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Basschatters' Upcoming Gigs


Stub Mandrel

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2 hours ago, Edenburgh said:

Aw man, just driven up to Aberdeen tonight to play in Drummonds.   Two basschatters within half a mile of each other.

 

The struggle against gig clash is real :( Hope you had a good one!

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On Wednesday I had a call to ask if I was available for a duo gig on guitar tonight. Later that day it became a trio with me on bass (hoorah!) and my mate on drums in a line up that last played together two years ago (even bigger hoorah as it was a good line up). We met Wednesday evening to go through the set and it was clear the drummer wasn't well with some kind of bug. On Thursday, he told us he couldn't do the gig and it became a duo again. The singer said he had a dep drummer and it became a trio once more. This morning, after several phone calls it has finally been declared a duo gig. In the last three days I've been swapping guitars/bass/pedal boards and amp/cab combinations more often than a progressive rock musician. But I've decided to take my HB Bass VI along to give it an airing as well as the toy guitar.

 

The gig is a semi regular event for the local Caravan and Camping club (I haven't played it for a couple of years but the singer does a couple a year for them) and we're hoping for band bookings. 

 

Rig for tonight: This  IMG_20220922_192516384.thumb.jpg.0597c02687346de046b022077ef17835.jpg  or this  DSC01163-1.thumb.jpg.f705fccec0326da00c3fae5e7576cfc3.jpg  and this  DSC08345.JPG.e3dc46b9fb5749035dc382ff32b2d68a.JPG  or this  DSCG0290-1-2.thumb.jpg.a611825d09bc93a8f65fe967709a6e68.jpg  or this  DSCG0436.thumb.jpg.bc4fec026a07e723581afc42265e32b5.jpg  etc 😂    

 

And this: P1120718-1.thumb.jpg.ad7d38924d6cfd3b50eb51cb7a289e32.jpg  with this  P1040785-1.thumb.jpg.e681d2dd4e3c63aad1aeb60950587740.jpg      

 

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7 hours ago, Franticsmurf said:

On Wednesday I had a call to ask if I was available for a duo gig on guitar tonight. Later that day it became a trio with me on bass (hoorah!) and my mate on drums in a line up that last played together two years ago (even bigger hoorah as it was a good line up). We met Wednesday evening to go through the set and it was clear the drummer wasn't well with some kind of bug. On Thursday, he told us he couldn't do the gig and it became a duo again. The singer said he had a dep drummer and it became a trio once more. This morning, after several phone calls it has finally been declared a duo gig. In the last three days I've been swapping guitars/bass/pedal boards and amp/cab combinations more often than a progressive rock musician. But I've decided to take my HB Bass VI along to give it an airing as well as the toy guitar.

 

The gig is a semi regular event for the local Caravan and Camping club (I haven't played it for a couple of years but the singer does a couple a year for them) and we're hoping for band bookings. 

 

Rig for tonight: This  IMG_20220922_192516384.thumb.jpg.0597c02687346de046b022077ef17835.jpg  or this  DSC01163-1.thumb.jpg.f705fccec0326da00c3fae5e7576cfc3.jpg  and this  DSC08345.JPG.e3dc46b9fb5749035dc382ff32b2d68a.JPG  or this  DSCG0290-1-2.thumb.jpg.a611825d09bc93a8f65fe967709a6e68.jpg  or this  DSCG0436.thumb.jpg.bc4fec026a07e723581afc42265e32b5.jpg  etc 😂    

 

And this: P1120718-1.thumb.jpg.ad7d38924d6cfd3b50eb51cb7a289e32.jpg  with this  P1040785-1.thumb.jpg.e681d2dd4e3c63aad1aeb60950587740.jpg      

 

 

Analysis paralysis!

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15 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

 

Analysis paralysis!

