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Thunderbird Club

#3,223
mistergoats said:
Oh lame! Here's the kicker: we haven't, as this current band, played a show yet. :bag:

Short of the Commodore or the Rink on Renfrew, I've not seen a band use a full stack anywhere local. The places where we are likely to play will likely have a heart attack when we roll in. The SVT and 810 is never a problem. I've gigged with that thing forever. The sound guy usually rolls his eyes and mumbles "well, at least I don't have to mic him..."

We've got a sweet rehearsal space in an industrial district, so getting loud is never a problem. The thing with the full stacks is that they aren't necessarily louder, but they are definitely more present.
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I used to have a Marshall Superbass full stack with 2 4x12" cabs back in the day, and always got remarks in whatever club my old punk band would play in - the usual would be "the bass is too loud" during sound checks - quite often way before I even struck a note. ;)

Eventually I ended up only bringing a half stack to gigs, though it didn't really make a difference sound wise and remark wise...
 
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mr pablo said:
I used to use a 30th anniversary Marshall 3530 and a Marshall VBC 4x12 cab, that rig shifted some air and I had sound guys give me the same look. Now I'm running my iPad rig through a pa or whatever amp there is I still get funny looks But for different reasons now ;)
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You're obviously going more or less the same route as I am - I use NI Guitar Rig on a MacBook Pro, going straight to the sound system - no bulky backline for me anymore... :)
 
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hillerup said:
I used to have a Marshall Superbass full stack with 2 4x12" cabs back in the day, and always got remarks in whatever club my old punk band would play in - the usual would be "the bass is too loud" during sound checks - quite often way before I even struck a note. ;)

Eventually I ended up only bringing a half stack to gigs, though it didn't really make a difference sound wise and remark wise...
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I almost started a punk band once....lasted about 3 weeks. Our best song was called "Piss in the sink"....
"Piss Piss Piss Piss in the sink, and if you can't find the door go right on the floor"
I think the bass amp should always be bigger than all the guitar amps. And If you don't play out too much- I usually have plenty of free roadies around....they just like gear and wanna be part of it all...may as well make it an event.
 
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gaffster787 said:
I almost started a punk band once....lasted about 3 weeks. Our best song was called "Piss in the sink"....
"Piss Piss Piss Piss in the sink, and if you can't find the door go right on the floor"
I think the bass amp should always be bigger than all the guitar amps. And If you don't play out too much- I usually have plenty of free roadies around....they just like gear and wanna be part of it all...may as well make it an event.
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"Piss in the sink, piss in the sink...

If you can't find the door, go right on the floor..."

Sort of reminds me of General Larry Platt's hit song:

"Pants on the ground, pants on the ground...

Looking like a fool, with your pants on the ground..." :)
 
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So last evening my boys, aged 9(drums) and 13(lead guitar), tell me they're learning Monster by Skillet. Being the proud hard rock and heavy metal dad that I am I told them that it's a cool song and that I'd look up the bass part which led me to grab my 5 string again which I hadn't played in a couple months. I've been thumping away on the new to me Goth and my trusty 2013 TB IV. I consider my IV to be the thoroughbred in my stable and my Goth to be the practice bass that gets to leave the house more often, traveling in a bass bag for music lessons. Well hell, I forgot how much I liked my 5 string! She's heavy and the neck is chunky but damn that bass has thunder to spare!

So I have to ask, how often do you guys switch up which basses get played and why? I've only got 4 basses if I count my Ibanez which never gets played anymore, but I can't imagine how you guys with 6, 8, 10+ basses get around to playing them all. Do you get to a point where you only have basses that serve a purpose or are there basses that you never play but you keep them anyway just because.

Here's my boys a couple of weeks ago doing a little Scorps in the music room making dad proud.


I think the link should work since I made the vid public. Let me know.
 
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Larry V said:
So I have to ask, how often do you guys switch up which basses get played and why? I've only got 4 basses if I count my Ibanez which never gets played anymore, but I can't imagine how you guys with 6, 8, 10+ basses get around to playing them all. Do you get to a point where you only have basses that serve a purpose or are there basses that you never play but you keep them anyway just because.
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Just because... For at least some of them.

I actually do have a plan for rotating my basses for live gigs bringing two for every gig, but unfortunately gigs are far inbetween so there hasn't been much rotation yet... ;)
 
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hillerup said:
Doesn't work on the iPhone mobile app... :(
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Oh lame. What if I paste it right in here...

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mistergoats said:
Oh lame. What if I paste it right in here...

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That worked!

Impressive setup, but you're absolutely right - The Ampeg rig looks "small" standing next to the two Marshall full stacks...

Maybe you should get a rig like Blasko's rig:

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That should teach them... :)
 
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