Chienmortbb

4 hours ago, dave_bass5 said:

Mine turned up today. Very happy with it so far, but i haven’t plugged a bass in yet. Im really pleased it runs off bus power, works perfectly with my phone. The app might get more use that i first thought, at least for setting things up. 

Do you mean it runs off USB C?

1 hour ago, lemmywinks said:

and the keys player won't get a smaller keyboard)

Of course he won't, he would be restricted to piano and organ parts then rather than trying to do everything.

22 hours ago, lemmywinks said:

tiny setup that sounds great and gives us excellent monitoring on any stage. Wasn't even expensive.

Can't let that go, please explain your setup.

On 20/04/2024 at 22:51, tauzero said:

A couple of thousand quid and an extra hour of setting up per night should cover it.

The time is something I think will come good after time. However, this is exactly my experience, partly caused by several cases of Ludititus.

18 minutes ago, Phil Starr said:

batteries which it also eats enthusiastically.

It can make some funny ( funny strange not funny hilarious) noises when the battery is low. However it is small enough, like the Zoom B1 series, to fit in a gig-bag pocket. I gigged one for several years. It can be used with a power supply too.

On 17/04/2024 at 16:11, Phil Starr said:

I’ve got a SansAmp programmable and a Zoom B1ON. I use the Zoom mainly but sometimes use the SansAmp with my P bass as they seem to work well together. The Zoom works with anything.

 

Honestly I’ve never had concerns about how either sounds in the mix, I’d prefer a balanced output from the Zoom but am happy with the sound I’m getting.

I have both the Zoom B1-4 and B2-4, I did buy the B2-4 for the XLR/DI Output but the sound of the effects is just a little better on the B2-4 but I could, and have, used the B1-4 before with an Orchid DI.

The BDI21 is also a good shout. I have a thread elsewhere showing how to mod them to smooth out the smiley face.

15 minutes ago, Ian Somerville said:

I did mate. Added enough trees to make up the cost of the part which is only fair as Dave sent it for nothing!

Me too. I am waiting for a certificate from Greta😀

22 hours ago, EBS_freak said:

I don’t care - I already know I know best 😂

 

dinosaurs…

Yup my lot are dinosaurs. I have just got them on to Active Speakers but still have grumbles about no faders on the mixer. I would gladly put an axe through the Rythym Guitarist's Vox combo.

Saying that the drummer, also the oldest member of the band, would love to use over the ear headphones.

Did you plants some trees?

The replacement bass arrived on Saturday and a quick look suggests a keeper. All my concerns on the first one have gone and with no adjustment I could gig with this one. I will change the strings, they are light gauge and of a standard that you would expect form a £150 bass. I will do a full review in the reviews section later. However here are a few things:

The hardware, bridge and machine heads seem OK and the machine heads are better than the stock ones on my Marcus Miller M2, a bass almost twice the price. The frets are smooth and reasonably well rounded, no sharp edges. The finger board is flat, 15" radius and the edges are not rounded. It is also a P bass width, 42mm at the nut. While I like a thinner neck, it is not a big problem. The neck is fatter than both my Aerodyne and M2 but its not a baseball bat like some P basses I have tried. The pickup is OK and the tone control does go from bright to really soft/dull.

As with the neck, the body does not have the curve that the real Aerodynes have but that does not really detract from the look. It also means you can choose a traditional bridge without modding the body, although whether there will be cosmetic damage showing from the exiting individual bridge pieces, I do not  know.

As I said earlier I could gig this bass if the strings were changed but all  in all a remarkable instrument for the money. Is it a Harley Benton beater? It is about the same standard. I have HB guitars that were good but not perfect and like them this has one small issue, the end of the fingerboard is not perfectly finished. However a coupe of strokes with a nail file should sort that. I will put lots of pictures on the review but I will add a few here later. One comment on the finish, it is lighter in colour than the G4M website picture as can be seen on the pictures above of the bass I returned.

On 15/04/2024 at 17:18, kodiakblair said:

@Chienmortbb

 

G4M have changed hardware, those mono saddles are not the same as shown on the website or on mine.

 

They're actually easier to string up and adjust 😎 No poking ball ends down into the gubbins when fitting strings, you just hook the ball end in place/pull straight up to the tuning peg/snip the length then wrap and tune up 🙂

 

To set intonation you slacken this grub screw then manually slide the saddle back/forth, tighten again when set.

