How was your gig last night?

[Bluewine]

Maple Road

 

Rockfield Music & Media

Saturday 7-10

Germantown 

 

"Come check out the coolest living room house party around! BYOB and kick back and enjoy some up close rockin' blues! Special guest Kevin Henkel on drums for this one! "

 

Always a good gig here. We always pack this place. I'm still concerned about dep drummers. But it is what it is.

 

I'm not picky about backline amps anymore. Here's a Pic of the provided rig.

 

Daryl

Edited Thursday at 18:22 by Bluewine

[Stub Mandrel]

20 minutes ago, Bluewine said:

Maple Road

 

Rockfield Music & Media

Saturday 7-10

Germantown 

 

"Come check out the coolest living room house party around! BYOB and kick back and enjoy some up close rockin' blues! Special guest Kevin Henkel on drums for this one! "

 

Always a good gig here. We always pack this place. I'm still concerned about dep drummers. But it is what it is.

 

I'm not picky about backline amps anymore. Here's a Pic of the provided rig.

 

Daryl

 

There are people around here who would turn around and run away if they saw a stack as uneven a that 🤣

[dmccombe7]

44 minutes ago, Bluewine said:

Maple Road

 

Rockfield Music & Media

Saturday 7-10

Germantown 

 

"Come check out the coolest living room house party around! BYOB and kick back and enjoy some up close rockin' blues! Special guest Kevin Henkel on drums for this one! "

 

Always a good gig here. We always pack this place. I'm still concerned about dep drummers. But it is what it is.

 

I'm not picky about backline amps anymore. Here's a Pic of the provided rig.

 

Daryl

Played thru a Hartke rig once and loved the tone. I think it was an LH5000.

Hopefully you'll get a decent sound from that rig. I've had much worse supplied backline to the point i no longer use it and always bring my own gear.

Dave

[dmccombe7]

25 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

 

There are people around here who would turn around and run away if they saw a stack as uneven a that 🤣

I did notice that overhang 😂

Dave 🤩

[Bluewine]

2 hours ago, dmccombe7 said:

Played thru a Hartke rig once and loved the tone. I think it was an LH5000.

Hopefully you'll get a decent sound from that rig. I've had much worse supplied backline to the point i no longer use it and always bring my own gear.

Dave

 

The rig is not my style.

 

Dave, 2 years ago I would have said no thanks, I'll bring my amp.

 

Now, anytime I can walk into a gig with a bass in my hand and my pedalboard over my shoulder I'll take it.

 

Daryl

[dmccombe7]

33 minutes ago, Bluewine said:

 

The rig is not my style.

 

Dave, 2 years ago I would have said no thanks, I'll bring my amp.

 

Now, anytime I can walk into a gig with a bass in my hand and my pedalboard over my shoulder I'll take it.

 

Daryl

I'm quite fussy about what i hear on stage Daryl. If i know what the rig is and its decent quality i might use it but normally the provided backline is old Peavey cheap stuff that just doesn't cut it for me. Same in most studios i use altho i tend to just put up with it in studios.

Dave

[Lozz196]

47 minutes ago, Bluewine said:

 

The rig is not my style.

 

Dave, 2 years ago I would have said no thanks, I'll bring my amp.

 

Now, anytime I can walk into a gig with a bass in my hand and my pedalboard over my shoulder I'll take it.

 

Daryl

I’ve been the same over the last couple of years too, in my efforts to make gigging as easy as possible. And you know what, I always managed to get a decent enough sound irrespective of whatever the rig was.

[Stub Mandrel]

I am constantly grateful for a rig where I can have amp on a shoulder strap, cab in one hand and bass in the other.

[msb]

I tend to use my stuff , it’s not heavy , and I know it well. I’ve used may backline rigs over the years , and that’s why I use mine.

[Bluewine]

5 hours ago, dmccombe7 said:

Played thru a Hartke rig once and loved the tone. I think it was an LH5000.