It was a good night despite my last minute gear swapping. It was a well attended local version of the Caravan and Camper club, with about 50 people in a smallish rugby club lounge, which made the atmosphere good. We did a mix of oldies and rock n roll as the audience were largely of retirement age. I don't like playing to backing tracks but the ones we used last night were of good quality. The singer uses them for his solo act but I've only played to these once or twice, years ago so the endings were a bit hit or miss. But the atmosphere in the room was good and it didn't seem to spoil things. I had planned on using the Bass VI for some of the lively rock and roll but the backing tracks had a prominent bass to them so the VI sat largely unused. It did arouse the interest of one punter and we had a chat about it as he'd never heard of the model before. We did about a quarter of the set with just two guitars and no backing. I was pleased with my backing vocals - I could hear them through the PA without in-ears, which is a rarity, and I got complimented on them. 

 

I went with this pedal combo in the end

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which went into a BAM200 with the tone set as neutral as possible (thanks to info supplied from people of this parish). This drove my Basschat designed home made 12" cab.  

 

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I took my Zoom B4 for the drum machine as an emergency back up (I've played with this singer when his laptop with all the backing tracks has just died) and we used it for one song. It was ok as a back up.

 

By the end of the night we had picked up a garden party gig for the band, another duo gig for the Caravan club, a band gig for the Caravan club's Christmas bash and a booking (to be confirmed) at the rugby club. We were paid a little extra (which is always nice) and we had bacon!

 

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How many gigs pay in bacon? 😃

 

I tested it this morning: 

 

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We've got a run of 4 consecutive gigs coming up - Heart of Anarchy with last Tree Squad in Hereford (poster previous page) on 27th April, Guttercrush Festival 5th May in Wellington near Telford (no poster yet!), Soap Girls in Nottingham (poster above) 11th May and newly booked with OG Punks, the Samples in Malvern 20th April:

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I’ve got three gigs coming up with The Verity Bromham band. On Thursday we’ll be at The Red Arrows Club in Ramsgate. Saturday we’re at Backstage at The Green in Kinross, then on the way back on Sunday we’ll be stopping off at Penrith for a 4 pm gig at The Boot and Shoe, Greystoke.

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On 18/03/2024 at 20:43, King Tut said:

I’ve got three gigs coming up with The Verity Bromham band. On Thursday we’ll be at The Red Arrows Club in Ramsgate. Saturday we’re at Backstage at The Green in Kinross, then on the way back on Sunday we’ll be stopping off at Penrith for a 4 pm gig at The Boot and Shoe, Greystoke.

 

We did Backstage at The Green in Kinross a few weeks ago (both the the Friday and the Saturday). It turned out to be really good weekend. 

 

I played at the The Boot and Shoe in Greystoke a few years ago. A tiny pub, but quite good fun in the end (and a great Sunday lunch after the gig)! 

 

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12 hours ago, peteb said:

 

We did Backstage at The Green in Kinross a few weeks ago (both the the Friday and the Saturday). It turned out to be really good weekend. 

 

I played at the The Boot and Shoe in Greystoke a few years ago. A tiny pub, but quite good fun in the end (and a great Sunday lunch after the gig)! 

 

We’ve literally just left Greystoke on the road to Kinross. We decided to break the journey there and have our meal and breakfast  rather than post gig tomorrow - was lovely. Had a look at the band area and it’s going to be very intimate! Who did you play at Greens with?

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3 hours ago, King Tut said:

We’ve literally just left Greystoke on the road to Kinross. We decided to break the journey there and have our meal and breakfast  rather than post gig tomorrow - was lovely. Had a look at the band area and it’s going to be very intimate! Who did you play at Greens with?

 

Led Into Zeppelin (obviously a Zep tribute). 

 

Just played the Black Frog in Chelmsford last weekend and Nick (the promoter) was talking about JV and Del having played there (recently I assume), so presumably with you. 

 

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Yea

45 minutes ago, peteb said:

 

Led Into Zeppelin (obviously a Zep tribute). 

 

Just played the Black Frog in Chelmsford last weekend and Nick (the promoter) was talking about JV and Del having played there (recently I assume), so presumably with you. 

 

yeah that’s right - I was there!

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11 hours ago, Cat Burrito said:

I've played London a lot but a first for my current venture. I can't wait!

I am not in London this weekend and will miss that. Enjoy!

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Our swing orchestra has a few dates coming up:

 

 

 

 

I'm at Manchester, Liverpool, and Bristol - our other bassist is doing the first three dates.

 

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