How was your gig last night?

[casapete]

Just got back from doing a last minute dep at a local club’s rock and roll night.

My buddy in our acoustic duo does the gig every week, but the regular bassist

was unavailable so I got the call. Ended up using his MarkBass combo ( which

wasn't a patch on my Rumble 500 which I should have taken really.) Took my

passive P- Lyte as I knew there was a lot of playing. 

 

Still, a good night playing some old school dance tunes along with a few I’d not

heard in years.  Guitar, bass and drums trio - drummer is a nice player who keeps 

it simple and straight and doesn’t speed up or slow down. Particularly important 

on this gig as most of the audience go to dance all evening so tempos are quite

crucial. Some nice comments afterwards and home by 11.45pm so happy days.

 

 

[mikebass456]

Back from our one hour slot at the Folk & Cider Festival. Local gig, only 15 minutes drive from home, plus an easy load in and out as it was PA provided, and had my two Uke basses in a double case, small pedalboard and monitor in a gig bag.  

The set consisted of a mix of Levellers songs plus other covers in a similar acoustic folk style - went down well, with dancers for the most part.  Didn't manage to get a pic of the full setup, as we were quick setup and breakdown due to others playing either side of us on the bill, but got a crowd shot and my corner....

Captured the gig on my Zoom Hn4, so that's my job for tomorrow.....

 

 

 

[Lozz196]

Just got in from a Spacewasters gig at The Water Rats, Kings Cross, London.

 

4 bands on, with us in main support slot. Used my JMJ Mustang bass through the provided Ampeg Venture head and cab and the sound was great.
 

We only had a line check but that’s no problem for us, we played well, with a nice groove and the set was well received.

 

I wore my Skechers trainers and my foot is hurting, darn plantar fasciitis!

[bassbiscuits]

Epic solo acoustic / vocal gig at Bar Dos Hermanos in Leicester. A group of friends had come down from Sheffield to see me. Inviting family/friends always seems to be the kiss of death for me and guarantees a rubbish gig. 
 

But not so! It was awesome. Enough very vocal audience members wanting to sing along that the second half was just one long home straight of singalongs and hands in the air shenanigans. 
 

Exactly the right behaviour for a Saturday night. 
 

Back of the net. 
 

(Equipment - Yamaha FG512SJ acoustic with Seymour Duncan woody in it, flask of earl grey tea, Allen and Heath desk and a couple of Mackie SRM350 speakers.  

[Jackroadkill]

49 minutes ago, mikebass456 said:

Levellers songs

 

Ace!  Did you do Fifteen Years?

 

*And don't say "No, it was only an hour-long set"!

[KingPrawn]

Super Ska gig in Birmingham. Crowd were great. My Fender Rumble filled the space and the floor rumbled. Had a great time. I just love it when the crowd are up enjoying themselves. Makes it so much more enjoyable

[dmccombe7]

Just home from Gig in Beat Generator, Dundee. Horrendous drive home in rain with a lot of standing water.

Gig was a bit quieter than last time but owner reckoned it was a bank holiday weekend and lot of folks away. Sold about 80 tickets tho and hall was approx half full so not too bad.

This was a reschedule gig from just after Xmas when singer lost his voice so a lot of people there had tickets from Xmas.

Enthusiastic audience up for a dance and having fun with the band. Owner loved it and wants to rebook us again. 

3 flights of stairs has absolutely killed me tonight and a 2 hr drive home didn't make it any better.

Sandberg VM4 

Shure Wireless

Keeley Bassist comp

Handbox WB-100 amp

Barefaced 212 cab that i bought last week.

 

Sounded great on stage. PA support supplied by the venue. I need to tweak the amp EQ settings as its quite a different tone to my Mesa cabs.

The Mesa 210 gives my tone a little more mid edge but thats just down to EQ and all should be ok.

Have to say the Barefaced cab sounded fantastic. Very similar tonal quality to the Mesa rig but one cab made it an easy lift in.

Dave 

 

Forgot i took these pre-show.

 

 

Edited 57 minutes ago by dmccombe7

[bjelkeman]

Played at Fryshuset Klubben Stockholm yesterday. 300-400 in the audience (Emergenza Stockholm and Swedish final). 
 

14 bands, so hectic with only line checks. I brought my Warwick $$, Mesa Carbine M6 for the backline and a TKS W2128 cab. I plugged in my Quad Cortex, which was overkill, as our 20 min set didn’t really need any bass tone changes. I could have gone straight. 
 

Had a great time and had several people come up afterwards and say how much they liked the performance. Cherry on top was we were among the audience top four picks. 
 

[mikebass456]

5 hours ago, Jackroadkill said:

 

Ace!  Did you do Fifteen Years?

 

*And don't say "No, it was only an hour-long set"!

We did do 15 Years!

We DIDN'T do Beautiful Day though......

Cholera Well, Forgotten Ground and One Way went down really well......😎

[Bluewine]

9 minutes ago, bjelkeman said:

Played at Fryshuset Klubben Stockholm yesterday. 300-400 in the audience (Emergenza Stockholm and Swedish final). 
 

14 bands, so hectic with only line checks. I brought my Warwick $$, Mesa Carbine M6 for the backline and a TKS W2128 cab. I plugged in my Quad Cortex, which was overkill, as our 20 min set didn’t really need any bass tone changes. I could have gone straight. 
 

