tubbybloke68 Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Just back from standing in for a localish soul/funk band . Marquee gig in a very busy pub garden. Done another gig last night with the same guys and both went very well considering no rehearsal or anything. Last night used my GB Spitfire and today decided to give the distillate a spin. Great fun and I think I gave a good account of myself. 😊👌x 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 18 minutes ago, tubbybloke68 said: Just back from standing in for a localish soul/funk band . Marquee gig in a very busy pub garden. Done another gig last night with the same guys and both went very well considering no rehearsal or anything. Last night used my GB Spitfire and today decided to give the distillate a spin. Great fun and I think I gave a good account of myself. 😊👌x Ooohh nice bass Any pics of the Spitfire too, just for comparison. Some vids would be good too as i like to hear Alembic basses on here. Dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mep Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Last night we played at the Coach House in Paignton. We were offered this a couple of weeks ago, as the booked band couldn't make it. Sound check was easy as our last gig was here a month ago and the mixer settings hadn't changed. A good turnout for the bank holiday weekend, with a good group up dancing in the 2nd set. A couple of people who had not seen us before came up to chat and tell me how much they enjoyed the gig. Last time here I used my new Squire Precision, which was fun. This time I took my old StingRay. I asked our drummer how it compared to the Squire and he said the StingRay has just such a better sound in his opinion. Next gig isn't until October, so time for some practicing. 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dclaassen Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Two gigs this weekend. Friday night at the Yard of Ale in Peterborough. Great crowd from beginning to end. Fun, happy time. This afternoon in Spaldwick at the Greystones playind in support of Addinbrook Hospital. Outdoor gig with lots of families. Plenty of dancing as well. Myusual rig with this band… Spectracore fretless 5, trace head, and twin GB 12’s. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merton Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 (edited) Did an interesting beer festival gig today with my pop/punk band, our first gig since BC (Before Covid) and a completely new set of songs which our band leader had written in lockdown. Being a microbrewery in a small industrial unit, the acoustics were pretty crappy. Hard floors and walls, high ceiling, and the world’s smallest PA. Honestly I’ve seen home hi fi systems which are bigger. House bass amp was a 30W Ampeg Rocket combo, so naturally I took my Handbox WB100 and Barefaced Two10. Both guitarists had their 2x12s 😆🤦🏼♂️ Soundman looked a bit scared, bless him. Overall though, it sounded great. Seemed well balanced out front from the videos I’ve seen, albeit with a PA being pushed hard. We played well and then laughed when the next band announced a song “this is new, we’ve never played it live before so I hope it goes OK”. Er, that was our entire set 😄 So yeah, Youths is the name of the band, new music will be released soon. We need some more gigs as well 😁 Edited August 26 by Merton 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickeyboro Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 12 minutes ago, Merton said: What’s the bass? Looks interesting! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merton Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Mickeyboro said: What’s the bass? Looks interesting! ACG TKO Classic https://acguitars.co.uk/project/0404tkoclassic4-30-5/ EDIT - it is the Dog’s Danglies, especially for rock music. Passive but has a very Spector-esque growl to it, especially with the pickups in series Edited August 25 by Merton To babble more 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewine Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 No gigs this weekend. I was with my first grandchild. Daryl 27 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewine Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 6 hours ago, tubbybloke68 said: Just back from standing in for a localish soul/funk band . Marquee gig in a very busy pub garden. Done another gig last night with the same guys and both went very well considering no rehearsal or anything. Last night used my GB Spitfire and today decided to give the distillate a spin. Great fun and I think I gave a good account of myself. 😊👌x Very nice rig. Daryl 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewine Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 (edited) 13 hours ago, mep said: Last night we played at the Coach House in Paignton. We were offered this a couple of weeks ago, as the booked band couldn't make it. Sound check was easy as our last gig was here a month ago and the mixer settings hadn't changed. A good turnout for the bank holiday weekend, with a good group up dancing in the 2nd set. A couple of people who had not seen us before came up to chat and tell me how much they enjoyed the gig. Last time here I used my new Squire Precision, which was fun. This time I took my old StingRay. I asked our drummer how it compared to the Squire and he said the StingRay has just such a better sound in his opinion. Next gig isn't until October, so time for some practicing. Your drummer listens to bass? Sometimes I wonder how important bass is to the rest of the band. It seems like they're focusing for the most part on their own individual performance. Daryl Edited August 26 by Bluewine 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 9 hours ago, Merton said: ACG TKO Classic https://acguitars.co.uk/project/0404tkoclassic4-30-5/ EDIT - it is the Dog’s Danglies, especially for rock music. Passive but has a very Spector-esque growl to it, especially with the pickups in series That is very nice. Dave 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mep Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 (edited) 5 hours ago, Bluewine said: Your drummer listens to bass? Sometimes I wonder how important bass is to rest of the band. It seems like they're focusing for the most part on their own individual performance. Daryl All drummers should be listening to the bass, but this isn't always the case. Ours does and I listen to him too as we like to keep a tight rhythm section. Our singer is very aware of the bass too, because if I play a bum note it can throw him off sometimes. I know our guitarist is listening too, well sometimes. I would hope the rest of any band know how important bass is, but as you say it can look like they are focusing on their own performance. Once I was was having some gear problems and had to stop playing whilst the rest carried on. They all found out how important the bass is as the song sounded empty without bass. Edited August 26 by mep 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshy Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 A nice festival gig for us on Saturday playing a nice 60 min Nirvana set . It's great to see all ages enjoying some good old 90's grunge! Ripper into a Hiwatt and Barefaced 6x10 was sublime. 