How was your gig last night?

[lozkerr]

Queer punk gig last night in Edinburgh's Wee Red Bar with two other punk bands. Great atmos, plenty of people dancing, including one of my students from this Girls Rock School term. It was the first chance I'd had to make full use of my wireless rig - at its previous gig, I'd been literally backed into a corner at the Reivers Sports Bar in Galashiels with the 80s band. The stage is tiny and surrounded by railings, which meant that getting a six-piece band on was a very tight squeeze and once the bass player's on, she's staying there. But last night, I was able to wander out front and dance along with the audience. Big grins all round. We premiered a new song, too! And to cap it off, the headline band invited us over to Belfast. World tour! 😅

 

I took my trusty Sterling Stingray along and it acquitted itself very well through the venue's Peavey backline (I don't know the model - it was a combo with "Peavey' on the front) although it didn't have the clout that it does through my Eden rig. I had been thinking about adding my new sfx Thumpinator to my pedalboard, but then I remembered that fiddling with one's pedalboard just before a gig is officially Asking For It. I had a play with it today and it seems to work best when placed just after the wireless receiver / tuner. Next step is to see how it sounds in the studio as opposed to through a wee practice amp.

 

No pics yet, as we're still waiting for the photographer to provide them, but we had a great time!

[Bluewine]

10 hours ago, dmccombe7 said:

Straight into PA then was my other question Daryl. ?

Dave

 

Hi Dave,

 

Bass pre-amp straight into the PA. Works well for acoustic gigs.

 

Daryl

[Bluewine]

The Harley Motor gig was fantastic.  I was extremely happy with my playing and performance. We were clicking on all 6 cylinders  

 

Daryl

[dmccombe7]

9 hours ago, lozkerr said:

Queer punk gig last night in Edinburgh's Wee Red Bar with two other punk bands. 

Now when you say "queer punk gig" it creates a rather odd image in my head. 

Dave

[dmccombe7]

5 hours ago, Bluewine said:

The Harley Motor gig was fantastic.  I was extremely happy with my playing and performance. We were clicking on all 6 cylinders  

 

Daryl

Looks brilliant Daryl. Would love to have made the trip to see the HD Museum.

One small point tho when playing that particular venue its "firing on all 2 cylinders" 

Dave

Edited 4 hours ago by dmccombe7

[Paul S]

Coincidentally my lot had a gig at the Newmarket Harley Davidson place yesterday.  They hold a 'birthday party' every year and we are lucky enough to have been invited to provide the live music for the last three years.  We played well and are appreciated there by an albeit quiet crowd who are pretty much focussed on the bike stuff.  That is the last gig we have in the diary for this year.  That's me on the left checking my phone.  I took a brace of Gibson shorties - having tossed a coin mentally I used the Les Paul Jnr DC for the gig and an SG as backup - and was wearing Red Back boots.  Drummer Joe's picture.

 

  

[mikebass456]

Gotta love a Gibson LP DC bass 😉🤘😎

[casapete]

7 minutes ago, Paul S said:

Coincidentally my lot had a gig at the Newmarket Harley Davidson place yesterday.  They hold a 'birthday party' every year and we are lucky enough to have been invited to provide the live music for the last three years.  We played well and are appreciated there by an albeit quiet crowd who are pretty much focussed on the bike stuff.  That is the last gig we have in the diary for this year.  That's me on the left checking my phone.  I took a brace of Gibson shorties - having tossed a coin mentally I used the Les Paul Jnr DC for the gig and an SG as backup - and was wearing Red Back boots.  Drummer Joe's picture.

 

  

What PA do you use Paul, and are you DI’d straight into it with your bass?
Am curious as to how it sounds with the system behind the band, looks interesting! 

[dmccombe7]

23 minutes ago, Paul S said:

Coincidentally my lot had a gig at the Newmarket Harley Davidson place yesterday.  They hold a 'birthday party' every year and we are lucky enough to have been invited to provide the live music for the last three years.  We played well and are appreciated there by an albeit quiet crowd who are pretty much focussed on the bike stuff.  That is the last gig we have in the diary for this year.  That's me on the left checking my phone.  I took a brace of Gibson shorties - having tossed a coin mentally I used the Les Paul Jnr DC for the gig and an SG as backup - and was wearing Red Back boots.  Drummer Joe's picture.

 

  

I've been to a few of the dealer days and the band is more background music than a show. Only time people take time to watch the band is when they have been to the burger stall and still eating.

Shame its the last gig in the diary this year ? Is the band folding or something else happening there Paul. ?

Dave

[Paul S]

28 minutes ago, casapete said:

What PA do you use Paul, and are you DI’d straight into it with your bass?
Am curious as to how it sounds with the system behind the band, looks interesting! 

