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Yes it's a big difference because the 745s are voiced completely differently. The crossover to the horn is way lower on the 745s so it frees the 15 to really do some heavy lifting of the low end and the high end is very smooth so much more comfortable to listen to at high volume. It's not just the size of the driver but the quality of driver where the 745 (same in 735) totally outclasses the 712. I think you'd be very happy with a pair of 735s.

For me latency is the killer with these things. I had a smoothound and as much as it was brilliantly made i used to hate roaming out front because i could hear and feel the latency. It was really offputting. Line 6 G50 these days but the whole 50 yards thing is just spiel. Probably 20 yards is the max I'd trust it to.

I have had a pair of Art 722a and a pair of 745a and they are like night and day. The 745s are absolutely immense. From what I gather the 735s are much closer to the 745s than the 722s so you should notice a big step up. That said I really liked the 722s and can't really imagine how loud the rest would have to be to make it difficult to get the vocals to the front of the mix. Are you using backline or is everything through FOH?

Thanks v much, massively appreciated.

All our ads have my email address on as I'm the main point of contact. Obviously people responding to fb ads can message me direct and if anyone on here wants me or knows anyone who might be interested they can get me at [email protected] 🙂 Thanks for this, I will defo give StarNow a try today. Yeah this is definitely a sensible shout. It's exactly how we lost our current guitarist and I'm sure there's a fair chance we'll find his replacement in a similar way.

Awesome thanks Mark. We are based loosely around south Northamptonshire (Silverstone) but cover a large area. Our band profile is here: https://www.alivenetwork.com/bandpage.asp?bandname=Hypersonix Gigs are usually 4 a month but we will happily do several a week if incomes in. We have only recently joined with Alive Network and they're starting to fill our diary for 2019. Min fee is £150 each but the agreement is that once they have put lots in the diary it will go up to around the £200 mark. Many thanks Tom

Where do you find your band members when someone leaves and you need to replace them? We need a new guitarist and are going to use Gumtree, Facebook, Bandmix, JMB and word of mouth. Is there anywhere else we should be looking? We are an established function band with good agency representation so want to find someone with decent chops. Any suggestions?

What it says! This is us https://www.alivenetwork.com/bandpage.asp?bandname=Hypersonix Current guitarist is heading to pastures new with a Travelling Willbury's tribute show so we need a committed, reliable, pro standard guitarist with BV's and transport aged somewhere in the 18-40 range. Plenty of gigs, all paying min £150 with agency keeping us busy. We work with in ears so must be comfortable with that.

The new stingrays that were recently released look great. Lighter, roasted necks, more musical preamp and even better hardware. I'd be really tempted to look at those first.

That's very good indeed. A few other manufacturers could do with taking note.

Putting microphones on drums is perfectly acceptable in almost every situation as long as you have the knowledge for what you're doing and have the proper equipment to make it work. The OP's drummer has neither of these.

If you're struggling to find a band then it's really worth paying some attention to how you market yourself. Some quality footage of you playing and a tidy FB page etc can go a long way towards generating some interest in you as a player. If you have a good presence and plenty of media to support it then you will be more desirable to established bands looking to replace a departing bass player. Also networking is really important. Put yourself out there as a dep and take everything you can. You'll find that being known locally as a decent player and a good reliable person goes a long way to helping you find a band.

ZS10s will only cost you £40 and I prefer them to UE900s and are a big step up from the Shures in terms of sound quality. If you can get the right tips on them then you'll save a fortune.

That really is a very good looking bass.

UE900s are v good but I'd also consider Lugs who do a custom moulded quad iem for £350

Tickets bought. I'll be there on the Sunday.

Yeah boom is not what you want. A nice little push around 60hz and then a bit of high end to give definition is usually all you want - much of the rest can be dialled out. I have to say that I've always found that running subs on aux makes it much easier to achieve this. More often than not, unless it's a really big venue, I just bleed in a little bit of low into the subs from the kick and it fattens up nicely. I also find that putting kick through a PA without subs usually sounds worse rather than better. You're asking a lot of your tops if you want them to do the whole 60hz bit. There aren't many relatively affordable tops (RCF 735/745 & BF FR800s excluded) that I've come across that can really cope with that.

I'll add myself to the, already sizeable, list of folk that have had really positive dealings with Mark. My Limelight P is my favourite bass of all and Mark is a really top chap to deal with.

Played the Dolly many a time as a teenager growing up in Oxford. Also been kicked out a few times.

Been following RJ for years. She's great and does some really cool covers in her own style - which is funky as hell.

Yeah, this is crazy. PA all the way if you need to mic a kit. You need a proper eq setup to make stuff fit together. A drummer with his own bass rig is just weird.

Cheeky question but are there likely to be any "deals" at the show. I'm possibly coming with my drummer and would definitely be interested in some UE6's. Reduced price ear impressions maybe lol?

Yep, it's a white 1024x actually. I'm going to keep that one and sell one of the two identical 1024 s I have that are both the tobacco burst. I've grown to love the burst but two identical basses is a bit silly 😋