How was Your rehearsal last morning or night ?

[Stub Mandrel]

We really felt like rehearsal was needed after our last gig. Tonight we focused on the weak points and also  played Alive by Pearl Jam for the first time. Alive is a blast to play.

 

My jazz was sounding awesome, I'd boosted the mids a tiny bit and made sure the gain was high enough for a bit of overdrive. Half way through I realised I hadn't checked the controls on the bass, but they were exactly in my favourite spot - neck full, bridge about 20%.

 

Only point of contention... they all think the bass on Uprising sounds better clean! Have they ever heard actually listened to it?

[Stub Mandrel]

Tried a new rehearsal space with the originals band tonight. Tea, coffee a fridge with milk and cans of pop. Even a packet of choccie buscuits.

 

Played a Warwick Gnome through a ~12" Orange speaker, sounded ok but when I gently boosted middle and cut bass it went very brittle and odd, so I set it back where I found it with a fair bit of bass boost. Gain and master both low.

 

Decent electric drum kit (dodgy cymbal feel apparently) so we could keep volume down. Less space led us to a good sound. 

 

Apologised for going increasingly ott towards the end of a song that starts slow and speeds up,  but that was liked.  It's a three chord fairly slow number (66bpm) so getting more intense and doubling the tempo (bars don't get shorter, we just put in more notes) halfway keeps it interesting.

 

All enjoyed it.

[Stub Mandrel]

Last night (Darren was hiding in the corner).