WalMan

Odd one yesterday. Not sure what it was exactly possibly three of us tired from the previous nights travels to see Barock Project & Tiger Moth Tails @ Trading Boundaries (both great but I digress). 

Early evening gig (16:30-19:00) at a venue that has had some difficulties in recent months with management changes & the regulars falling out with one of the interim managers, but hopefully that is starting to  be behind them now. For our part  a lot of silly mistakes, cues missed wrong songs started, but it ended up a good early evening gig despite it all.

Sound wise (and I suppose don't trust sound quality of punters phone videos!) I was told "don't get any louder after the break as it's right on the verge". Sound from a punter video in front of me was OK. The bass sounded nice but was getting marginal for level against guitars & vox - my excuse being I have IEM's so have to trust the sound guy & others to let me know. Then again from a different punter the other side of the bar everything sounded a bit indistinct, and I am trusting that that was down to a phone's mic shutting everything down.

Band Christmas dinner this week then one more before the vocalist disappears to sunnier climes over the holidays.

1 minute ago, Merton said:

Great day!

Guy and Laurence both excellent, as were the Basschat team behind the day. And lovely to see old friends and mew faces.

@stevie’s LFSys cabs are superb, especially the 12” version.

Indeed…and first ticket out of the bucket having said I never win 🤩 

Only had a quick noodle on the LFSys cabs at the end of the but look and sound good, so more choices for cabs.

Destination sent to the car and part loaded just need to plug in for a little top up…see you tomorrow 🤪

30 minutes ago, TheGreek said:

Donations from D'Addario 

 

I have a couple of unused NY 130 gauge B-strings (one tapered, one not) that I can add to this as I’ll not use them

14 hours ago, Bluewine said:

I get it. I'm new to working with smoke machines . I hope ours are water based like Dave mentioned.

 

Daryl

I remember being put in charge of the footswitch for the smoke machine but not being told it only needed a short press to get a reasonable spread. Cue me standing on it for far too long as nothing appeared to be happening, and the pub being completely filled and resembling a scene from The Fog 🤣

On another occasion my bandmates previous band that carried a big stage show of props and costumes (think The Tubes or Alice Cooper) had an idea to create a dry ice waterfall from over the lights behind the drummer (old PARcans that created a lot of heat in pre LED days). Rigged a tube from the machine to the light bar. Came to use the effect during the set but by the time the cloud got to the end of the tube it had largely condensed so instead of a nice cloud effect the drummer was sat under a cold shower 🤦‍♂️🤣

1 hour ago, dmccombe7 said:

Gorgeous basses.

Unusual bass rig set up too. Do you use both amps at same time or is one just a back up. ?

Had a Streamliner 600 years ago when they first came out. Wish i had kept it.

Dave

That set up was just messing about in the studio and I can't remember which amp went into which bit, but probably the Streamliner to the BB2 and Boogie to the One10's

For gigs I use either the One10’s or one or two (though not often) of the BB2’s. If I'm feeling up to it for the proggy gigs I might use one BB2 for bass and the other for basspedals (McMillen 12Step into either a soft synth on the iPad or a DSI MoPho)

The Boogie has gone now. I tend to use a Darkglass Microtubes 500 sat atop the Streamliner as a spare or for smaller venues an Aguilar Tonehammer 350 on either the One10's or a BB2. There's also an LH500 knocking around in a flight case though that's getting less use at the moment.

3 hours ago, taunton-hobbit said:

D'ya get trade discount from Alex ?

 

(asking for a friend)

 

😎

Sadly no. Not pictured was the Super12t since sold and replaced with another BB2 🙄😁

8 hours ago, Kiwi said:

Any pics? Do they have graphite necks?  I'm wondering how close they both might be to mine.

Definitely the S2. No idea about the S1, it’s red everywhere except the front of the neck, but I think so

Not a bad night. Last gig at the pub for the landlord & landlady (though we’ve since heard that the new licensees intend to carry on having bands so we’ll see.

