One of those weekends...

[MikeD]

Great gig, as usual, at a place we get to play each year towards the end of summer. It's a 2 night deal and the second night we were on fire!!
I had my rv 50mkll with the 112, since its a really small one-room pub, and didn't even bother bringing an extra guitar... just the firebird. We had the drummer behind plastic and the basist left the Orange 810 at home and rolled his OB1 300 through a 210 Ashdown. Of course everything went through the PA and we were still pretty loud but by the amount of complements we got no one seemed to of been bothered.
Our in-ear system got a new mix by a real pro which really gave us back the dynamics we've been missing since leaving monitors.
This was our first gig since the beginning of June since we've had a break and a great start too a pretty hectic late-summer gig schedule.
...and the "beer-stopper" held up well... even though there was no spillage

[Dark Helmet]

excellent!!!


love it when everything WORKS... I love that feeling with it's tight AND loose...

wife and I scored a babysitter (we have 4 kids) and went to see a great 90s cover/tribute band saturday.... had an absolute blast, and they were similarly on fire... lit a huge fire under me to get out and play again. I haven't performed in over a year now, and I haven't played (have just been singing) in over 3yrs...

[MikeD]

excellent!!!


love it when everything WORKS... I love that feeling with it's tight AND loose...

wife and I scored a babysitter (we have 4 kids) and went to see a great 90s cover/tribute band saturday.... had an absolute blast, and they were similarly on fire... lit a huge fire under me to get out and play again. I haven't performed in over a year now, and I haven't played (have just been singing) in over 3yrs...

4 kids.... I can see the problems in combining band life and that . I had my wife and daughter (9) with me on this one. My Drummer has his partner and she has her older boys with and we make it a gig/camping trip so that all enjoy.

Hope your somehow able to get it working, there is nothing like a good gig too make life so much easier!!

[Ronnie Robinson]

Excellent news, looks great.

We also had an excellent gig on Saturday people dancing after the second song , which is always a good sign and the night just got better and better.....and I've gone back to using my Les Paul with my ad30htc and 212 Zilla cab with Greenbacks sounded mint! so a good night all round.

[MikeD]

Excellent news, looks great.

We also had an excellent gig on Saturday people dancing after the second song , which is always a good sign and the night just got better and better.....and I've gone back to using my Les Paul with my ad30htc and 212 Zilla cab with Greenbacks sounded mint! so a good night all round.

I was thinking of bringing the LP but I just get so well along with the Firebird so it stayed at home. The lengthy neck, playability, and ability to dual in a great variety of rock tones have made it a favorite. That and the fact that the size of it makes it look less like a ukulele when I'm holding it!!

[Ronnie Robinson]

I'm really intrigued about the Firebird, it's definable on my list to buy at some point.

[MikeD]

I'm really intrigued about the Firebird, it's definable on my list to buy at some point.

It's good enough to join the other two that I've already inked on to my skin

[Dark Helmet]

I'm really intrigued about the Firebird, it's definable on my list to buy at some point.

It's good enough to join the other two that I've already inked on to my skin

I have a Firebird Studio, and it's a very engaging instrument to play. I like it quite a bit more than I thought I would. biggest problem with it is fitting it in the rack with the odd shape...

[MikeD]

I'm really intrigued about the Firebird, it's definable on my list to buy at some point.

It's good enough to join the other two that I've already inked on to my skin

I have a Firebird Studio, and it's a very engaging instrument to play. I like it quite a bit more than I thought I would. biggest problem with it is fitting it in the rack with the odd shape...

Yupp, that and whacking everything (or knocking beer over) with the enormously oversized headstock and/or the gigantic booty on it

.... it does however take a beating well and does not dent easily!! I think it might just be a "big stage" guitar but if the basist can manouver on small stages with his Fender on steroids so should even I?!... Though I did however almost knock out a few patrons of the last pub we played when I decided to test out my wire-less system and do some dancing with the crowd

[Les Paul Lover]

Looked like a great gig Mike!!!!!

[MikeD]

Looked like a great gig Mike!!!!!

Yeah, It was!! I'm hoping the next 2 this month will be as lit !! We've got a 50th next weekend thats expecting around 100 attendees. Captive audiences and free booze always make for good starting grounds

[Les Paul Lover]

Hope that'll be a good one!

I noticed the moustache is a bit more trimmed - was it too much maintenance?

[MikeD]

Hope that'll be a good one!

I noticed the moustache is a bit more trimmed - was it too much maintenance?

Yeah... It was getting out of control and if I screwed it up it was another 20 minutes in the morning.... I really prefer sleeping