How was your gig last night?

[Lozz196]

Just got in from my last Spacewasters gig as a full band member (I will be depping for them next year for one gig). Was at The Milton Arms, Southsea, Portsmouth, supporting The Witchdoktors (great band btw).

 

The Witchdoktors provided the backline which was very decent of them, we only had to provide cymbal stands, so made for an easy gig, our drummer drove so all good there.

 

We played well and went down well, though it wasn’t as large an audience as when we’d previously played there, even on pay day, maybe people holding onto cash for Xmas.

 

I played my JMJ Mustang through an Orange Crush (I think) combo, which sounded very nice. Footwear was DM Chelsea/Dealer boots.

 

And now back indoors, well I hurt all over, really reinforcing that my leaving is the right decision, a real shame but I’ve had 4 great years with the band, am so glad I joined them for those years.

[bassbiscuits]

Just got back in from depping on a gig as part of a big fundraising evening for a blood cancer charity in Leicester’s Winstanley House. Lovely venue, huge room. 
 

Pretty late gig, starting at 10pm, but people were still up for a dance and it was pretty lively. 

Got completely lost in the dark trying to get out (I’ve only lived in Leicester for 20 years….) and was gonna find a McDonald’s on way home but it was super late and I couldn’t be bothered. 
 

Gear was my old vintage P bass with its new Labella DTB flats, thru the usual Markbass traveller rig and pedal board. Flatwounds have been the sound in my head for a while for this sort of material and tho I took a BB bass with me I only used it for the final song. 
 

Footwear was by Clarks. Black jeans by M&S. 

 

Edited yesterday at 09:45 by bassbiscuits

[AndyTravis]

Edited yesterday at 07:41 by AndyTravis

[BigRedX]

Unfortunately we weren't able to play last night as our synth player had picked up some lurgy from his kids and was too ill to play. A pity not only because the gig was sold out, but because we'd spent the last few weeks learning how to play our "Christmas Song" as a band. The recorded version had been assembled in the studio, and I think that before we started practicing in order to play it live I'd never played the Bass VI part all the way through in one go.

 

Still the other four bands played and Social Youth Cult who headlined were enough of a draw to have sold most of the tickets, so I don't think we let too many people down. It appears from our social media comments over the last few weeks, that most of the people who wanted to come and see us play had left it too late to buy tickets anyway.

 

Unless something really good comes in at the last minute, we don't have any more gigs until 2026 now. December Snow will have to wait until this time next year.

 

 

Edited yesterday at 09:20 by BigRedX

[Len_derby]

8 hours ago, Lozz196 said:

Just got in from my last Spacewasters gig as a full band member (I will be depping for them next year for one gig). Was at The Milton Arms, Southsea, Portsmouth, supporting The Witchdoktors (great band btw).

 

The Witchdoktors provided the backline which was very decent of them, we only had to provide cymbal stands, so made for an easy gig, our drummer drove so all good there.

 

We played well and went down well, though it wasn’t as large an audience as when we’d previously played there, even on pay day, maybe people holding onto cash for Xmas.

 

I played my JMJ Mustang through an Orange Crush (I think) combo, which sounded very nice. Footwear was DM Chelsea/Dealer boots.

 

And now back indoors, well I hurt all over, really reinforcing that my leaving is the right decision, a real shame but I’ve had 4 great years with the band, am so glad I joined them for those years.

 

Not the new Lionel, then Lozz?

[Lozz196]

1 minute ago, Len_derby said:

 

Not the new Lionel, then Lozz?

I should have but as I knew we’d have to go out to get grub was dubious about leaving it without my beady eye keeping an eye on it, even though we did grub run in shifts.

[AndyTravis]

Wouldn’t let me type before - no idea why.

 

Good gig last night helping some mates out.

 

they’d agreed to the gig then their bass player moved to a different country so I stepped in.

 

Learned 10 songs, played 7.

 

wasn’t my best performance; first time going ampless and I was a bit thrown by that.

 

sold out Gorilla in Manchester, the main band were half our age - it was like looking at a sea of my daughters mates 😆

 

Felt very old.

[Mickeyboro]

Friday lunchtime in a central Bournemouth church. We do it twice a year and share the retiring collection with the venue. 
 

Church has a regular audience for the music and we add to it - have had 100 folk before but 65 was just fine given the season.
 

The promoter got up to sing on Mojo Workin’ and we played two encores. One of which debuted Time Is Tight. Love a bit of Booker T…
 

Gear: Flea Jazz (currently in ‘for sale’ section), GK MB200 through Barefaced Two10. 

