How was your gig last night?

[MacDaddy]

14 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:

And there’s four!

 

I'll take the 5th!

[JPJ]

Strictly not last night, but Thursday night (yes, a school night). Our acoustic trio were invited back to the Speakeasy at the Harbour View in Sunderland, Tyne & Wear. This was our third appearance, and probably our best, even if I say so myself. The Speakeasy is a mixture of an open mic night and a gig. For the first hour, it’s an open mic, although due to its popularity, performers have to book their slots weeks in advance. The second half is a 45 minute set from a featured artist or band. This week, that was us. 

Bear in mind that the Harbour View pub is perhaps unsurprisingly sited overlooking Sunderland port. As a result its on an exposed hill top, and on Thursday evening a brisk south easterly was whipping the rain into a face stinging frenzy and making the 6c feel a whole lot colder, and yet the pub was still full of enthusiastic music lovers.

Gear-wise, I was using my Boosey & Hawkes Excelsior laminate double bass equipped with a Realist copperhead pickup straight into the EBS Stanley Clarke acoustic preamp. From there, straight into the desk (a Behringer X-Air 12), and out to a pair of RCF HD 10’s and a small DB monitor that was almost at my feet, which sounded great on the videos I have seen 😎

[Norris]

6 minutes ago, MacDaddy said:

 

I'll take the 5th!

Looks like there are a few of us then!

[neepheid]

33 minutes ago, Piers_Williamson said:

I really enjoyed the write-up and the gig sounded great.  Am I the only person on Basschatt who doesn't do Spotify though?

 

Yes, you weirdo

 

[dmccombe7]

1 hour ago, Piers_Williamson said:

I really enjoyed the write-up and the gig sounded great.  Am I the only person on Basschatt who doesn't do Spotify though?

Nope i'm the same. Never used it. 6 now.

Dave 

Edited 1 hour ago by dmccombe7

[Obrienp]

1 hour ago, Lozz196 said:

And there’s four!

And seven! 
 

When will this stop? 😀

Edited 1 hour ago by Obrienp

[neepheid]

Well, last night's gig with The Inevitable Teaspoons (we're on Spotify, by the way ) at Drummonds in Aberdeen was a lot of fun.

 

Gigged my Cort Curbow for the first time since I replaced its guts with USA Bartolini pup and Glockenklang preamp and it is the bass it always should have been now. Sounded terrific last night - punchy and strong.  To be honest, I didn't need to do any EQ on the bass, I just left the EQ flat and ran the pickup in series. 

 

The gig itself was a good laugh, maybe 50 folk there, hard to tell because some folk were at the end of the room up a level. Mrs. Neepheid came down to see us too, yay! She reported that she saw quite a few folk into it, not quite motivated enough to get up and actually dance but there was chair dancing going on in various pockets of the room. The crowd took a while to warm up, but we had a few folk up dancing by the end. I went walkies during "Shake a Tail Feather", that got a good laugh (and a dance with Mrs. Neepheid). I'm a happy boy. 

 

Gear was the Cort Curbow and my pedalboard - I love a "just turn up and play" gig with house PA and a sound engineer who knows what they're doing.  Although I had some Trace gear behind me, most of my monitoring was through the house wedges in front of me.

 

[StingRayBoy42]

2 minutes ago, neepheid said:

The Inevitable Teaspoons (we're on Spotify, by the way )...

And Bandcamp! They're good!

https://theinevitableteaspoons.bandcamp.com/album/money-for-old-rope

[tony_m]

38 minutes ago, Obrienp said:

And seven! 
 

When will this stop? 😀

Eight! 😁