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 Tuesday at 14:31 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 Tuesday at 16:28 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

[dmccombe7]

3 hours ago, peteb said:

 

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...! 

 

I have a Warwick Thumb NT4 i bought in 1989 and love it. Its a keeper and has one of the best necks i've ever played. Its just a bit heavy to gig these days and doesn't suit the Glam band.

Did have a Streamer on loan when my Thumb was sent back to Germany after the electronic module failed. Sealed unit and could not be repaired locally back then. 

Dave

Edited Tuesday at 20:13 by dmccombe7

[peteb]

The Zep tribute played at the Nightrain in Bradford on Friday night, a hometown gig for 60% of the band these days and the only one we're playing anywhere near locally all year. 

 

We hadn't played (or rehearsed) together for a month, so it a bit rusty but a pretty good performance overall. A few people reckoned it was a bit loud at the start of the set, although a muso mate of mine who was near the back reckoned it sounded awesome! First gig since the drummer got his driving ban, so the logistics were a bit of a challenge! I think the reality of the situation has started to affect him and he even managed to forget his bass drum pedal! Fortunately, there was one there we could borrow, so no harm done. 

 

Same rig as normal (Fender Jazz / Handbox amp / Berg cab) and the new Vans pigskin hitops got an outing! Before and after show pics: 

 

 

 

 

Edited Tuesday at 22:16 by peteb

[Woodinblack]

13 hours ago, dmccombe7 said:

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.

 

 

Yes, I am not sure why the one strap. Every one of my basses has a strap - I would find it irritating if they didn't, they are different sizes so would sit in different positions, and more importantly they are different colours, how could one strap cope!

The elecrical thing, it seems to be that venue that specifically has bad electrics, its outside at an end of cable run and testing it with my power tester, the voltage is 209v with 1-4v N-E, but otherwise is fine, and obviously it goes to say when I gave him my wireless, I connected by cable and had no issues - in fact I gave him my cable knowing I would have no issues, so said he needed to get his power supply checked - whatever bad thing is happening in the power of the venue, should't be getting to you. 

[BCH]

On 18/08/2025 at 15:06, dmccombe7 said:

Nice bass @BCH what is it ?

Dave

Torzal 4 string https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn5isqsuAP0/

[BCH]

On 18/08/2025 at 16:30, Woodinblack said:

Love that torzal twist. What kind of a stand is it on, and is that for health reasons or just to look effortlessly cool?

Its a K&M guitar stand https://www.thomann.co.uk/km_14760.htm 

Shoulder op but didn't work, still have a torn rotator cuff so no strap!

If you hancy a torzal, I have one for sale on BC

 

[Woodinblack]

1 hour ago, BCH said:

Its a K&M guitar stand https://www.thomann.co.uk/km_14760.htm 

Shoulder op but didn't work, still have a torn rotator cuff so no strap!

If you hancy a torzal, I have one for sale on BC

 

Would love a torzal and would get that off you in an instant if only they hadn't forgotten the B string

 

[dmccombe7]

10 hours ago, Woodinblack said:

 

Yes, I am not sure why the one strap. Every one of my basses has a strap - I would find it irritating if they didn't, they are different sizes so would sit in different positions, and more importantly they are different colours, how could one strap cope!

The elecrical thing, it seems to be that venue that specifically has bad electrics, its outside at an end of cable run and testing it with my power tester, the voltage is 209v with 1-4v N-E, but otherwise is fine, and obviously it goes to say when I gave him my wireless, I connected by cable and had no issues - in fact I gave him my cable knowing I would have no issues, so said he needed to get his power supply checked - whatever bad thing is happening in the power of the venue, should't be getting to you. 

I tend to use the same black 4" strap with straplocks on all the basses i gig with. I also keep a spare strap that's good quality but not quite as comfy.

Because of the Glam gear and wigs etc its easier to throw my strap over my shoulder and under the hair so as not to pull on the wigs and then attach my bass. Sometimes i just put my bass on in changing room and put the wig on last.

The things i do for Glam 🤩

Only my Warwick Thumb has its own strap because of where it sits the strap is shorter.

Dave

[dmccombe7]

8 hours ago, BCH said:

Torzal 4 string https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn5isqsuAP0/

That's gorgeous. Would love to try one. 

Does it help and make playing a bit easier at the nut end.

Dave

[peteb]

3 hours ago, dmccombe7 said:

I tend to use the same black 4" strap with straplocks on all the basses i gig with. I also keep a spare strap that's good quality but not quite as comfy.

 

 

Same here - all of my basses these days are FSOs, so the same strap works for all of them. I always make sure that I carry a decent spare, as well as a cheaper nylon one without straplocks for emergencies, loans, etc. 

 

[mcnach]

15 hours ago, Woodinblack said:

 

Yes, I am not sure why the one strap.

 

I used to be a one strap kind of guy. The temperature was a comfortable 24 degrees, very slight breeze. I had more hair on my head than the rest of my body combined. Life was sweet.

 

Then a strap broke about a third into a gig, and no replacement on sight. I ended up playing sitting on a stool  And the very next day I made sure I always had an extra strap in every gigbag and every tools case I'm likely to bring to any gig. But maybe it's just me... I just realised I do the same with extra batteries, strings, cables. When any hardware/cabling needs something, I'm the first one they ask, as I often have something useful in my magic box