Jazzyvee Gigs 2025

[edwardofhuncote]

I was confused by the dates, but I see now the dates are in June. This looks like FUN, Jazzy. One of the highlights of my would-be musical career was getting to play bass for live performances of a ballet production called "Ties". We had played for the soundtrack and on occasion were asked to perform the score live for larger venues.


Have a good time with this one. Will Series guitar, Dragon Magic make an appearance here?

[jazzyvee]

Thanks Greg. Just got back from the band rehearsal. I've been using my Orion for the last two rehearsals and it has been great to get to use it out of the house again. The thought of taking the dragon is really appealing, though it might look out of context. I will just get the set under. my fingers first before finalising. The plan was always to take a passive guitar as a backup and one alembic or strat with alembic pickups and electronics.

[jazzyvee]

Went with the series guitar and passive Eggle Berlin Pro for backup. The play went great, Standing ovation for all three sold out shows.

[edwardofhuncote]

That Dragon is Magic. 🐲 😎

[jazzyvee]

Jazzyvee,

Definitely their loss!  But the accompanying baggage - as you described recently in another thread - has gotten a bit heavy.  So on some level you probably feel relieved.  That's often how it goes with longterm relationships. 

Onward and upward to other great musical opportunities.

Best of luck,
Jimmy J

Thanks for your words Jimmy, just since last week i've been offered 12 gigs between the start of July up to the end of August. And after the theatre gigs I did on Friday & Saturday, one of the actors asked me to dep on bass or guitar for his band too. So gonna be a busy summer. 😎

[jazzyvee]

That Dragon is Magic. 🐲 😎

If it is, maybe i will find out how to exploit it with more use.🥳

[David Houck]

... gonna be a busy summer. 😎

Enjoy!

[jazzyvee]

Two festival gigs with a Bob Marley Tribute band this Saturday. Looking like it will be my first two gigs with my warm sounding Koa Series II shorty.

https://www.henlowbridgelakes.co.uk/post/full-line-for-2025-tribute-festival

https://wrdeup.co.uk/

[pauldo]

… warm sounding Koa Series II shorty.

Sounds like the perfect bass for the gig.
Keep it low and stay outta treble!

[jazzyvee]

Change of gigs, will be on this one Taste of the Caribbean festival in Beckenham London.
https://tasteofcaribbeanuk.com/festivals/beckenham/
 and
https://www.henlowbridgelakes.co.uk/post/full-line-for-2025-tribute-festival

[edwardofhuncote]

That just sounds like a bunch of fun, Jazzy.

[jazzyvee]

Yeah the band is one I did about half a dozen gigs last summer, though i've not done a UB40 set with them.
Pauldo, the series II does sound great however sometimes I can't overlook that extra something my maple europa brings to the sound which I feel sits in a reggae context better than anything. Whilst i've used most my alembics in that in that genre, most of the times I end up wishing i'd taken that europa. For certain it's my most gigged bass for that genre. :-)
 

[Songdog]

... that extra something my maple europa brings to the sound which I feel sits in a reggae context better than anything.

I'm curious what control settings and amplification you're using for this. My bass has Europa electronics and is all maple. I can get a lot of different sounds out of it but that deep, clear, articulate reggae tone still eludes me.

[jazzyvee]

Well this is my main rig.

F-1x, SF-2 SYNQ stereo power amp and a Barefaced Big Twin II. My Europa had signature electronics and I got an upgraded wiring loom from alembic to change it to anniversary electronics.
My main tone comes from the neck pickup and I usually have the filter closed or virtually closed depending on the track. I always add some of the  bridge pickup to the sound mainly to make hearing my pitch on a large stage easier. I leave the Q off.
On my F-1x I have the bass all the way up,  mid on 4 and treble on 6.
I tend to use the SF-2 a lot because I want to emphasise the low end so normally I have around 100hz with minimal Q and that gives me lots of heavy bottom end without losing clarity.
The thing is the maple bass has so much brightness it's almost impossible to lose note clarity.
Having barefaced cabs made a heck of a difference compared to my old mesa boogie cabs.


What is your rig consisting of?

[Songdog]

My rig is not as nice as yours   

I'm usually playing smaller clubs, breweries, small outdoor festivals, usually with good PA support, and with acoustic guitars (and real piano when one is available). A lot of gigs I can play with a 30W tube amp on stage as a personal monitor, and DI from that to the PA. If I need more stage volume or to fill the room without PA support, I have an Ampeg SVT-3Pro. Either amp goes through a Euphonic Audio VL-210, which is pretty transparent and full range. I love it when I'm playing through it and hate it when I have to lift it in or out of my car (it's about 75 lbs.). I have a tube preamp pedal (which the maker says is inspired by the F-2B) and a simple HPF/LPF filter pedal. Most of my EQ happens there, I could probably send just that to the PA rather than use the amp DI.

I have standard Europa/Rogue controls on my bass. They're incredibly versatile, it's like having many basses all in one. I change settings to get the sound that fits a particular song, sometimes evoking more familiar basses (I can get pretty close to my Rickenbacker, or what a Precision or Jazz aspires to be), sometimes more obviously Alembic.

That picture is the Europa you were referencing? That looks like Signature electronics, with a filter for each pickup, not the standard Europa with a single filter, so you have more flexibility. But as you say, the brightness of an all maple Alembic is hard to lose - I'll experiment more with your suggestion of filter (almost) closed and Q off, and blend just a little bit of bridge pickup along with the neck pickup; and maybe turn up the bass EQ on the preamp more.

Thanks for taking the time to provide the advice!