Stub Mandrel Posted 11 hours ago Posted 11 hours ago Bendricks Rock played Edmondes in Cowbridge. Originally meant to start at 8:30 there was virtually no-one so we started at 9 when we had a bit of an audience. It rapidly filled up although it was a bit tidal with people moving around thd pub coming in to dance to songs they liked. There was an engagement party in the pub. Their friends wanted us to spoof them so we got them up for a slow dance and played War Pigs 😂 Our original singer (didn't get as far as gigging) came to see us and said we were good. I took an anti-nausea pill again as squatting and standing to set up the gear set me off again. After tgat I was fine and managed to join in on backing vocals but was pretty shattered by the end of the night. Worst thing is the nausea means I can't drink... so had three pints of alcohol free - then spent the night waking up to pee. 17 1 Quote
Geek99 Posted 11 hours ago Posted 11 hours ago 1 hour ago, Burns-bass said: That’s a great looking setup. How did you get the LED setup done? Quote
dmccombe7 Posted 9 hours ago Posted 9 hours ago (edited) 1 hour ago, Stub Mandrel said: Bendricks Rock played Edmondes in Cowbridge. Originally meant to start at 8:30 there was virtually no-one so we started at 9 when we had a bit of an audience. It rapidly filled up although it was a bit tidal with people moving around thd pub coming in to dance to songs they liked. There was an engagement party in the pub. Their friends wanted us to spoof them so we got them up for a slow dance and played War Pigs 😂 Our original singer (didn't get as far as gigging) came to see us and said we were good. I took an anti-nausea pill again as squatting and standing to set up the gear set me off again. After tgat I was fine and managed to join in on backing vocals but was pretty shattered by the end of the night. Worst thing is the nausea means I can't drink... so had three pints of alcohol free - then spent the night waking up to pee. I only ever drink bottled water at gigs these days. Don't miss the drinking while gigging days. What's an anti nausea pill. Never heard of them ?. At least you seem to be on the mend @Stub Mandrel. Dave Edited 9 hours ago by dmccombe7 1 1 Quote
Piers_Williamson Posted 9 hours ago Posted 9 hours ago (edited) First combined outing for my new Bareface 3*10 (no Tweeter) and my Mesa TT800 (with a D800+ as back up). Played two thirds of the gig with my Musicman, with both tones backed off to take away the scoop). When I plugged my Jazz in at gig levels of sound I was blown away by the growl from the combination of the Boogie setting turned up and the neck pick up of the jazz just backed off. It was nothing short of a stunning difference. Nothing in the signal chain, but the cable. Oh and I wore my Guy West pointy rock star boots: Edited 8 hours ago by Piers_Williamson tidy up format 13 Quote
deepbass5 Posted 9 hours ago Posted 9 hours ago 13 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said: What's an anti nausea pill. Never heard of them ?. changing the singer or guitarist can have the same affect without medication 😆 1 1 Quote
Stub Mandrel Posted 8 hours ago Posted 8 hours ago 22 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said: I only ever drink bottled water at gigs these days. Don't miss the drinking while gigging days. What's an anti nausea pill. Never heard of them ?. At least you seem to be on the mend @Stub Mandrel. Dave Perchlorazine (or something like that) it damps down your sense of balance... prescription strength seasickness pills! 1 1 Quote
Stub Mandrel Posted 8 hours ago Posted 8 hours ago 22 minutes ago, Piers_Williamson said: Played two thirds of the gig with my Musicman, with both tones backed off to take away the scoop). When I plugged my Jazz in at gig levels of sound I was blown away by the growl from the combination of the Boogie setting turned up and the neck pick up of the jazz just backed off. It was nothing short of a stunning difference. Nothing in the signal chain, but the cable. I played my two gigs this weekend with a Jazzn because it's my easy-playing comfort zone instrument. On friday I used my pedal board for colour, but we were short of space last night so went direct - choose one: mike, effects, jumping around. It was sounding good, switching between both pups on full and neck with about 20% bridge. When we did Uprising I boosted bass on my head as no octaver and it was ok. We encored with Saturday Night's Alright and I played right over the neck pickup really hitting down on the strings Entwistle style. Pushed the Orange Terror well into overdrive and it felt awesome hearing the roar. 6 Quote
ezbass Posted 8 hours ago Posted 8 hours ago 2 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said: then spent the night waking up to pee. Better than not waking up for a pee. 😬 5 Quote
AlexDelores Posted 8 hours ago Posted 8 hours ago Last night was a frustrating one. All day wedding so we did the ceremony and then I hit my cajon for an hour during the drinks. The evening was okay. Very receptive audience! But, possibly the highest ceiling we’ve ever encountered made the low end so boomy. First set sounded terrible in my ears but apparently wasn’t that bad out front. Spent the break tweaking the eq on my B6 and our Bass drum pedals’ module. And, the second set was a lot better. The frustration with of weddings of course is the quick evening turnaround not allowing a fantastic soundcheck & the fact that it’s just the two of us. It’s hard to tweak on the fly when we have issues. That paired with the fact that I’m still recovering from a pretty bad fall a few weeks ago which blew my knee up like a balloon, thus making it hard to kick my bass drum pedals for 1.5 hours made it one of those gigs where I was in my head a lot and not really as present as I would of liked… Oh well, still a great night enjoyed by all it seems. 4 weddings coming up this week starting tomorrow so on to the next 🙏 13 Quote