Hopefully you'll get a decent sound from that rig. I've had much worse supplied backline to the point i no longer use it and always bring my own gear.

Dave

 This is the same place we did  that cover of "Crossroads "

 

Daryl

[Bluewine]

2 hours ago, Lozz196 said:

I’ve been the same over the last couple of years too, in my efforts to make gigging as easy as possible. And you know what, I always managed to get a decent enough sound irrespective of whatever the rig was.

 

 

If we can keep the stage volume low it will be fine. I'm more concerned about the dep drummer. We just call these guys in with no rehearsal.  We don't play anything difficult and we expect them to fall in line.

 

Daryl

[dmccombe7]

10 hours ago, Lozz196 said:

I’ve been the same over the last couple of years too, in my efforts to make gigging as easy as possible. And you know what, I always managed to get a decent enough sound irrespective of whatever the rig was.

I just don't have time to set up the bass amp at gigs. I have to sort out everything from helping drummer unload and get started on his kit to sorting out the PA speakers and most of the cabling for mains sockets, PA and lights. After i've done all that i try and get time to tune the bass and make sure the amp is all ok. At that point everyone else is set up and they just want to sound check and i've had a few words on occasion that i also need time to set up my own gear but i have to remind them all every now and again. Historically guitar and bass didn't go thru the PA so it had to be a decent sound. These days most of our gigs we use a PA Hire and i thought that would give me more time but i'm finding that i'm now stage arranger sorting out where PA companies kit goes on stage.

Anyways i do enjoy it all but it means i struggle to get time for my own gear so my amp is left exact same settings every gig except for the master volume. I do tweak it if i decide to use a different bass.

I just wouldn't get time to try out a provided backline to my satisfaction. However as time goes on i can see me falling into same thoughts as you guys. 🤩

Dave

[Lozz196]

Well it’s much easier in an originals band on a shared backline gig Dave, we turn up with our guitars and whatever bit of kit is our part of the shared backline, from there good to go.
 

I do remember the days of setting up PAs, lights, removing furniture from stage areas, sound checking in a busy pub/bar. Great days but too much for me over last few years.

[dmccombe7]

4 hours ago, Lozz196 said:

Well it’s much easier in an originals band on a shared backline gig Dave, we turn up with our guitars and whatever bit of kit is our part of the shared backline, from there good to go.
 

I do remember the days of setting up PAs, lights, removing furniture from stage areas, sound checking in a busy pub/bar. Great days but too much for me over last few years.

That's kind of where i'm at. The number of times i've had to move tables and chairs just to access the stage area.

Dave

[Bluewine]

12 hours ago, dmccombe7 said:

I just don't have time to set up the bass amp at gigs. I have to sort out everything from helping drummer unload and get started on his kit to sorting out the PA speakers and most of the cabling for mains sockets, PA and lights. After i've done all that i try and get time to tune the bass and make sure the amp is all ok. At that point everyone else is set up and they just want to sound check and i've had a few words on occasion that i also need time to set up my own gear but i have to remind them all every now and again. Historically guitar and bass didn't go thru the PA so it had to be a decent sound. These days most of our gigs we use a PA Hire and i thought that would give me more time but i'm finding that i'm now stage arranger sorting out where PA companies kit goes on stage.

Anyways i do enjoy it all but it means i struggle to get time for my own gear so my amp is left exact same settings every gig except for the master volume. I do tweak it if i decide to use a different bass.

I just wouldn't get time to try out a provided backline to my satisfaction. However as time goes on i can see me falling into same thoughts as you guys. 🤩

Dave

 

Everyone except for the drummer is set up before me. They're all in their early 40s and move a lot faster than me.

 

In my older age I'm overall a lot more practical about my gigs. And anything I can take off my plate to make the gig go smooth for me , I'll do it. But not at anyone else's expense. 

 

I might do a little tweaking for my sound on stage. Not much, as soon as I hear something I like and my chorus pedal is set I'm good. 

