Hi, I’m Alistair and I’m addicted to pedal. Big pedals, small pedals, old, new analogue, (some digital) and even imaginary - which brings me here.
*** feel free to just look at the pictures!***
I have been including a laptop in my rig for some time, triggering the occasional synth with MidiGuitar.
By early 2000 I became the only member of the bands with a car big enough for the subs. But only if I left the pedalboard (and the sack truck) at home.
I had been using plugins in Mainstage to approximate my rig for teaching bass and for home practise. It was easy to have the laptop replace the pedalboard.
Then I started thinking inside the box. The Softube Eden plugin nails the sound of my amp, everyone is in IEMs, I don’t actually need an amp on stage.
Then Lockdown happened.
Right about when I was getting irate with trying to route busses in MS so I could get delay trails, I started to see Trey Gunn’s videos demonstrating Gig Performer, saw the wiring view and it made so much sense. - which (again) brings me here.
Can I recreate my entire Stick rig in GP?
yup!
With a couple of choice additions…
But Lockdown kills off both of those bands
Restrictions lifted for a while in late summer in the UK and Gig Performer hit the stage for the first time.
FINALLY AN ACTION SHOT!!!
with DS:UK a tribute to Dire Straits
you can just see the laptop behind the pillar on the left of the image.
And then Seriously Collins
https://www.seriouslycollins.com
Then it all locked down again.
In June, rehearsal and the gigs resumed for DS:UK. Warner Leisure Hotels in stately homes for the over 50s (way over 50 for the most part!)
rehearsal
why was I bothering with the laptop stand!
Since the release of GP4 I started thinking my rackspaces should really look like the pedals.
I may have got carried away…
I only connect widgets i really need though!
Compare the real thing
(downsized bass-only board, Stick rig will be entirely in the box henceforth)
which brings me bang up to date with a Seriously Collins rehearsal yesterday
(does this count as ‘action’?)
based on this micro board
I am gobsmacked by the versatility of the simple shape widget for creating the design elements.
I’m just having a spot of bother recreating this!
Thanks for reading this far, you must be as obsessed as I am
Alistair Begg - freelance electric bassist and Chapman Stickist, recovering pedaloholic and delighted GP4 user.