How was your gig last night?

[Stub Mandrel]

Bendricks Rock played Edmondes in Cowbridge. Originally meant to start at 8:30 there was virtually no-one so we started at 9 when we had a bit of an audience. It rapidly filled up although it was a bit tidal with people moving around thd pub coming in to dance to songs they liked.

 

There was an engagement party in the pub. Their friends wanted us to spoof them so we got them up for a slow dance and played War Pigs 😂

 

Our original singer (didn't get as far as gigging) came to see us and said we were good.

 

I took an anti-nausea pill again as squatting and standing to set up the gear set me off again. After tgat I was fine and managed to join in on backing vocals but was pretty shattered by the end of the night.

 

Worst thing is the nausea means I can't drink... so had three pints of alcohol free - then spent the night waking up to pee.

 

[Geek99]

1 hour ago, Burns-bass said:

That’s a great looking setup.

How did you get the LED setup done? 

[dmccombe7]

1 hour ago, Stub Mandrel said:

Bendricks Rock played Edmondes in Cowbridge. Originally meant to start at 8:30 there was virtually no-one so we started at 9 when we had a bit of an audience. It rapidly filled up although it was a bit tidal with people moving around thd pub coming in to dance to songs they liked.

 

There was an engagement party in the pub. Their friends wanted us to spoof them so we got them up for a slow dance and played War Pigs 😂

 

Our original singer (didn't get as far as gigging) came to see us and said we were good.

 

I took an anti-nausea pill again as squatting and standing to set up the gear set me off again. After tgat I was fine and managed to join in on backing vocals but was pretty shattered by the end of the night.

 

Worst thing is the nausea means I can't drink... so had three pints of alcohol free - then spent the night waking up to pee.

 

I only ever drink bottled water at gigs these days. Don't miss the drinking while gigging days.

What's an anti nausea pill. Never heard of them ?.

At least you seem to be on the mend @Stub Mandrel.

Dave

Edited 3 hours ago by dmccombe7

[Piers_Williamson]

First combined outing for my new Bareface 3*10 (no Tweeter) and my Mesa TT800 (with a D800+ as back up).  Played two thirds of the gig with my Musicman, with both tones backed off to take away the scoop).  When I plugged my Jazz in at gig levels of sound I was blown away by the growl from the combination of the Boogie setting turned up and the neck pick up of the jazz just backed off.  It was nothing short of a stunning difference.  Nothing in the signal chain, but the cable.

 

 

Oh and I wore my Guy West pointy rock star boots:

 

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[deepbass5]

13 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

What's an anti nausea pill. Never heard of them ?.

 

changing the singer or guitarist can have the same affect without medication 😆 

[Stub Mandrel]

22 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

I only ever drink bottled water at gigs these days. Don't miss the drinking while gigging days.

What's an anti nausea pill. Never heard of them ?.

At least you seem to be on the mend @Stub Mandrel.

Dave

 

Perchlorazine (or something like that) it damps down your sense of balance... prescription strength seasickness pills!

[Stub Mandrel]

22 minutes ago, Piers_Williamson said:

Played two thirds of the gig with my Musicman, with both tones backed off to take away the scoop).  When I plugged my Jazz in at gig levels of sound I was blown away by the growl from the combination of the Boogie setting turned up and the neck pick up of the jazz just backed off.  It was nothing short of a stunning difference.  Nothing in the signal chain, but the cable.

 

I played my two gigs this weekend with a Jazzn because it's my easy-playing comfort zone instrument.

 

On friday I used my pedal board for colour, but we were short of space last night so went direct - choose one: mike, effects, jumping around. It was sounding good, switching between both pups on full and neck with about 20% bridge. When we did Uprising I boosted bass on my head as no octaver and it was ok.

 

We encored with Saturday Night's Alright and I played right over the neck pickup really hitting down on the strings Entwistle style. Pushed the Orange Terror well into overdrive and it felt awesome hearing the roar.

[ezbass]

2 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

then spent the night waking up to pee.

Better than not waking up for a pee. 😬

[AlexDelores]

Last night was a frustrating one. All day wedding so we did the ceremony and then I hit my cajon for an hour during the drinks. 
 

The evening was okay. Very receptive audience! But, possibly the highest ceiling we’ve ever encountered made the low end so boomy. First set sounded terrible in my ears but apparently wasn’t that bad out front. Spent the break tweaking the eq on my B6 and our Bass drum pedals’ module. And, the second set was a lot better.

 

The frustration with of weddings of course is the quick evening turnaround not allowing a fantastic soundcheck & the fact that it’s just the two of us. It’s hard to tweak on the fly when we have issues. 
 

That paired with the fact that I’m still recovering from a pretty bad fall a few weeks ago which blew my knee up like a balloon, thus making it hard to kick my bass drum pedals for 1.5 hours made it one of those gigs where I was in my head a lot and not really as present as I would of liked… Oh well, still a great night enjoyed by all it seems. 
 

4 weddings coming up this week starting tomorrow so on to the next 🙏

[dmccombe7]

1 hour ago, Piers_Williamson said:

First combined outing for my new Bareface 3*10 (no Tweeter) and my Mesa TT800 (with a D800+ as back up).  Played two thirds of the gig with my Musicman, with both tones backed off to take away the scoop).  When I plugged my Jazz in at gig levels of sound I was blown away by the growl from the combination of the Boogie setting turned up and the neck pick up of the jazz just backed off.  It was nothing short of a stunning difference.  Nothing in the signal chain, but the cable.

 

 

Oh and I wore my Guy West pointy rock star boots:

 

Its weird but with TT800 i find my Sandberg Marlowe sounds better thru the Subway channel rather than the Boogie channel but my VM4 sounds better thru the Boogie channel.

Not tried backing of the neck pick up tho. I'm normally full on both on my Marlowe or my Jazz.

Dave

[Jackroadkill]

10 minutes ago, AlexDelores said:

4 weddings coming up this week

 

Have you got Divine Brown on standby?

[Stub Mandrel]

55 minutes ago, AlexDelores said:

4 weddings coming up this week starting tomorrow so on to the next 🙏

 

Drumming with a bad knee? That's determination! 

 

 

[Obrienp]

2 hours ago, Piers_Williamson said:

First combined outing for my new Bareface 3*10 (no Tweeter) and my Mesa TT800 (with a D800+ as back up).  Played two thirds of the gig with my Musicman, with both tones backed off to take away the scoop).  When I plugged my Jazz in at gig levels of sound I was blown away by the growl from the combination of the Boogie setting turned up and the neck pick up of the jazz just backed off.  It was nothing short of a stunning difference.  Nothing in the signal chain, but the cable.

 

 

Wow! What a rig! Having a Messa as a standby for a Messa is pretty amazing. I aspire to own one.