I Take The Silver Sky SE To El Paso And Put It To The Test! 

I am 75 Years old and still gigging every week end i just did a gig July 4th in Georgia played 6 Hours outside i was wore out but that is what we do really enjoy your videos

This gal is amazed with the gear you take ( flight cases & all with extra gear). We' pretty much do local area gigs, not touring all over like you & the band. Same issues here on smaller level. Distracting and panic for sure when gear lets you down. We do the same....have the wire cables right there to switch out. Other distractions sometimes are people wanting to talk to you while you're playing the gig......singing /doing a lead in the middle of a song ! Asking for requests /asking you a question or wanting to tell you something. (not other musicians...........they'd never do that) Folks who had to much to drink ! ! ! 🤣😆🤣🤣🎸🎸🎸 Yes....at times you're tired before you actually play the gig due to travel, set up and , sound check. 98% of the times gigs are good and fun. 2 % you can't wait for it to END ( due to either not physically up to it, gear issues, and /or drunks who want to sing with the band ) . Can certainly relate. 😊 Thanks for taking us along . 👍👍👍

Little tip for hydration. If you’re going somewhere hot, start chugging water a few days before you get there. If you start the day of it’s too late. So if you’re gonna get there on Thursday start the Sunday or Monday before. Makes a world of difference!

Enjoying your videos a great deal. I'm into my sixth decade of doing this and still not quite getting it right. Most of my serious work was in Sydney and I certainly relate to the heat. I remember doing outside gigs where the guitar was almost too hot to touch when we first hit the stage. I have exactly the same Silver Sky you have. I was going to buy the Elite model but actually preferred the sound of the SE. I bought it primarily for my praise band gig but have found myself using it more and more. No amps for me these days though. ToneX pedal into an HX Stomp XL. The ToneX provides all my amps and the Stomp the effects and does the switching. The AC30, Twin and Marshall Combo stay home and my band mates and 73 year old back thank me every time. I have actually ditched my wireless and gone back to 1/4 inch because of issues, especially in church. It's not like I'm running round the stage doing backflips these days so why risk the hassle. Look forward to more of your videos.

We played a show several years ago for about 2-3k people (a lot for us). Sound check went great. 30 seconds before the first note my bass went out. Pedal board was fine, etc. I had a teeny Kala U Bass in the car and grabbed it and played out the show. I didn’t look cool but the sound was there. Next day there I was in the paper holding that bass on stage lol!!!

Gotta tell ya Tim, been there done that with the sound check problems. It happens, but glad your technicians got it figured out, so you could put on a Great show! Yes, get a gimbo, it allows you to move around with very little vibration. Can't wait to see your world with using that. If I have a gig outside in the smoking hot sun, I'll be drinking lots of water and lemons. And some type of liquid with electrolytes like replenish or coconut water, very little beer. You gotta keep hydrated to be able to put on a good show.

Hey Tim…also played 3!!! gigs out in high heat and humidity here in the north east….My Les Paul’s and I have been wet from top to bottom with sweat and rain!!! since Thursday. Day off today. Thanks for the gig vlog.

having a healthy mindset has definitely been a must for me improving as a musician. A video on that would be great

These videos are great - thanks - seeing what its like - the whole deal. i think this channel eventually will reach 50 to 100K - onward and upward!!! dude.

I love my wireless! I do the same with the 1/4 inch. I know the cable sounds better but I just love the freedom!

Loved hearing the interaction between you and the stage cat that use to work at JHS. Good 💩

That's the perfect road guitar. No worry if something happens to it and it will perform and give you the tone you need.

There's a cool music documentary called "The Immediate Family" It's about the group of studio and touring musicians from the Late 60's - 90s that wrote and recorded with the biggest names of the time. I think it was the guitarist that toured with James Taylor that said he played every gig like there was someone in the crowd who'd never heard the songs before. So he tried to make every performance great for that person in the crowd.

