Who's gigging tonight?

carlos · December 2013

Last Saturday at the Dublin Castle in Camden, tonight was a live set for resonance FM

viz · December 2013

Well that was fun! http://i865.photobucket.com/albums/ab217/Vizzage/Mobile Uploads/image_zpsb5ca075e.jpg

Cirrus · December 2013

That looks incredible! My gig was in the much more humble and sparsely populated Dudley town centre. It went well, I've been trying out a closed back greenback loaded 2x12 cab with my ac30 and it's making me pretty damn happy.

Monkeybone · December 2013

Tonight (Saturday 7th), Crimson on Silver make our second trip to Leigh on Sea in Essex, The Ship.

viz · December 2013

It was indeed an incredible feeling cheers, and thanks, Mike, it went really well - it's such a weird and surreal experience that just doesn't come up every day. I recommend it! Would love to have my proper valve amp stack sound but never mind..

mike_l · December 2013

Viz you should have asked to borrow my DSL, all valve goodness, and a line-out so it can be plugged straight into the PA...

I not at all jealous of the crowd either. No. Not Me. Not at all. (My biggest crowd - the Emperor.........)

viz · December 2013

That could have been an idea thank you old chap, and as a matter of fact I am investigating that sort of thing. There's a good Brian May valve thingamywhotsit. Sometimes you just need some heads and 4x12s to stand in front of though dontcha?

mike_l · December 2013

viz said:

That could have been an idea thank you old chap, and as a matter of fact I am investigating that sort of thing. There's a good Brian May valve thingamywhotsit. Sometimes you just need some heads and 4x12s to stand in front of though dontcha?

Perfect for some "bedroom guitaring" (Bedroom noodling sounds so wrong.......)

A colleagues son, for his playing at home, has a 100w Marshall stack and a Gibson LP...........

viz · December 2013

Yep I play at home with two Carvin 100w heads and two 4x12 cabs mwahahaha! (turned to 0.025 on the master vol.)

mike_l · December 2013

At least on the DSL, at home, I can turn it higher than that (2, but at 4 it'll compete with a drummerist, and Manic's stack....)

viz · December 2013

Fez · December 2013

As a matter of interest Mike_l where do you set your channel volume and gain on the DSL?

JayGee · December 2013

The Bull, East Dereham (Suffolk).

Third time this year so we must be doing something right... :-)

mike_l · December 2013

Fez said:

As a matter of interest Mike_l where do you set your channel volume and gain on the DSL?

Depends on how I feel.

Drive channel, gain anywhere from 25% to max, channel vol usually around 50%.

Clean channel gain usually around 50%, enough to cruch with high power pups, but cleaner than a clean thing with a strat

I have enough drive pedals that I can easily add more gain if I want

not_the_dj · December 2013

Rock covers tonight with Blinkwatch at The Copper Pot in Leamington Spa.

Fez · December 2013

Mike_l Thanks

mike_l · December 2013

Fez said:

Mike_l Thanks

You're welcome.

A Bad Monkey works well for extra gain on the drive channel. Actually, so does an MXR Zakk Wylde. And for a pure volume boost an MXR Microamp (single knob version) in the loop.

EricTheWeary · December 2013

Cirrus;99742" said:
That looks incredible!

My gig was in the much more humble and sparsely populated Dudley town centre. It went well, I've been trying out a closed back greenback loaded 2x12 cab with my ac30 and it's making me pretty damn happy.

@Cirrus where in Dudley? I can't think of a regular venue anywhere in central Dudley anymore?

Cirrus · December 2013

A place called "the courthouse". Pub downstairs, 1920s ball room upstairs with stage lights and PA. They've been putting on gigs for a year or so, ran by 'the Baseline Studios" who are a local rehearsal/recording complex. Last night was the Shed in Leicester, alongside Chrome Molly who I think had some success in the 1980s, and two amazingly good bands, one was a bunch of 17/18 year olds and the other playing awesomely tight metal were all 13!

Fez · December 2013

Mike_l

Which DSL is yours mine is the 401 combo and has a parallel effects loop and doesn't seem to like a boost in the loop (the serial loop on the jcm 900 is much better) or is there some trick to the set up?

Cheers

EricTheWeary · December 2013

Cirrus;100528" said:
A place called "the courthouse". Pub downstairs, 1920s ball room upstairs with stage lights and PA. They've been putting on gigs for a year or so, ran by 'the Baseline Studios" who are a local rehearsal/recording complex.<!</div>

I know where that is. They used to have bands on there years ago.

mike_l · December 2013

Fez said:

Mike_l
Which DSL is yours mine is the 401 combo and has a parallel effects loop and doesn't seem to like a boost in the loop (the serial loop on the jcm 900 is much better) or is there some trick to the set up?

Cheers

Same, it doesn't like the MXR phaser/chorus/flanger in the loop, as, although it sounds perfect (to my ear) there is a massive volume drop. But it does like the MXR Microamp there. I actually prefer the sound of the MA as a volume boost to the amp's own lead sound.

I tend to put the MA's knob to around 50-60%, I did once put it up higher (75%) but the volume difference was massive.

JayGee · December 2013

JayGee said:

The Bull, East Dereham (Suffolk).

Third time this year so we must be doing something right... :-)

Lively night with the Christmas party season seemingly getting into full swing already

Mmmmmmmm! Drunk girls in party frocks dancing..... :-)

Fez · December 2013

Mike_l

Thanks. I sometimes use a BYOC Triboost set to clean boost in the loop on my Blackstar HT20 and similarly you have to be careful how much boost you dial in or you get a massive level increase.

Cheers

Catthan · December 2013

Disco, Funk, Soul, RnB, and some more Funk tonight at As You Like It in Jesmond, Ncl.

Groove Central Station that is..

First gig after 5 years or so.. Should be fun!

Kebabkid · December 2013

Catthan;104281" said:
Disco, Funk, Soul, RnB, and some more Funk tonight at As You Like It in Jesmond, Ncl.

Groove Central Station that is..

First gig after 5 years or so.. Should be fun!
Have a good one @Catthan and sounds like my sort of band! Will you be using the Lonestar?

All the best, Cos

Catthan · December 2013

Kebabkid said:
Have a good one @Catthan and sounds like my sort of band! Will you be using the Lonestar?

All the best, Cos

Hey Cos, was quite good last night, at least after such a long absence from the gigging scene..

Unfortunately the fat fucker (Lonestar) fried a power tube and a screen resistor after it OD'd on coffee in Wednesday's rehearsal and is at the doctor's atm,, I played the singer's twin which I hate (no luck with Fenders) but I'm grateful indeed that the guy brought it to the gig for me.

Gigging tonight also and will probably play the Badger. The Lonestar sounded quite good before it fried tho,,

All the best bud!

Kebabkid · December 2013

Ouch @Catthan! Glad you had a backup

koneguitarist · December 2013

Playing in Stoke sub Hamden WMC tonight ! Thrilled !

Catthan · January 2014

Mmmmeeeee!!! Gonna try the fat-fucker (Mesa LSS) out too.. Venue: As you like it , Jesmond, Newcastle

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