 

Dave, I completely delegate the sound in the house to the sound guys. That's not my area of expertise. Hopefully they'll get me a good sound and place me properly in the mix. I'm not getting involved with that part of a show.

 

Keep in mind, 10 years ago I'd definitely be on the other side of the fence.

 

Daryl

Edited 23 hours ago by Bluewine

[dmccombe7]

16 minutes ago, Bluewine said:

 

Everyone except for the drummer is set up before me. They're all in their early 40s and move a lot faster than me.

 

In my older age I'm overall a lot more practical about my gigs. And anything I can take off my plate to make the gig go smooth for me , I'll do it. But not at anyone else's expense. 

 

I might do a little tweaking for my sound on stage. Not much, as soon as I hear something I like and my chorus pedal is set I'm good. 

 

Dave, I completely delegate the sound in the house to the sound guys. That's not my area of expertise. Hopefully they'll get me a good sound and place me properly in the mix. I'm not getting involved with that part of a show.

 

Keep in mind, 10 years ago I'd definitely be on the other side of the fence.

 

Daryl

I only get involved in stage management side of it but not what the SE does FOH. I do listen to what he has FOH during my line check and that it matches my on stage tone. SE's have often told me that the bass channel is almost flat EQ and that the tone from my Mesa amps is good enough on its own.

Dave

[Franticsmurf]

First gig of a double header for me this weekend was the annual Crown Court Christmas Party with the Hulla band. Our singer is a barrister and so we get the Court gig every year - they actually ask for us! You could say we are called to the bar. But you probably wouldn't. It was a new venue for us at the Bay View hotel on the Swansea seafront. With the wind and rain last night, the view of the bay was mostly large waves and spray. We're a 13 piece so the set up was quite tight but we're used to it. After the soundcheck there was time for a swift ice cream at the nearby Joe's Ice cream parlour (given the weather, the staff were surprised out our late evening arrival). 

 

The venue was an odd shape - the building has been a pub and hotel since the mid 1800s and occupies the end of a street that joins the main road at an angle. At the junction end it is very narrow but it expands in a wedge back away from the main road. Inside there are pillars and several areas divided by bits of wall and single or double steps. From a sound perspective, it seemed as if it would be a nightmare with the pillars getting in the way of the throw of the PA tops and the 'dance area' in front of the band was about the size of a couple of commemorative postage stamps. In actual fact, the sound was very good and there wasn't the nightmare sound reflections that we anticipated. Instead, the nightmare reflections came from a big mirror behind the bar in which I was able to watch myself in all my performing glory during the soundcheck. I stepped to one side for the actual gig as it was very off-putting.

 

The place was closed for the private party so our audience was around 60-70 people. Most started off in the little area in which the food was being served but as we started to play the dance floor filled up (3 people) and the dancing spilled over into every available space, included that reserved for the neck and headstock of the bassist (I was on the far left of the band line up). What looked like a lively and dancing bassist was actually me trying not to batter members of the legal profession as they laid their moves down. 30 songs and 2.5 hours later we finished with Hey Jude. I think the singer would have gone on and on but his voice was decidedly croaky and much to the relief of the rest of us (and perhaps the remaining audience) we came to a halt. It was a very local venue for me so I was home 10 minutes after I left. 

 

Kit for the night was my Sterling 34HH through a board - MS60b for tuner and noisegate > NUX Sculpture compressor > NUX Voodoo Vibe (only for the end of Hey Jude) > Ampeg SCRDI and into the desk. Monitoring for me was via a Behringer P16m fed from the X32 desk and into a Gear4Music wireless system with KS Z10 earphones. Footwear were slightly damp (from our visit to the ice cream parlour) black Skechers. 

