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Liking that Yamaha. Dave

As much as i agree with the comments i can see you have no strong feelings then ? 😂 Dave

You're on fire tonight. You on the happy juice 😂 Dave

A band i was in criticised my tone in a Deep Purple tribute because i didn't use a pick. I made it clear that's how i play and happy to step aside and let them get someone else. They decided it wasn't an issue after that. I eventually left that band with that issue being a small part of my reasoning. My current Glam band now 6yrs the guitarist once made that same comment that my tone didn't have enough attack and i should use a pick. I told him the same thing and once again he decided it wasn't that big an issue after all. He's now gone 3yrs ago and replaced with a guitarist that loves my style of playing and regularly compliments me after a gig. Him and the singer love it when i do the Steve Harris gallop tone in some songs and to be honest that's probably closest to how i prefer my tone but doesn't fit every Glam song and i have to reign it back a bit. Dave

WOW as much as i like this, it's a little bit wicked. 👌 Dave

Nope i wouldn't put up with that in any band. Even if i was a paid hired hand i still wouldn't accept that behaviour. I like a bit of joking around with bands but that's pushing it too far. You've done the right thing. All the very best with the new band. Keep us posted on the new band and would be curious to hear how this final bass bash goes. Dave

Is that not a bit strange having no drums behind you ? Dave

Superb. Obviously hope the guys Mum is ok which is the main thing here but well done for carrying on as an acoustic duo. Dave

Its also allows a faster change-over. Dave

Yep good point. Not sure i could sit in that section. Dave

Good food thrown in is always a big plus Daryl. We always take our own sandwiches and juice etc but we regularly get offered the buffet at private parties but having already eaten we don't bother too much. There's always a McD's option on the drive home. 🤩🍟🍔 Anyways i thought you had a steady girlfriend ? Dave

That's ridiculous having a VIP area like that. From a band point of view you want proper fans down the front and the rich elitist "look at me" lot should be to one side if at all. Fine for huge stadiums but not a marquee tent. Just seems a bit pretentious of the organisers IMO. Dave

I'll need to have a closer look at what he's using cause now i'm not sure if its triggers or small mics of some kind. He doesn't have any control boxes if its triggers but i don't know how they work. When we use a PA hire they always use mics to every drum. Dave

you know more than i do so please keep the advice coming. Dave

He normally has a small clip on thing that attaches to each drum rather than full mics, except for bass drum where he prefers a proper drum mic. I'm no expert in all of this and tend to leave him to it. Dave

To be fair the desk was working fine until he decided to mic all the drums up and something changed. The big advantage i saw was that we could store the settings for each venue. I think you need to be operating these desks regularly to keep on top of them but unfortunately we play venues with their own PA's or we have hired a PA company for some. Before the drums were added we only had vocals and sound effects thru the PA. Everything else was backline even in larger 200 capacity venues. It just seemed to work for what we were trying to copy from early 70's when sounds was a lot simpler 😂 Dave

That would be a good night in this club. Its a decent size with a good stage area too. Dave

Easthouses Miners near Dalkeith. A nice venue and staff very friendly and helpful too. I'm more used to old analogue desks. We've been using a pa hire company on a few gigs and will be going down this route from start of next year. At the moment we're half and half so not using our own desk every gig. Dave

Last night was our first gig in 4 weeks but things starting to build up as we head towards Christmas. 🎅 65th birthday party, always difficult at these trying to motivate the audience to dance but we had dancers up early and altho not a full floor it was encouraging. By the end of the night we had the floor pretty full. Considering we haven't played in weeks the band was spot on. One or two very minor mistakes that only we would notice so that was good. Had trouble with drums going thru digital desk. We were getting incoming signals but nothing going out the front. We eventually managed to get drummers vocal mike going and then his bass drum but we were now at doors open time and had to leave it at that and get the sound check done. Digital desks are way over-complicated for my liking but it looks like part of his grouping or his drum presets are somehow muting. Overall everything was well balanced out front tho. Bigger venue than we expected with a decent sized stage so all good there. The tone i had was spot on for me. Deep but not boomy with that little bit of growl when digging in. That Handbox WB-100 and Barefaced 212 set up is just sublime. Used the Sandberg VM4 with MarloweDK as back up. Dave

Come on Daryl. Its sad when your highlight from a gig is the food but i get and appreciate where you're coming from. 😂 Dave

Seems an odd positioning of your bass cab there @tubbybloke68 ? Angled inwards towards the drum monitor rather than out front. Any particular reason. Just curious. I do like those Yamaha TRB basses. Dave

I've heard you guys. No-one is a few notches above you guys. Dave

And everything is good again Daryl. Dave

Don't make him feel any more embarrassed than he already does Steve. 😂 Dave

We all learn from our mistakes Daryl. Bet you won't do that again 😂 Dave