My current main gig requires IEM so I bought a Shure PSM200 which works great.
However, Its wireless and means I go through a lot of 9V batteries.
For most gigs I don't need to be wireless and I use a cable from my bass to my pre amp anyway so I'm pretty much tied down.
My solution has been to buy a cheap Behringer MA400 to mix my bass signal with my aux send from the bands desk. I like the ability to balance my bass with the mix and the MA400 has a 'through' XLR which means I can monitor exactly what is going to the desk.
What I don't like is the Behringer craps out with any sort of hot signal or volume above 50%. I think i need to invest in a higher quality headphone / bass pre
I'm currently running: Bass(Jazz Bass)>Bass pre(Sansamp RBI or Aguilar Tonehammer)>Behringer MA400>Desk
So, what I'd like to do is to condense everything to one box; a Bass preamp with XLR out that also has headphone out (with volume control) and Aux input (with level control) that won't be routed to the XLR out.
The Phil Jones Bass Buddy looks like it might do the job, can anyone with one confirm this? or can anyone recommend anything else I may have overlooked?
Cheers