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Never tried either, were definitely on the list to try along with Redback and DV77.greatmutah wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 9:52 pm Creambacks are awesome! I have the G12H 75s but would love to try the 65s sometime.
We just played Pops.. Twice! Once in November, then they had us back last month. Cool ass venue. Had very good, solid turnouts and response each time. I know they said “we’ll do it again!” So we’ll be backMaddnotez wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 9:00 pmSt louis. Probably too far and many bands skip over here but I would definitely come out, I still go to a fair amount of shows.Endtime wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 6:24 pmHe actually does a really good old school Araya high scream. He had to work at it cause if you look at him you wouldn’t think that’s gonna come from him! Lol. But he does a good job. Most everyone who comments thinks he sounds just like him. Idk about that but it’s in the ballpark for sure. He’s a guy in the band who’s always been a cove band guy. So he goes at it like trying to sound as close as possible. I basically play it my way, but my way is a ton of aggression which is how early Slayer was. The drummer nails his parts. And hits hard. And the other guitarist, I don’t feel is as good of a rhythm player as me but he basically learned all the solos note for note. Which I only do on the ones that are more “written”. Otherwise, it’s slayer, I know how to go off like Slayet and wail out some leads! Haha. But my point is, we all kinda do something really good and it’s worked out surprisingly well. I’m not sure where you are at, but we play out of state quite a bit. Working on getting down to Florida! Cause then that’s a vacation! And if we play 2 shows, it’ll more than pay for the whole trip, and extra stay… Trying to make that happen
Hell I'm like 20 minutes from there. Been there 3 times in the last month.RaceU4her wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 12:28 am it works for Slayer, i think it might be a little dark and dry for your normal stuff though?? i have an icebucker in my Les Paul, it sounds good but i gotta get it out of that guitar and into something else, that guitar is so uncomfortable i dont even feel like i can make an accurate opinion of the thing.
It’s been one of my favorite places to play so far. Cool staff, great sound and sound guy. Obviously we have a guarentee for the out of State shows, but POPs offered us a bonus of $2 a head for anything over 300 people. Ended up being just under 350. So we were thinking an extra $100, ok cool. But it was $2 for EVERYONE. So to basically get a $700 bonus on top of the guarentee is sumthin I haven’t experienced before where the venue will happily pay extra for a solid turnout. Obviously that place holds more but for us coming 4.5 hours to pull 350 was a great success! And as soon as we walked in, cause we had soundcheck early at 2pm, they handed us $500 for our rooms and food. I know it sounds like I’m bragging but it really is just surprising and cool when venues treat you like a REAL band and roll out the hospitality. That ended up being the most pay we ever got by the end with the guarentee plus bonus and hospitality pay. And we’ve played to much bigger crowds. Just saying, that place rules and they are super cool to deal with. We’ve all agreed we’ll play whenever they will have us!Maddnotez wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 2:23 amHell I'm like 20 minutes from there. Been there 3 times in the last month.RaceU4her wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 12:28 am it works for Slayer, i think it might be a little dark and dry for your normal stuff though?? i have an icebucker in my Les Paul, it sounds good but i gotta get it out of that guitar and into something else, that guitar is so uncomfortable i dont even feel like i can make an accurate opinion of the thing.
No that's actually really good. For local metal bands you literally have to pay to play there unless you have a huge following and can sell tons of tickets.Endtime wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 3:18 pmIt’s been one of my favorite places to play so far. Cool staff, great sound and sound guy. Obviously we have a guarentee for the out of State shows, but POPs offered us a bonus of $2 a head for anything over 300 people. Ended up being just under 350. So we were thinking an extra $100, ok cool. But it was $2 for EVERYONE. So to basically get a $700 bonus on top of the guarentee is sumthin I haven’t experienced before where the venue will happily pay extra for a solid turnout. Obviously that place holds more but for us coming 4.5 hours to pull 350 was a great success! And as soon as we walked in, cause we had soundcheck early at 2pm, they handed us $500 for our rooms and food. I know it sounds like I’m bragging but it really is just surprising and cool when venues treat you like a REAL band and roll out the hospitality. That ended up being the most pay we ever got by the end with the guarentee plus bonus and hospitality pay. And we’ve played to much bigger crowds. Just saying, that place rules and they are super cool to deal with. We’ve all agreed we’ll play whenever they will have us!Maddnotez wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 2:23 amHell I'm like 20 minutes from there. Been there 3 times in the last month.RaceU4her wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 12:28 am it works for Slayer, i think it might be a little dark and dry for your normal stuff though?? i have an icebucker in my Les Paul, it sounds good but i gotta get it out of that guitar and into something else, that guitar is so uncomfortable i dont even feel like i can make an accurate opinion of the thing.
but what can you do, you gotta keep going... .