phones out and people watching us with a great applause at the end but no dancers so we moved straight onto Jean Genie that filled the floor again. (weird !)

Anyways i decided to go with my Sandberg Marlowe for this one and all was going well until 2-3 songs from the end 1st set i noticed my volume dropped right off. No idea why but switched the comp off and bang the sound came straight back to normal. Comp was set to just a basic limiter to curb over-active fingers. Will need to look at that today altho i didn't really need the comp as 2nd set went perfectly without it so i may just ditch it.

Mesa TT800 in Mesa SW210/115 cabs. 

Lots of appreciation at the end and over-hearing comments of "that band were fecking brilliant" certainly made us feel very pleased as we packed up our gear. 

Party boy was fair chuffed with the band too.

We were offered tea / coffee or soft drinks thru the night and some folks even chapped the small dressing room door and asked if they could buy us a drink which was nice.

We were told to help ourselves to the party buffet but we feel a bit odd doing that as we are already being paid a decent fee to be there. They even offered us a doggy back when we were packing up which again was nice.

Home by 1:15am so not too bad.

That's it for gigs in April. May things pick up a fair bit tho.

Been asked about possible future bookings but that was probably just the booze talking but you never know.

Dave

[Gank Bass]

Another wedding close to home and miraculously another broken limiter 🙏

 

Overall a good night, the highlight being a pissed up woman hovering over our equipment with a large full glass of wine. When I asked her to keep drinks away from the stage she proceeded to straight up down the glass 😂 fair enough...

 

Used my rocky bass after my wife complained I don't use it enough after she took the time to paint it!

 

 

 

[Bluewine]

1 hour ago, dmccombe7 said:

Private 60th party in Boness for BLOCKBUSTARZ last night.

These events can be hit or miss as not everyone likes Glam Rock. 1st set was odd as we had dancers up on songs that don't usually trigger a dance spree but if it works then go with it. You generally know what songs will trigger the dancers but last night it was just odd. We've played this venue quite a few times now and many had seen the band before so maybe that had something to do with it.

Sound on first set just wasn't quite right. 

2nd set we all upped the volume a tad and WOW there it was our usual sound. 

For some stupid reason they arranged the tables with the kids all at one large round table in front of the band and across the dance floor from us. Kids struggle with band volumes and altho we were sympathetically playing at a lower volume i find it reduces the atmosphere a touch if a band is too quiet. The kids soon got used to it tho and were soon dancing with balloons on the floor in front of us. 

2nd set was great fun and everyone enjoying themselves. We even threw in a new song Ziggy in 2nd set to see how it would work and as soon as we started we got quite a response with phones out and people watching us with a great applause at the end but no dancers so we moved straight onto Jean Genie that filled the floor again. (weird !)

Anyways i decided to go with my Sandberg Marlowe for this one and all was going well until 2-3 songs from the end 1st set i noticed my volume dropped right off. No idea why but switched the comp off and bang the sound came straight back to normal. Comp was set to just a basic limiter to curb over-active fingers. Will need to look at that today altho i didn't really need the comp as 2nd set went perfectly without it so i may just ditch it.

Mesa TT800 in Mesa SW210/115 cabs. 

Lots of appreciation at the end and over-hearing comments of "that band were fecking brilliant" certainly made us feel very pleased as we packed up our gear. 

Party boy was fair chuffed with the band too.

We were offered tea / coffee or soft drinks thru the night and some folks even chapped the small dressing room door and asked if they could buy us a drink which was nice.

We were told to help ourselves to the party buffet but we feel a bit odd doing that as we are already being paid a decent fee to be there. They even offered us a doggy back when we were packing up which again was nice.

Home by 1:15am so not too bad.

That's it for gigs in April. May things pick up a fair bit tho.

Been asked about possible future bookings but that was probably just the booze talking but you never know.

TDave

 

It sounds like it was a good gig Dave. I've done 2 birthdays this year. Agreed they can be hit or miss. You had a hit.

 

Daryl

[MacDaddy]

 

Yeah baby that's what I'm talking about 😜

 

Yesterday's office, Korg clip on tuner ➡️ Ibanez UB804 ➡️ Swiff Audio wireless ➡️ Ampeg SVT + 8x10. 

 

It was a livestream thing for Hot Vox Rising - Warchild Charity. The 'gig' was done to camera, on a multi camera set up soundstage. No audience apart from the techs. But they seemed to enjoy it.

I'll post some footage/link when it's available.

Arrived at 3:30pm. Done and away by 5:45pm.

