How was your gig last night?

[asingardenof]

1 hour ago, lemmywinks said:

I'm a worryingly short distance down the coast in Cleveleys, just have rogue mobility scooters and the resident seagull gangs to deal with here.

My relatives live in Poulton and we go there quite often. It's a shame the café on the prom has gone downhill now despite its Star Wars fame.

Edited yesterday at 12:08 by asingardenof

[HeadlessBassist]

4 hours ago, asingardenof said:

Do you mean Blackpool? Because Lytham is nowhere near Liverpool.

 

I just let Google Maps do the navigating. My single aim is to get to soundcheck by 5pm, or preferably an hour before. 🚗

[ezbass]

17 hours ago, Merton said:

 

 

 

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

Absolutely love that, right up my street; quality!

[Merton]

9 minutes ago, ezbass said:

Absolutely love that, right up my street; quality!

Thank you kind sir!

 

I will claim all of the credit for it, even though all I did was plonk the bass on the recording 😄

[cheddatom]

The Salty Dog in Northwich on Friday night. It's a small place so we easily filled it. I love this place 'cos they always have great beer. For the first time since I started playing there, they had a great sound engineer! Every other time we've played there the sound has been plagued by low end rumbling and constant feedback, however, it's always been a barman or the like just doing their best. This guy clearly not only knew what he was doing, but was also concerned with doing a good job, and he did! A very sweaty 1.5hr set and all the free beer I could drink made for a very entertaining evening

 

[cheddatom]

here's the view from the back of the room

 

[StingRayBoy42]

NOT LAST NIGHT!

I played a gig at the O2 Ritz in Manchester (My old stomping ground) a few weeks ago with The Groove Chorus - a 40 odd piece choir playing fun/funky/cheesy/disco/pop stuff.

I used to go clubbing at The Ritz when I was a kid (Monday night Alternative (Goth) night and Wednesday night student (Indie) night) and I've seen loads of big gigs here (Including Chas & Dave!) so... this was a big deal for me!

It was a long day, got there about 1 for setup, tech sortouts etc then a full run through... knackering but good fun!

Eight piece band including a four piece horn section - we had a monitor engineer which hasn't happened to me for a long time.
The MD, guitarist and drummer were guys I've worked with before and not seen for ages, which was nice; the keyboard player was a great bloke and really good laugh - it's always nice to meet someone who hasn't heard any of my jokes.

The dress code was 'Denim on Denim on Denim' (NO black clothes allowed!) so I had to buy a pair of blue denim jeans - I don't own that many clothes that aren't black...
It was as camp as a row of pink tents (at christmas) - we did 'I Will Survive'... how camp do you want it?!

The gig was FANTASTIC - the place was packed, the choir sounded brilliant, the crowd loved it, the band were great, I played pretty well... a great night all round.

Certainly the biggest gig I've played for a while.
The organisers (and the rest of the band) said some nice things about my playing, which was gratifying and I've since been asked to play the next one, so... a good nights work! (Decent payer as well)

Highlight was probably 'Groove is in the heart' - who wouldn't want to play 'that' riff through an ENORMOUS PA while hundreds of people dance to it?!

Played the StingRay -> Secret Weapons board (Thumpinator ->VTDI) -> MB802 -> ENORMOUS PA
Shoes were peach pink sparkle Converse (not pictured)

Video-
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1005081587691904

Edited yesterday at 16:28 by StingRayBoy42

[casapete]

Two gigs for me last weekend.

 

First was with the blues band at a rather remote pub on the coast. Not as busy as last time

we did it but still a small appreciative crowd. I made a classic schoolboy error of leaving home

a bit late and grabbing a gig bag on the way out, only to discover I’d brought along the ‘wrong’

bass. Fortunately I also brought along my Dano Longhorn to show the guys, so ended up using 

that into the Rumble 500 and it sounded pretty damned good.  Haven’t used it for a while,

so a nice reminder of how it will always be a keeper. (see pic).

Then Sunday I was with the duo at our regular venue in Scarborough, ‘The Lookout on the Pier’.

A full house as per usual and some interesting requests, including ‘A certain smile’ ( for the 

owner Jill ), ‘Africa’ and ‘An Englishman in New York’ with the crazy walking bit in the middle 

which is OLF. Encore of ‘Eight days a week’ which is a cracking tune as well. We’re there again

in May and it’s always a pleasure.
 