[wateroftyne]

Eagles tribute gigs for the last couple of nights. First, Queen's Hall, Edinburgh. It's a gorgeous hall with a lot of history. House PA, extremely good engineer, great lights

 

Best of all, though: 800 people in... on a Thursday night! Hats off to the promoter.

 

Last night was a lovely theatre outside of Whitehaven. A little more cramped, but another very enjoyable night.

 

I used my new (but not new) 1996 MIA Jazz RI, and it's a Bobby Dazzler. Love it.

 

The only downside was the van breaking down as we left Whitehaven. I finally got home just before 5am 😅 💤

 

 

 

 

 

[dmccombe7]

7 hours ago, AndyTravis said:

sold out Gorilla in Manchester, the main band were half our age - it was like looking at a sea of my daughters mates 😆

 

Felt very old.

That's why i play in a Glam covers band Andy. The audience are the same age as us. 🤩

Dave

[dmccombe7]

2 hours ago, wateroftyne said:

Eagles tribute gigs for the last couple of nights. First, Queen's Hall, Edinburgh. It's a gorgeous hall with a lot of history. House PA, extremely good engineer, great lights

 

Best of all, though: 800 people in... on a Thursday night! Hats off to the promoter.

 

Last night was a lovely theatre outside of Whitehaven. A little more cramped, but another very enjoyable night.

 

I used my new (but not new) 1996 MIA Jazz RI, and it's a Bobby Dazzler. Love it.

 

The only downside was the van breaking down as we left Whitehaven. I finally got home just before 5am 😅 💤

 

 

 

 

 

Nice basses Michael. The one with the neck binding is especially nice but i'd take either.

I do love a Jazz bass.

Dave

[dmccombe7]

This afternoons gig with BLOCKBUSTARZ Glam covers band was a charity event in Boness that was sold out.

We've played this venue many times for charity events, retirements, birthdays and are back again Feb 2026 for a 60th. The guy was at the gig today.

Start time was 2pm and we literally had dancers on the floor for the first song and that lasted all the way thru the afternoon.

Couldn't have asked for a better audience. When you get a lot of women out for a Saturday afternoon Xmas party they just wanna have fun and they did.

The few males that were present also up dancing with everyone on the floor for the last few songs.

The new Xmas songs went down a treat and we played well.

Had a few hiccups with the PA where it cut out on occasion. Looked like he was running the powered cabs too hard. He decided to leave the subs in the van and just go with his JBL full range cabs. In future we'll always use the subs with them. He notched down the bass and kick drum volumes and i boosted my amp volume to compensate. Still sounded great tho but that solved the issue for the 2nd set.

Decided to use my Sandberg MarloweDK for this one as the event was billed as a Xmas event so we went with the tinsel and a more Xmas look.

Marlowe sounded excellent thru the Handbox WB-100 and BF212 cab. First time i've used this combination in the Glam band and i was very pleased. Sound guy also commented that it sounded superb out front.

Some older ladies wanted to book us for 2027 for a triple birthday party but its a bit too far away to be taking bookings so we asked that they get in touch middle 2026.

All in all a good day and home for 7:30pm via the Indian takeaway.

Few pics of the stage etc appeared so that's all i have for time being.

Dave 

 

[Norris]

Our first time playing at the Gate in Hugglescote. It looks like they have entertainment fairly regularly, but not with bands with a drum kit. It was a bit tight, so much so that the drummer sat on the bench instead of his stool and had no room for a floor tom. That made for a few chuckles on the occasions he forgot and hit on thin air 😂

 

I never find it fun having to move every piece of kit six times while setting up, like a sliding tile puzzle.

 

A bit unusually for a Saturday night pub gig they wanted us to start at 7pm. As we expected it was a little thin on the ground when we started but soon got busier.

 

The Rumble had to go on the bench. I don't normally have it up high like that, so it made for a different experience and I tried not to be too self-conscious being able to hear every little thing.

 

A good night was had. Some dancing. A lot of compliments, and it turns out there were quite a few musos there too. Most importantly my black DMs looked great, having polished them this morning 😂

 

[martthebass]

Well the run of excellent gigs came to an end last night. A club gig that doubled as a members event. The audience was our age demographic but dancers were few and far between. Maybe they were saving themselves for the upcoming festivities.

However onwards and upwards to next week when we’re back in pub land for a new venue on the outskirts of Chesterfield.