dmccombe7 Posted 8 hours ago Posted 8 hours ago 1 hour ago, Piers_Williamson said: First combined outing for my new Bareface 3*10 (no Tweeter) and my Mesa TT800 (with a D800+ as back up). Played two thirds of the gig with my Musicman, with both tones backed off to take away the scoop). When I plugged my Jazz in at gig levels of sound I was blown away by the growl from the combination of the Boogie setting turned up and the neck pick up of the jazz just backed off. It was nothing short of a stunning difference. Nothing in the signal chain, but the cable. Oh and I wore my Guy West pointy rock star boots: Its weird but with TT800 i find my Sandberg Marlowe sounds better thru the Subway channel rather than the Boogie channel but my VM4 sounds better thru the Boogie channel. Not tried backing of the neck pick up tho. I'm normally full on both on my Marlowe or my Jazz. Dave 1 Quote
Jackroadkill Posted 8 hours ago Posted 8 hours ago 10 minutes ago, AlexDelores said: 4 weddings coming up this week Have you got Divine Brown on standby? 3 Quote
Stub Mandrel Posted 7 hours ago Posted 7 hours ago 55 minutes ago, AlexDelores said: 4 weddings coming up this week starting tomorrow so on to the next 🙏 Drumming with a bad knee? That's determination! 1 Quote
Obrienp Posted 7 hours ago Posted 7 hours ago 2 hours ago, Piers_Williamson said: First combined outing for my new Bareface 3*10 (no Tweeter) and my Mesa TT800 (with a D800+ as back up). Played two thirds of the gig with my Musicman, with both tones backed off to take away the scoop). When I plugged my Jazz in at gig levels of sound I was blown away by the growl from the combination of the Boogie setting turned up and the neck pick up of the jazz just backed off. It was nothing short of a stunning difference. Nothing in the signal chain, but the cable. Wow! What a rig! Having a Messa as a standby for a Messa is pretty amazing. I aspire to own one. 2 Quote
dmccombe7 Posted 6 hours ago Posted 6 hours ago 48 minutes ago, Obrienp said: Wow! What a rig! Having a Messa as a standby for a Messa is pretty amazing. I aspire to own one. They are good but i'm using my all valve Handbox WB-100 more these days. Dave 2 Quote
JazzyJ Posted 5 hours ago Posted 5 hours ago Reformed the function band after a 3yr break, albeit with a fresh lead guitarist. We had four rehearsals to get up to speed for the local pub festival / charity event. It was a great success, sounded fantastic and had 'em up dancing from the off of the 90 min set. Good to be on the trailer with the guys and gal again. I do ache a bit today though 😄 13 Quote
AlexDelores Posted 4 hours ago Posted 4 hours ago 3 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said: Drumming with a bad knee? That's determination! It’s not really drumming. Just a bass drum pedal. So I’m only half as hard 😅 2 Quote
Piers_Williamson Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago 2 hours ago, dmccombe7 said: They are good but i'm using my all valve Handbox WB-100 more these days. Dave My other amp is a Handbox R400. Now I need to do a parallel test of the TT 800 Boogie Channel against the R400. Any thoughts out there? Quote
nilorius Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago All i need is Aguilar tonehammer 500 and 2x SL112 cabinets. Quote
Ed_S Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago Rare outing as a 4-piece last night, as one of our guitarists is taking some time away to savour the constant wailing of his new baby. We were supporting another local band's album launch and a decent number of people turned up, which is always nice. Very warm on stage, and as the headliners got rain-soaked during load-in the whole venue was at rainforest-level humidity. Still, I thought we played well and there were some nice comments from random people afterwards. First time out with my latest stage bass (a white RB Streamer 5 LX to match the black one I already had) and I'm really pleased with it - it looks/feels/sounds just right. Thickened up the bass tone a little with just a hint of octave-up to suggest more guitar than we actually had, and from what I could tell it seemed to work acceptably. For the tech-inclined: RB Streamer 5 LX -> G30 Wireless -> TU-3 Tuner -> Thumpinator HPF -> BC-1X Comp -> VT Bass v2 OD -> Sub-n-Up Oct -> BDDI v2 Pre (-> FoH) -> Markbass Nano 2 -> Blackstar 115 8 Quote
Stub Mandrel Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago 1 hour ago, AlexDelores said: It’s not really drumming. Just a bass drum pedal. So I’m only half as hard 😅 1 Quote
Stub Mandrel Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago Just a fun anecdote from last night. Valerie came on the jukebox and a bit later as we were setting up the rhythm guitarist started playing it very quietly. The started singing it and I started singing the bass riff scat style then the others started singing and we even harmonised some bits. We impressed ourselves but sadly the pub was still virtually empty! If only our proper BVs were that good 🤣🤣 1 Quote
AlexDelores Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago 5 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said: Perfect! Although I’d match the boots to the belt 😂 1 Quote
peteb Posted 12 minutes ago Posted 12 minutes ago 9 hours ago, Piers_Williamson said: First combined outing for my new Bareface 3*10 (no Tweeter) and my Mesa TT800 (with a D800+ as back up). I was never too keen on the original Barefaced cabs, but I quite like the cabs with the 10" speakers. As I'm getting older, I can see myself getting the 310 cab sometime in the next few years. Quote
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