How was your gig last night?

[HeadlessBassist]

53 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

Some nice wee bass bits in there. Liked that. Bass sounds nice.

Dave

 

Thanks Dave!  

[Norris]

It's been a while since we played at the Horse and Trumpet and at the end of the gig the landlord and lady were telling us how July is always their worst month, with a lot of people on holiday. We very pleased then to see a lot of familiar faces that we'd managed to pull in. The A4 laminated QR code to our Facebook page took a few more hits from some new faces too.

 

It was... darned hot, and I forgot to take my fan! Cue a very sweaty bass by the end of the gig

 

... the Stingish bass (Sterling Sub5 with Retrovibe Stinger preamp). Usually a lovely matt finish.

 

Of course we just had to do War Pigs in the second set, and saved Paranoid for an encore at the end of the night (how did we know?! 😂) - RIP Ozzy. I was very pleased that Sir Duke on its 3rd outing, and especially after a couple of weeks break, was tight and got the crowd dancing and singing along. It's a right earworm that riff!

 

As seems to be the case recently I forgot to take any photos until we'd finished playing. There were a few people taking photos, so some decent shots might turn up. For now here's the kit-spotter's wide angle shot (Fender Rumble v3 500 combo and Roland Boss GT-6B on my side)

 

The purple suede Gazelles got another outing

Edited 6 hours ago by Norris

[Len_derby]

The acoustic trio, The Desperate Cowboys played The Doghouse pub in Alfreton.

I’ve played there a couple of times before with a full band and was a bit concerned about how we’d go down with a ‘softer’ sound. As it happened, we got as many people up and dancing (without any drums or percussion) as on previous visits. So, a good night and well appreciated by the pub and the audience. 
The pubs of the Derbyshire/Notts ex-coalfields are not for the faint-hearted or easily offended. But if they like you it can be a great night.

Taylor mini-bass through Trace Elliott Elf and Barefaced One 10.

 

 

[Lozz196]

Just got home from a Knock Off gig at The Hope & Anchor, Islington, supporting GBH - apparently there never played there in their 40+ years so Knock Off arranged the gig for them.

 

Went great, we played very well and the audience reaction was amazing, literally bodies flying all over the place, and singing along.
 

I used my Fender JMJ Mustang  and Behringer BDI21 into the 100w Ashdown house combo, which with a bit of help from the monitors was fine. 
 

Only downsides were it was incredibly hot in there so given the music type and how we play I’m now very smelly, and I ache all over - a reminder of why I’m giving up gigging.

 

Footwear was a pair of black Vans trainers. 

[Norris]

16 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:

Only downsides were it was incredibly hot in there so given the music type and how we play I’m now very smelly, and I ache all over

But isn't that the good bit too? 😂

[Geek99]

5 hours ago, Norris said:

But isn't that the good bit too? 😂

Easily fixed with a shower, leaving just the memories

[Merton]

On Friday we jumped in the Boogie Monsters van to drive from Surrey to New Brighton. That took 8 gruelling hours thanks to it being the first Friday of the school holidays and various car accidents. We stayed at our old drummer’s lovely new house (coz he was playing the gig with us), then yesterday headed even further north to Poulton-le-Fylde to play at their annual Wanderland event. Three 30 minute sets spread across the day, with our usual mix of pop and rock songs interspersed with kids songs, and it went pretty well all things considered. Kids and adults alike seemed to enjoy us and the organisers were very happy. Not sure I played brilliantly in places but that’s more to do with my relationship with those particular songs than anything else. We were back in the van and on the road by 4.30, and I was home by 10pm. Sleepy today 😀

 

Bass was my sexy Zoot Funkmeister, straight into the PA with my HX Effects and Digbeth preamp. Shoes were my now standard Soul Cal low tops. Now got a few weeks off before going all the way back up to Wigan (ish) for a Katy Hurt gig 🤓