Anyone on acoustic??hamo wrote:Absolutely mint afternoon out, thanks fellas. Ears are ringing, various underused muscles are aching, and I'm knackered: all the signs of a classic gearfest.
OMIGODLOUDNESS. I always forget to take hearing protection to these things.
Where to begin? Nice to meet TMcB, sizzlingbadger and son, and Hamburgla and to see all those guys I've met before.
Gear. All of it. Gearfests seem to make my own gear sound better too. But playing Scott's LP and SV, Ed's new ASH and the PRS Studio he had there (which sounded lurvely through the AFD and Dark Terror respectively), TMcB's Ryan-made 18w through Scott's Orange Quad, sizzlingbadger's PRS singlecut through the Dark Terror into the Orange quad, Scott's Cuba St, Hambirgla's Ricky through my Blackheart, Tubeswell's Jazzmaster through all his homebrew creations (OMGTONE) - and this is just the gear I got to play!
Polarbear cranking (almost to 2!) the AC30 was earmelting stuff. Awesome to have Vince and Tony representing on the bass, and Ed throwing out the odd vocal when someone would accidentally slip into a recognisable tune. Convinving bbrunskill to strap on Scott's SV with Blackouts! Watching Lawrence play his tasty homemade creations and the inevitable feeling that I should be getting lessons. Back in high school we used to refer to that kind of player as "a muthafucka" - in a good way of course. Coffee from Midnight Espresso because Fidel's was flooded.
Four hours just sails by, it's ridiculous.
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If there had been I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HEAR THEM.Daza152 wrote:Anyone on acoustic??hamo wrote:Absolutely mint afternoon out, thanks fellas. Ears are ringing, various underused muscles are aching, and I'm knackered: all the signs of a classic gearfest.
OMIGODLOUDNESS. I always forget to take hearing protection to these things.
Where to begin? Nice to meet TMcB, sizzlingbadger and son, and Hamburgla and to see all those guys I've met before.
Gear. All of it. Gearfests seem to make my own gear sound better too. But playing Scott's LP and SV, Ed's new ASH and the PRS Studio he had there (which sounded lurvely through the AFD and Dark Terror respectively), TMcB's Ryan-made 18w through Scott's Orange Quad, sizzlingbadger's PRS singlecut through the Dark Terror into the Orange quad, Scott's Cuba St, Hambirgla's Ricky through my Blackheart, Tubeswell's Jazzmaster through all his homebrew creations (OMGTONE) - and this is just the gear I got to play!
Polarbear cranking (almost to 2!) the AC30 was earmelting stuff. Awesome to have Vince and Tony representing on the bass, and Ed throwing out the odd vocal when someone would accidentally slip into a recognisable tune. Convinving bbrunskill to strap on Scott's SV with Blackouts! Watching Lawrence play his tasty homemade creations and the inevitable feeling that I should be getting lessons. Back in high school we used to refer to that kind of player as "a muthafucka" - in a good way of course. Coffee from Midnight Espresso because Fidel's was flooded.
Four hours just sails by, it's ridiculous.
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it's a gearfest not a g a y e festDaza152 wrote: Anyone on acoustic??
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Yup, I brought one of my acoustic basses. I think I still prefer it to anything electric.Daza152 wrote:Anyone on acoustic??
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Were you running it through your amp? And you still bought more electrics than acoustics if I'm not mistaken...Vince wrote:Yup, I brought one of my acoustic basses. I think I still prefer it to anything electric.Daza152 wrote:Anyone on acoustic??
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More pics or it didn't happen!
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LOL yeah, I was running it through the amp. Otherwise erm... yeah, you're right... I wouldn't have heard myself. /* 'whistling innocently' smiley goes here */hamo wrote:Were you running it through your amp? And you still bought more electrics than acoustics if I'm not mistaken...
The sound, through an amp, is not that different to an electric, actually.
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Sorry, Vince... even if I had turned up, the el cheapo Squire P-bass is on loan to someone at the moment
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Also, Ed's Mini Rec sounded huge through Scott's quad.
If I could have a Mini Rec and a Dark Terror with a decent cab, I'd be set for life.
If I could have a Mini Rec and a Dark Terror with a decent cab, I'd be set for life.
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hamo wrote:Were you running it through your amp? And you still bought more electrics than acoustics if I'm not mistaken...Vince wrote:Yup, I brought one of my acoustic basses. I think I still prefer it to anything electric.Daza152 wrote:Anyone on acoustic??
ah dude.. bought <> brought... banned.
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.
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Well, I wouldn't bring things I haven't bought, so it still works,BG wrote: ah dude.. bought <> brought... banned.
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do we have a "yeah right" threadhamo wrote: If I could have a Mini Rec and a Dark Terror with a decent cab, I'd be set for life.
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hamo wrote:If I could have a Mini Rec and a Dark Terror with a decent cab, I'd be set for the next few days.
Fix't.
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