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Jesus. Who were the judges? He landed some licks but in general it was pretty sloppy. Meanwhile young bassists who can play (and unknown to most of us) are busy with real world gigs.

I have Chauvet Obey 40 4x QTX LED parcans (4 channel) 4x Mini Led spots (6 channel) Galaxian Gem LED Moonflower and Lazer (5 channel) 2x 8 Led Moving Head lights (8/12 Channel modes) With the wireless I'm ulltimately planning on having 2 pairs of parcans either side of the stage linked locally by cable with a wireless receiver on each pair. The Moving Heads just linked with a single cable and wireless reciever to one. 4x mini spots along the front all linked via cable with 1st one wireless receiver. The Laser/moonflower to light the audience I'm thinking it can go anywhere now, where previously it was behind the band - not ideal. But it doesn't seem to have many useful modes. Just speed and direction of rotation of the laser and 8 preset chases for the moonflower plus speed. The kit comes with 3 receivers, but can add more later.

Skillsaw. Length of 4x2. 2x serious builder clamps. Regular saw. Clamp your 4x2 on for a runner to guide your skillsaw as it slices through the midline. Go all the way around and finish off any partition or slot port or bracing remains inside with your saw. Anything cut with the hamd saw will likely need an extra bit sanded off to account for skinnier teeth. Piece of 12mm plywood, enough to make 2 new sides. Extra feet etc. 4x10 becomes 2/ 2x10 pdq.

Very slick deal with Steve. Recommended Basschatter!🏆

I love ACG basses!

I'm hoping he'll do a three part series featuring Peter Hook, Melissa Auf der Maur and Nate Mendel. Then we'll really have something to grumble about 😁

Another talented band.👍 Maybe the future of music won't be so bad after all?

Learn Binary, you may find some fixtures still have dip switches for addressing. But it helps if you can visualise the assignments. Try and assign each DMX fixture 8 channels (or one page) even if they only need 5 or 6. Some may need 12 or more, but most seem to need at least more than 4 but less than 8. Then set them out logically before plugging any DMX cables in. Parcan 1 - Address 1 - 00000001 Parcan 2 - Address 9 - 00001001 Parcan 3 - Address 17 - 00010001 Parcan 4 - Address 25 - 00011001 Etc. Although if you are using software this is probably less important.

Nowt wrong with that 👍

A proper 112 goes very loud loud and low these days. Check Barefaced and Lsys.

@TimR DMX cabling is a pain I could do without so I'd be interested to know which brand you buy, which lights you are controlling with them, and how well these work in practice please. A friend of mine (also a bassist) is has bought the Chauvet wireless dmx system but won't have the opportunity to try it before the new year. I'll report back when I hear how that went.

I used to have an SM58 but at one gig used a Behringer XM8500 and preferred it with my voice, I only do backing vox mind, maybe it’s not an ideal mic for lead vox but it works fine for my uncultured yelling.

It is water-soluble, so you could thin it and brush that on. I think I did that on one cabinet.

Charlie. RHCP (we couldn’t, could we?)

Rio Bravo. Dean Martin

Think it looks really good

Ok if you really want to know... maybe it's because: (i) just being expected to play root notes with the occasional 5th thrown in, gives us the headspace to think about other things, like gear, and to spend hours discussing it on Bass Gearchat? (ii) if someone else did it instead of us, the rest of the band would almost certainly find a better bass player who had the time to put into practising (instead of doing the damn PA, lights, bookings and promo), and (iii) the likely end result is that no-one in the band would have any gigs to play at! ...now can we get back to discussing DMX please? 😅

Gorgeous! I bet this is a rock machine.

