How was your gig last night?

[tubbybloke68]

59 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

what bass do you use if not the Wal. ?

Dave

Hi Dave, just lately I’ve been using my GB spitfire 5 or a fairly recently acquired Yamaha trb5 mk1 . I’m very lucky to have such a choice I guess. 
All the best mate x

[dmccombe7]

2 hours ago, neepheid said:

Last night I played Drummonds in Aberdeen with The Inevitable Teaspoons.  It was a good gig, not super busy but busy enough not to feel empty - Drummonds is a tough room if it's dead.  We played well, and big props to the sound engineer, John - super smooth soundcheck, great FOH sound.

 

After we finished, we got lots of nice comments, saying that we're tight and played well.  A guy came up to me after we finished playing and he said (roughly paraphrasing) "You're a wizard on bass, mate, I play bass too, and you've inspired me".  I was floored, that's one of the nicest things anyone's ever said to me after a gig.

 

Gear was the Greco LGB-700 and the venue's Trace Elliot backline.

 

Was the weather not a bit horrendous up your way last night @neepheid. ?

Dave

[neepheid]

7 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

Was the weather not a bit horrendous up your way last night @neepheid. ?

Dave

 

Aye, the wind was fighting me at times on the walk home (thankfully managed to get a bus half way), and today just seen that the garden took a bit of a hiding

 

[ezbass]

3 hours ago, neepheid said:

"You're a wizard on bass, mate, I play bass too, and you've inspired me". 

Wow! That’s has to be a good feeling. I wonder if said bassist is on here at all?

[Bluewine]

6 hours ago, neepheid said:

Last night I played Drummonds in Aberdeen with The Inevitable Teaspoons.  It was a good gig, not super busy but busy enough not to feel empty - Drummonds is a tough room if it's dead.  We played well, and big props to the sound engineer, John - super smooth soundcheck, great FOH sound.

 

After we finished, we got lots of nice comments, saying that we're tight and played well.  A guy came up to me after we finished playing and he said (roughly paraphrasing) "You're a wizard on bass, mate, I play bass too, and you've inspired me".  I was floored, that's one of the nicest things anyone's ever said to me after a gig.

 

Gear was the Greco LGB-700 and the venue's Trace Elliot backline.

 

 

Nice gig!

 

Daryl

[Bluewine]

On 29/09/2025 at 12:03, dmccombe7 said:

That's poor from HD with no advertising. Don't understand that at all. Why spend money on a band and have poor turnout by not advertising it. Its just stupidity especially when HD aint doing so well at the moment.

Onto the next one Daryl.

Dave

 

Dave, I'm not sure you'll be able to access the video clip. I know you use earbuds. You'll be able to hear my " meat and potatoes " bass lines. Nothing fancy.

 

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1K5pZJcYJe/

 

Daryl

[Geek99]

That’s exactly how it should be @Bluewine

serve the song and make the glasses rattle 

 

… and be funky 

Edited 3 hours ago by Geek99

[dmccombe7]

3 minutes ago, Bluewine said:

 

Dave, I'm not sure you'll be able to access the video clip. I know you use earbuds. You'll be able to hear my " meat and potatoes " bass lines. Nothing fancy.

 

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1K5pZJcYJe/

 

Daryl

Nope can't get it Daryl. Looks like you've only shared to friends on FB. 

Dave

[dmccombe7]

4 minutes ago, Geek99 said:

That’s exactly how it should be @Bluewine

serve the song and make the glasses rattle 

 

… and be funky 

Are you able to see the link ?

Doesn't open for me.

Dave

[bassbiscuits]

Pub beer garden solo gig - yes it was outdoors - for a local Oktoberfest in the village. 
 

Despite the best efforts of Storm Amy all day the rain stayed away although the high winds didn’t do any favours to my sound and I was playing in the dark by the end. 
 

It was also a test of my lyrics knowledge as any paper cheat sheets blew off the stand within the first song and I had to step on them until the tune finished to save them ending up in the stream behind. 
 

Seemed to go down really well to be honest. I was set up a bit away from the main crowd who were busy with German sausages and proper German beer so I can’t fault them for staying where they were. But a few collared me afterwards to say how good they thought it was etc also that’s a bit of a result.
 

The landlord has assured me I will progress next time to the hallowed ground of “indoors.” 

Gear was my Simon and Patrick with the Seymour Duncan woody, my A&H desk, Shure SM58 and a pair of Mackie SRM350s. Effects were a tuner, a compressor and a Boss EQ pedal.

 

Earl Grey Tea was by Twinings.

 

 

Edited 32 minutes ago by bassbiscuits

[Dad3353]

Mmm... Tea..!

Edited 53 minutes ago by Dad3353

[tauzero]

The annual Ride to the Wall happens today, and as the Wall in question is about 15 miles from Tamworth, some people ride up the day before and stay in hotels. One of those hotels was the Liberal House, where one of my bands (appropriately, The Bonnevilles) finished up playing.

 

I started to set up and realised that I'd managed to forget my amp - I'm used to getting all of the gear out of the garage and as I don't do the PA for The Bonnevilles, I'd got distracted by moving the bits I didn't need out of the way. Still, it was only a 15 minute round trip to pick it up. We had to fit into an alcove so tiny that the guitarist finished up outside it, and the drummer was sitting on the bench seat in the alcove, as was my cab (on its side). I'd brought a headed bass - rather stupidly, I didn't think to pick up a headless when I went back for the amp.

 

Audience was mainly bikers ("They like both kinds of music - rhythm AND blues"), a large proportion of whom were wearing fleeces/trackies with RCT RIDERS emblazoned on them - Royal Corps of Transport. Mrs Zero sat and talked with some of them - it was the first time she'd seen me with The Bonnevilles, her hip replacement had rather interfered with coming to see us before. All went well, though because the bikers had to get up early, a lot of them buggered off to bed before we finished at spot on 11.

 

Gear: Antoniotsai 5-string dragon bass -> Lekato WS-90 -> Zoom MS-60B+ -> Tecamp Puma 900 -> supine GR Bass AT212. Footwear as usual but damper than normal.