TV on for the rugby and prior to that p155ed punters doing karaoke while we set up (oh joy). Then one of said punters decided they could play ‘guitar’ (I think you mean bass dear but let’s let that pass) so could they have a go to show their prowess? Not on that bass you can’t (Status S1) but knock yourself out with this one (beaten up FPPR S1 that SEBB attendees from years ago will remember Barney had for sale for years, plays and sounds great but looks in a state and one for the tightest of gigs where I don’t want to worry about knocks). So she strummed aimlessly for a while til I got bored and stood on the Microtubes mute footswitch and said “Oh no! You’ve broken it”.

Otherwise the gig went well despite mullered punters spilling drinks everywhere, but all singing along and no major foul ups by the band so not so bad. Slightly marred by landlord getting into a domestic over how he’d dealt with a punter that rumbled on while we packed up and tried not to get drawn in. 🫣

21 hours ago, bass_dinger said:

I am suddenly interested in fretless basses, and how easy they are to play.  

 

I want to:

Experience lined v unlined; understand the difference in fretboard materials; contemplate mwah v no mwah.

 

Is anyone bringing a fretless bass to the Bass Bash, that they can demonstrate to me?

 

Thanks in advance. 

 

 

I can bring my lined G&L L2500

On 16/10/2023 at 00:11, hen barn said:

Well just seen this and I’m coming! Maybe be able to pick up raffle prize from about 5 years ago?? Will bring both my 5 and 4 string status

I think I left it with Hamster last year, 😁 don’t think it went back in the raffle 🤞

Going to see The Flower Kings in Southampton next Thursday, then a couple of nights of Barock Project in November & Lazuli in December

It's always thundered on, though there was one night when it blew a fuse that got replaced temporarily with one from a mates Moggie Minor to finish the night 😳 We were young and lived through it, thought as he is/was an electrician & now teaches young sparks he should probably have known better!!

Good fun last minute dep with Imposter Syndrome last night.
 

Booked for it Wednesday evening. Worked through the proposed set Thursday evening. Flew by the seat of my pants Friday. Got through relatively unscathed with plenty of eye contact and knowing nods. Crowd were happy so any fluffs passed them by😁

A load of songs that’ll be standards for others, but I don’t listen to as a matter of course or have ever really played (Ruby, Dakota, I Predict a Riot, etc.,) but survived.

First gig with the new car and its voluminous boot which was nice. Took the small rig (two BF One10’s and Tonehammer 350 with a couple of spare amps) and they disappeared into the recesses with room to spare.

The band all use IEM’s so ran a line to mine through the Behringer PM1 and mixed with Mixing Station on my iPad 

23 minutes ago, Rickytwo said:

Hi, I'm in Mansfield, North Notts

DOH!!! Just realised it’s in the title. I really am a bear of very little brain 🤦‍♂️

Well this would save me a couple of jobs if I ever get round to getting a P 😁

Where are you located?

13 hours ago, kodiakblair said:

Aye.

 

Boy I work with is furious, hoped for mass forced deportation of everyone with African or Indian ancestry who've been here less than 4 decades.

 

Swears he's not racist but I have my doubts 😄

Talking to someone recently who is/was all for the B-word but, isn’t that lucky, qualifies for an Irish passport through his mother 🤬

Giving Lifesigns - Live in The Netherlands another blast after seeing them at Trading Boundaries again a couple of weeks ago. Great bass sound from Jon Poole

Had a through the for a Heath Robinson method for cheaper stereo IEM using the Aviom kit I think our sound guy still has, but would it work / be worth the effort.

 - Aviom submixer stereo out into a splitter  

 - two Xvive U4 transmitters running different channels

 - two Xvive U4 receivers into a stereo y cable

 - y cable into Behringer P2

I suppose it should work but there’s a lot of potential breaks in the chain

Edit: probably easier and cheaper to use a Sennheiser XSW 🤦‍♂️

I’ve done a few deps in recent months so have been learning quite a few bits and bobs. So many are 4 chord wonders I keep finding myself thinking I need to sit down and learn these songs, sit down with a Spotify playlist, and get bored after the first verse.

Years ago an earlier band, who I’m still working with on various recording projects and the occasional gig, used to spice things up at gigs where we were playing originals on occasion by having a quick run through of a new cover in the break and playing it in the encore. Can’t say we actually learnt then it was just our memory of the song and busk it 🤣

9 hours ago, prowla said:

A load of bass players bring a selection of kit, set up in a couple of rooms, chat and discuss, try out other folk's kit, sit down for a presentation or two from a pro, eat cake, drink tea, maybe buy something from the table-top sale, make friends.