 

 

 

 

[dmccombe7]

20 minutes ago, Franticsmurf said:

First gig of a double header for me this weekend was the annual Crown Court Christmas Party with the Hulla band. Our singer is a barrister and so we get the Court gig every year - they actually ask for us! You could say we are called to the bar. But you probably wouldn't. It was a new venue for us at the Bay View hotel on the Swansea seafront. With the wind and rain last night, the view of the bay was mostly large waves and spray. We're a 13 piece so the set up was quite tight but we're used to it. After the soundcheck there was time for a swift ice cream at the nearby Joe's Ice cream parlour (given the weather, the staff were surprised out our late evening arrival). 

 

The venue was an odd shape - the building has been a pub and hotel since the mid 1800s and occupies the end of a street that joins the main road at an angle. At the junction end it is very narrow but it expands in a wedge back away from the main road. Inside there are pillars and several areas divided by bits of wall and single or double steps. From a sound perspective, it seemed as if it would be a nightmare with the pillars getting in the way of the throw of the PA tops and the 'dance area' in front of the band was about the size of a couple of commemorative postage stamps. In actual fact, the sound was very good and there wasn't the nightmare sound reflections that we anticipated. Instead, the nightmare reflections came from a big mirror behind the bar in which I was able to watch myself in all my performing glory during the soundcheck. I stepped to one side for the actual gig as it was very off-putting.

 

The place was closed for the private party so our audience was around 60-70 people. Most started off in the little area in which the food was being served but as we started to play the dance floor filled up (3 people) and the dancing spilled over into every available space, included that reserved for the neck and headstock of the bassist (I was on the far left of the band line up). What looked like a lively and dancing bassist was actually me trying not to batter members of the legal profession as they laid their moves down. 30 songs and 2.5 hours later we finished with Hey Jude. I think the singer would have gone on and on but his voice was decidedly croaky and much to the relief of the rest of us (and perhaps the remaining audience) we came to a halt. It was a very local venue for me so I was home 10 minutes after I left. 

 

Kit for the night was my Sterling 34HH through a board - MS60b for tuner and noisegate > NUX Sculpture compressor > NUX Voodoo Vibe (only for the end of Hey Jude) > Ampeg SCRDI and into the desk. Monitoring for me was via a Behringer P16m fed from the X32 desk and into a Gear4Music wireless system with KS Z10 earphones. Footwear were slightly damp (from our visit to the ice cream parlour) black Skechers. 

 

 

 

 

You clout someone with headstock at that gig and you might get barred. 😂

Dave 🎅

[12stringbassist]

 

We had a really good night last night, with lots of friends there, at a venue not far from me where we have celebrated various milestones with my bands over the years. Just what we needed really. This year's been really difficult for the band with a change of guitarist and all the things that led up to it, plus our drummer's serious illness and us running with a replacement. The band as it is now is really enjoying itself.

[tauzero]

Second time we've played at the Crown in Rugeley. Parking is a bit dodgy, and our singer had to get from Worcester up the M6 on a Friday evening so he was a bit late.

 

It's rather cramped there but we squeezed in a bit better than last time.

 

 

That's just before we started, when the singer broke his first string of the night (final score: three).

 

Audience reaction was the same as the first time we played here - we'd be playing a song, there would be quite a few people reacting to it or singing along, then at the end of the song absolutely no applause (apart from drummer's wife and guitarist's girlfriend). And no calls for more at the end, and we're not one of those bands who insist on playing the encores, so we didn't. Everyone was very friendly though, and one of the bouncers was very complimentary.

 

A little incident did occur - towards the end of the second set, nearing the end of a song, I noticed a woman at the back of the room (which wasn't very far away) in some sort of physical distress, and the man she was with got an inhaler out for her. Our guitarist's girlfriend is a nurse and I was going to point her at the woman, but she noticed her just as we reached the end of the song and went over to check on her. Apparently she reeked of fags and had had a fair bit to drink, so she rather brought it on herself (I think it's reasonably clear which "she" is which).

 

Edit to add: Sei Flamboyant 5 -> M-Vave wireless -> Zoom MS-60B+ -> Tecamp Puma 900 -> GR Bass AT212, Caravelle memory foam trainers (and thermal non-slip socks).

Edited 1 hour ago by tauzero