 

 

[msb]

6 hours ago, StingRayBoy42 said:

NOT LAST NIGHT!

I played a gig at the O2 Ritz in Manchester (My old stomping ground) a few weeks ago with The Groove Chorus - a 40 odd piece choir playing fun/funky/cheesy/disco/pop stuff.

I used to go clubbing at The Ritz when I was a kid (Monday night Alternative (Goth) night and Wednesday night student (Indie) night) and I've seen loads of big gigs here (Including Chas & Dave!) so... this was a big deal for me!

It was a long day, got there about 1 for setup, tech sortouts etc then a full run through... knackering but good fun!

Eight piece band including a four piece horn section - we had a monitor engineer which hasn't happened to me for a long time.
The MD, guitarist and drummer were guys I've worked with before and not seen for ages, which was nice; the keyboard player was a great bloke and really good laugh - it's always nice to meet someone who hasn't heard any of my jokes.

The dress code was 'Denim on Denim on Denim' (NO black clothes allowed!) so I had to buy a pair of blue denim jeans - I don't own that many clothes that aren't black...
It was as camp as a row of pink tents (at christmas) - we did 'I Will Survive'... how camp do you want it?!

The gig was FANTASTIC - the place was packed, the choir sounded brilliant, the crowd loved it, the band were great, I played pretty well... a great night all round.

Certainly the biggest gig I've played for a while.
The organisers (and the rest of the band) said some nice things about my playing, which was gratifying and I've since been asked to play the next one, so... a good nights work! (Decent payer as well)

Highlight was probably 'Groove is in the heart' - who wouldn't want to play 'that' riff through an ENORMOUS PA while hundreds of people dance to it?!

Played the StingRay -> Secret Weapons board (Thumpinator ->VTDI) -> MB802 -> ENORMOUS PA
Shoes were peach pink sparkle Converse (not pictured)

Video-
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1005081587691904

Pink sparkle Converse ! 
Jeez !

[Cat Burrito]

As part of Record Store Day, I played a church in my hometown. Not only did it mark 12 months of me being alcohol free but it marked the first time I played a venue that my Dad had played. No, we're not religious but it amazes me that in 37yrs of playing, it hasn't happened already. I had friends come over from Wales and down from Yorkshire and we were on it throughout. The playback confirmed it. It was promoting my friend Rich Davies and his band The Dissidents. Got to use my Blackstar head and cab with my trusty Ric 4003s. It sounded immense. 

 

[StingRayBoy42]

11 hours ago, msb said:

Pink sparkle Converse ! 
Jeez !

I'll have you know they're PEACH pink sparkle Converse! 😀

[AlexDelores]

13 hours ago, casapete said:

Two gigs for me last weekend.

 

First was with the blues band at a rather remote pub on the coast. Not as busy as last time

we did it but still a small appreciative crowd. I made a classic schoolboy error of leaving home

a bit late and grabbing a gig bag on the way out, only to discover I’d brought along the ‘wrong’

bass. Fortunately I also brought along my Dano Longhorn to show the guys, so ended up using 

that into the Rumble 500 and it sounded pretty damned good.  Haven’t used it for a while,

so a nice reminder of how it will always be a keeper. (see pic).

Then Sunday I was with the duo at our regular venue in Scarborough, ‘The Lookout on the Pier’.

A full house as per usual and some interesting requests, including ‘A certain smile’ ( for the 

owner Jill ), ‘Africa’ and ‘An Englishman in New York’ with the crazy walking bit in the middle 

which is OLF. Encore of ‘Eight days a week’ which is a cracking tune as well. We’re there again

in May and it’s always a pleasure.
 

 

 

That Dano looks fantastic…

But, I’m very intrigued what the wrong bass was that you picked up? 👀

[casapete]

3 hours ago, AlexDelores said:

That Dano looks fantastic…

But, I’m very intrigued what the wrong bass was that you picked up? 👀

I’d forgotten I had put a short scale Squier Jaguar into my usual gig bag. It’s a friend’s bass which I 

haven’t played in anger, so wasn’t really ideal for the gig. I’ve had the Dano for a long time, and it

was just like putting on a pair of old slippers, one of my favourite instruments. 
It is actually a Longhorn Pro, which is one of the slightly less authentic Korean reissues from the

late 90’s. Factory upgraded bridge / tuners / pickups, and no tape around the edges! Sounds 

immense though, and weighs the same as a packet of crisps.