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I guess I over exaggerated the riding the desk a little bit, but it was to try and explain that our set up is a little different to a standard 4 piece. What I do when I have a physical monitor is move around if I'm struggling to hear a certain instrument. Ie if the guitar is slightly lower for a song I can move closer to it, if the keys are a lot louder for a certain song, I can move away from them. If i need to get real tight with the drums i can move right next to the drummer. If i need to hear me louder i can move next to my bass cab. Having complete isolation via headphones completely gets rid of the ability to do that. That's probably what I'm struggling with. That and the complete lack of being able to get into the performance.

My set up for the last 2 gigs – and I know it’s not ideal: Band mix, with me really low in the mix. There’s only me using in ears. We all still use amps and cabs. Mix from desk goes to my behringer p2 then zs10s. Everyone else has their own physical speaker monitors. Main problems are: 1. Not all the drums are mic'd, so I had real trouble in not hearing the high hat for example. 2. Our set really needs constant riding on the desk. We are a queen tribute band so almost every song is a different sound and mix. We consist of, drums (large kit), bass (me), guitar, keys and synth, main vocals, 3 backing vocals, iPad for set intros. We arent just a one sound type of band, other wise it would be easier. 3. Full isolation is nearly impossible without risking a huge blunder, there’s too much going on – banter with the crowd, vocal intros, instrument intros etc. I really need to hear everything. When i get isolation with the headphones its a lottery what i cant hear. 4. We did have an issue with guitar last gig, I could hear it if the headphone jack was half out, but not if fully in. This didn’t happen with other instruments. 5. I’ve no control over mix levels, just overall volume on the p2. Hope that helps. I realise it’s not ideal, but when I took the in ears out mid way through the second set it was like I’d come alive. Everything was rich and more rock n roll (if that makes sense) rather than a poor mp3 player sound.

Sorry, been busy this week, will write up my set up later, thanks again.

I'm in the same boat. A quilter 800 and supertwin would be an amazing huge sounding little lightweight rig!

Haha, sorry no, there's no miracle tune yet I'm afraid! some units are sold with old software on, hence the nudge to upgrade.

Depending on what software you have (I've just upgraded to the one that's a few months old) you'll get a tuner flashing red on footswitch 3. From there you have a few options of what type of tuner to choose from. Oh, and they're just 'normal tuners. There's no miracle instant tune etc

Has everyone updates their software too? As soon as you do - whoosh - instant tuners! That's another pedal gone.

We'll...... I just can't get used to in ears. It's slightly harder as our set is so eclectic in style - from hard rock to ballads, jazz to funk - that the mix is never right. Also, having huge problems 'feeling it'. Just end up standing there like I'm listening to an mp3 player. Best advice o had last gig was to just use one. So in the second set half way through I popped the left ear out and kept the right in. It was brilliant. Got that feel back and could hear everything great with the balance of drums to my left and guitars, vocals and keys in my right. Still 50/50 whether to ditch them or not. I hate the isolation part.

I used the aqua51 (db51) and ir 810 cab last night, and it sounded lovely. Very full and rich. 100% authentic.

The routing is an absolute gem of an idea. I said a few years ago - what's the point of modelling a svt and 8x10 cab, then putting it through say my 6x10 then through the pa? The helix allows me to have 2 simultaneous outputs and options - 1 sends a modelled svt and modelled 8x10 cab with a modelled mic to foh pa, the other sends just the svt to my actual cab. Magic.

It's a different class. To be honest, it's criminal they are selling these so cheap. It's worth it for ANY of the amp models alone.

It's why I went for a 6x10. You can gig anywhere indoor and outdoors with any amp and not have to worry about volume. I'd be happy gigging anywhere with a 610 and my backup trace elf. When people write amps off because they're "not loud enough" etc it's completely wrong. Find the amp you love then match your speakers to it's use / venue.

Helix Stomp into whatever power amp you want. Unbeatable.

Cheers fellas. Might have found one now. That squier looks just the ticket!

Im on the lookout for a natural or amber precision style bass. These have alwaysbeen around and i never like them. Sods law, now i do, theres none around under £1000. It seems every manufacturer does a jazz in natural or amber, from £200 upwards, but none do the precision. Am i missing something? Even the modified squiers look great, but theyre now discontinued. Is there any reasonable natural or amber precisions out there? Id like to mod with a tortoise shell scratchplate too if possible.

Yep! I've no need at all to change anything, but have an undying urge to do so!

Cheers all. The weird thing is ..... the 2 vintages I have are a basic v4blk and a icon. Now, out of the 2, the icon is supposed to be the flagship bass I think. The pickups in the blk are great, very strong and punchy, and record superbly. The pickups in the icon are lovely and warm and have a lot of range and more soul to them, as opposed to the more clinical blk. Yet, it looks like the pickups in the icon are only £15 and are the cheaper ones? Confusion comes when you look on the internet for which one is which. I've email jhs but no reply. The fender 62 look great to be honest, probably more of the sound im looking for opposed to the quarter pounders.

I'd love a warm vintage sound if I'm honest. The kind of classic p bass, flats, svt sound. I like the sound of the wilkinson on my vintage icon, but there's so many different opinions which they are - wp0b / wpb etc, I'm not sure what they actually are.

Evening all. What are people's favourite p bass pickups? I'm looking at making a bitsa bass, and just wondered what options are out there? Price not really a matter. Also, would i then have to add in specific pots?

We've just come back from a tribute weekend where the supplied pa was all old hisys kit (albeit lots of it) and it sounded fantastic!

With the xr18, could you use it without wireless? - ie: xr18 - sub cable - tablet/phone.

Hisys 2s and 4s will always sell well. Depends whether you have 1s, 2s, 4s? Prob get £200 for tops and subs if its those. Less if theyre 1s.