I’m not an expert on using DMX but have been using it to control my band’s stage lighting for approximately 10 years or more. Rather than explain what DMX is and how it works (there are YouTube videos and other online content for that) I thought it might be useful to list some things to consider based on my personal experience. Setting up and controlling your lights Think about what you are trying to achieve with your stage lights. Are you happy with static colours and/or the same colour changing features throughout your set without the option to turn all your lights off (and back on) at the same time? If so, you may be able to achieve this with features built into your LED lighting fixtures without the need to use DMX to control your lights. You can always buy a DMX controller later if you wish. Who is controlling the lights? If you or another band member are controlling the lights from the stage area you will almost certainly need a controller that has some basic colour chase and Blackout features built in (or ability for you to create chase sequences) that can easily be started and stopped without impacting your ability to play your instrument. PC/laptop DMX controller or standalone DMX controller Standalone DMX lighting controllers can be the quickest and easiest way to get started with DMX lighting and be easier to use on stage than a PC/laptop-based DMX controller. These controllers will have limitations that may mean you need to upgrade sooner than you want, e.g. limitations in the number of different fixtures they can control, the number of DMX channels that can be used per fixture and/or the number of DMX channels in total that are available. PC/laptop-based DMX controllers are less likely to have these limitations and, provided they are still supported by the developer, may be updated with additional features at a future date. Future proof where possible Before choosing your lighting controller, look at the number of different lighting fixtures you have, how many DMX channels each fixture uses, and the total number of channels you need to control all of your fixtures. If you are buying a standalone DMX controller, consider buying one that has much more capacity than you currently need. If you are like me and often want to upgrade to better lights (particularly moving heads that use more DMX channels) it could save you the trouble and cost of needing to buy a better controller to use the new lights. Consider buying a PC/laptop-based DMX controller to reduce the risk of needing to upgrade your controller when you add or upgrade your lights. Some fixtures have multiple options for the number of DMX channels they use for control, e.g. 8 channel mode, 16 channel mode, 24 channel mode. Look at what each mode offers in the fixture instructions and decide if you really need to use the maximum number of DMX channels for control. Setting DMX addresses – it’s tempting to speed up your initial setup by giving the same DMX address to multiple lighting fixtures that will do the same thing (e.g. up lights) rather than give each fixture its own individual address. If you want the option to control each light individually to create more complex shows at a later date you will need to spend time reconfiguring all of your addresses, so I recommend save time in the long run by giving each fixture its own address when you first set it up. Start simple? If you are going down the DMX control route, consider whether you need to control every fixture via DMX, e.g. do you want some ‘always on’ lights. If so, could you use in-built control features for these fixtures, and use DMX control for other fixtures until you become more confident with DMX? Cabling DMX leads and audio leads work differently and shouldn’t be used for anything other than their intended purpose. Assuming they are all black they will be impossible to tell apart so consider putting white electricians’ tape (or another bright colour) on your DMX leads. DMX cabling from your lighting controller is done on a daisy chain in/out basis from one fixture to another. If you have multiple lights on a T-bar, consider using short DMX cables permanently connected to these lights to save time setting up and stripping down. It’s recommended to use a DMX terminator (basically a XLR connector) on the output of the last fixture in your DMX chain. DMX connections via Wi-Fi can be prone to interference and dropouts. Wired DMX connections are more reliable but can take longer to set up and strip down. Troubleshooting If you’ve connected all your lights to power and daisy the chained DMX cables correctly but nothing works, try turning your controller off and on and disconnect and then reconnecting the DMX cable plugged into your controller, then wait a few seconds. This often works for the ADJ 4 Steam DMX that I use. Before you start investigating potential cable issues, check whether the DMX channel on each fixture is correct. I once spend 45 stressful minutes immediately prior to show time investigating cabling issues only to discover that a band member had inadvertently pressed buttons on several lights which changed their DMX address and caused them not to work. If some of your lights are working as expected but not others, start investigating and swapping cables from the last light that it responding to DMX as expected. DMX connectors in lighting fixtures can fail although this is rare. Don’t discount the possibility when troubleshooting but I suggest leaving this check until last. Have a backup plan. If your DMX lighting control fails altogether you can set each lighting fixture to a static colour or a chase using its built in features to get you through the gig. Make a note on your phone or take the instruction booklet for each fixture to gigs to avoid the need to look for instruction manuals online at the last minute!

He's pretty shameless, but hides quite a lot of knowledge and ability behind the BEHS humour and dipstickery. I like that. Much more relatable than Chas B. Mohini D and those who esteem themselves highly.