Had a great time and had several people come up afterwards and say how much they liked the performance. Cherry on top was we were among the audience top four picks. 
 

 

Man what a cool shot. Love the lighting and the crowd. I wish we could get a photo like this.

 

Daryl

[Bluewine]

3 hours ago, dmccombe7 said:

Just home from Gig in Beat Generator, Dundee. Horrendous drive home in rain with a lot of standing water.

Gig was a bit quieter than last time but owner reckoned it was a bank holiday weekend and lot of folks away. Sold about 80 tickets tho and hall was approx half full so not too bad.

This was a reschedule gig from just after Xmas when singer lost his voice so a lot of people there had tickets from Xmas.

Enthusiastic audience up for a dance and having fun with the band. Owner loved it and wants to rebook us again. 

3 flights of stairs has absolutely killed me tonight and a 2 hr drive home didn't make it any better.

Sandberg VM4 

Shure Wireless

Keeley Bassist comp

Handbox WB-100 amp

Barefaced 212 cab that i bought last week.

 

Sounded great on stage. PA support supplied by the venue. I need to tweak the amp EQ settings as its quite a different tone to my Mesa cabs.

The Mesa 210 gives my tone a little more mid edge but thats just down to EQ and all should be ok.

Have to say the Barefaced cab sounded fantastic. Very similar tonal quality to the Mesa rig but one cab made it an easy lift in.

Dave 

 

 

80 is great as far as I'm concerned. 

 

Dave we've had high profile gigs cancelled due to poor ticket sales. That's no fun.

 

Daryl

[Bluewine]

5 hours ago, KingPrawn said:

Super Ska gig in Birmingham. Crowd were great. My Fender Rumble filled the space and the floor rumbled. Had a great time. I just love it when the crowd are up enjoying themselves. Makes it so much more enjoyable

 

Agreed

 

Daryl

[Bluewine]

On 20/05/2025 at 20:06, Bluewine said:

Dianna Jones Rocks joins the party with Maple Road Blues Band THIS SATURDAY on the big ol’ stage at Old Falls Village Park! Bring your crew and grab some brews, and a chair, and maybe a blanket or snuggie, and join the party too! 5:30pm sharp!

 

Please let this be a good gig. I really need it. Dep drummer though.

 

Daryl

 

Our first outside gig this year.

 

Good gig, why? We were tight. The dep drummer kept great time and actually learned most our set. Not a lot of technical stuff and crazy fills he just provided a great foundation for me to play in. I was very impressed and pleasantly surprised. 

 

The opening act was really good. A solo singer song writer with good material.

 

I was so confident I actually got into some on stage banter with Jenny.

 

Not much for pics.

 

Daryl

[MichaelDean]

Played at Moor Beer last night. We organised Temple of Doom. A 7 band doom lineup. Unfortunately due to a major medical incident about an hour and a half before the gig, the first band had to drop out. We did message around, but couldn't get anyone to fill in at such short notice. So, we upped the next two bands sets to 40 minutes which they were both happy to do and it all went off without a hitch after that!

 

We'd only sold about 20 tickets by last Saturday, but the ticket sales thing told me it was 89 on Headfirst and then we probably did another 10 on the door, so it was pretty packed by the time everyone showed up!

 

My gear was my Dingwall Combustion, GX-100, Mojo Mojo, Bass Big Muff, Laney Digbeth.

 

We all agreed that we dropped some clangers, but it didn't seem to matter. People really enjoyed our set and we sold 7 or 8 t-shirts!

 

The other bands were also really good. An excellent time was had by all! But then we did organise a pissup in a brewery, so perhaps not unexpected 😅

 

I've downloaded someone Instagram story to share as I didn't take any pictures. 

 

 

 

[Jackroadkill]

2 hours ago, mikebass456 said:

We did do 15 Years!

We DIDN'T do Beautiful Day though......

Cholera Well, Forgotten Ground and One Way went down really well......😎

 

 

Some crackers there; I came late to the Levellers, by way of New Model Army, and really like playing 15 Years.

 

 

1 hour ago, MichaelDean said:

Played at Moor Beer last night. We organised Temple of Doom. A 7 band doom lineup. Unfortunately due to a major medical incident about an hour and a half before the gig, the first band had to drop out. We did message around, but couldn't get anyone to fill in at such short notice. So, we upped the next two bands sets to 40 minutes which they were both happy to do and it all went off without a hitch after that!

 

We'd only sold about 20 tickets by last Saturday, but the ticket sales thing told me it was 89 on Headfirst and then we probably did another 10 on the door, so it was pretty packed by the time everyone showed up!

 

My gear was my Dingwall Combustion, GX-100, Mojo Mojo, Bass Big Muff, Laney Digbeth.

 

We all agreed that we dropped some clangers, but it didn't seem to matter. People really enjoyed our set and we sold 7 or 8 t-shirts!

 

The other bands were also really good. An excellent time was had by all! But then we did organise a pissup in a brewery, so perhaps not unexpected 😅

 

I've downloaded someone Instagram story to share as I didn't take any pictures. 

 

 

 

 

Mate, your band rocks; heavy, moody and laden with pedals.  What's not to like about that?!