What's In Our Gig Bag?! Keith and Alex Talk Gear
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- Опубліковано 9 кві 2021
- While live performances are just getting started back up for many of us Alex and Keith were talking about getting their gig bags ready and thought it might be fun to talk a bit about what they bring to their rehearsal and performance settings! Take a look, let us know what you think about our gig bags and what's in yours!
Alex's Gig Bag
Trombotine Slide Lubriant-shop.schmittmusic.com/brass/t...
Hetman Hydroslide Spray Bottle-shop.schmittmusic.com/brass/t...
Hetman Hydroslide Concentrate-shop.schmittmusic.com/brass/t...
Ultrapure Light Tuning Slide Lubricant-shop.schmittmusic.com/brass/t...
Jo-Ral Straight Mute-shop.schmittmusic.com/brass/t...
Denis Wick Cup Mute-shop.schmittmusic.com/brass/t...
Hetman Light Rotor Oil-shop.schmittmusic.com/brass/t...
Keith's Gig Bag
Humes and Berg Tuxedo Tenor Trombone Gig Bag-shop.schmittmusic.com/search....
Protec Liberty Practice Mute-shop.schmittmusic.com/search....
Polishing Cloth-shop.schmittmusic.com/woodwin...
Slide-O-Mix Rapid Comfort Slide Lubricant-shop.schmittmusic.com/brass/t...
Water Spray Bottle-shop.schmittmusic.com/supersl...
Schilke SSG Slide Grease-shop.schmittmusic.com/schilke...
Rochut Melodius Etudes Book 1 (edited Alan Raph)- shop.schmittmusic.com/brass/t...
Lake City Stand Light-shop.schmittmusic.com/lake-ci...
In addition to all that you’ve shown in a gig bag, I also carry a multi tool, a few water key corks, a nail file, mouthpiece truing tool, and a small rawhide mallet. Besides having to replace a lost or worn out cork of my own, I was playing a rehearsal for Bobby Vinton, and he picked up his trumpet to add a chorus to one of his tunes. When he started to play, he immediately noticed that something was wrong. I called out that it sounded like a main water key cork might be missing, and so it was. I repaired his horn in a couple of minutes, and he was very thankful. I’ve “fixed” several dented mouthpiece shanks for players at gigs/rehearsals. One other item that I carry is batteries: 9 volt, AA, and AAA. Wireless microphones and stand lights tend to use these types of batteries, and often times need to be replaced.
That's great Todd. It sounds like you are very prepared for lots of different situations. They are hiding in a pouch that I forgot to open in my gigbag (Alex speaking) and I do actually also keep a lot of water key corks in my gig bag. I rarely have problems with my waterkey but when I do it always seems to be during a performance so I certainly agree those are particularly handy to keep with you.
I've been in & out of this one-nighter game for a while. My all too heavy bag has several extra useful bits in addition to what y'all've mentioned... I bring a basic set of hand tools, including a small crescent wrench, a multi-tip Wiha screwdriver, a Leatherman Wave multi-tool, a set of allen keys (so we can get back in and out of panic-bar loading-in/out doors), batteries, a battery tester (for stand lights or wireless mic/in-ear monitor body packs), an XLR & instrument cable tester, a butane solder kit, a few short XLR cables (10' with a muting switch, 15', & 20'), a 15' instrument cable, my wireless mic setup, a spare SM-57 microphone & clip, gaffer's tape, sunscreen, bug spray, a couple water bottles, a pencil sharpener, black & silver sharpies for the occasional autographs (mostly for the singers, guitar players, and drummer), a cell phone charger, ear protection, eye drops, and a change of dry clothes for after the gig. Besides all that, I bring two trombone stands, a Manhasset stand and a spare boom stand, just in case. I don't always bring it all inside for every venue, but away from home, having all this with me lets me be ready for things to go sideways and still be able to make things work, come showtime.
There's some very useful tips here! I use Trombotine lubricant Selmer slide grease and have a selection of Bergs and Hume mutes! I use Denis Wick 9BS mouthpiece and play on a Yamaha YSL630
I'm glad you found it helpful. I think the humes and berg mutes are very common for a reason and definitely do the job as well.
The instruments I play are a shires Q30GA, ShiresQ33Y with B.A.C mods, ShiresQ36YA, and an Eastman 526S Euphonium. I Cary in each case rapid slide o mix, a polishing cloth, a trombone or euphonium stand, blue juice for valves, best brass prractice mute, and a get-a-grip for my bass trombone. Outside in a separate bag I carry wind clips, a stand light, Batteries, toothbrush and toothpaste, a breathing tool, a quad mouthpiece pouch and a triple mouthpiece pouch all full, four different etude books, my music needed for said gigs, a tablet with music on it, a rag for my water key, a bell cover, spare mask, a reusable water bottle, and spare pencils. I also have two separate mute bags. One of which I fit my h&m straight, cup, mica, bucket, clear tone, and pixie, soft tone mute, soulo cup and bucket mutes, plunger, and trumcor straight mute. In the other i fit my Jo ral straight, cupx2 for different horns, bucketx2 for different horns, and harmon mute.
Whats the mouthpiece case you have?
Do you bring a trombone stand?
What kind of horn does Alex have?
I think an Edwards T396-AR