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jazzyvee
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Username: jazzyvee

Post Number: 4393
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Friday, January 30, 2015 - 9:35 am:   Edit Post

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
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Username: jazzyvee

Post Number: 4408
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Monday, February 23, 2015 - 8:27 am:   Edit Post

Next gig with my NotStrictlyJazz Quartet.
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elwoodblue
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Username: elwoodblue

Post Number: 1557
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Monday, February 23, 2015 - 9:24 am:   Edit Post

Great poster!
That really looks fun,

elwood
rustyg61
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Username: rustyg61

Post Number: 1554
Registered: 2-2011
Posted on Monday, February 23, 2015 - 9:53 am:   Edit Post

Cool poster! Let me know when you come to Texas!
jazzyvee
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Username: jazzyvee

Post Number: 4415
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Tuesday, March 03, 2015 - 11:40 pm:   Edit Post

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
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Username: rustyg61

Post Number: 1561
Registered: 2-2011
Posted on Thursday, March 05, 2015 - 11:58 pm:   Edit Post

Great video Delano!
jazzyvee
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Username: jazzyvee

Post Number: 4506
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Thursday, May 21, 2015 - 11:17 am:   Edit Post

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
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Username: jazzyvee

Post Number: 4508
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Friday, May 22, 2015 - 7:31 am:   Edit Post

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
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Username: rustyg61

Post Number: 1654
Registered: 2-2011
Posted on Saturday, May 23, 2015 - 9:40 am:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Saturday, August 08, 2015 - 1:50 pm:   Edit Post

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
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Username: jazzyvee

Post Number: 4618
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - 2:25 pm:   Edit Post

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
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 11913
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Sunday, August 16, 2015 - 6:52 pm:   Edit Post

Nice story!
jazzyvee
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Username: jazzyvee

Post Number: 4625
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Sunday, August 16, 2015 - 11:29 pm:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Saturday, August 29, 2015 - 2:29 am:   Edit Post

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
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Username: sonicus

Post Number: 4442
Registered: 5-2009
Posted on Saturday, August 29, 2015 - 7:01 am:   Edit Post

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
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Username: rustyg61

Post Number: 1721
Registered: 2-2011
Posted on Saturday, August 29, 2015 - 11:03 am:   Edit Post

I hope both gigs go well.....enjoy!
jazzyvee
Senior Member
Username: jazzyvee

Post Number: 4636
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Saturday, August 29, 2015 - 8:26 pm:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Wednesday, September 09, 2015 - 10:55 pm:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Wednesday, September 09, 2015 - 11:50 pm:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Thursday, September 10, 2015 - 12:41 am:   Edit Post

Sounds like a cool gig! Have fun!
jazzyvee
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Username: jazzyvee

Post Number: 4671
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Saturday, September 12, 2015 - 9:27 am:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Saturday, September 12, 2015 - 10:41 am:   Edit Post

I bet it was nice having your own rig to play through!
jazzyvee
Senior Member
Username: jazzyvee

Post Number: 4673
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Sunday, September 13, 2015 - 2:34 am:   Edit Post

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
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Username: charles_holmes

Post Number: 436
Registered: 3-2009
Posted on Sunday, September 13, 2015 - 6:06 am:   Edit Post

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
Posted on Sunday, September 13, 2015 - 9:46 am:   Edit Post

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.

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