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A bigger carpet.

That's not normal @alexpea. Send me a mail and I'll see if we can sort it out.

OK I went a bit mad there and started worrying (seriously) about my mental health and addictive buying behaviour. I’ve ended up returning the Moogerfoogers and the Glou-Glou and feel a lot saner already.

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Call it Brian, after all, it's nearly christmas!

I've dabbled in rap-style genres over the years. Enjoyed some of the gangsta period in the 90's - NWA, onyx and so on. Had a couple of cypress Hill albums, funkdoobiest, the goats and so on. The Judgement Night OST really got my interest. Collaborations between guitar based bands and rap artists. I still think it's a great album. Del the funky homosapian with Dinosaur Jr, teenage fan cub and de la soul, run dmc and living colour, Faith No More and boo yaa tribe... Classic! This rocks! https://g.co/kgs/uycBwv

I don't my friend. The starting point is to get the cab to sound right for the bass alone on clean and without any pedals and for me that is actually with the cross over dial set half way on my VK210 (and btw I'm then actually fine with the rest of my pedals with that base sound). It's just for me (and I appreciate this is completely personal) that microtubes sounds better without a tweeter. So maybe we could request DG to include a LPF / HPF in their next incarnation of the amp? That would make an already great clean EQ, awesome.

Bring a strong work ethic to your band. Don't be the guy that splits after he packs his personal gear, leaving the rest of the tear down to the other band member. Blue

Yup, it’s more of a duck egg blue

I have the twin of this, except it is the Fender logo Squier. Fabulous bass.

My nomination would have to go to the Psilos bass because of its uniqueness and craftsmanship but..... Bastav also needs to get a big mention tho for both his builds they are both stunning

It would really depend on the type of music for me. If I were in a band where the bass was a supporting instrument, blending in with the drums and providing a good platform on which the other instruments shine then the Markbass, but if I wanted the bass to have its own "identity" then the GK. This isn`t to say the Markbass is bland, far from it, for classic Precision/Motown sounds Markbass are excellent, but I just find that the GK sound is better if wanting the bass in the forefront rather than the background. That said, as you`ve got the B7K you`ve the added eq/drive options for creating an identity, or coming more forward in the mix so in that case having the Markbass amp is covering all - pardon the pun - bases. Solid/background on its own, driven etc with B7K.

I think it might be just the names of things that might be making you feel like this is complicated. It's just as EBS excellently put it earlier - You can use your amp head to supply sound to the PA by using the three-pronged connection on the back of your amp. You can then have a smaller speaker cabinet as you're only supplying sound up to your ear. From the front of stage on, the PA speakers take over. Alternatively you can go over to an 'ampless' system of just using a pedal sized box that connects directly to the PA. What you hear back can then be through a monitor speaker or through in-ear monitors - which are like specialised earphones. Like EBS says - stick at it. It's just a different way of doing the same thing you did before.

Another one for the Radial Tonebone Bassbone here. A great two channel pre-amp with two different types of EQ with an assignable boost circuit, plus XLR DI out and parallel amp out. It does need it's own power supply, tho. I have the original version - I see the present one has grown a loop circuit, and sensibly moved the XLR output to the back of the unit, too...

Roll ups using Drum?

i have a Radial Bassbone,its a high quality twin channel amp and Di in a floor box with lots of useable features,which you can use without anything else.There's no typical answer here,some pub bands are reasonably quiet and get by with a good live backline mix and a bit help from a pa,vocals and a bit drum perhaps.Our set up is full range PA Which everything runs through including drums ,cymbals etc then being a rock band we have the usual heavy helping of backline which really for me is a glorified monitor but some gigs i have no real out front monitoring to help me

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This gave me some serious gip at first. Still does. Just when I think yep got this , there's another little great run I haven't quite got. we gig this now and it took me some 6 weeks of constant practicing it before it was even close but...its getting there. This guy in the YT clip has it really sorted. You have to detune half a step to play in record key. We are lucky that our singer actually wanted it up a semi tone so i can play it in normal tuning.

Doncaster

Part of the appeal of that Bassline for me, is that funky, punchy, in your face Thumb & Pull (slap) tone from Nate Watts. Great Bass line.

This discussion should help. A simple solution that should easily fit in your car. Again assuming the PA is suitable for putting bass FOH.

Just replacing my signature, and can't find my feedback thread... sorry, am I being dim??

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Me too. I suffer from an overactive knife and fork.

All three have been mentioned before but not in by the same person... Pearl Jam, Ten Guns n Roses, Appetite for Destruction Paul Simon, Graceland

Like every else I don't really do all time favourites, but these are up there. Tower Of Power- Back To Oakland: This ones a playlist of the full album.

