Still, if I had a punk band and you showed up to the gig with a kemper you'd be fired. It works that way in blues too.
Dan. Would you gig with a kemper? Assuming you had a front of house, of course
1. I don't have the right skill set for a punk band but a live punk show done right would usually be more fun to me than a metal show. Fewer pretenses on average i.e no Kempers and wannabe badasses.
That's like a drummer who shows up with a kick drum, snare, hi hat, and ride cymbal cause he don't wanna carry anything. Around here that's known as a quitter kit, lol. Might as well just switch to vocals and show up with an sm58 in your bag.
That sounds like the og drummer for Danzig…except he had a bass drum also….That's like a drummer who shows up with a kick drum, snare, hi hat, and ride cymbal cause he don't wanna carry anything. Around here that's known as a quitter kit, lol. Might as well just switch to vocals and show up with an sm58 in your bag.
That dude was a good drummer!
It's a fantastic unit for bass IMHO bro'.
Fuck my life. Spanky clean tones is the most disgusting three words you have ever uttered in my time here
Strat with vintage pickups straight into a Twin. Try to make it sing, have fun. Pure spank. More crystal than a load of bathtub meth. I hated Twins back when I played strats, LOL.
1. I don't have the right skill set for a punk band but a live punk show done right would usually be more fun to me than a metal show. Fewer pretenses on average i.e no Kempers and wannabe badasses.
2. Kempers are tools, and so are those who use them.
3. 100% would.
My buddy used to gig in canada and it was tiny rooms with stages that the.musicians could barely fit on and a bunch of drunk hicks that barely knew what they were listening to.
Line6 Bass Pod
I have an old Gibson-Maestro with a Seth Lover 6v6 and 6eu7 circuit that almost can't be played cleanly. Any hard strike of the strings will create breakup. I don't think it can do anything spanky. It's an amazing amp but always breaks down. Hoping to bring it back to operating condition this year.
Believe it or not I have played quite a few gigs with punk bands on the bill and when I lived up north caught quite a few regional acts. Like blues it is deceptively simple. Easy to get started, very difficult to master. I still know a couple guys from back up there that gig occasionally. Minneapolis had solid blues, punk, and metal scenes with some very sharp players all around back then.
I think Austin is somewhat of an outlier cause I have done quite a few rinky dink gigs and the venue will have a soundman there. And more often than not they actually have some semblance of knowledge and professionalism. There are a lot of lame corporate events here that keep them employed when they aren't running sound at venues. At times it pisses me off cause it's unneeded in small clubs and a lotta times they make more money than the dudes in the band smh. It's one of the few areas I've worked where the soundman won't freak out when the guitars are loud. A lot of places the guys don't know how to deal with that.
I think you guys forget that there are 50 whole US states, and the vast, vaaaast majority of "venues" that actual bands play actual concerts have barely above karaoke level setups. I would assert without any hesitation that it's more than half - more likely close to three quarters of "venues" are like this.I guarantee you if you lower the volume of your pickups you can get a spanky clean sound out of it. I would bet you a hundreds dollars, right now, if I had that amp I could do it right now.
This makes sense. I am just in a great place to listen to live music.Chris, I think you forget that i toured all over the US for many, many years
Yes, @VonBonfire Austin gigs will more often have a soundman who's reasonably professional - Austin is literally one of the live entertainment/creative arts capitals of the country, and same with Minneapolis
You can spend ten years playing gigs around town but you find out that there are all these different scenes that are worlds apart, with very little crossover in terms of the musicians among them. I know most of the blues players here but almost no punk or country dudes. My only social connection to those scenes would be through a soundman so unless they are really bad I make a point to be pleasant to them. It has lead to more gigs and even a few friends. Although after ten years there are a few soundmen I was pleasant to and they still cut me out of gigs so I think there are a few dreadlock white boys who need an attitude adjustment. And don't say I'm jealous just cause I can't pull off dreadlocks. I can, and they will scream like a bitch when I do it.
