damn, i probably do about 300 gigs a year. i played 7 gigs this weekend...3 on thursday, 2 on friday, 2 on saturday for sxsw. i play with several singer-songwriters in the austin area, occasionally with a country rock band or two, and have my own original band called "the summer wardrobe" (sounds like a C&W my-bloody-valentine). on most all of these gigs i use a colorsound overdriver that i built.
i'm pretty wiped-out today! thanks for all the help and effort you guys put into this site.   jonny

I play praise and worship in church every fortnight or so - the closest equivalent that I could see was "gig once a month"

Whilst not exactly gigging in the sense of playing 4 hours a night and having beer spilt over you, it is playing for and with people. Also I get to play a range of styles including blues and rock (Christian music has come a long way from kumbaya, thank heavens!)

I use a (modified) Shaka Tube (really good for bluesy numbers), a FF sometimes, a Tonepad Small Clone (just beautiful, I like it as much if not more than my CE-1 and CE-2), EAN Tremolo (aussie aussie aussie oi oi oi) and occasionally an EasyVibe.

It is however a fairly "protected" environment ie you don't get drunks stumbling all over your equipment, angry singers smashing mike stands around etc so I can't comment on how my pedals would go in a "real" gig situation - I'd have to "road toughen" them a bit first I think ...

But they all sound good (heavenly in fact :-)) ...

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It is however a fairly "protected" environment ie you don't get drunks stumbling all over your equipment, angry singers smashing mike stands around etc so I can't comment on how my pedals would go in a "real" gig situation - I'd have to "road toughen" them a bit first I think.

I was more curious about gig conditions in terms of stage volumes and playing with drums and other musicians, not vomit proofing! I certainly call playing in church a *gig*.

Kerry M

Quote from: cajununicorn....and have my own original band called "the summer wardrobe" (sounds like a C&W my-bloody-valentine). ....   jonny

:shock: Whoa! I'm not generally into C&W (although I love quite a bit of country rock), but that is a combination that I would LOVE to hear! Have you cut a disc yet or released anything on-line?

Thanks!

Take care,
-Peter

thanks, peter! no, nothing yet...we have a live demo to get gigs....that's it for now. you like slowdive/mojave3/spiritualized.ect...?  i love that sound!

most of the time ig et invited to shows that i do sound for for the people i konw and we usually start jaming and i get called up to do some guitar pyrotechnics

that or someone sees my buddy with one of my pedals and he imeadiatley hands me the guitar to go thru the full range of sounds that it will do, one wayi get buisines


but as far as in my own band its been years

its fun though to see the look on peoples faces when you are the gutiar tech/band roadie and u hook up all the stuff and test it out, and they keep coming up to you and wanting to know what band you are in..

lol
oh well i would love to be in a band, but i tend to piss people off, i guess cause well i tend to over harmonize parts and stuff, and i love playing synth type lines while the other guitar player plays the main parts. and most people dont' understand how to deal with that,

for me i am like u play me the song, and i will play around it, and add all the little things that make it a piece to remember

so iguess i need a rock solid player who can just tune me out, lol

i guess thats what happens when you play so many insturments u are like ohh i can put some bass in here, and some keys in here and some synth here and some trumpet here lol  
black star on a trumpet  

sorry for the rant

ansil

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Quote from: george
It is however a fairly "protected" environment ie you don't get drunks stumbling all over your equipment, angry singers smashing mike stands around etc so I can't comment on how my pedals would go in a "real" gig situation - I'd have to "road toughen" them a bit first I think.

I was more curious about gig conditions in terms of stage volumes and playing with drums and other musicians
Kerry M

From that point of view it's a great test environment (eg after about a year tweaking my shaka tube I'm *finally* happy with the sound of it), I've had things sounding good at home, but the real test for me is playing at church. So in answer to your question: yes IMO you CAN make DIY pedals that sound as good or better than commercial ones!

Thanks everyone on this forum for making this possible.

Like George said, I don't know if it counts as a gig.

I play bass and guitar in our praise band, and frequently I'll use both in one service.  I'm generally "on" four weeks out of every 5 or 6 and I play at 2 of the 3 services.

It's a pretty good test bed for equipment because I find out real fast if a box has any issues with my pedalboard, amp or the PA system!  Also, I could probably find a place for just about any kind of effect.