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Vocal Microphones, what are you using?
Phil Starr replied to Phil Starr's topic in PA set up and use
It's a good shout, you'll find that even the humble AKG D5 is just as good at feedback rejection as teh D7 and still sounds so much better than the SM58. It's like moving from a Morris Minor to a new VW Golf. The only word of warning is that for people playing instruments a super-cardioid like the AKG's demands really good discipline on the mic. Even slightly off axis and the sound fades away quite dramatically and you really need to 'eat the mic'. I found after a few gigs with my AKG's that I needed a cardioid mic and went for the Sennheiser E935. My duo partner uses a Shure Beta58. For singers who don't play instruments and hold the mic in their hands this shouldn't be an issue. -
Trans-Europe Express - Kraftwerk
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Here is my pedal board. Any suggestions for a better order?
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Great amps these!....and the dual band compressor is very usable -
You wouldn't hear much, if any, difference if the tops aren't reproducing sufficient lows. However, they're still receiving the low frequency information, so the amps are producing low frequency power and the drivers are taking that power, which stresses both the amps and the drivers, while the THD of the tops will be higher than if high passed. You've got nothing to lose with high passing, and potentially much to gain with respect to amp and driver headroom and lower THD, so it should be done.
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I use the Sansamp BDDI with my duo. Gives me a choice of three tones though I stick to one clean and one with a little drive. Previously I used a Zoom B1ON (now the B1 four) With a bit of fiddling around you can get pretty much any tone you want out of the Zoom but I prefer the three old fashioned stomp switches on the SansAmp, The Zoom is relegated to tuner nowadays but would be a backup if anything goes wrong with the BDDI. The SansAmp is also a bit magic
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The SM58 was standard because touring bands could get one from the muisc shop in the nearest town the next morning. The Sennheizers are much more transparent. I have a pair of E... can't remember exact model. I suspect most vocalists are used to how their voice sounds through an SM58, regardless of how good they sound through other 'better' mics. We did an A/B comparison in the band I was in when I first bought them, but didn't do it blind. The singer preferred the Sure.
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And just in case you don't think a magnet can't hold a Gnome captive. This is my magnetic tray doing the lifting
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EHX V256 in excellent condition, a little light home use but I'm now down sizing my studio setup to bare minimum. Boxed with instructions and EHX power supply. Blend control 9 programmable memory locations Vocoder band adjustment from 8-256 bands Gender bender for male or female emphasis adjust Reflex Tune for articulate Vocal pitch correction 3 Robotic voices and single, major and minor drones all with pitch control XLR microphone connecter with phantom power Transposition for pitch shifting Instrument control for monophonic pitch replacement Power supply included -
They probably wouldn't need to be that big either. Strangely I nearly ordered some last night to hold on a grille I'm fitting to my BC108 I'd just ordered a couple of bits from AliExpress including some threaded inserts for mounting the speakers and noticed the said magnets in the corner of the screen at a good price, but just as I clicked so too late. I'm sitting here with my Gnome in front of me, as you can see the feet are naturally dovetailed so flipping them over would be possible. Alternatively a bigger bolt head or a steel washer would bring the screw head up to a fraction below the feet so that a set of four neo button magnets would engae with the bolt head and it would stop an amp sliding around. Another option would be to embed a magnet into the feet to engage with magents embedded in the cab.-
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The Short Scale Bass Appreciation Society!