Always enjoy the Gig Vlog!!! I was doing an outside gig, festival type show, a few years ago in late August. It was in the mid-high 90's in SW Pennsylvania. We have humidity like you all in Nashville. I was in the direct sun for 2 hours prior for set up and sound check. Then played a 2 hour set, again in the direct sun. No relief, brother. I remember during the last couple songs telling myself to take a breath, keep breathing. I didn't pass out, but felt horrible. Ended up in the hospital with severe dehydration. I couldn't keep up with the liquids. The show must go on, right? Keep up the great work, we love it.

I was you 45 years ago. It seems like yesterday. I can still smell it😂Enjoy man! These are great days in your life.

You wanted more cut, you got more cut. The silver sky sounds great. Enjoyed it.

Nice bother! I got the SE DGT Gold Top coming to me on Saturday. Can't wait and can't believe how good the quality is on the SE's. I need to send you a hair tie. ha . Have a great 4th. :)

noooooo-acoustic guitarist did NOT just jump up on top of that beautiful Gretsch kick! I-I- think my heart stopped! hah hah

DJI pocket 3. Great Vlogging Cam

YES to the gimble - easy to use and really add quality with tracking and more important is the gimble tech keeps movements smooth....

I continue to love these videos. Great work taking us on the journey.

Love these gig vlogs, and being with you every step of the way. I played a 4th of July gig and one thing I noticed is the guitar never feels the same outside in the heat and humidity as it does at home in our comfortable practice space and that makes some parts harder to play. How do you overcome that? The amp never really sounds the same outside as inside either. (mostly because we play louder and it starts to break up differently than at home). I guess that's what sound-checks are for, (dialing in a sound). So on the 4th, I decided pretty quickly simpler is better and gravitated to just a couple good sounds that seemed to work and stuck with that. It's also hard when you're not using ear monitors and are relying on stage monitors to hear everyone else. You have to find that perfect place to stand where the mix is right, lol. Old school, I know.

Love the GoPro view when you are playing!

I played a 4th of July show in ‘22, they hired an inexperienced sound man for the show. He was still setting up his brand new PA he bought for the gig and had no experience or business trying to run, at sound check time. We were rushed through sound check and when it came time for show time he didn’t understand how his own system worked. I kept asking for our auxiliary players instruments to be turned down and vocals to be up. By the end of the show I had no vocals in my ears and nothing but the auxiliary players instruments in my ears. All I had to go on for the show was my click and the best feel for where we were at in the song.

aahh man you guys were in North Dakota and I missed it.

Outside gigs are usually very difficult, but that's the nature of the beast for bigger acts. The audience doesn't give a damn if you have a lousy sound check, or fight issues, when the lights come on, it's "Showtime!"

Happy 4th of July Tim

Lovin your channel bro. Keep up these videos! very cool to see how you deal with the challenges and roll with everything

Great vid Aven keep up the good work !!!!! Don't forget the sunscreen in that blazing heat 🥵🥵🥵🔥🔥!!!!!!! Great job Lanco!!!!

Dude, I’ve got the KZ AS16 Pro and they are phenomenal - better than any Shure’s I’ve owned. Amazing headroom and clarity, good bottom end, great isolation.

Overdrive is for sure covered on this board 😊

I’ve used KZ’s for a couple of years now - five drivers in each ear. The sound quality is amazing. I’m not convinced custom moulds would offer much improvement - given that even with custom moulds you’ll still hear ambient sounds through your head (rather than through your ear).

you should play that song "out in the west Texas town of El Paso I fell in love with a Mexican girl"

Back in the late 60's our garage band played at a county fair in July. I had a Silvertone 212 tube amp, it failed a few weeks before. Under warranty they sent me the "NEW" version Solid State amp, Our band played, and the second band set up to play, and they turned it into the battle of the bands. Then the lead players amp melted down, so I loaned them mine, and then at the end the end of the gig, the guy belittled my amp as "not too peachy". What a prick!

