Small Gig Guitar Rig! Practising Your Setup & Strike Protocol
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- čas přidán 6. 08. 2024
- www.smithmusic.ca We go through the best small gig guitar rig. We go through what a guitar player needs to bring to a gig and why you need to practise setting up and striking your gear. This is an important skill to learn to fit in at gigs and provide the best setup for a band at a small gig.
Here is a general checklist that musicians need to bring to a small gig.
A Small amp,
Pedal board,
Guitar,
Back up Guitar,
2 Extension cables,
1 power bar
If you need 2 patch cables bring 4.
a double guitar stand
Tuner
Guitar players Tool kit.
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This is great advice for any musician, especially the newer players that think they need way more gear than they do.
I can't thank you enough for solid professional information.
I got my whole rig down to one trip from the car some time ago and it's very quick and easy to set up & tear down:
In my right hand:
Both my guitars in a dual soft case along with fold-up guitar stands, guitar tools, spare strings.
In my left hand:
An open-back speaker cab (choice of 1x10 or 1x12) with 6m speaker cable, clip on mic stand/mic. and spare guitar cables in the back.
Over my shoulder:
Pedal board that holds my amplifier and several pedals all in an integrated soft case that goes over my shoulder (pedals run on a power bank, so just one power cable for the amplifier), I also use a Boss wireless, which helps too.
The only cable connections I need to make are pedalboard amp to cab and to a power outlet.
Sometimes I need to bring a small case of extra stuff for the rest of the band/sound system and when I do I put the guitar case on my back (it has straps for that) and my right hand is then free for the case.
That is awesome. It sounds like a fantastic rig.
somehow I feel nervous when seeing you going up in stage lol
LESS REALLY IS MORE! Thanks for the reminder that there is more to a band than just the guitar player. Great stuff
Doing my first gig in a few weeks. This is the holy grail I’ve been searching for! Thank you.
dude same rn
we got a battle of the bands in our campus soon
Thank you for this very kind video.
Your very welcome, glad you found it useful!
Nice, very very helpful video
Thanks so much!
Perfect video
Thanks so much!
Thank you for this vidio.
My guitar stand is attached to my microphone stand as I use my own mics and my own stand. my pedalboard I place on top of its case or I just leave it in the case open so that when i am done I just zip it and go. I have a small battery powered mixer and a small amp. I run five pedals. The pedalboard is powered by a rechargeable power bank. The amp's line-out goes into the mixer and a line goes out to the house's mixer by the sound guy and or host. I keep the amp close as a monitor to hear myself if there are no stage monitors at the venue. I try to have my gear set up on the side of the stage as you demonstrated.
Thats awesome. I love hearing about how other people do this. Great sounding rig!
@@smithmediasolutions1932 my pedalboard consists of a compressor/sustain - pitch shifter - distortion - delay - reverb. That goes into a Joyo Amp that emulates the Vox AC-30, its line out goes to my mixer. if i need more sound i have cab for the Joyo. Then iI mic the cab. I have a small PA too to hear my vocals as a monitor if the venue does not have a monitor system. Almost everything fits into my backpack. Like for open mics or busking. if its a bigger show then I have something for that but most venues have a PA system already in place so a bunch of 1x12's is not needed. I go to the venue a day or two ahead to see what I will need and what they have available that the venue will allow me to use.
@@smithmediasolutions1932 Thank You
You rock!
I have the same acoustic/electric guitar stand.
And there's me, with a Katana 100 and a PodGo in very small restaurants playing twice every week haha
i use a tc helicon gtx pedal, does guitar and vocals. if they have xlr cables for me, i have guitar >tc helicon > 2 outs two board, in stereo, dual mono or mono. complete rig. If i am playing myself, have a 50 watt powerworks pa to use with battery and inverter if busking.
That is super slick!
What about a guitar mic?
What model would you use?
Liked the info. Are those Spectraflex cables? I’ve had mine for years.
HI Michael, They are not. They are actually in expensive mono price 1/4 inch braided cables. I have found them rather indestructible and if they do get destroyed they are relatively cheap.
Done that same thing with 8 bands inline to play next. Never thought of wearing the guitar at the same time. Too many people on & off stage at the same time I guess.
Yeah, You very much need to adjust to the specific situation. There have been so many times I've seen people spend tons of time setting up only to mess with their gear the entire set they play.
Thank you very much i was worrying that my amp was not loud enuff becouse it is a small amp
(Sorry if their some words not correctly spelled i'm dutch)
YOu are welcome!
