bar gig

Welcome! If you're new to the diary, I am a middle aged musician in the midst of a musical renaissance, including picking up the bass as a secondary (increasingly primary!) instrument. I have been learning primarily by gigging in 3-4 piece band configurations; documenting my gigs with brief...

Welcome! If you're new to the diary, I am a middle aged musician in the midst of a musical renaissance, including picking up the bass as a secondary (increasingly primary!) instrument. I have been learning primarily by gigging in 3-4 piece band configurations; documenting my gigs with brief...

After having not brought a backup bass to low profile bar gigs for several years, I have been bringing one for the last little while (usually a Steinberger). The thought process for me is that I think it is more likely that a bass get stolen than having a bass failure, so having a budget bass...

Welcome! If you're new to the diary, I am a middle aged musician in the midst of a musical renaissance, including picking up the bass as a secondary (increasingly primary!) instrument. I have been learning primarily by gigging in 3-4 piece band configurations; documenting my gigs with brief...

Hey folks, for those new to the diary, I am a middle aged musician enjoying somewhat of a musical renaissance, including finally picking up the bass as a secondary instrument. I have been learning mostly on the fly gigging with 2-3 others, & documenting my gigs with brief writeups. See the links...

I don't think a thread like this has been initiated. If so, I'm sure someone will let me know. If you're still game, then offer up some of the more colorful or funny titles of your past or present local watering holes. I have three that were from my earlier years that are now history. 1. The...

Yes, I know it's only available in a 4 ohm configuration. I'm lucky enough to have a 2 ohm stable and/or bi amped head. So, I'm just looking to see if anyone has experience with a stack of these bad-boys in a live setting. Nothing huge, of course; just a medium size rock/bar venue. I love...

So, one of the bands I'm in is made of up older guys, two of which are in the health care industry (so are all about taking care of their bodies) and the other three of us are retired. I'm the youngest, at 56. Needless to say, we've all experienced enough of life that I thought we all would be...