How was your gig last night?

[dmccombe7]

11 hours ago, Woodinblack said:

 

Pah, speak for your own band

 

Just the good ones 😎

Dave

[dmccombe7]

23 minutes ago, chaypup said:

How does this set up work better than stacked - What's the science behind it?

I was wondering about that too. I'm no expert on PJB rigs but i think the smaller box also has speakers facing upwards thru the grill part so i'm guessing you hear it better when its on the floor than stacked on the extension cab.

Just guessing tho.

Dave 

[ezbass]

50 minutes ago, chaypup said:

How does this set up work better than stacked - What's the science behind it?

The smaller ‘head’ section has 2 up-firing speakers, which seemed to help with on stage monitoring. That said, when stacked, it’s not exactly very tall, so I suspect that there’s some floor coupling going on too, with this arrangement.

[Norris]

We've done this New Year's Eve Eve gig for a few years now and it's always a sell-out. It's in the small village of Twyford and seems that most of the villagers were there, probably for the excellent buffet!

 

 

 

I'm glad I took the day off as we do it all again tonight...

[Bluewine]

On 29/12/2025 at 12:37, dmccombe7 said:

That's the bit i  don't understand with some bands. If we find a song isn't working or the audience all of a sudden sit down because we started a song then we have a discussion on whether to remove the song or put it on standby. The full band will feel when a song isn't working.

What i find over here is that the Glam bands can be great party night fun but with Blues / rock then a lot of people will be watching and admiring the musicianship rather than as an overall show so its swings and roundabouts really. Its different audiences for different styles.

Dave

 

 

It makes no sense. They can see the audience isn't in to it with no exceptions. Just drop the song.

 

Daryl

[Bluewine]

On 23/12/2025 at 22:35, Bluewine said:

New Years Eve 

 

Daryl

 

 

TODAY’s THE DAY FOLKS!! Come get your EARLY NYE PARTY started with us at Precinct - Tap & Table!! Doors open at 3:30 and show starts at 4! It fills up fast and seating is limited so don’t be late!

 

 

[Stub Mandrel]

2 hours ago, Bluewine said:

 

It makes no sense. They can see the audience isn't in to it with no exceptions. Just drop the song.

 

Daryl

 

Some songs are inexplicable. I hate playing All Along the Watchtower (as I can't touch Hendrix's random bassline and I feel ours is just a pale imitation) and Simple Man (which repeats three chords forever) - but audiences love them both.

[ezbass]

Just home from the dreaded Hogmanay gig. We have to do this as a 3 piece as our keyboard player always spends NYE with his extended family and fair play to him, I’d rather spend it with them too. Not a terrible gig, always interesting playing with more space in the mix, but I do miss the keyboards. As ever, some idiot insists on trying to speak with you whilst you’re playing, always a request that you can’t/won’t do. However, this was balanced out by a nice guy, who was interested in my bass (he was a guitarist, it turned out) and he looked up my bass, a Maruszczyk, while we were playing. Who says bassists never receive any attention? Anyway, we played OK, although the drummer is really starting to become clumsy (lack of home practise I suspect) and the groove often takes a break in these instances. The thing that gets me is the amount of folk repeatedly going to and from the toilets, with only moments spent in there. Who are they kidding? Perhaps they had bad colds, but I suspect the red nostrils were courtesy of Colombia’s finest marching powder. I’m not a prude, but a little moderation wouldn’t go a miss. Glad it’s over, only 365 days until the next one. At least it was an easy drive home. Rig as per Saturday’s gig earlier in the thread, with the side by side setup, which worked a treat again.

 

 

EDITS: OK, maybe it was because I was tired (I wasn’t) but just read my post to find numerous autocorrects that made it seem that it was me on the illicit substances. ‘Have to’ became autograph () but more amusingly, groove became ‘groom’ . 

Edited 4 hours ago by ezbass

[YellowLedBetterBass]

Just got home from what, in my opinion, was our best gig ever. 2 lots of hour-long sets at an old-timey inner-city pub here in Brum that has outlived the new developments around it. Proper small room crammed to the rafters with paying punters and it was party atmosphere all evening.

 

Played up until about 11.57 and then had a quick break for the ball drop before finishing up our set. Had an absolute blast.

 

Rig was Fender MIM P Bass > Tonex One > DI Box > desk. Footwear was Dune Chelsea Boots which have shredded my feet up but looked the part.

Edited 2 hours ago by YellowLedBetterBass

[MacDaddy]

Just back from my NYE gig. 

Awesome 😎 

Will write more later today.

Happy New Year y'all 😁

[tubbybloke68]

Great fun NYE job , officially my first gig as a full member, been depping for them over the last year here and there . Storrington West Sussex . Appy new year folks! 

