Acoustic Solo Gig Setup and Tips for Outdoor Venues
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Күн бұрынThis is my updated music equipment that I use for my live solo gigs, which are mainly acoustic. But I also play some electric guitar.
I'm going to show you everything you need for playing live gigs outside (there are a few items you do not want to be without when playing outdoors).
I also give you some time-saving tips and I go through the stage setup process and how I connect everything.
You can see all of the gear that I use on my website here: www.jasonstallworth.com/gear/
All of the gear, setup tips, and information can also be applied to duos or even full bands.
Timeline:
00:00 - Intro
01:27 - Cables, power strips, and pedals
02:13 - Soundboard, laptop, iPad, chargers, and wireless
03:28 - Bags for speaker stands and mic and guitar stands
04:19 - Stage accessories, lighting, mats for cables, etc.
05:09 - Table for soundboard and laptop
05:25 - Board setup and assessing power
06:19 - Stage fan for outdoor gigs
06:32 - Main speakers, stands, and setup
08:12 - Floor monitor and setup
09:12 - Mics, stands, and setup
10:38 - Vocal effects pedals (Mic Mechanic)
11:29 - Guitar effects pedals (POD Go and TC Electronics Looper)
11:58 - Guitars, stands, and setup
12:45 - Wireless setup and test
13:08 - iPad and iPad holder setup
14:34 - Laptop setup to soundboard (recording and music between sets)
14:57 - Setup for filming (tripods)
15:18 - Setup for tip bucket
15:55 - Tips for playing outdoor gigs in the heat
17:31 - Shoutout to Keel & Curley Winery
18:09 - Shoutout to Kuhl One Management
18:20 - My Gear Page
19:16 - Live acoustic instrumental
20:38 - Final thoughts and channel updates
I hope this live music gear and setup video helped you!
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@ronzrolly8723 Жыл бұрын
Love the shirt 🤣🤘 greetings from Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬
@jasonstallworth Жыл бұрын
Thank you! I hope this video helped!
@ronzrolly8723 Жыл бұрын
Definitely did 👍
@SingerRC513 Жыл бұрын
Awesome video! Me and my buddy are in a rock band and have never ran our own sound. We want to get into acoustic shows and this was a perfect video explaining what we would need, and more. Thank you!
@jasonstallworth Жыл бұрын
Great to hear that and good luck to you guys with the acoustic shows..those are a lot of fun (and probably more profitable!)
@TonyGarciaLaVoz Жыл бұрын
Excellent! Thank you for sharing
@jasonstallworth Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching and glad this helped!
@budoet38 Жыл бұрын
Amazig... I from Indonesia.." Suka"
@jasonstallworth Жыл бұрын
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@juliodefreitas157 Жыл бұрын
Awesome setup 💙💙👍👍
@jasonstallworth Жыл бұрын
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@thomasberg7088 Жыл бұрын
Nice! Professional habits
@jasonstallworth Жыл бұрын
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@jamesalcock3060 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this great video, really informative & helpful Love then 80’s, love rock & acoustic
@jasonstallworth Жыл бұрын
Glad this helped and I have more coming!
@thepumpkinking666 Жыл бұрын
Awesome video..as usual. 🤟🎸
@jasonstallworth Жыл бұрын
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@klestu Жыл бұрын
Excellent! Thank you for sharing! My setup is similar!
@jasonstallworth Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment. It's a great setup, although I'm on the fence about getting one of those portable systems like the Bose S1
@lasse3412 Жыл бұрын
Great info. Just did a gig here up in north sweden yesterday. Best job we have :)
@jasonstallworth Жыл бұрын
Oh that's awesome, I'd love to visit Sweden someday! I'm so glad to hear you're playing live shows there. It is a cool job!
@rogerrenner2523 11 ай бұрын
Love this stuff I am actually starting out doing these solo gigs too .Thank you for the tips and you play awesome wish I took guitar more serious years ago married and job fender in the corner. Divorced seven guitars and improved great amounts
@jasonstallworth 11 ай бұрын
Awesome to hear you’re out there doing it!
@bobstewartfolk Жыл бұрын
Enjoyed the video man...but ....you've made me go down to the pub for an IPA 😂 Greetings from Scotland 🏴
@jasonstallworth Жыл бұрын
Lol...dude, I've love to go to a pub in Scotland someday!
