How was your gig last night?

[cetera]

3 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

Curious what gear you use in a pub band @cetera ? I'm guessing a GK rig but what bass ?

Dave 

GK Legacy800 Head, LFSys Monaco cab & my Spector Pulse II bass. My best/most valuable Spectors don't come out on pub gigs... I save them for theatres, big clubs etc.

With another band I play with (doing more 70's punkier stuff and Bowie etc) I use a P bass....
With a wedding band I dep for I tend to play my Betsy as there's a bit more disco/pop.

Edited 4 hours ago by cetera

[dmccombe7]

1 hour ago, cetera said:

GK Legacy800 Head, LFSys Monaco cab & my Spector Pulse II bass. My best/most valuable Spectors don't come out on pub gigs... I save them for theatres, big clubs etc.

With another band I play with (doing more 70's punkier stuff and Bowie etc) I use a P bass....
With a wedding band I dep for I tend to play my Betsy as there's a bit more disco/pop.

Its always interesting to hear what gear you pick from such a large collection but i have noticed you do seem to prefer your Spectors.

I tried one in Bass Direct but just couldn't take to the neck and went for a Dingwall 5 stringer. Not sure what version it was. Neck felt very plankish and hard to the touch if that makes sense. Just didn't fit my hand shape. Would have been circa £1k - £1.5k price range back in 2016 ish.

Dave

[Woodinblack]

Sunday day gig, thought it was going to be hot so took a fan, so did the drummer. We eventually made a fan table behind us and it was a good thing!

The gig in general went well, normal set list, we didnt' get any new songs ready like we were hoping too, people were too busy. I used the Ric in the first half and it was as good as normal, but the guitarist broke his single guitar strap (he has 3 guitars and 1 strap), so as my ric has a strap with no strap lock I switched to my Maruszczyk in the second half so he could use the ric strap. In the second half he was getting electric shocks from his pedal board and threatened to stop so I let him use my wireless so he could continue. 

Aside from that and a few messed up songs that noone noticed, it went just fine!

[peteb]

41 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

Its always interesting to hear what gear you pick from such a large collection but i have noticed you do seem to prefer your Spectors.

I tried one in Bass Direct but just couldn't take to the neck and went for a Dingwall 5 stringer. Not sure what version it was. Neck felt very plankish and hard to the touch if that makes sense. Just didn't fit my hand shape. Would have been circa £1k - £1.5k price range back in 2016 ish.

Dave

 

For some reason, I've never really taken to Spectors. I has a Czech 5 string for a while, but was happy to sell it on as soon as I didn't have a need for it. 

 

This is despite lusting after one for years in the 80s / 90s and then gigging a couple of Streamers for years that looked just like them...! 

 

Edited 2 hours ago by peteb

[dmccombe7]

1 hour ago, Woodinblack said:

Sunday day gig, thought it was going to be hot so took a fan, so did the drummer. We eventually made a fan table behind us and it was a good thing!

The gig in general went well, normal set list, we didnt' get any new songs ready like we were hoping too, people were too busy. I used the Ric in the first half and it was as good as normal, but the guitarist broke his single guitar strap (he has 3 guitars and 1 strap), so as my ric has a strap with no strap lock I switched to my Maruszczyk in the second half so he could use the ric strap. In the second half he was getting electric shocks from his pedal board and threatened to stop so I let him use my wireless so he could continue. 

Aside from that and a few messed up songs that noone noticed, it went just fine!

I think he needs to invest in a back up strap and some time in sorting out his pedal board. No-one should be getting shocks from a pedal board. Its generally all low voltage in pedals and suspect its more a static thing than actual voltage shock but definitely needs investigating.

I prefer my fans in front of the band 😂😜😂

I take a large 18" gym fan for our female singer and a smaller 16" gym fan for myself. Drummer also uses a 16" gym fan. Wearing Glam costumes and wigs it does get very hot on stage and those fans and 2 litres of water each gig are my saving grace. 🤩

Dave