[Norris]

"Have you improved?" - one of the stranger questions I've been asked. It turns out he thought we had since he last saw us. Anyway NYE proper (we played last night too) was a great night. The place was rammed, plenty of dancing. Mrs Norris even had a couple more glasses of prosecco than she would normally drink.

 

 

The small stage extension I was on made for an interesting sound.

 

(Photo taken during drum solo)

 

The place had apparently not been as full since covid. Fabulous night, lots of nice comments and compliments.

 

Have a great new year!

[Bluewine]

13 hours ago, Bluewine said:

 

 

TODAY’s THE DAY FOLKS!! Come get your EARLY NYE PARTY started with us at Precinct - Tap & Table!! Doors open at 3:30 and show starts at 4! It fills up fast and seating is limited so don’t be late!

 

 

 

 

I got home at 8:30. It was a good gig. We sounded good ,had a great crowd, good food and the dep drummer was pretty good.

 

Daryl

Edited 7 hours ago by Bluewine

[martthebass]

Last gig of 2025 went to a large WMC, nice and local too! It was a ticket job and fully sold out, we had reservations as flu is still rife but we were happy to see a rammed club full of enthusiastic punters. 3 sets instead of our normal 2 and the obligatory Auld Langs Ayne, we were knackered at the end but it was a cracking night. That’s it for us Glam Lads until the 10th of Jan when we hit the Lion in Cas Vegas.

A happy new year to all youse in the BC gigging fraternity.

[dmccombe7]

8 hours ago, Bluewine said:

 

 

I got home at 8:30. It was a good gig. We sounded good ,had a great crowd, good food and the dep drummer was pretty good.

 

Daryl

Happy New Year Daryl and all the very best for 2026. 

Is that a tip bucket there Daryl and i spotted a $100 bill in there. 😂

Looks like a busy wee night.

Dave

[dmccombe7]

Last gig of 2025 and the first gig for 2026 with BLOCKBUSTARZ Glam band last night was another SOLD OUT gig for us at Airdrie WMC. 2yrs in a row at this venue which is rare at this club. 2 sets with a stop at 11:45 to 12:15 to bring in the bells in our traditional Scottish way.

Dancing from the first song showed great promise for the night and we were not wrong. The floor was packed for a lot of the songs with dancers on every song. Great atmosphere the full night with a stream of requests in first set. I think we had a total of 6 to mention those celebrating anniversaries, birthdays etc. Best dancer of the night went to a guy who seemed to be on the floor from the start and even gave us his full Alvin Stardust impersonation and was rewarded at the end of the night with one of our T shirts.

 After midnight we went back on for our final 3 songs and had requests for more. but the club was closing.

Loaded up the car and managed to get home for 2:30am, coffee and a biccy and then beddy by bo time knackered having been at the venue from 3:30pm it was a long day.

Thought i would give the Godin Shifter PJ bass a wee run out and boy did it sound amazing thru the Handbox WB-100 / BF212. Nice deep tone with the sharp mids cutting thru the mix, it was the perfect tone IMHO of course. 

All in all a great night of party fun.

Dave

[Obrienp]

NYE dep gig with Backtracking at Bob Carter Centre in Drayton (Norwich suburb). Ticketed do with buffet etc. Sold out but quite a few non-shows due to flu/Covid/Colds/indifference. Touch and go whether I would make the gig as I was in hospital until the evening of the 23rd with sepsis. I only got released on virtual ward, so amused my bandmates by doing my vitals during the intermission between sets. I admit having to check my blood pressure and oxygen saturation between sets was a new one for me!

 

Very enjoyable gig with people dancing from the first number in set 1. Organisers actually provided a room to leave our cases, gig bags, etc and a room to change! We also got first dibs at the buffet. No stage, which was a bit weird but plenty of space. I put bright green gaffa tape on the floor round the band area and it worked as a barrier. Nobody crossed it, except at midnight for the odd random kiss from strangers!
 

Anyway, the punters seemed to love it. A full dance floor and several encores. The BL said the organiser had asked if the band could do next NYE. Think I might get a return dep for that too and the money was good. In bed by 2 am,so not bad for a NYE gig. No pics yet but will post when received. 
 

Gear: Maruszczyk Elwood 4a 32” and Hartwood Satellite with DiMarzio DP145 Will Power mod, Ashdown RM800, Blackstar U700 on standby, 2 x LFSys Monza, Soundcraft active monitor, Peterson Strobostomp HD, Boss wireless. Two LFSys Monzas proved to be total overkill: sound man had me turned down to about 9 o’clock on the master and my DI was just going to the monitors. Black Chelsea boots as trying to look smart.

Edited 43 minutes ago by Obrienp

[Woodinblack]

12 hours ago, ezbass said:

Glad it’s over, only 365 days until the next one. At least it was an easy drive home.

 

So why bother next year? Why don't you just slope off to the keyboard players NYE family!