[quote name='Steve_nottm' post='85039' date='Nov 7 2007, 06:09 PM']AndyH,
Sorry to set this one running! Yup enjoyed the gig, lots of energy, extremely tight and good sound (and not just saying that because you're here....oh no). Felt like a slightly short set but I put this down to them being a young band with only one album of material that the audience would know, and actually I think a shorter set filled with the known songs is a better bet than a longer one with lots of new stuff. Certainly at this stage and at that venue.
The tuning thing only bugged me as it's something I don't do, and don't like to hear. It's not a major problem but did detract a tiny bit for me. I sort of take on board what you say about the singer stepping on a pedal as he does bound around a lot. I did wonder if it really was a tuning thing or just something he does in the spaces between the songs as he wasn't tuning, just sort of checking.[/quote]
Hi everybody been offline for a couple of days doing more gigs on the never ending tour. Steve, thanks for the remarks regarding the sound it's always nice to know what people think. The shortness of the set is, as you rightly say, down to a lack of material. It's still nearly an hour which is about as much as you could expect from a band at this stage in their careers, and I think it's also true to say that everybody has been surprised at how quickly the band have shot up success-wise.
As far as the issue with the bass goes, in all honesty it annoys me too. I play bass myself (the main reason I joined the board in the first place) and it's just a case of wiring the rig slightly differently. He is going into a Boss TU-2 up there and is properly checking his tuning (for anybody who thought he was tuning by ear) it's just wired from the tuner out jack from his amp instead of being inline with his guitar. Obviously with a quick re-wire it's totally possible to have silent tuning. It's just one of those small things that we'd not even realised was annoying the crowds, so in all fairness, thanks for bringing it to my attention.
Still back to work (at Wolves Civic hall today), with Dream Theater playing upstairs. I may just have to go and have a smeaky look...