So what we've learnt is that a speaker designed to relay an entire live band at volumes higher than the band itself can easily cope with just dealing with a single bass guitar, who'da thunkit?

There's a wealth of information out on BC already - but I'll summarise it for you here. Basically, the thought about using the PA is the same as what you'll see at the biggest of gigs. This is - 1. The majority, if not all (ideally this) the sound that the audience hears, comes out the front of house. 2. You'll need monitoring to hear your bass. This will either be traditional backline (- but typically a lot smaller than usual because it is not required to provide the bass to fill the venue), a wedge, or IEM. Note - Not all PAs are suitable for running a large amount of bass, particularly with a lot of low end frequencies, at high volumes. Just like you would need decent backline to put out a lot of bass, you'll need a comparatively good PA to do the same. This doesn't mean you need subwoofers, but it is likely that if you are looking at entry level PA cabs, you probably won't be satisfied with the results. If your PA is suitable for putting bass through, a XLR from your amp head (the three prong socket on the back) to your mixing desk, will get your bass signal from your amp head to the PA. You adjust your sound front of house for your bass in the same manner you would a microphone - from the desk. The EQ on your head should be for the EQ of your amp on stage* In terms of monitoring on stage, you can either plug in a cab to your bass amp and adjust the volume so you can hear yourself. Again, the quieter that you can get away with, the better - as the quieter the stage, the better you can get your mix out front and the less bleed you get going into vocal mics. How successful using a bass rig is on stage, depends on how loud the rest of the band is. Ideally, you want everybody as quiet as you can on stage and let the PA do the work. If you can have the bass amp facing back at you instead of the audience, (tilted back at your face if it helps), you will have less bleed into your mics. If you struggle to hear the band on stage now, then you aren't going to do well with making your rig smaller - unless the rest of the band turn down or you look at something like IEMs. You could do all your monitoring from the desk and get rid of you speaker if you have decent wedges. You can do the monitor mix from the desk and put exactly what you want to hear through a wedge. Note - most people skimp on wedges so invest in a very good wedge if you want to go this route and have lots of bass available to you. Alternatively, just check out IEMs and just sent everything you want to hear to your ears using your own personal mix. Theres a massive thread under the Accessories sub forum. There's everything and more in there. * This probably isn't the place for a pre/post DI discussion.

Did you replace the smell of weed and lines of coke with a Haze plugin and sherbet dibdab too? You have a lot to answer for young man.

Took it out to a jam session today. @&£!*^ me its loud. No parpy noises on the low notes. Very clear and loads of projection. Cor.

Do you want it to colour your sound? - this is not necessarily a bad thing, an EBS Multicomp will add some edge (Timmy C uses one) for example. If you want something transparent to bring out the tone of your instrument then the Super Symmetry is probably as good as ytou’re Going to get in a stomp box.

You have to understand that guitarists are fickle, whimsical narcissists who live in a parallel universe in which nothing ever goes wrong and everyone loves them all the time and can't wait for the next 10-minute guitar solo. Whereas bass players are realistic, grounded, well-adjusted people who think ahead and make provision for gigs knowing that if something can go awry it probably will and know full well that it's best to be prepared. Some bass players carry two headstock tuners, for Christ's sake!

No, he was right. Please stand in line and wait your turn

I once bought a used Wal from a shop in London. Took it to Pete at Wal HQ for a service and he said it had been nicked a few years earlier. I gave it straight back to him, and he gave me a brand new Wal as a thank you

What cabs are you using? I’ve got a Puma 900 running into a single TKS1126 which is a power-thirsty cab that can happily deal with whatever you throw at it. It’s a serious “one cab solution” that pairs really well with high wattage at 8 ohms. Not all cabs share that attribute so it’s worth bearing in mind. As far as raw “heft”. A Puma 500 into two cabs will give you more than a Puma 900 into a single cab, providing you were using the same cabs in each example. Basically, you’ll gain more by doubling your cabs than by doubling your watts.

Nice work Norris - and it's only gone and changed 'penile' to 'puerile' on your last post!

Mine has just been featured on the Shuker Facebook pages:

Hmm, somehow managed to miss this thread before! Anyway, here's my '77/'78 Musicmaster - although it doesn't really look it from the photo she is rather tatty, weighs an absolute ton, and doesn't get used much these days, but as she was my first "proper" bass back in the day she'll be staying around!

Bought a solid gold beta pedal of Dario, prompt postage from France and in condition stated in advert. Deal with confidence.

Recent deal (purchase) with Dario. Bass was packaged extremely well, shipped from France with tracking provided. Great communication throughout and a smooth, pleasant transaction. Highly recommended to all BC'ers !

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Great buyer, fast payment, great communication -- one of the good guys!

Here's my modified '78 Musicmaster - with a custom pearloid pickguard and SD Quarter Pounder.