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Bergantino

#301
Have a blast, Virgil! Man...52. I can't believe it...you look 32.

My June is shaping up similarly - I've got five gigs over one weekend in the middle of the month. Nothing glamorous like Atlantic City, though. :D

Tomorrow night: two Bergs, connected to the Shuttle via sexy-looking RocketMusic speak-on cables. Feelin' the mojo already. :)
 
#302
VroomVroom said:
It's gonna' be a really fun gig. Huge 100th anniversary celebration for the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey. 14-piece band, very large ballroom, and reinforcement only for vox, horns, and drums. I'll drive both Bergs with the Shuttle 9.0, and right now the Sadowsky M5-24 is still in the running....but it'll likely be the alder Lull M5V. That bass just has ridiculous mojo, and it's a bit more versatile for some of the cocktail jazz & big band stuff we'll be playing up front. I'll definitely be taking my recorder, and if the ambient noise isn't too loud, I'll have some clips to bore everyone with next week.
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Jerry - is this the same place you played last year (near the Hyatt Resort) where I was last December? Cool spot if so. Looking forward to sound clips. I, unfortunately, don't have gigs for 2 weeks:atoz:
 
#305
Beautiful day/evening in Monterey, and the gig was a blast. I grew up in a military family (Pops is a retired Army 1SG) so I've got a big soft spot for any military event. The band leader worked up an arrangement of an Armed Forces medley, and you would've thought we were world-class rock stars when we opened up the first full-band set with the piece. Chills...

Anyway, huge room, six horns, four vox, guitar/keys/drums/bass. Ran my Mike Lull M5V into the Genz Benz Shuttle 9.0 and two Berg HT112ER cabs.

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I've honestly never heard a better bass sound. Things got loud, particularly when everyone was feeling it in the last set, and I had gobs of horsepower to spare. No complaints whatsoever with this rig. Sonic heaven!

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#306
Cool picture Jerry and Great sound and solid playing on the clips!

Dang man! You're really getting great sounding live recordings! Are you still using the same hand held recorder?
 
#307
JOME77 said:
Cool picture Jerry and Great sound and solid playing on the clips!

Dang man! You're really getting great sounding live recordings! Are you still using the same hand held recorder?
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I don't know if he is or not Joe, but if that is the case, it's a testament to the Berg cabs. I can hear Jerry's tone ,much clearer and more present in these recordings. They do indeed sound great Jerry.;)

:D

God Bless, Ray
 
#311
Dang it, I could not open Vroom's clips...will try when I get to work tomorrow. Anyway, I had two great gigs this weekend. Everything went great musically, but one lady in the audience at one venue made things tough. A woman...75+ decided to remove her underwear and use them as though she was flossing her private parts. No person should have to see that! Mind you, this was an upscale venue with a very highend high brow client. The audience began cheering her on...I won't say more, I have a weak stomach. Anyway, I am trying to get those images out of my mind. But to get back on track, the Bergantino killed. I asked the soundman how did I sound in the house, he said that he reduced my house mix because my stage sound, sounded so much better. He said "man that Bergantino kills. So much punch and sound coming out of such a small cab. I could not have agreed with him more.
 
#315
Jerry - Great sound and pic. Looks like a fun, classy gig, throw in the beautiful town of Monterey and it's a win-win. Question- what made you choose the Lull bass for the gig (since you have many other basses) and what are the similarities between a Lull and Sadowsky? Siginicant differences? I know both are pricey and I can't try any in Massachusetts.

... and Virgil, good luck erasing that image from your brian. "Poke the Mind's Eye Out":rollno:
 
#319
Virgil gets all the cool gigs. :D :D

Pete, the short answer...the Lull just sounds so good that it's the perfect bass for just about everything. Total Jazz bass vibe, with a little boost in all the right places. It sounds kinda-sorta old-school, and it just seems to sit perfectly in the mix. It's versatile enough that I can use it on jazz trio/quartet stuff and then crank it up for the disco stuff. On Saturday we went from "It Had To Be You" to "Car Wash" - and the bass did both justice (not sure about the bass player, though :D). The one other advantage - weight. The Lull is under 9 lbs, and on a six-hour date like this, that really helps.

The Sad would've worked too - just with a much more modern sound. Lots of options, and I certainly could've gone with the Roscoe on this one, but the Lull just seems to make everyone smile.
 

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