What if it’s a band like dinosaur Jr type or MBV type, where there’s a million pedals and lots of loud guitar tones and noise
My last gig was a little more complex because of a pretty suboptimal in ear monitoring setup, but here we go:
Over my shoulder is a duffel with a modeler (prewired on a pedalboard with a direct box), cables, extension cord, and a single guitar stand in it (I usually bring my double stand, but it's a little longer and doesn't fit inside the duffel, plus I knew this place had an extra stand I could use)
On my back is my Strat in a soft case.
In one hand is my Les Paul in a hard case.
In the other hand is a backpack with my IEM gear (small mixer so I can control the guitar level in my IEM mix, a stereo cable to go to my belt pack, the belt pack, and my actual in ears). If the venue's in-ears were easy to dial in, I'd just toss the ears, belt pack, and cable into the duffel. If it were just wedges on a set less than 30 minutes, I'd just use theirs. More than 30 minutes, I bring my own powered monitor for guitar.
If this were a quick on/off, I can put the cables and the mini mixer on top of the pedalboard. It does still take two trips to the stage - one with the guitars (on a double stand if it's a quick on/off), and the second one with the pedalboard (it's a little too awkward to try to carry the board with one hand).
If I'm touring with my originals band, it's a LITTLE more complicated because we use a lot of gear over a 45-minute set. Everybody plays a drum at some point, and depending on the set list, I might be playing mandolin, banjo, ukulele, or even toy piano in addition to guitar and vocal duties. Lots of ambient effects, too. That said, my goal is always to optimize - I have a multi-instrument stand that usually is able to carry all the stringed instruments I need for the gig - one trip from backstage to stage. I then have either my 40W tube amp or a monitor, depending on the venue size (the amp sits on an amp stand with an attached mic stand, usually with microphone already in place) - trip number two. My pedalboard for this band is much larger, so power and signal cables get piled on top and it gets set at the front of the stage - trip three. Then my "auxiliary position," usually either a music stand with mallets, bells, percussion instruments, and a ukulele on an attached stand, OR a toy piano on a keyboard stand with all the other stuff sitting on top. Mic stand is usually attached to the stand as well - this is trip four. By now, the bassist typically has gotten his rig set up and is helping to place the floor tom that I play. Even though it's much more complicated, I can go from side stage to plugged in and ready to line check in five minutes. I'm pretty satisfied with that.
Wow! I love how well thought out this is. Thanks so much, that was a good read👍
Good video very practical yet functional..the only thing I'd like to of seen was using a slightly bigger amp a 1x12 maybe that fender in the background..
Definitely fast for sure.
Very glad you liked it. I am pretty sure most guitar players would think this amp is way too small:) That fender works pretty good for smaller gigs because you can load gear into the back of it. To get the fender into its "sweet spot" it gets pretty loud:)
@@SmithMediaSolutions fair enough lol
you didn't explain the voice amp
I'm really confused. Which one would you recommened
1. Conneting the guitar directly to the speaker through a DI box
2. Connecting the guitar amp to the speaker
3. Using a microphone to pick up sound from the guitar amp.
Every guitraist I've seen has a different answer.
That is a great question. The answer is it depends. It depends on your sound and what you need to achieve it. For me that usually means micing a guitar amp even if it's a small one.
@@SmithMediaSolutions I appreciate the response. My amp is a practise amp. It's only 10 watts. Would you recommend using a Shure Sm8 to record the sound from the amp? those are the only microphones in my Church
@@michaelodetola I assume you mean the sm58. Practise amps can sound awesome micd up and you can get some extra put in your monitor if it is not loud enough. The sm 58 and 57 are the same mic with a different screen. If you un screw the round wind screen off the sm 58 it is basically an sm57 (un protected) I've used that many times and it will sound great. If you take the cap off be careful to not puncture the mic. You can also leave the cap on and get a great sound.
How do I get a gig ? Lol I live in North Dakota and getting a good gig here is difficult. I have reliable gear.
Shift somewhere else lol
Get to know the clubs or restaurants that have live music in your area. Go on their website if they have available and see who the contacts are for booking a live gig. Also you can always ask a musician or band what it is that their doing to get live gigs or who they spoke to to book the show you watched. But definitely network.
What the hell is that god awful racket . Apart from that a pretty good video for people new to giging.
Funny:) I am glad you saw some value in the video.
I will never understand why this is so hard for SO many guitar/bass players. I'll only add one extra tip....when your gig is over with, don't talk to people from the stage. Tell them you'll speak with them when you are off stage and packed up.
That is a great tip!