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Final load and I’ll be on the road soon

Dreadful 🙁 Horrible sound. Mistakes. Punters down the road at a firework party, so a virtually empty pub. First set was mush and struggled with or without IEM’s. I needed to apologise for letting it get to me and being out of sorts. Second set a bit better, but all in all a night to forget. i feel a major debrief incoming at rehearsal tomorrow night.

Update to my board. Took the plunge and bought an Origin Effect BassRig Super Vintage to replace my Ampeg pre amp. I do play in church that uses DI straight into the desk so I had to get this (obviously 😬). I also bought a Presonus Quantum 4 so I could set up the BassRig as the DI out has a cab sim. it sounds AMAZING. Really happy with it. But it’s a CHONKY beast - didn’t realise how big they were!!

I see this bass advertised somewhere before. It’s truly awful.

Have a good one y’all - in lieu of me being present I require many photos!

Last night with Blockbustarz Glam covers band in Eastmuir Masonic Club, Glasgow. From the word go the organiser was brilliant, then the other staff came in as we were setting up and once again they couldn't have been more helpful. Venue was a good size with quite a high stage and just big enough to fit all 5 of us. Quite long with a tall curve ceiling which allowed for amazing acoustics. Sound wise stage was hollow wooden and created quite a boom on stage and i forgot my Gramma pad. Meant i couldn't really hear the definition from the bass and it sounded like more of a drone. Ramped up the mids and dropped the bass EQ slightly and that helped without affecting FOH. (bass and guitars don't go thru PA). Guitarist was having same issue. Playing wise we were good with very few minor things that only the band would notice. Not as busy as they expected but enough to make it a great night with many dressing for the 70's Glam night. Apparently a group of 40 that had said they would be going never showed and the organiser wasn't happy about that. From what we were told they went to another Masonic in Glasgow all dressed for a Glam night and were wondering why no one else was dressed up. So that made us laugh. Everyone was happy with the show with so many great comments afterwards. Have to mention this one because it was so sweet. One "mature" guy of 80 yrs old with his wife of 86 who were both dancing on quite a few songs caught up with us as we were loading the cars and laughing he told us that when Mikey our singer encouraged the dancers he was thinking and i quote "all very well for you youngsters but i was 30 when those songs came out and i was dancing back then but at 80 and 86 i struggle just to walk so dancing isn't as easy as it used to be but we loved it" and thanked us so much for a great night of memories. We all thought that was so nice and very touching. Usual gear Sandberg VM4, Shure wireless, Keeley comp, Handbox WB-100 into BF 212 cab. Something i've not mentioned in my gear because i forgot was the sound effects we use :- Jamman sampler into a GK MB200 just for the pre-amp and DI'd to PA. 40 min drive for me and mostly motorway so that was brilliant. They have told us we will be back but just need to confirm it with a few others. There is a possibility that a few other Masonic's in Glasgow will also be interested too. All good news. Few vids have appeared on FB Dave http://www.facebook.com/alan.duthie.3/videos/1347271517121402?idorvanity=559305587911326 http://www.facebook.com/alan.duthie.3/videos/1896444287937931?idorvanity=559305587911326

I think you’d be better off in Ironic Crabcore mate 👍

That's a good idea. It makes it much more difficult to cut them out from the background.

I think unicorn rapcore is waiting to be found in the very near future. Snap, crackle and pop is already so last season.

I've done 100s of "set up and go" pub gigs. The sort where a proper PA tuning is just not possible. My key tips would be: 1. Shiny room = lots of treble reflections. Think glass or polished wood. Trim some highs out. 2. Floor <-> ceiling reflections typically create a room node around 160-180Hz, (unless the ceiling is higher). Putting an eq dip in here somewhere usually cleans up the sound a lot. 3. Can't hear the vocal? Put a towel over the snare drum.

I Ham I Said - Neil Diamond

Very nice! Looking good! Don't forget to do all your product pictures on a grey-ish textured kitchen counter a la Rob Green

Sittin' on the Dock of the Bacon - Otis Redding

Wow, I got up this morning ready to go to the cenotaph and then deal with a lot of hassle that’s arisen in the past few days. I opened this thread and now I’m blushing! Thank you very much all for the incredibly kind comments – the feelings are entirely mutual. I’ve met some of the most lovely, humane, and humble people I know through Basschat. Thank you! Onto the Suhr, i’m absolutely delighted that this has returned to where it belongs! It’s an absolutely gorgeous instrument. It really needed a good set up when I played it, though I was massively impressed by the fit and finish. What a lovely close to a long story!

My band gigged with Cerwin Vega CVA28 tops (they are an active 2x8) for a decade with a single 18" sub underneath. Plenty loud enough for pub gigs and marquee weddings. I'm doing sound for other bands now, using the same setup, and my musicians love them and the audience is happy.

I’m not aware that MXR/Dunlop own their own production facilities, although even if they do, it’s not really likely that a company would dime their capabilities in order to fulfill backorders, they’ll ramp up production slowly so they can find a sweet-spot between supply and demand. You don’t want more stock than you need, especially on a niche product, because stopping and then startint (again) production is not a simple task. Si

Oh blimey, sorry. I completely missed this. Feel free to drop me a line if you have any questions.

Piggies - Beatles

This weekend I managed to get a landing page up and running. https://www.aurokcomposites.com/ Small hurrah!