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Looking great and sounding great. Daryl

Stub, what was interesting, the couple I sat down with knew me, but I had no clue who they were. They had seen me at our New Years Eve 2023 gig at The Precinct. They had met my girlfriend and was asking about her and made comments about how nice she was. This was the night my girlfriend had too much to drink and flashed our bandleaders father. Yes, I'm "internationally renowned." Lol Daryl

Some Fender tube combos are hard to work on too. Daryl

My wireless will fail at times Line 6 G-50. When that happens I ditch the whole board and go bass to amp. Daryl

Thanks for posting the pics Norris. Nice to see that many of us are in the same boat. Meaning , as I look at all the gig pics posted here allot of these bars and pubs look the same to me. Daryl

I was home by 6 00. It was -3°. Sunday afternoon bar gig. Dep drummer, a good amount of dancing and lots of mistakes and sketchy endings. Good pay and good tips. My gear was functioning properly. I sat down at a table and spoke to some nice folks. I pretended I was famous.Sad 😔 Daryl

My Fender hard case for my Precision smells like someone urinated in it. I was told it's the glue that holds in the case lining. Daryl

We laugh when we have a good crowd we're engaged with and we're sounding good. It's hard to laugh when it's one of those gigs that's going downhill by the minute. Lol Daryl

Dave, No stage is a sore point for me too.If a pub has live bands on a weekly basis is it that much of an investment for an owner to have a small no frills stage built? Not many bars/pubs have proper stages in my neck of the woods. I know I boast and brag with my " we don't play bar/pub gigs" Well we're playing one tomorrow. However it is a 2:00-5:00 home by 6:30. So, at least it's not a late night gig. Daryl

28 weekends, Nice! Daryl

I agree. My issue with vintage is vintage problems. I would put my 2000 MIJ Fender P up against any early pre CBS P. Daryl

We're back out this weekend at The Twisted Pair. 2:00-5:00. Usually I like Sunday afternoon gigs but more in the Summer time and playing outside. Daryl

I think allot of guys in trios are faced with this issue. When trios work it's fantastic when it doesn't it's a train wreck. We have two guitarists so it's not an issue for me. However, for certain songs I will engage my MXR Bass Octave pedal to fill out the sound. Daryl

I had the same experience with Dylan. He sat behind the keyboard the whole night, never looked at or spoke to the audience. The band was too big and the sound was awful Daryl

Cool Lozz, for me it would be Milwaukee's Shank Hall ( it's not a hall it's a club )..I finally got to play there twice opening for signed headliners. Daryl

We're playing the Anodyne at the end of the month with an opening act. I'm not sure how we got the gig,they usually only book national signed touring bands. Daryl

I would say NYE gigs in my neck of the woods are always a great night and lucrative. However for me they've always been what we call early NYE celebration, 3-6 or 4-7. And it's all old people, too old to get out of hand. Lol Doing a late night NYE gig would be challenging for me. Daryl

Love the black jag. What a classy looking gig ! Daryl

Sounds like a successful night and great gig Dave. I left at 2:00, arrived at 2:19. Hauled my gear in. Easy load in but still a painful experience for me. We started at 4:00 and played till 7: 15 ( 15 minutes over). With one 15 minute break. I stood upright the whole show. I didn't have to use a stool. Great atmosphere tons of fans and friends. I set up a little " meet and greet " area for myself in a cool booth with a cool chandelier hanging over it. Nobody wanted to talk to me. Lol Daryl

I took some lead photos last night. Lol Daryl

That's so weird but not uncommon, guys showing up for auditions unprepared. It's one of the reasons the auditioning process can be a pain. Daryl

Agreed, I could be replaced. It would be different but I could be replaced and probably easily. I replaced the original Maple Road bass player in 2009. Daryl

Great night, great gig. Daryl

Great early New Years Eve gig. Great crowd and great food. We had a few tempo and ending issues. Overall a good night. Daryl

Pete, It's nice to have Bass Chat to discuss these common issues. Everybody is different. For me, at 71, doing these gigs are starting to be very difficult physically. I'm having thoughts about how long can I go on doing this.