9 hours ago, Frank Blank said:

 

...and it costs a tenner.

…and there’s a raffle

but mostly it’s a lot of fun chatting about basses, gigging, gear, and trying stuff you might not otherwise get a chance to try.

The only downside to a bass bash (or being a member on BC) is the inherent risk of serious GAS 🤣 I went years happy with one bass and one amp…now don’t ask 🤪😳🫣🤣

2 hours ago, bnt said:

Cool dude - I saw his one-man show at a comedy festival here in Dublin. He has some stories to tell, for sure, maybe he'll have a few for us?

Read the book 🤣

Jellyfish…great band. Shame it’s only really two albums 

Adding myself to the list, though not sure what to bring yet so it’ll be some out of the ones shown

@cetera - Charvel 3B, ESP Surveyor '87, Fender FSR PJ Precision, Hamer Impact, Italia Imola, Spector NS2, Spector Euro, Spector EuroX (Spectorbird), Spector Pulse II, Spector Dimension 4HP, Gallien Krueger 400RB & Legacy800 heads, GenzBenz Neox 2x12 cab

@TheGreek - All short scale this year - a @Jabba_the_gut scale 5er, Mini Ray, Short scale P bass

@Harlequin74 - Zoot Performer, Status Shark, Spector QV4 , Markbass TTE501 and Matching CAB. Maybe the Lehle Basswitch…

@Frank Blank - @Jabba_the_gut short scale fretted and fretless, JMJ Mustang, QSC K12.2, Grace Design Alix

@TrevorR - Mk 1 Wal, Wal Pro IIE, Aria SB700, Frankenjazz, pedals and MarkBass LMII & Traveler 2x10

@bnt - travelling light, probably a couple of pedals such as T-Rex Diva Drive, Orange KongPressor

@bass_dinger - 1999 Washburn XB500, 1994 Washburn XB500, Washburn XB925 in zebrawood, Washburn XB925 in bits, Boulder Creek 5 string (likely to be for sale, SWR Workingmans 12.

@greentext- 2008 Spector NS4-H2, 2015 Sandberg VS4, 2000 Trace Elliot T-Bass, my pedalboard and my tin of picks 😈

@prowla- Probably a couple of Rickenbackers and some interesting oddities. Amp-wise a Markbass EVO and a 1x12 (last year I bought some others to try and never switched them on, as the EVO sounded spot-on).

@SuperSeagull- Status S2, Feline P Bass, Modded Fender Lyte, Flea Jazz, MB Combo

@Merton - various short and medium scale ACGs, Zoots and Conway basses, Barefaced cabs, modern Trace Elliot amps

@MacDaddy Shuker (probably no3), Snapdragon Folding Bass, possibly a Rob Allen Mouse.

@neilp - matching pair of fretted and fretless 1980 Aria SB1000s, possibly my fretless Wal mk1, Ashdown ABM500/Ampeg 4x10, Tech 21 Bass Fly Rig

@NickD - Strunal Schonbach 5 String DB, and whatever else I can shoehorn in the car around it... hopefully a MD CMD121 H, Zoom B6, and maybe a Maruszczyk Jake and a Shuker Series 2.

@walman - converted Wal Pro, Zon Legacy Elite, Status S2, G&L L2500 fretless, McMillen 12Step & DSI MoPho, Two Notes Bass Revolt, Trondheim Audio SkarBassOne, BackBeat2 (and my BackBeat1 will probably be available for sale). Darkglass Microtubes500 and one of the Barefaced cabs. All depends how late I leave and what will fit in the new car 🚙 😁

A couple of gigs this weekend.
 

Sound was good and we were tight both nights but had router problems with the desk. First night started with the wrong one plugged in, second night it didn’t work so had to be swapped so both setups had their stresses.

Second night there’s been something going on with management changes and we are told that the regulars are siding with the old manager and boycotting the pub at the moment, we’ll that’s what we’ll  console ourselves with anyway 🤷‍♂️