@terrytarpening9456 Жыл бұрын
I do similar but use 2 Bose units for added bass and they’re behind me doubling as monitors. Helix floor for variax and acoustic. Goes into Voicelive 3 Extreme for backing tracks and vocal automation and harmonies. Then everything through an analog mixer for individual mixes of course. Two led lights for night gigs. But I haven’t made a video yet lol. Great video and job! Thanks!
@jasonstallworth Жыл бұрын
I'm considering the Bose! Getting tired of setting up and tearing down all of this gear, 2-3x a week!
@terrytarpening9456 Жыл бұрын
@@jasonstallworth I used tops like yours and had 4 stands to setup including the lights. Got tired of it all and got the Bose units. Now I don’t even need a monitor most places. Didn’t look back.
@makingmusiconline2309 Жыл бұрын
Hi, love your videos and your music! Next time I'm visiting relatives in St.Pete I'll see what gigs you've got on and come say "hi". I'm based in Cambridge, UK, and you mentioned your set lists were on your home page (I think) but I couldn't spot them with a quick look. I'll go back and do a more intensive search, but just wondered if they had lost their link in any maintenance/update work? I play acoustic and electric guitar here in the UK and I'm trying to put together my own playlist (probably fewer 80s and more Beatles/Simon & Garfunkel/Monkeels/Irish and Folk music) but would really appreciate any set list suggestions for things that work well for your audiences. I'm assuming you only do the mandatory Yacht Rock/Jimmy Buffet songs :D :D :D
@jasonstallworth Жыл бұрын
That would be awesome! Definitely reach out. I keep my schedule updated and my contact info is on my website: www.jasonstallworth.com/ I don't have my complete set list published but that's coming soon! And there are certain popular songs that I just refuse to play! That's the beauty of sticking with a particular genre and/or era, and not being all over the place.
@starets-vR Жыл бұрын
Здорово! Ох и аппаратуры у Вас!😳
@jasonstallworth Жыл бұрын
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@Ejb5154 Жыл бұрын
This is a great video! Have you ever found the need to bring back up guitars?
@jasonstallworth Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Yes and no. If you have just one acoustic (with electronics) it may be a good idea to have an external pickup you can pop in as a back up. For larger shows, I may bring both acoustics. But I also always bring my electric as I play some leads over looped rhythms with it. And technically I could use that as a back up, which I’ve done before! I share some of those stories in this video…strange things can happen when you’re gigging: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/msphq5OKpsnRaas.html
@Ejb5154 Жыл бұрын
@@jasonstallworth Very cool. I'll check that out. Thanks.
@barry5607 Жыл бұрын
Hi Jason love your videos on the live shows !!they really like you at this venue. i think you could be come resident there 👍😎🤞just a quick question how do you level out the pod go with mixer to stop any clipping from electric to acoustic do you change the volume on the pod go or mixer?thanks in advance keep up your great work🍺😉🎸
@jasonstallworth Жыл бұрын
That's a great question. I set up different pates for each. I actually have a set of patches for electric (one clean for rhythms, one for clean leads, and an overdriven lead). And another set of patches for acoustic, which are a rhythm, lead (a little boost with some delay), and an ambient patch (just more delay and reverb) So I just made sure when creating those that the levels were in sync across the board...so it was a bit of going back and forth.
@barry5607 Жыл бұрын
@@jasonstallworth Thanks for your reply Jason!that has helped a lot set up a new patch for acoustic and adjust the levels to suite Awesome 👍😎🎸
@msenecal Жыл бұрын
Angus Young (AC/DC) sweats so bad that his guitar tech has to disassemble his SG to get the sweat out.
@jasonstallworth Жыл бұрын
Yeah he moves around quite a bit...lot of cardio on stage!
@scottbecker3485 10 ай бұрын
Interesting that you are making several (was it 4 or 5?) trips back to the car to carry everything, rather than using a cart of some kind (such as the Rock N Roller). Don‘t you ever play venues where you have to go quite a distance back and forth, maybe even in the rain? I‘d think a cart (and some kind of tarp or rain cover to toss over it) could reduce the time and effort considerably, at least as long as there aren‘t too many stairs or gravel yards in between.
