Monckyman

+1 on "In-ear monitors are also a good option - used in conjunction with your amp. " Speaking as a sound man the pickup you use will definitely make a difference. eg, on Thurs I had an American touring band in a church, and the double bassist/drummer used a B-Brand D1(the older model) and that took 5 minutes to eq and get him sat nicely in the monitors. No amp, though they are a quiet band. Saturday in a small venue with a local band, cheaper DB(plywood) with a Fischmann and I was rolling off loads of low mids to prevent hooting..And that was with only two accoustics and a vocal in the band! However, in your situation with that many people onstage, you`re hardly ever going to get a proper chance to EQ your bass to the stage you`re on and that goes for "positioning" your amp also, and so you will always struggle. The in -ears solution should work well, you can experiment with sealed or open style headphone buds or even expand the idea and stick it all through a small mixer with an ambient mic on a stand to blend in the band.You could get away without using a beltpack initially, just use the headphones out from the mixer. Sounds a faff but once you had it all in a little rack it would throw up in minutes and you may find you don`t need the large amp so much as a cube type monitoring amp. MM

Just bought Frogshots 02 Mexican Jazz and the Bass was exactly as described, comms were excellent and the whole deal very satisfactory. Thank you! MM

I`ll be there but I`ll be working so pint might be a quick one!

I used one of these fitted in a 1x15 combo in the late 80s early 90s,I used it in all manner of gigs from murky goth clubs to working mens cabaret, never let me down and sounded fine.

Am I right in thinking that replacement F*nd*r decals can be bought at the above link? They obviously can`t advertise that?

Hello all, I just joined this forum. I`ve been playing bass since 1980 and started on a borrowed Framus which had a nicely bent neck. I then progressed to double bass (it was the time of the rockabilly revival..)before finally buying a Vox standard bass for about £200.I amplified this with an Ohm head and a nondescript 1x15. Big bucks to me at the time. I played in various setups around the northwest playing all sorts of soulsucking gigs till about 1997 when I gave up the ghost and went over to the dark side.(sound engineer). In the past year I`ve had an overwhelming compulsion to start playing again, so I ressurrected the Vox (stolen by my daughter) ,and bought a cheap double bass. I recently added to this with an ashdown abm 500 1x15 combo. I look forward to ransacking your archives in the quest for some good tips and advice and would like to say thanks for accepting my membership. Dave.