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Cheers. Will have a tinker at next rehearsal with that (we don't usually mic the kick for rehearsal so don't think we've done that recently) - it's a pretty basic EQ but worth a look, you are right there.

Hi all Just after a bit of steer. Hoping to be back gigging in earnest in the Spring and with our new singer the band is sounding great (well, by our standards anyway ) We are a 5 piece hard rock/classic metal band. Anyhow, we've always had a very simple approach to PA. We have a powered Peavey mixer (250w per side I think) and two Peavey 15" top cabs - we usually just run vocals in here and rely on backline for everything else. Sometimes put the kick in but this seems to be all 'crack' and not much thud. We run two monitors (soon to be three) two powered and one slave - the mixer amp just has one output for these so it's the same mix in all. We use a TC Helicon Voicelive to add some nice delays etc for the singer. That's it. Anyhow, don't really want to have to swap out what we have but am interested in any ideas as to how we could maybe add in a sub (preferably just one) to give a bit of re-inforcement for the kick and clean it out of the way of the vocals. Just can't quite work out in my head what we'd need- I think a hybrid passive PA and powered sub set up would be the most likely end result, just not quite sure how I'd link it all up! Any help or direction to good resource appreciated. Cheers J

5 in chronological order :- Encore P/J - my first ever bass, made from chipboard and with a bit of paper signed by Steve Harris stuck on it Warwick Corvette 4- German, passive Sandberg California JM5 - No 1 bass.. Yamaha BB1024x - very nice Squier Bass VI - though I think it's a guitar really, or is it...

Wunjo's in Denmark St is good for trying out stuff too. Small but lots of gear and friendly.

Make sure you try a couple of Yamaha's, ime tend to punch above their weight at that price point. Like this one :- [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/yamaha_trbx_305_bl.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/yamaha_trbx_305_bl.htm[/url] Sounds wise you are talking about aggressive mid-scoops, with bass and treble boosted. An active bass would probably get you closer to this (especially if it has a three band eq), but a lot of it will be in the eq-ing of your amp/pre-amp. To get the Korn sound you will need cabs with tweeters. Have fun.

Hmm, looking for last minute Christmas presents. Is this still available?

Thanks, I'll give them a look!

Congrats onthe new Sandberg. Love my California JM5. Sounds like you've tried a fair few strings too.Any that you've tried standout on the Sandbergs for a good punchy, rock tone in particular? I've got D'Addario Nickel Wounds on at the mo, but always interested in opinions. Cheers J

Ian bought a pedal from me, great comms and fast payment. No bother! Cheers J

Just sold a pedal to Mace. Good comms and swift payment. All good! J

Yep we're sorting a video, will be low budget!

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Hi all I play in two bands, one is an eight piece, pop-punk, covers band put together with a few colleagues from work (of very varying capability and experience) it's not going to advance music one iota but it's a lot of fun. We all work for Barclaycard, and the band is called Declined Transaction (though, we were briefly banned from using that by an exec with no sense of irony...) We're led by one of the sales directors and he has taken us on a pretty crazy ride, so far we've played our Xmas do, a theatre and Hyde Park (on a Tuesday night with about 70 people along...) Most recent scheme is a charity single, we've got it recorded properly and we can get it loaded onto i-tunes, Youtube etc. We have some connections that can sort all the legal, label stuff out etc and make sure that whatever we raise goes to to the charity (Free the Children, most likely) Even probably getting some vinyl! Suffice to say, we are all somewhat excited! Any how, just thought I'd see if anyone has any bright ideas that might help us push a few downloads and raise a bit of cash. I will of course be calling on the Basschat massive to help us crash the Top 40! (39 would do fine ) Any ideas for getting 'airplay?' That'd be so cool! It's likely to be a double B-Side of covers of Umbrella by Rhianna and The Climb, Miley Cyrus both given a bit of a workover and made worse than the originals... Probably release it in February. Cheers all, of course I'll still pop into Basschat when I'm famous. Jason

Unless I'm mistaken (highly possible) doesn't that TB thread stop in 2012? Which I suspect means it ain't happenning?

[url="http://www.musik-produktiv.co.uk/cameo-studio-par-64-18x8w-quad-colour.html?gclid=CNyEvLSDlsICFfHKtAodA2gAyA"]http://www.musik-produktiv.co.uk/cameo-studio-par-64-18x8w-quad-colour.html?gclid=CNyEvLSDlsICFfHKtAodA2gAyA[/url] I've started looking around now, lights gas (gaslight?) is spreading... Came across these, look like serious beasts with 18x8w each. Wondering if I could have fewer, more powerful lights now... Suppose spread maybe the issue, also how bright is too bright!?

Probably right about hot rods gently played being louder than sticks. My drumming mate is a bit of a rock beast though, and 'gentle' was tricky.... The rods sounds good, but drop the overall level compared to 'not gentle' sticks Were a bit of a revelation and because we could all drop volume, my drummer became used to the lower volume. He can now miraculously play quieter with sticks too, just made him think about it really. Much easier to get a decent mix at lower volumes.

Why not do an 'extra' practice without the lead guitarist along, Mr Rhythm will have to step up and maybe the experience of hearing himself will be kill or cure. Re drummers and volume, our drummer recently took to practicing with those rods - singer was pregnant didn't want to deafen the nipper! The nylon rods last longer and they definitely take the level down, nice fat sound too so they are now a permanent fixture for certain songs. Yes, he should be able to control volume better with sticks, but the rods got him on the right track.

Thanks guys for the 'lights on speakers' input. I wondered if there was some sort of clamp that could maybe fix onto the speaker pole so the lights could point back tpwards the band. However, I get that they would probably be too low now. Velcro idea has got me thinking cheers.

Thinking about getting some new lights. Like the look of these LED jobs, do any of you mount them on your PA stands in any way? Would be good to not have to have other t-bars etc? J

I use an EHX LPB1 in the effects loop, works ok for me. Simple as they come, and easy to tweak. Used a Boss to EQ to do it too, but did find it quite sensitive in setting the level, and meant that I couldn't use the EQ without the boost without a fiddle.

I'd give it a bash too, sounds a lot better than an over serious, money-centric band. Which for a hobbyist like me would be purgatory. A few select gigs playing in places that like 80's metal with mates, rather than giging every weekend would suit me fine. Maybe they haven't gigged, maybe they've had rubbish bass players before and that's why? After all, it's just a 'dating' ad. You ring 'em up or meet and that's when you can really tell.

Turned round to speak to drummer mid-song. Noticed his knackers hanging out from the leg of his shorts. Sorry, can't write anymore the memory is still too raw