How was your gig last night?

[BassTool]

1 hour ago, dmccombe7 said:

I'm sure i had it month or so ago too but when i tested it showed negative. Took me ages for the cough to go and it left me with a lot of mucus for a while too. Probably why i had the cough.

On another note my first holiday romance was from Crook and i can still remember her address too from back in 70's when i was a youngster. I remember the address as we used to write each other back in the dark ages.

Oh happy days and what a memory i have 😂

Dave

I've been told it's sometimes not being picked up by the tests as it's mutated so much, who knows? 🙄🤔 What I do know is I've never ailed for anything as long as I have with this last bout 😖

 

That is indeed a great memory you have Dave, what a blast from your past! 👍🏼

[Thor]

We, Siren, played at The Constitutional Club in Chippenham Saturday night, crowd was a little on the small side but they responded well and made it a good night.

 

Used my TT800 and BF big twin II, chose to use my surf green MIM P Bass which sat very nicely in the mix - bloody hot in there!

 

[Stub Mandrel]

2 hours ago, mep said:

Ours hasn't got one, yet!

 

The best ones have a block at the front to hold the kick in place.

[mep]

Indeed @Stub Mandrel, that's what our previous drummer had. He's says they are expensive, but the price will give him peace of mind. The conundrum is how come the kick drum was fine the first time out. We have some time before our next gig to sort this out.

[dmccombe7]

11 hours ago, mep said:

Ours hasn't got one, yet!

The art of bass player suggestion 😂

Dave

[BigRedX]

On Saturday Hurtsfall played at the OxJam festival in Beeston. Over 100 acts split across multiple venues, this is the 3rd year we've been asked to play.

 

This time we were on at 3.30pm at The Berliner, the second band of the afternoon at that venue. Not the easiest of load-ins with the venue being very busy so there was nowhere really to leave our gear where it wasn't in someone way. However it turned out that lots of the people were there specifically to see us play which was very gratifying. Just about enough time between bands to get set up and line-checked. Technical problems of the previous weekend were behind us and we played well, and even felt brave enough to open with our newest song which most of our audience wouldn't have heard before.

 

 

We're taking a break from gigging until the end of November to work on new material and for recording the album.

[Cat Burrito]

Deadlight Dance returned to the stage last night, supporting the excellent Sun Machine at The Tree House in Frome. Prior to the show, I took my 57RI P-bass into Kempsters in Swindon, to replace some dodgy pots. Amazing service as always with 80s style pricing, although he did “have to tell me” that he didn’t like my neon green strings! 😹

 

I also picked up a Pennywise stage mascot at HMV. Despite the AD200 Orange bass rig, I am actually running through just a board with the Boss IR2 as my “rig”. The Orange sounded incredible when Sun Machine were on and having owned the exact same setup, I didn’t miss it during the first floor load in. In fact I had 4 separate people ask me about my bass sound! I was also compared to Peter Hook and Simon Gallup, which for an originals based set is either a massive compliment or I need to get better at stealing!

 

 

The sound guy Chris was amazing, Sun Machine were fantastic and there was not one diva style ego in the house. A respectably full room and everyone showed up to watch both bands. Coupled with the age friendly 10.30pm curfew and the competitively priced Guinness 0%, a superb evening. Nice to be back “home” on the bass too 😎

 

[warwickhunt]

Strange bass gig for me!  INXS UK seated in a little sold out gig playing a rubber band bass Uke!  

 

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Edited 12 hours ago by warwickhunt

[Thor]

12 minutes ago, Cat Burrito said:

Deadlight Dance returned to the stage last night, supporting the excellent Sun Machine at The Tree House in Frome. Prior to the show, I took my 57RI P-bass into Kempsters in Swindon, to replace some dodgy pots. Amazing service as always with 80s style pricing, although he did “have to tell me” that he didn’t like my neon green strings! 😹

 

I also picked up a Pennywise stage mascot at HMV. Despite the AD200 Orange bass rig, I am actually running through just a board with the Boss IR2 as my “rig”. The Orange sounded incredible when Sun Machine were on and having owned the exact same setup, I didn’t miss it during the first floor load in. In fact I had 4 separate people ask me about my bass sound! I was also compared to Peter Hook and Simon Gallup, which for an originals based set is either a massive compliment or I need to get better at stealing!

 

 

The sound guy Chris was amazing, Sun Machine were fantastic and there was not one diva style ego in the house. A respectably full room and everyone showed up to watch both bands. Coupled with the age friendly 10.30pm curfew and the competitively priced Guinness 0%, a superb evening. Nice to be back “home” on the bass too 😎

 

Was it Jeff that said about your strings? 🤣 Great service from them, but as you say, a bit stuck in a time warp.😁
 

 

[Rayman]

 

 

 

Good one last night. I used the TC rig rather than my usual Ashdown, and it sounded great, lots of clout via the 4x10. The P bass was magnificent as always, but it was a lot of fun using the Hohner B2 for a D tuned number. Cool venue and a very lovely audience.

 

[Cat Burrito]

45 minutes ago, Thor said:

Was it Jeff that said about your strings? 🤣 Great service from them, but as you say, a bit stuck in a time warp.😁
 

 

Yeah, he’s a real character. Been going there since 1988. 

