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Your Rig's Too Big!
- Thread starter Ox Boris
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If you have several people in the band, the stage is tiny or the band doesn't require significant volume Wandering Bass has a very valid point. At a minimum it hogs visual space.
That said, Ox Boris is also correct. I played a gig last weekend on a stage that was approximately 10'x8'. We still brought 4x412s and 2x215s. Our "downsizing" is running one amp a piece instead of two, which we do on larger stages. I don't think that building has ever experienced the SPL that we created before in its entire 80 years of life. Five bands FILLED an adjacent room the size of the venue with gear. But again... This fits the role of the band even though it is far from necessary.
I wouldn't play any kind of gig other than metal with my full rig, but I wouldn't consider playing a metal gig with anything less.
buldog5151bass
Kibble, milkbones, and P Basses. And redheads.
With all due respect, are you looking for feedback, or agreement?
The level of sanctimoniousness from some posters here is astounding...
On both sides***
Oh, nothing so lofty and thoughtful as that.
I'll settle for "not bollocks". Unfortunately some aren't quite up to that mark...
I'm the complete opposite to the OP.
Here's my new little amp sitting next to an acoustic guitar. It's (supposedly) 300w RMS in a single 10" enclosure. Used it for a gig last night in a room that can hold 400 people. It was brilliant for stage monitoring and I always DI anyway. I'll never take something big and heavy if I can take something much smaller and lighter that can do the job.
Here's my new little amp sitting next to an acoustic guitar. It's (supposedly) 300w RMS in a single 10" enclosure. Used it for a gig last night in a room that can hold 400 people. It was brilliant for stage monitoring and I always DI anyway. I'll never take something big and heavy if I can take something much smaller and lighter that can do the job.
I let laziness be my guide and only bring the minimum that will do the job. That aside part of being seen as pro is showing up with gear that not only sounds right for the gig but also that looks right for the gig. It's always gonna be part of people's overall perception of you.
Remain in denial all you want but it's the plain truth that a big rig at a gig that doesn't warrant it puts you in the same category as people who dress like 70's porn stars and go hunt squirrels with .44 magnum hollow points.
Remain in denial all you want but it's the plain truth that a big rig at a gig that doesn't warrant it puts you in the same category as people who dress like 70's porn stars and go hunt squirrels with .44 magnum hollow points.
buldog5151bass
Kibble, milkbones, and P Basses. And redheads.
So you want agreement. Sorry. Same way I wouldn't want to see a guitarist with a full Marshall stack, or keyboardist with a Rick Wakeman setup at a small venue. There was a recent thread where a bassist was joining a band where the practice room had a huge 80s backline. Just about every post ridiculed it.
I said what I wanted. You even quoted it. Then you said what you want it to be, and told your story as if what you just invented, was the story all along.
buldog5151bass
Kibble, milkbones, and P Basses. And redheads.
OK, how's this? Bollocks. If anyone showed up with gear that was inappropriate, I wouldn't be happy, especially something that suggested the person was going to be playing too loudly.
Danny, you know I don't play too loudly. Now get off the internet and start learning this week's songs.
lol. I'm even more charming in person boyo.
No, not sanctimony merely honest replies to the latest in a long line of "If you didn't want to know why the **** did you ask?" threads going back to the dawn of TB.The level of sanctimoniousness from some posters here is astounding...
I know I'm not the only one here who's been playing a long time and has lost a gig because he didn't have the right kind of bass....or hair.......or boots. Hell, I was passed over once for a bass player who couldn't count to 4 because I rode the wrong brand of motorcycle.
@4Mal was bang on saying light travels faster than sound. You don't have to give on everything nor should you (damned if I was gonna sell my old R60 'cause some v-twintard with a few pub gigs didn't approve.) But showing up on time dressed appropriately knowing the music with gear that looks and sound the part is just pro forma on any paying gig. Anything less is amateur hour.
No, that came after you didn't get the answers you were looking for. What you actually asked in your first post was, "If you, too, are deeply disturbed by what I'll freely agree is overkill, explain it to me" I doubt anyone gives enough of a **** what you do to be "deeply disturbed" but you did get honest answers to the question.
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buldog5151bass
Kibble, milkbones, and P Basses. And redheads.
So you want agreement.
8:45 is too early to turn stuff on (and coffee still has to kick in). But I have 4 tunes I gotta learn. Thanks.
I'm having Bluewine flashbacks...
You are wrong. Twice.
1. The comment you quote is part of conversation which started when I was asked, "Are you looking for feedback, or agreement?"
2. Nothing has been suggested so far that I have not already discussed with the chap in question and found to be not a factor. When people have made these suggestions, I have told them why it is not a factor. Some people are finding it hard to cope with having a valid point that is also wrong (for this situation).
The one answer that I hadn't thought of, or discussed, I pointed out:
