Our first ever outdoor gig!

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 10:14 am

John, I did notice that the LED's were kind of hard to see outdoors; fortunately it was cloudy, or it would have been impossible to use my 325 in that performance--I mainly used the foot controller for the "silent tuner" mode between sets of songs, as the Bigsby makes it go out of tune faster than I like at times!

On the previous day I saw another musician on that stage who used a lot of digital loops and layering effects (He had a cool MIDI guitar so he sounded like a whole band all by himself, with no cheesy pre-recorded backups), and I noticed that he had 2-inch rolls of black tape set over the LED's on his foot controls to shield them from the sun....I think I will try that next time I play outdoors.

mr_gravy · Post by **mr_gravy** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 12:46 am

Will have to try the tape trick. Have an outdoor gig coming up in September. Sometimes we're under a tent or canopy, but the last time we were on a large outdoor stage with no covering. It really rendered the pedal useless. Like your guitar, by the way. I picked up a '92 MG 330 with black hardware. My first Ric. Have wanted one since the mid 60s and after years of playing Fenders decided to make the move. Don't know why I waited so long! Great guitars, and they sound absolutely wonderful through the Valvetronix amps.

qmoder · Post by **qmoder** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 11:48 pm

Try blue L.E.D.'s in the back ground. They work much better in daylight.

mr_gravy · Post by **mr_gravy** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 5:58 am

Is it an easy mod to replace the red LEDs with the blue LEDs? I know the VC-4 is a very cheap and not well-made pedal. Just wondering if there is any risk of damage. Plus I really don't want to put any more money into it since I'm planning to upgrade at some point to the VC-12.

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 6:53 am

Me too.... By the way, congrats on your first Ric, John! It probably won't be your last.... I think they must be the most addictive instruments in the world!

jaymi · Post by **jaymi** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 8:44 am

it's nice to see Ricks played for worship. People think that I am nuts when i use my basses for worship. Keep it up!!!

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 9:20 am

I got to do a small Christian gig for a handful of people at low volume ... a little different than my usual modern rock gigs ... anyway I played through a small keyboard amp ... bass in one channel and keys in the other ... the ric still sounded cool ... and yes I used my bass pod ...

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 10:06 am

For me, Rics and worship just naturally go together.... It is the sweetest sounding offering of praise that I can manage! Jaymi, you're not nuts to use your basses for worship, as long as you're giving the Lord your best with an attitude of praise and thanksgiving.... Our bass player just loves using his V63, and it is a truly joyful noise....sometimes at practice he goes a little nuts with the slapping and clanking.... He is the only person in our group who has ever been a professional musician, and he kind of keeps the mood fun and light when the rest of us start getting too serious about things!

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 10:47 am

I got to do a big Christian concert thing back about 1978 ... about 5000 to 7000 people ...

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 12:33 pm

Wow....sounds big. What group were you with?

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 4:22 pm

I think I won't say ... I don't want to say bad stuff about people and groups on the internet ... put it this way ... they used to be an inspired group that is now uninspired ...

qmoder · Post by **qmoder** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 9:26 pm

I don't see anything at all wrong with the new rock praise movement. I like the los lonley boys new song of How Far is Heaven.

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 5:16 am

Haven't heard that one yet.... My favorite band is Third Day. Praise and worship that ROCKS. By the way, their lead singer, Mac Powell, sometimes plays a lefty Ric 360. For a while they had a cool photo of Mac with his Ric on their site, but I don't know if it's still there. Another great praise rock band is Delirious, and they sometimes use a Ric, too.

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 5:01 pm

We just worked up the Los Lonely boys tune and it goes over incredibly well at gigs. It gets a lot of air play around here.

qmoder · Post by **qmoder** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 11:26 pm

Whats the chords? I have'nt tried it yet. Another one would be "I'm calling on and angel". The latter sounds just a g/c kinda song to me but its still a cool number. Lots of young rockers thought Kreed was great until they found out they were a spiritual. But rocks roots are in the spirtuals.