[Stub Mandrel]

Great gig at Ye Olde Butchers Arms with the Fortunate Sons. 

 

Got compliments from the band and audience members on my £10 Temu lighting rig 🤣

 

Really great sound with loads of low down thump.

 

Did have a minor crisis when the hi-hat unscrewed itself ...

[dmccombe7]

12 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

Great gig at Ye Olde Butchers Arms with the Fortunate Sons. 

 

Got compliments from the band and audience members on my £10 Temu lighting rig 🤣

 

Really great sound with loads of low down thump.

 

Did have a minor crisis when the hi-hat unscrewed itself ...

£10 Temu lighting rig ? I'm curious now. Any pics ?

Dave

[dmccombe7]

1 hour ago, Rayman said:

 

 

 

Good one last night. I used the TC rig rather than my usual Ashdown, and it sounded great, lots of clout via the 4x10. The P bass was magnificent as always, but it was a lot of fun using the Hohner B2 for a D tuned number. Cool venue and a very lovely audience.

 

That Hohner just looks great even now. You never really see the Steinbergers these days ?

Dave

[Rayman]

2 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

That Hohner just looks great even now. You never really see the Steinbergers these days ?

Dave

Yeah I don’t think I’ve seen a Steinberger in the flesh, it’d be interesting to try one. This Hohner sounded surprisingly big, and much darker than the P bass. It was a nice contrast.

[Stub Mandrel]

4 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

£10 Temu lighting rig ? I'm curious now. Any pics ?

Dave

 

I lied... they are only £2.62 each and I have two. Photo exaggerated as you'd expect, but worked well considering it was a pub with the lights on.

 

[Stub Mandrel]

3 minutes ago, Rayman said:

Yeah I don’t think I’ve seen a Steinberger in the flesh, it’d be interesting to try one. This Hohner sounded surprisingly big, and much darker than the P bass. It was a nice contrast.

 

I've got a B2, the output is really hot from the stock pickups .

[dmccombe7]

20 minutes ago, Rayman said:

Yeah I don’t think I’ve seen a Steinberger in the flesh, it’d be interesting to try one. This Hohner sounded surprisingly big, and much darker than the P bass. It was a nice contrast.

I have an old Yamaha version BX-1 i think it is. Was gonna trade it in mid 90's but was offered a pittance for it so just kept it. Never gets played nowadays but it has a gorgeous thin neck on it.

Dave

[tauzero]

Another visit to the Spread Eagle in Polesworth, as always rather tight for space. Advertised as an 8:30 start, then we were told it was 9:30 to 11:30, so we went with 9:00 to 9:50ish, long interval, 10:30-11:30. A few fluffs in the first half but no major car crashes and the second half went well. And the landlady was dancing, which was a good sign. Could see through a passage into the other room, and there was some dancing going on in there too. Looks like we'll be getting some Saturday gigs next year, so less of a rush for the 50% of the band who aren't retired, and also the pool table gets moved out of the way instead of just being covered over.

 

Sei Flamboyant -> M-Vave wireless -> Zoom MS-60B+ -> Tecamp Puma 900 -> GR Bass AT212. Normal footwear.

 

[Norris]

After a few weeks off while the guitarist was touring, we were back at the Railway in Countesthorpe last night. Unfortunately nobody told us about the Indian streetfood kitchen set up in the carpark, and I'd turned up with a bellyfull of Chinese takeaway. Moot point anyway because they had packed up and gone by the time we'd got the kit in.

 

Slightly quieter night than recently, which was good because we could actually set up. Normally it's a right scrum. It was hot!

 

 

It went pretty well considering I hadn't picked up a bass since the last gig. Lots of compliments on both sound and playing.

 

 

Stingish bass through the GT-6B, and then via my new deluxe big muff, into the Rumble. DMs

[BassTool]

7 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

 

I've got a B2, the output is really hot from the stock pickups .

I need to get mine out of its case and check it's still alive 😖

[BassTool]

2 hours ago, Norris said:

 

 

DMs

Kudos 👏🏼 

 

Love a well polished boot me 😉

[Bluewine]

11 hours ago, warwickhunt said:

Strange bass gig for me!  INXS UK seated in a little sold out gig playing a rubber band bass Uke!  

 

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1Cqb8hgpFP/

Nice cover. Sounds really good.

 

Daryl

[YellowLedBetterBass]

Very good gig tonight. Very successful in every sense - 19 new followers on the Instagram, swathes of posts and stories and the owner of the bar (before we'd even finished, mind) emailing us offering us 9 dates over the next year. Crazy stuff.

 

Rig was the new (to me) fender MIM standard P bass (I'll do a NBD on it, maybe), over Swiff Audio 5.8ghz into the TC Electronic BG250 combo. No pedals, no nothing. Simple as anything set up, and I got compliments from bar staff and audience members on how clear and punchy the bass was.

 

*footwear were the same pair of puma suedes I always wear.

[BassTool]

2 hours ago, BassTool said:

Kudos 👏🏼 

 

Love a well polished boot me 😉

Thread hijack alert! 🤭

 

Proof 😆 just done some tonight 😜😎