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On 01/07/2023 at 13:00, Lozz196 said:

Def agree re the TVX 410 cabs, sound great but I’d never want to try and lift one

Same! 
I’ll add in my Genz Benz contour 500 combo and extension cab. One of the best rigs I’ve had, despite that fact that I’ve had some really nice rigs. But this simple little combo was just flawlessly fabulous

A.. Every single cable for the band’s entire set up gets meticulously wrapped and taped for storage after every show. Takes a minute, but it’s ultimately worth it. 

I just stand behind the subwoofer. Gives me the feel of a bass amp being around, when its just me and my IEMs, works well for me and my particular band set up.

On 27/06/2023 at 19:44, spacecowboy said:

God don’t get me started on Thomann and their returns.

 

I couldn’t even get anyone to take my parcel off me in the first instance and I tried lots of those DHL drop off sites (all corner shops) no one wanted a bass in their shop store room and refused to take it… One shop mentioned the DHL man hadn’t been for 2 months… she showed me her stock room and it was just floor to ceiling of un collected returns parcels.

 

In the end after threatening Thomann with legal action (I was really at the end of my tether) they got the DHL man to come to me to get the parcel from my home address and it went direct to them and within a couple of days I had my refund, but it took months and I won’t buy from them again as the returns are a bloody nightmare and the customer service team couldn’t care less. 

I had this exact issue. Drove me nuts and put me off ever buying anything of any size from them again. 

We just got a couple of videos sent through  from a recent gig. The audio is a bit 'quick 'n' dirty straight off the desk, (had to tweak the bass in post a bit cause of tech issues caused by monitor spill). But anyway, here's a 'Royal Blood' cover. Its almost all bass from my Zoom B9.1ut with a bit of help from a sparrow Di and a graphic EQ pedal. The guitarist does play a few quiet bits, but otherwise its just me doing what I could fuddle together without spending any money when the band said they wanted to cover Royal Blood! 😂😂

Yup, that’s what I do. A monitor feed from the behringer xair to a rolls pm50 on my pedalboard lets me balance myself against the band. It’s ace. The end result sounds the same as when I rehearse at home in headphones. 

18 hours ago, warwickhunt said:

it doesn't even sound like a bass, never mind MY bass but it is fine FOH.  This is where @Baloney Balderdash touched upon my main gripe with band sound; I play music for my enjoyment as much as the punters and if I'm frankly hating what I hear, then why do it? 

 

I solved this by running two short and simple signal chains, one to FOH and one to me. This way I can get a great IEM sound with cab sim from my zoom ms60b and an eq pedal, and then my usual sound out the Di to the desk as always. A bit of tinkering has meant that my IEM sound is super close to FOH so I don’t make any weird changes to my onboard EQ whilst playing. 

1 hour ago, snorkie635 said:

Dear God, I thought those guys had been left behind in the 70s. Heebies and Geebies.

He was a bit of a 70s throwback even then. This was around 95/96

Back in the 90s , in one very hot, sweaty summer, I had a whole gig of brutal shocks, sparks leaping all over the pace. I was shirtless and shoeless and dripping with sweat and beer. When I packed down afterwards, feeling very dazed from two hours of shocks, I discovered why…

The day before I’d been in the studio, my amp had buzzed, the engineer had sent us to get lunch whilst he fixed the buzz. What he’d done was never mentioned and we cracked on. 
The next night as frazzled me went to unplug my amp, I noticed that the earth wire was hanging out the side of the plug!

Wish I’d found his ‘fix’ when I plugged in instead of afterwards!!!

Wedding. Played. Waited. Played. Melted. Great food. Home. Bed. Win. 

We have this with ‘Go your own way’, should be simple, but something always seems to stumble in that one. 

Last Saturday's gig was an entirely pleasant-yet-unremarkable affair, everything went as it should a nice night was had. Can't really ask for more! 

“Why don’t we have this conversation somewhere else, only I think the band are using this doorway to move equipment through.”

One to play and to play if the one I'm playing breaks. If there's room, spare's on a stand ready to go, if not, it's in a bag close by also ready to go. 

String break at Rock city supporting Dokken, it was the E and whole song revolved around the open E. quick change time! Also had an electrical failure at some venue in Leicester supporting Sikth when my stingray died for no apparent reason, it was fine the next day. 

I have four of these, brilliant straps

13 hours ago, Kev said:

I had the Dave Hollingworth signature model, it was a nice bass but felt like it was built to a budget, and the Bart pickups were oddly quiet (i'd had the same in other basses and they have been fine before).

This. Mine was a super pretty bass, but just felt like it had been put together on the cheap, and was very quiet. I regret selling it for personal reasons (it was a present to myself for not dying from covid) but as a working instrument, it wasn’t as good as it looked sadly. 

Nothing special last night. Local venue that’s a massive echo chamber. Nice appreciative crowd and an early night 🙂 

Job’s a good ‘un! 

I got a few pics and video snippets from Saturday night, and one of them was filmed from right by my head, capturing the sound of my Headrush 112 on stage, which someone may find of interest. 
 

I did the barefoot thing in the 90s, now id never entertain it, way too dangerous on many stages.

Just had something similar. Mini festival, I give a quality, compressed, well balanced signal, and the crowd said afterwards they could barely hear me. 
ffs. 
 

JB. 

Cos Jazz Bass. 

I use a gator pedalboard bag, it’s a perfect fit for my extras, with a headphone case inside for all the small stuff. 

plus
Two IEM/guitar combo cables

three different length mains cables

two guitar stands

mic and lead, 

backup psu’s

and a stereo 3.5mm cable. Plus a mic stand iPad holder in the outer pocket. 

My ‘Trigger’s broom’ 1990 MiJ jazz has been with me since 92. It’s had three necks, including a status graphite, three preamps, lord knows how many pickups etc. it’s retired now, but I’ll never part with it. 

Two fantastic shows this weekend. One was a private function for a super-wealthy individual. We played in front of his lake on a mezzanine over a swimming pool and koi pond (and gymnasium with boxing ring). It was quite the eye opener into a very different world. 
Last night we closed a local festival to a brilliant crowd, many of whom had turned out just for us. We had a pro crew in filming too. No proper pics yet, but I’ve swiped a few from people’s facebook pages.