| Author | Message | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4393 Registered: 6-2002 |
First gig of the year. Ultimate 80's Weekender at Butlins Bognor Regis with Musical Youth. http://www.bigweekends.com/splash-pages/ultimate-80s-hit-factory-live.aspx https://www.facebook.com/events/683978948377529/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular Looks like a trip out for my Maple Europa. | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4408 Registered: 6-2002 |
Next gig with my NotStrictlyJazz Quartet. | ||
| elwoodblue
Senior Member Username: elwoodblue Post Number: 1557 Registered: 6-2002 |
Great poster! That really looks fun, elwood | ||
| rustyg61
Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1554 Registered: 2-2011 |
Cool poster! Let me know when you come to Texas! | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4415 Registered: 6-2002 |
Well if you know anyone in Texas who might be interested in booking a jazz funk band from the UK send them this link so they can see what we do. :-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3DD0UbiRrY&spfreload=10 | ||
| rustyg61
Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1561 Registered: 2-2011 |
Great video Delano! | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4506 Registered: 6-2002 |
I'm off later for my first guitar gig in years. I'm playing with a jazz big band called the Basement Band. http://livebrum.co.uk/bearwood-corks-club/2015/05/21/the-basement-band Taking my Orion guitar for this one and my Roland JC120. Looking forward to it. :-) | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4508 Registered: 6-2002 |
I haven't seen many photo's from the gig so this will do. It's been years since I've sat down on a gig and I have to say, I prefer to stand :-)  | ||
| rustyg61
Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1654 Registered: 2-2011 |
The only gig I ever sat down for was when I had 103 temperature & was too sick to stand. Robert Fripp used to sit on a stool with King Crimson. | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4613 Registered: 6-2002 |
Just finished a gig playing my alembic powered strat and the next band comes on stage and the bassie is wielding 4 string alembic orion bass. How cool is that!! They are called Ledz go Purple, a led zeppelin deep purple tribute band from holland. I wonder if Flip knows them. | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4618 Registered: 6-2002 |
Had rehearsal this afternoon with the blues band I've recently joined and as soon as I got into the rehearsal room the band leader/lead singer/guitarist asked.... What kind of fender stratocaster was I playing on Saturday night!!???. He said when I was setting up on stage and playing a few things to warm up, both him and his brother stopped what they were doing and were listening intently to the sound of my strat. He said everything I played sounded incredibly clean crisp and powerful and that he had never ever heard a guitar sound that good before and he added that after we left the stage the sound guy approached him and said more or less the same thing. (the band leader has been a pro guitarist since the late 60's and is from a musical family so I guess he knows his stuff). He did like my playing too, I might add, even though I still only know about 1/3rd of the set and was flying on the seat of my pants through the gig.. After my humble thanks at his comments i explained that the guitar is a standard USA stratocaster but powered by Alembic pickups and electronics. Now he wants me to bring that guitar on every gig and is thinking of getting some alembic activators for his strat. I guess sometimes people do listen and can hear a difference. | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 11913 Registered: 5-2002 |
Nice story! | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4625 Registered: 6-2002 |
Had two gigs with the band this Friday and Saturday gone in Louth Lincolnshire. No alembic power was used at either gig. | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4634 Registered: 6-2002 |
Two gigs this weekend, one Tonight on bass with Musical Youth at the Beachcomber Inn in Brean, Taunton, Engand and the other is tomorrow night on guitar at the Saddlers Arms pub in Solihull, West midlands England with a band I've recently joined called the Broombusters. | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 4442 Registered: 5-2009 |
Jazzy , Congratulations on the " back to back " musical engagements. I have a few of such in September as well . When it rains it pours with never a dull moment ! Multi instrumentalists experience this more often I would think . (Message edited by sonicus on August 29, 2015) | ||
| rustyg61
Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1721 Registered: 2-2011 |
I hope both gigs go well.....enjoy! | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4636 Registered: 6-2002 |
First one did. I took my own bass rig. Maple Europa 5, Mesa boogie 4x10 and Peavey Tour 450 head. Sounded good, the band played well and the crowd loved it. | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4662 Registered: 6-2002 |
I'm gigging with Musical Youth this Saturday at the West Bromwich Albion Football ground. They have a new Fanzone and it's the opening ceremony prior to their game with Southampton then we are doing a couple of songs at half time. We are also doing a couple of songs with the guitarist from a band called "The Twang". http://www.wba.co.uk/news/article/foster-and-chiles-to-head-fanzone-ceremony-2678136.aspx Sky Television are broadcasting the game I'm told so perfect opportunity for my Series II bass to be heard and seen... :-) The event starts I think about 12:00 GMT. (Message edited by jazzyvee on September 09, 2015) (Message edited by jazzyvee on September 09, 2015) | ||
| sonicus
Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 4471 Registered: 5-2009 |
No better a " VIDEO " , bass then an Alembic Series I/II ! Alembic FANS everywhere will enjoy an Alembic citing . " Look , there is an ALEMBIC on the television set ! " Well that's better then a PENGUIN in my book any day __________ | ||
| rustyg61
Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1731 Registered: 2-2011 |
Sounds like a cool gig! Have fun! | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4671 Registered: 6-2002 |
A shot from my gig earlier this afternoon.  Interesting aside, when I got out of my car to load up, one of the guys from the stage/PA company came over to me and said, "I remember you from a festival last year an you had this incredible sounding bass with about 2 octaves more bottom end that anyone else on the festival and I could hear all the notes really clearly on your B' string." He said they'd had trouble hearing anyone else's B string that day and that mine was so clear they could hear every note. So I told him it was an Alembic bass he was hearing I had the same bass with me today he knew the name from Entwhistle, Clarke and Fleetwood Mac and we had a discussion about Alembic and my bass. | ||
| rustyg61
Senior Member Username: rustyg61 Post Number: 1732 Registered: 2-2011 |
I bet it was nice having your own rig to play through! | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4673 Registered: 6-2002 |
I dont get to use my own full rig very often but when i do its so much better and everyone knows and feels the difference. Even our drummer gave his nod of approval. There was a camera crew round the stage whilst we were playing and they took some closeups of me during our set so who knows if it will be broadcast. (Message edited by Jazzyvee on September 13, 2015) | ||
| charles_holmes
Senior Member Username: charles_holmes Post Number: 436 Registered: 3-2009 |
Jazzyvee, That's a great rig!!Are you using all 3 pre-amps? If yes how are you hooking them up? I'd love to hear you playing. I remember hearing you play along on "Hymn of the seventh Galaxy" & that was totally awesome!! | ||
| jazzyvee
Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 4675 Registered: 6-2002 |
Thanks Charles, i have 2,F1-x preamps with a channel of the sf-2 in the send return of each. This gig i needed low end so i went mono by switching the ds-5 to mono and using the upper preamp and one side of my power amp feeding the linked 8 ohm cabs. I had the sf2 on low pass around 110 hz gain and resonance set at about the 10:00 o'clock position. The bass was punching the bottom end like a champ. |