@jasonstallworth 10 ай бұрын
I’ve had a cart for a while since making this video. Yes, it comes in handy. Especially when I okay at places like SeaWorld and carrying gear into the park
@NoCoverCharge Жыл бұрын
Where’s your schedule ? I’ll try and make a show..I’ve started using the tc helicon voice live play acoustic for acoustic and vocals … it rocks … and I do need pitch correction lol
@jasonstallworth Жыл бұрын
Dude, I keep my home page updated (and I also post my schedule and upcoming on Facebook): www.jasonstallworth.com/
@brianbermingham7814 Жыл бұрын
Great video thanks, what setting do you use on the vocal pedal, i just purchased one. cheers
@jasonstallworth Жыл бұрын
I've got an entire video on the Mic Mechanic and my settings here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/obSYadNezbTJimQ.html
@brianbermingham7814 Жыл бұрын
@@jasonstallworth Thanks man you are the best
@arjundano7521 Жыл бұрын
very nice bro... haha
@jasonstallworth Жыл бұрын
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@arjundano7521 Жыл бұрын
im your fans from Philippines.. i learned a lot from you sir.. thank you
@vexxedami7817 8 ай бұрын
Jason- one topic I haven’t seen in “getting started” acoustic gigs is dealing with feedback. Trying to set up in a small practice room my condenser mic howls unless I parade that thing across my house no matter how low i turn down level and gain. I wonder if a equalizer is an essential item for your rig?
@jasonstallworth 8 ай бұрын
I haven't ha any issue with feedback unless I'm too close to the system. But in your case, you're using a condenser mic - I'd switch to a dynamic mic for smaller areas and for playing live.
@vexxedami7817 8 ай бұрын
Thank you Jason. I did get smart with the three band eq on my mixer and found the band group (the lows) that were the culprits. I turned those way down. Doesn’t seem to impact the voice sound too badly.
@TheSingingDoctor325 Жыл бұрын
How do you do your sound check if your setting by yourself? I've heard of someone doing a guitar and voice loop and then walking out into the audience to see how it sounds.
@jasonstallworth Жыл бұрын
I think it's pretty simple with solo gigs. You should already have your standard mix, just guitar and vocals. So it's just a matter of if you're too loud for not. The first time at a gig, you have to test that during with a warm up song or something and just ask the audience if you're too loud. I also, at every gig, let the management and staff know to please tell me if I'm too loud and that I'm happy to turn down. They appreciate that. Because they need to be able to hear when taking orders and the crowd typically wants to be able to have conversations amongst one another.
@TheSingingDoctor325 Жыл бұрын
@@jasonstallworth Thanks. Last Fri I was doing my 3rd gig and the someone in the audience told me that my vocals were not loud enough vs my guitar but not until after my 2nd song.
@andrewlarios4977 Жыл бұрын
I’m thinking about playing my first gig. Have a dumb question, how many songs should I have prepared to play a 3 hour gig? And should I include song that I don’t know the solos to?
@jasonstallworth Жыл бұрын
That's actually a great question. Here's the way I typically do it: Set 1 (1 hour): 13-14 songs Set 2 (45 minutes): 11-12 songs Set 3 (45 minutes) 11-12 songs Sometimes I may only take one break for 3 hours shows. The best way is to have even more than than that so you have more choices, and I use an iPad for lyrics. As far as solos, unless you're using a looper to play solos over your rhythm, which I do quite often, I wouldn't bother trying to fit solos in by themselves. And for acoustic shows, there's no need to play the solos exactly note-for-note. Just make something up that fits that key.
@andrewlarios4977 Жыл бұрын
@@jasonstallworth WOW thank you!.. I’m so glad I found your channel! Keep it up with the great content
@matthck1 Жыл бұрын
I was wondering what app or how your putting lyrics on your IPad.
@jasonstallworth Жыл бұрын
I just Apple Pages. I copy/paste lyrics there and I'll typically type in what key I'm playing the song in (I transpose most songs).
@u.b.g442 Жыл бұрын
How would one go about using a reg amp with this set up? wanting to get into doing live solo gigs myself.
@jasonstallworth Жыл бұрын
I would mic an amp so that it's coming out of the mains with my vocals. With that, you'd want to keep the amp volume down so that it's not overpowering on stage.
@u.b.g442 Жыл бұрын
@@jasonstallworth Thanks so much for the reply/answer
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