Bringing Your Voyager to a Bar

earsmack · Post by **earsmack** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 12:35 pm

So how many of you actually gig with your Voyagers? Do they come home smelling all smokey? I wish I had two so I could keep one at home and one in the trunk of the car.

jamirokid · Post by **jamirokid** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 12:51 pm

I take mine to shows virtually every week. It really blows peoples minds to see so many knobs and cool lights. I don't really worry about the smoke too much since its only out an hour at the most for our sets. Really, whats the point of having it if you don't use it?! The thing is so friggin' fat through a good PA! The one thing is I'm pretty paranoid about it getting stolen which means you gotta keep tabs on while you're trying to hang out. Do it! Rock that bitch live!
Josh

MC · Post by MC » Wed Jan 03, 2007 1:45 pm

I gigged with my Voyager, it makes a very good LH bass machine. It has been in smokey bars and doesn't have the least hint of nicotine smell on it at all.

Polymoogie · Post by **Polymoogie** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 2:27 pm

The only danger for my Voyager is actually me !

We had a gig in 2005 where we were filming a video of the performance. I ordered a special edition Voyager for that event (backlit panel, oak wood, big signature from Bob on the wood above the keys). I even bought a big flightcase from EMC, the german distributor.
Nothing should happen to my beloved friend and no one should come near.

When I took it off the case and lifted it up, I forgot about my buckle belt. Actually the first thing I did to that new machine was to cut a big, long scratch into the wood at the front, underneath the keys.

I still cringe, when I think back. If I had had a gun, I knew what I had done.

The show was lousy and I hate the video.

Courtesy of some friendly polish manufacturers you can´t see much of it anymore.

... and the moral is: Watch yourself and not just the others !!!

ARP · Post by **ARP** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:57 am

Luckily for the Voyagers there are very few bars..clubs etc., around these days that allow smoking

MarkM · Post by **MarkM** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 1:16 pm

You must be from NY. There's been no slow-down of smoking here in TN. Although the non-smoking areas of restaurants are as large and sometimes larger than the smoking sections.

MC · Post by MC » Thu Jan 04, 2007 1:45 pm

Other states have smoking bans on bars too, not just NY.

earsmack · Post by **earsmack** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 1:58 pm

Good to know...the V doesn't take on the smell...mind you...I'm in NC...the birthplace of cigarettes

OysterRock · Post by **OysterRock** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 2:03 pm

Yeah, there's not going to be ban on smoking in bars anywhere in the South any time soon. That's tobacco country.

On the other hand you know us Californians, we're all tofu turkeys and wheatgrass shots. I LOVE not reeking of stale cigarettes after a gig.

latigid on · Post by **latigid on** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 5:58 pm

Smoking in bars/restaurants has been banned for two years in my country. I remember one gig before that happened when I came home smelling like a chimney and with a layer of ash all over my pedalboard, amp...

latigid on · Post by **latigid on** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 6:00 pm

Polymoogie wrote:The only danger for my Voyager is actually me !

We had a gig in 2005 where we were filming a video of the performance. I ordered a special edition Voyager for that event (backlit panel, oak wood, big signature from Bob on the wood above the keys). I even bought a big flightcase from EMC, the german distributor.
Nothing should happen to my beloved friend and no one should come near.

When I took it off the case and lifted it up, I forgot about my buckle belt. Actually the first thing I did to that new machine was to cut a big, long scratch into the wood at the front, underneath the keys.

I still cringe, when I think back. If I had had a gun, I knew what I had done.

The show was lousy and I hate the video.

Courtesy of some friendly polish manufacturers you can´t see much of it anymore.

... and the moral is: Watch yourself and not just the others !!!

Was it a Moog belt buckle? Man, that would be ironic!

electrical_engineer_gEEk · Post by **electrical_engineer_gEEk** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 7:03 pm

I love the smoking ban in NY, it happened shortly after i turned 21 and now when i go to other states it's always very confusing when you go to tell the person to put out their cigarette and they just give you a very angry glance.
Smoking a joint in a bar on the other hand....that is something i would like to un-ban!

This is a far too flame-able post on my part....please excuse the my blatant opinions....

MC · Post by MC » Mon Jan 08, 2007 4:03 pm

Voyager live at a smoking bar gig (not a posed shot)

latigid on · Post by **latigid on** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 8:55 pm

Cool!

MC, do you use bass amps or a PA?

MC · Post by MC » Mon Jan 08, 2007 11:09 pm

Moog Synamp biamped into Bose 802 and Peavey 2x15. Sort of a miniature PA.