Love the vlogs and really digging your insight! Do you have your sky shimmed pretty heavy? The angle of the cam looks like the neck pocket is shimmed quite a bit. Just curious…..I’m actually a bassist and second as a guitarist as needed. Been thinking about a silver sky to add to my arsenal! Keep up the great work!!!

I see that you prefer a brass slide. With the single-coils try a glass slide for a crisper attach? Maybe that won't bee too thin for your ears.

Can you explain sometime about that AC30? I've noticed in other gig videos that the amp is facing the side of the stage (and it's mic'd, of course). I'm not used to seeing amps facing the side. Is that to keep it from affecting the front of house sound, where the PA is doing the work? Curious about that. Thanks for the video. You're always so honest and up front about the reality of live gigs - even for pro bands things can and do go wrong.

We don't have much use for gaterade in Scotland, We have a bowl of hot soup. Its about 55f here this week lol.

Smart move Tim. You’re gonna get a 💩 ton of a SE fanboy views. Great video Tim ! Thanks for sharing it.

That type of heat I make sure and drink a gallon of water, eat a huge meal after the show, and go to sleep early. This time I noticed the bass player was really grooving. I did see the hair in your eyes. Maybe a ponytail on windy days?

Hi Tim. Love your videos. I see you have an ODR 1 and a Tumnus. Would love to know how and when you use each. Thanks. .

Sound check from 1pm till 3pm wow my friend that is the worst time of day in that kind of heat! You'd be better off with a straw hat rather then canvas you know? Hydration is going to be of urgent necessity. No caffeine or alcohol even in small amounts for about 24 hours before you get out in that. I always enjoy your latest posts. I haven't even finished this one yet but when you how hot sound check was going to be thought I'd pass some good information along!

Great video.

Using the side of the pick 👍

Got a chance to play with a talented local band at a pool party. The lead guitarist told me several times to be tuned to E flat. We cranked up the first song and it was awful. He looked at me like I was an idiot…then he looked at his tuner and realized his son had retuned that guitar to E natural that afternoon. That incident scared me bad. We got it together second song.

OK now I see you're mic'ed. Was gonna ask but didn't see it.

Are you putting the Vox on the side so you can really crank it? If so why don't you get a plexi-glass like Bonamossa uses?

it was a great video.. id at least get good sleep

The lead singer is the GOAT!

they should have a guitar boat where people that play guitar go on this boat that's a cruise boat and they party

American Hat company in Texas. Get a wide straw brimmed hat. It will drop temp by 10 degrees. Enjoy

Enjoy - after 10p don’t let hotel door slam - hotel etiquette 😊

wow that looks like a big heavy amp... I don't know anything about putting on shows but is it don't you not need a big amp nowadays

Great

did you see any armadillos

What’s the song at 27.08? Cool solo 🤘

maybe you should give away some of those earbuds you were just talking about! at first I was thinking oh at 10 he's going to give away 10K.. then I'm like you're going to give away 10,000 cool I'm in

Why do you hold your pick sideways? 🤔 Also, you’re living the dream!

Funny y’all were talking about JHS and I just picked up a JHS screamer last night

Love the content bro! Gives me a break from the frikking politics!

Cool video but a 5 hour sound check in the sun🥵, that does not look fun. That final solo where the singer is spinning circles with his acoustic... Song ends in A, but what mode were you soloing in? Sounded awesome.

Man for me having a bad sound engineer experience at a gig really throws me off. Too many times we’ve had a sound guy that runs the stage wedges way too hot so the on stage volume is horrendous. That really affects my playing and puts me in a terrible mood.

To be fair I didn't know that's what JHS stood for either haha

Tim, wait’ll you’re doing two outdoor gigs in a row over 100 degrees and you’re 73 years old!

Tim, does Lanco use their own sound & light system on the road?

what happened to your hat?

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