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Fantastic work, really stunning, but could the problem with the epoxy be a reaction with the acetone you used for clean up?
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Where we’re at is backline levels equal to acoustic drums. Drummer, singer/guitarist, fiddle player all use IEM to help them hear their instrument/voice clearer. Second guitarist/bv uses a floor wedge. I vary between backline only, hearing protection (ACS custom moulds) or IEM (Sennheiser 100’s and Xvive U4) depending on the gig. If the room means drums and particularly the cymbals are painfully loud then I’ll go either ACS or IEM. But as I mix the live sound from the side of the stage, I’m always nervous about going IEM and potentially missing something with the FOH mix. If we have the luxury of provided PA and engineer, then I’ll go IEM every time.
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Ashdown Head of Doom Geezer Butler signature amp 600w - TRADED
JPJ replied to Berserker's topic in Amps and Cabs For Sale
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Don’t automatically blame the guy/girl on the desk. We had one local venue that doubled as a music venue and a nightclub. As a result the in-house rig was tuned and configured for the bottom end heavy dance music and travelling sound techs were not permitted to retune the rig. As a result, the louder the mix, the more dominant the bottom end. I was lucky (unlucky) enough to play there on more than one occasion and whilst the power of the bass was quite something, it was also so overpowering and as a result mushy. The venue became known for having a bad sound and only a few bands I saw there cracked it, generally by not pushing the master all the way to unity.
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I keep looking at the 800 too, as a possible replacement for my 1x15 Neo Ashdown ABM combo. But the amplifier knobs put me off - these should have been black chicken heads imho not those cheap and cheerful looking off white plastic jobs. Unfortunately (or fortunately for Mrs JPJ) it doesn’t look like there is enough space between the pots to allow for retro-fit chicken head knobs.
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Question about feedback via singers mic - am I imagining it?
JPJ replied to haruki's topic in EUB and Double Bass
Is the singer using a stage monitor? If so, try asking them to angle it away from you so that your’e not picking up the vibrations from this directly. -
@VTypeV4 If you like old skool pics, this is the setup I ‘learned the hard way’ with.
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My two’penneth coming from being a Behringer XR18 user for many many years. Firstly, I don’t like delay on vocals. Secondly I love reverb on vocals. Three tricks I’ve learned from pro engineers: 1) use plate reverb in a live setting; 2) make use of pre-delay to separate the reverberated voice from the dry signal - makes the vocal sound fuller and warmer; 3) eq the reverb to only work on the mid-range so hard use of hpf and lpf to stop the reverb sounding muddy or shrill. I have a plate reverb on the XR18 that is pretty much ‘set and forget’ and use the send level to adjust how much of each voice has reverb added in the FOH mix. This is probably the wrong way to do it as wiser people than I seem to say that your sends should be at unity, but it works for me.
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I arrived there to commission some PAU’s built for the then new North Morecambe Bay gas terminal. I came from offshore with a very ‘can do’ mindset. It quickly became apparent the reverse was true in that ‘shipyard’. After a month of achieving nothing we shipped the PAU’s to site and commissioned/rebuilt them there 😤
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Having worked at BAE in Barrow many moons ago, I would not be surprised if it was the source of the E-Coli 😂
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That’s a wonderfully simple take on the classic B Bender which seems to necessitate hollowing out the whole guitar. Nice score, now get those Clarence White licks practiced 😎
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100W Stoneham valve amp - small footprint, lighter weight
JPJ replied to Merton's topic in Amps and Cabs
Funnily enough, I was in comms with Martin on this very topic earlier this week as I am interested in purchasing one of these and also local to Martin (he’s done quite a few repairs for me over the years, and I was an early tester of YI200). He tells me that “I’ve got the design sorted just working on production of the chassis. Had a breakthrough this month and will be able to progress with several new projects now. Will give you a shout asap”. So it sounds like things are moving forward. -
What signature model bass would you say transcends the artist?
JPJ replied to kwmlondon's topic in Bass Guitars
how good does the Fender Marcus Miller bass sound? Its the standout for me from that list, the boy Miller certainly knows something about tone 😎 -
What signature model bass would you say transcends the artist?
JPJ replied to kwmlondon's topic in Bass Guitars
The Tony Franklin has his signature engraved into the neck plate, but it wouldn’t be a massive job to change for a standard F neck plate if it bothered you. -
I can only echo what Lozz says about the dispersion, the 21012 was a room filler. I don’t recall mine being excessively middley but then again mine was one of Jorg’s cabs fitted with Eminence delta lite 10’s and delta LF 12. Sadly, redundancy meant I had to let the cab go, but I’d have another one of the 21012 with the side firing 12 in a heartbeat.
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Mixing IEM's - share your knowledge/experience here please
JPJ replied to JPJ's topic in PA set up and use
i had the BD121 and found it was noisy when run on batteries but almost silent on a power supply. I didn’t use it for long before ‘upgrading’ to the real thing which sits proudly on my pedal board and will probably be there the longest of any pedal. -
What signature model bass would you say transcends the artist?
JPJ replied to kwmlondon's topic in Bass Guitars
I’ll chuck in my two’penneth with a vote for the Fender Tony Franklin fretless P bass for no other reason than it’s a fantastic fretless P bass, so much so that mine has become my no1 go to bass. -
I use reverb on my NS EUB but you need a reverb with an eq as you really need to try to emulate the ‘abbey road’ technique of cutting the hi’s and lo’s on the reverb channel.
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I used to have a rack with a SWR Grand Prix (1U) preamp, Sampson rack light/conditioner, rack tuner, Alesis 3630 compressor, and Aphex exciter, and a separate rack for the power amp. All totally superfluous but it looked pretty with all the lights on an flashing etc 😂 I still have a smaller rack based setup with the SWR Grand Prix preamp, the SWR Marcus Miller preamp (currently for sale on here), and the SWR Amplite power amp, but it doesnt get a lot of use hence the sale of the MM pre.
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I’m using the EBS Stanley Clarke pre as I double between NS EUB and fretless bass but it’s probably a bit overkill for what you want. Failing this, keep an eye out for a Radial Tone Bone. They come up on here quite regularly and are an excellent preamp with DI for EUB.
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Price Drop £450 - Warwick Rockbass Alien 5 String - *WITHDRAWN*
JPJ replied to JPJ's topic in Basses For Sale
So I have just seen that Bass Direct have a fretless one of these for sale second hand for £399 excluding case or gig bag, so I am still a bit off with my valuation. Final price reduction £450 including the case (which has to be worth £50 alone). If she doesn’t sell at this price then I guess she’s destined to stay with me 😎 -
Watched the video and I think its a little strange that two of the amp/cab sims are Ampeg, yet they have modelled the SansAmp (SVT in a tin) as one of the drives?
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KK baby bass, Are they still making instruments?
JPJ replied to PCZ25's topic in EUB and Double Bass
When I had mine, the amplified volume and tone was very dependent upon how tight the two Allen key bolts were either side of the bridge that hold the transducer mounting up against the underside of the plate on which the bridge sits. Mine was damaged in transit to me so this could be a result of that, but I found there was a sweet spot between volume and tone and the tension of these bolts.