scrumpymike replied to Baloney Balderdash's topic in Bass Guitars
Yes it has, thanks for asking. Delivered around 2pm yesterday. Perfect timing as the band was working on some new numbers last night. I unpacked it to make sure all was in order (which it was), had a quick play and parked it until the practice. The short answer to your question is I'm loving it!! I hadn't said anything to the other members of the band but much to my surprise they were all over it with 'Ooos' and 'Wows' as soon as I took it out of its gig bag. Much more important than that, they were very complimentary about the way it sounded as the evening went on. For rehearsals I go through a Mesa D800+ and Barefaced SC3 with amp EQ pots centred at 12 o'clock. A few tweaks of the 'voicing' and HPF controls and experimentation with the low boost quickly found the right 'default' sound with both pickups selected on the bass. The Mullarkey has a robust but well-defined presence that sits very nicely in the mix. This is timely because our guitarist's new Strat has very dominant lows that were competing with my stuff. Can't wait to hear this bass through my Ampeg SVT-7 PRO and LFSys Monaco gig rig a week on Friday. More later. -
Just to go on-topic for a second (shock!), a quick straw poll of my basses reveals that apart from my very first bass, a '65 Höfner, every instrument is active. Even the ones that started out passive. I guess I just like them that way.
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Aguilar AG 4M 4-string Music Man Style Pickup Here is what Aguilar's blurb says about this great pickup: Features excellent string-to-string balance, consistency of tone and rich harmonic content. Our M- Style pickups re-create the classic Stingray® tone while adding the characteristics that Aguilar pickups are known for – excellent string-to-string balance and consistency of tone. Wired in parallel, these pickups give players crisp treble, articulate midrange and thunderous lows. The AG 4M Pickup is direct replacements for 4-string Music Man style basses. Wire: 42-gauge Formvar wire Magnets: Alnico V Leads: Single conductor, heat resistant Teflon® coated Here is what I have to say: This pickup was used in Sandberg instrument which allowed for: - Series - Parallel - Single Coil I bought this pickup to replace the instrument's original Delano unit that I struggled to love. And, oh my word, what a difference it made. Suddenly I felt like I had a 70s Stingray in my hands and yet there was still plenty of high-end on tap to get me into the most modern of modern Ray tones. Thanks to a costly MOT, I had to part with my Sandberg (which I returned to stock) and this pickup is (sadly) surplus to requirements. It Ray-shaped. It's Ray-sounding (but even more so). And you've got the option to go Parallel/Series/Single Coil. My tech set it up this way so you're not just a slave to the default Parallel mode.-
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Trace Elliot - Rescue & Restore (and bargain finds)
Homatron replied to SimonK's topic in Amps and Cabs
Thanks for the input folks, it's good to hear a range of views and things to consider. I hadn't dwelled too much on the fault gamble aspect. In the past I'd jump in, soldering iron in hand, but time is short these days! For now I've managed to contain my impulsiveness but I'll report back if there's a GAS leak. -
Well, that black Les Paul bass did cause me some peculiar stirrings...
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Trans Siberian Express - Bardi Blaise
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It is the 600w model according to the back plate. Serial number ends in 0202. I noticed the new UK ABM range also on the Ashdown website. Latest UK made 410 is 35kg but the power handling has increased. Mine is not leaving the house / studio. Gone are the days lifting that weight in and out of the car.
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We've just sacked SM58s from our band! Had a couple of gigs recently where we struggled with taming feedback during the first set but switching over from SM58s to the more directional AKG D7 eliminated the issue and we had a much better band performance in the second set when we and the audience weren't on edge because of feedback creeping in. A fellow bass-player & BL I know well has said he's recently done the same thing in getting rid of SM58s in favour of sE V7s in his band, which while not quite matching the D7 for overall quality, come in at half the price at £75 and also provide a big improvement over the SM58 in terms of feedback performance. I did a quick test of the difference the mics made at the break and the AKG D7 gave us an additional +6dB headroom before feedback kicked in! The two singers in our line-up with SM58s are swapping over to either the AKG D7 or sE V7 depending on their budget.
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Flipping basses for profit – fair game or not cool?
binky_bass replied to Allaboutthebass's topic in General Discussion
£350 for a Cort A6 is a bit of a steal anyway! -
EBS Neo 2x12 Bass Cab £350 final price reduction
attackbass replied to attackbass's topic in Amps and Cabs For Sale
No cover, though there was a cover that it lived in but I've taken that now for my hartke. I can't remember exactly but it came direct from EBS in Sweden in 2019 I think about autumn time. So coming up to 6 years, been well looked after.