 

It is an RCF EVOX 8 system which has some sort of voodoo going on that prevents it feeding back (almost always)  No idea what goes on but it works.  I DI straight into the desk via an eq/drive pedal, turn my hearing aids down a few notches and that is my monitoring as well.  It is a good pa, plenty of beans for outdoor gigs like this.

[Paul S]

15 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

I've been to a few of the dealer days and the band is more background music than a show. Only time people take time to watch the band is when they have been to the burger stall and still eating.

Shame its the last gig in the diary this year ? Is the band folding or something else happening there Paul. ?

Dave

 

Hopefully the band is continuing.  We decided not to do any pub gigs any more after a nasty experience or two last year and just take fewer but better gigs.  Trouble is this year the better gigs seem to have dried up.    On the plus side I am waiting for a date for some big surgery so it means no gigs to cancel.

[Paul S]

41 minutes ago, mikebass456 said:

Gotta love a Gibson LP DC bass 😉🤘😎

 

Indeed.  First time I have used mine for a year or so, having bought all manner of other bright shiny things, but it defo put a smile on my face yesterday.  Makes me wonder why I got the other stuff but, well, you know...  

[mikebass456]

47 minutes ago, Paul S said:

Coincidentally my lot had a gig at the Newmarket Harley Davidson place yesterday.  They hold a 'birthday party' every year and we are lucky enough to have been invited to provide the live music for the last three years.  We played well and are appreciated there by an albeit quiet crowd who are pretty much focussed on the bike stuff.  That is the last gig we have in the diary for this year.  That's me on the left checking my phone.  I took a brace of Gibson shorties - having tossed a coin mentally I used the Les Paul Jnr DC for the gig and an SG as backup - and was wearing Red Back boots.  Drummer Joe's picture.

 

  

 

2 minutes ago, Paul S said:

 

Indeed.  First time I have used mine for a year or so, having bought all manner of other bright shiny things, but it defo put a smile on my face yesterday.  Makes me wonder why I got the other stuff but, well, you know...  

Love mine - they're my main basses now for the punk band (shortscale makes me look a bit taller as well 😆😆)

[Paul S]

10 minutes ago, mikebass456 said:

 

Love mine - they're my main basses now for the punk band (shortscale makes me look a bit taller as well 😆😆)

 

 

 

I was hoping mine would make me look slimmer but no deal!

 

Interesting use of a P pickup - how does it affect the tone?

[mikebass456]

1 hour ago, Paul S said:

 

I was hoping mine would make me look slimmer but no deal!

 

Interesting use of a P pickup - how does it affect the tone?

It was an experiment, as I previously used P basses mostly. It's not as deep sounding as the Armstrong pickup on the other one, but can be fixed on the amp if needed.....👍

[Stub Mandrel]

18 hours ago, BassAgent said:

Yeah it was great fun last week. Currently on tour in Germany with a different band. Also great fun.

 

That really does look like a fun gig to play. 80's flashback!

[Stub Mandrel]

Last minute Bluesfire gig for the Ex's Club after a private party cancelled. For only a day's notice and against the boxing we had good numbers.

 

Our normal sound guy (guitarist's dad) is in Indonesia so we used a club tops with one sub, and guitarist mixed using a huge Behringer desk. Sound was great. Apparently my bass sounded much better (usually I have to boost my rig as the PA is just muddy bottom end).

 

A very good bass player I know turned up with mates on a stag night (the guy was wearing a Spice Girl union jack dress with very wayward rubber cleavage...) Soon became apparent at least three were bass players... no pressure!

 

Drummer launched into The Hunter after instead of Walk in My Shadow. I confused Spoonful with Crossroads 🤣

 

We haven't played since January but somehow we hit that spot where the arrangements are loose but we sounded really tight. Lots of fun and do glad we got that gig in.

 

 

 

[Boodang]

Brit Club beer festival. Got some great British ales and Belgium beers in. These pics taking just as we set up, but did get about 200 people once it got going. Setting sun straight into stage area with everything, including us, getting really hot. Bizarrely fried my Aguilar tlc pedal which gave up the ghost. I put on 5 bands, I was in four of them. Made sure the last band was the one I wasn’t in so I could enjoy a few ales before having to pack up. Everyone played well, started off with chilled vibes playing the likes of Bill Withers, then Hendrix/blues, punk/new wave, a 80s/90s cover, and finally my mates metal band at the end. Oh, and used my new (to me) Zoom L20 for the FoH and monitoring and worked a treat. So easy to get a good sound. 
All told, a great day but after playing for four hours and a 12 hour day of setting up and packing everything away I’m having a very lazy day’s rest. 

Edited 1 hour ago by Boodang