 

Pics during setup:

 

 

 

 

[basexperience]

Great gig with Jagged Little Alanis, at the Essex Arms in Brentwood - nice venue, a real stage! Used the Rikkers and the current mega-pedalboard, which I'm going to cannibalise a little for a more targeted one for this band 😄 

 

 

[Gank Bass]

Testing taking mixes from our board into logic, pretty happy with the result 🤟

[neepheid]

Last night with Nine Lives at the Harbour Lights in Peterhead.  Probably the best gig we've had there - reasonably well attended with a few repeat customers.  Played pretty well, the usual little fluffs but nothing song derailing.  Best part for me was how well the Brainwaves pitch shifter performed - the sound quality is much better vs. the Hotone Harmony because even when playing -3 semitones there's none of the warbling/slightly underwater quality that the Hotone excusably has (it was less than £50 after all).  And the "fake guitar" thing (as in 50:50 wet/dry mix, voice 1 = +7 semitones, voice 2 = +12 semitones) plus overdrive from the Joyo Monomyth produced a deliciously rorty sound - enough to elicit a look with puffed out cheeks from the guitarist across the stage from me and positive comments afterwards from both the guitarist and the singer.  Drummer probably didn't appreciate getting his hair blown back by the rear port, but he just doesn't like it when someone makes more noise than he does

 

Gear was the Epiphone Em-bassy Special IV then the Epiphone Thunderbird '64 into the usual Markbass toan cubes.  Footwear - pink suede Vans.

 

[StingRayBoy42]

17 minutes ago, neepheid said:

Last night with Nine Lives at the Harbour Lights in Peterhead.  Probably the best gig we've had there - reasonably well attended with a few repeat customers.  Played pretty well, the usual little fluffs but nothing song derailing.  Best part for me was how well the Brainwaves pitch shifter performed - the sound quality is much better vs. the Hotone Harmony because even when playing -3 semitones there's none of the warbling/slightly underwater quality that the Hotone excusably has (it was less than £50 after all).  And the "fake guitar" thing (as in 50:50 wet/dry mix, voice 1 = +7 semitones, voice 2 = +12 semitones) plus overdrive from the Joyo Monomyth produced a deliciously rorty sound - enough to elicit a look with puffed out cheeks from the guitarist across the stage from me and positive comments afterwards from both the guitarist and the singer.  Drummer probably didn't appreciate getting his hair blown back by the rear port, but he just doesn't like it when someone makes more noise than he does

 

Gear was the Epiphone Em-bassy Special IV then the Epiphone Thunderbird '64 into the usual Markbass toan cubes.  Footwear - pink suede Vans.

 

 

Terribly sorry for being so English, old bean but... what on earth does 'rorty' mean?!

Those shoes are... 👌

[wateroftyne]

Another Eagles tribute show in Hexham, Northumberland.

 

Nice to have a monitor after persevering with IEMs at the last gig. Old school, but.. I prefer it.

 

Also used my new Jazz for a bit. It's lovely, but I’m not sure stacked knobs - or white - is for me. We'll see.

 

Next stop... Rotherham!

 

 

 

Edited 2 hours ago by wateroftyne

[neepheid]

30 minutes ago, StingRayBoy42 said:

Terribly sorry for being so English, old bean but... what on earth does 'rorty' mean?!

Those shoes are... 👌

 

[Merton]

Just back from gig #2 of the weekend. Quite sleepy.

 

Gig #1 was Wednesday’s Child - pub rock covers - in Dorking last night. We were under-rehearsed and the guitarist was far too loud onstage, so I came away feeling quite underwhelmed with it. I think I played ok, was fun switching between a standard tuned bass, a C-tuned bass and a fretless 5 - kept me on my toes! Need to go through all my patches and sort them out though as I noticed some hideous volume differences between some of them 😳

 

 

Gig #2 was Youths - original pop/punk - in Canterbury this evening. We opened the proceedings and played a blinder I think. Bass sounded ace - my first ever bass came out (a Vester Jazz with replacement Schaller pickups), through an HX Effects using the SansAmp clone, into my Elf and the headliner’s Markbass 6x10. First time I’ve played a long scale bass in anger in public since about 2015, was fun but I remember why I made the switch to shorter scales 😄

We were celebrating the release of our first single from our debut album - feel free to go check it out 😎

 

https://music.apple.com/gb/album/bumpy-single/1807891026
 

https://music.amazon.co.uk/artists/B002H5YZCU/the-youths