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickeyboro Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 6 hours ago, Bluewine said: No gigs this weekend. I was with my first grandchild. Daryl Congratulations Daryl! Maybe this will start a new thread - bassists and their grandchildren?! 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRBboy Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 We had a hilarious moment towards the end of our set on Saturday, we were playing Stacy's Mom, and the guitarist didn't realise he still had his expression pedal set to pitch shift. I could barely continue the song for laughing 🤣🤣🤣👌 VID-20240824-WA0006.mp4 7 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubbybloke68 Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 13 hours ago, dmccombe7 said: Ooohh nice bass Any pics of the Spitfire too, just for comparison. Some vids would be good too as i like to hear Alembic basses on here. Dave Sorry only photo taken of me the night before with the spitfire. No videos that i know of taken but it all sounded pretty good , you’ll have to take my word on that 😊. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obrienp Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 Third year for covers band playing at a village event. Due to funding from a green energy company in compensation for disruption, they have a fund to put on an annual event. It involves a free bar for about 4 hours prior to us playing and a paying bar thereafter (which had record takings yesterday evening). This is a good formula for us getting plenty of dancing but thankfully not too many drunks tripping over cables! One very enthusiastic dancer kept going for both of our sets bless her but was asleep on a table when we were packing up. Concerned organisers had the mop bucket out and were trying to get her home. Her fella was staggering around in the road outside, falling over our kit as we tried to load up. More amusing than annoying but I did feel a bit worried for the dancer (not so tiny as it happens), who looked like a candidate for a stomach pump. The gig went very well for us, except for the rhythm guitarist’s DI dropping out in the second set. We really haven’t got to grips with the Soundcraft digital desk yet. We have issues every time we use it. I was using my LFSys Monza with Blackstar U700 and Guild Starfire 1, plus a custom P/J shorty. I am very happy with this set up DI into the PA but I did find the Starfire was causing the amp to clip a bit when I was digging in and I had to turn down the input gain a bit. The Starfire’s pickup is very responsive to playing dynamics. I must learn to let the amp do the work, as I have blisters on my picking fingers this morning: 2 1/2 hours of playing north of 140 BPM (a lot North of 160). 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewine Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 2 hours ago, Mickeyboro said: Congratulations Daryl! Maybe this will start a new thread - bassists and their grandchildren?! Fantastic Pic! Daryl 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 8 hours ago, Bluewine said: No gigs this weekend. I was with my first grandchild. Daryl Superb stuff Daryl. Dave 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 2 hours ago, walshy said: A nice festival gig for us on Saturday playing a nice 60 min Nirvana set . It's great to see all ages enjoying some good old 90's grunge! Ripper into a Hiwatt and Barefaced 6x10 was sublime. That bass and rig must have sounded amazing. Dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewine Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 (edited) 5 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said: Superb stuff Daryl. Dave Thanks Dave, I really liked bass with the Telecaster body style. Is that new? Daryl Edited August 26 by Bluewine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 1 hour ago, tubbybloke68 said: Sorry only photo taken of me the night before with the spitfire. No videos that i know of taken but it all sounded pretty good , you’ll have to take my word on that 😊. Another great looking bass. Don't see many GB Spitfire basses about either. Dave 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 1 minute ago, Bluewine said: Thanks Dave, I really liked bass with the Telecaster body style. Daryl Sorry Daryl i was commenting on you and your grandson pic there. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 First gig outside London on Saturday (only third one overall). Part of an all-day do in a pub in Chatham...looked a bit rough and ready when we got there (set up in the corner of the pub, no stage kind of affair), and a proper jamboree bag of acts, but we went down really well and played a really good set. Mrs. Pook and I had hired a car for the weekend (for non-band purposes), so we drove down and back rather than getting the train. We gave the guitarist a lift there and back, might be a while before he accepts the offer of a lift again as Mrs. Pook and I sang along to Absolute 80s radio all the way back. He sat in the back, occasionally mentioning that he didn't know any of the songs... First time gigging my Ibanez EHB - very impressed. It'll take a bit to get used to it, sound-wise, after using my Spector for so long, but boy.....so much lighter ! 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexDelores Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 12 hours ago, Merton said: ACG TKO Classic https://acguitars.co.uk/project/0404tkoclassic4-30-5/ EDIT - it is the Dog’s Danglies, especially for rock music. Passive but has a very Spector-esque growl to it, especially with the pickups in series I like that a lot! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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