I have only played through one once. A couple of years ago some friends were opening with their acoustic style trio for a loud rock band at a rural outdoor venue and they asked me to sit in and play bass. I used the rock band's bass and his SVT rig as I had come with family just to see the show and had no gear. It was great, really too much for the guys I was playing with, had to dial it back. All I could think of while playing it was "Holy crap, I would HATE to have to drag this thing around to gigs!!! Not ME!!!!!" (PS I'm 71 and in the process of switching from Markbass to GR to go even LIGHTER as I get older and crankier !!!!!)
Still have to help my wife with her ridiculously elaborate and heavy keyboard rigs though. No escaping. At least my stuff is getting lighter and I'm trying to reduce all the excess baggage I lug around!
Here is another of my old concert photos to stay on the thread topic. This is Jon Camp, fantastic bass player for the prog-rock band Renaissance, who were really popular in the early and mid 1970's. Way ahead of their time, brilliant band that mixed rock and classical themes with brilliant musicians and an other-worldly lead vocalist, Annie Haslam. I was lucky to see them live numerous times. This photo was taken by me in the metro NY area in the early 1970's. I think someone here on TB owns that Ric these days.
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