 

 

 

To set the string height you first slacken this grub screw.

 

Then its a case of using the top 2 grub screws as per normal.

 

 

If the block bottoms out yet the action is too high, you whip the block out.

 

 

Place it on a flat file.

 

And take a bit off the bottom. Doesn't matter if you get a bit fierce, the 2 vertical screws will still raise the block while the horizontal one locks it in place 👍

 

 

Added bonus with these is you can shave the sides too, that gives you some string spacing movement; I'll have a photo from doing that if it's required.

Thanks for that. I should have thought of that but brain is in post viral fog.

5 hours ago, EBS_freak said:

It’s amazing how much extra energy a tight kick can give a band.

I wonder how some live sound techs learns their trade. I went to a gig about three years ago. It was to see Glenn Hughes, former Trapeze and Deep Purple bassist/vocalist. Every time the kick drum activated, it obliterated the rest of the sound until the compression released and that seemed like seconds.I could just hear the lead guitar but the vocals and bass went west.  It is not the only time the kick has dominated at a gig although the first where it so totally destroyed the mix. Now not all sound techs are like this but a lot are. What do you think is going on? Is the bass/wool heavy sounds of Dance music just altering the perception of a mix?

I have not seen the video but having disassembled a number of vintage pots, I would say put them to one side and fit new ones. The problem is that as the pots are used, the tracks become worn. The carbon tracks get a groove  worn in them and the pot wiper wears out. There is little that you can do to change this. My advice is to replace them with new, Conductive Plastic pots. These are much longer lasting. They cost more than carbon pots (although probably cheaper than CTS pots) but they will probably last  much longer.

Snap, just coming out, hopefully of a chest infection compounded by a second infection to my throat. Had a gig in the middle and it was close by so we did not cancel but I did not sing, due to both my stupidity in forgetting my mic stand and the throat. I am just waiting for the other members of the band saying the vocals were better that night.

I just don’t trust Google. I avoid them as much as possible.

I saw a band do this last year so I asked them. The answer was that the set the speakers up and then turned up to a volume where  feedback was just not occurring, Then adjust the other instruments to the vocals.

11 minutes ago, neepheid said:

 

Disappointing to be lumped in with that sort of nonsense - I've had my Hotmail account since 1997 (pre Microsoft days) and I assure you it is very much in legitimate use.

The vast majority of Hotmail and gmail users are legit but many of the scams I have found have had Hotmail addresses.

I blame you two if I am wasting my money ZARs. Incidentally what shop did you buy them from?

I think that so many gmail/hotmail accounts are used for spam at best and illegal communication in particular, so it is not surprising if some emails systems block them. I have always distrusted those free email providers but then it is easy to set up a dodgy email service for a few £s.

On 07/04/2024 at 20:54, neepheid said:

Once I have the replacement I will post pics of the wjole kaboodle.

All good advice @Phil Starrbut one thing to say about dust. Mos of the dust/debris inside pots is caused by bits of carbon that flake off the track in use. It’s one of the reasons I chose conductive plastic pots on my builds.  They last more than twice as long as carbon pots but of course also last twice as long at least. 
 

From a manufacturer’s point of view, especially a “value” brand such as Behringer, the extra cost of pots with a conductive plastic track could make a mixer uncompetitive. 

Having worked on Behringer mixers, I would not try to do too much inside. Yes shoot some cleaner, Preferably DeOxit as it is designed for pots. The other thing to try is literally rotating the knobs back and forth 20-30 times, sweeping the full rotation of the pot. it helps temporarily to clear some of the clag.

On 12/04/2024 at 11:15, Gasman said:

Next up we played the Mere social club, a tiny venue with the acoustics of a concrete prison-block shower room.

Were you in the Bar or the Skittles Alley, we have played both.

On 12/04/2024 at 11:15, Gasman said:

Most recently played at the Marnhull British Legion - fabulous acoustics (real wood floor) perfect mix, good crowd, and as compiler of the set list I 'accidently' forgot to include Sweet Home Albania - result!

The Rebbels played Marnhull a few weeks ago. I agree about the acoustics, we were constantly asked to turn down, although we are not the worlds loudest band.

Which pub did you play ion Shaftesbury? Shaftesbury is usually a live music wasteland.

On 07/04/2024 at 20:54, neepheid said:

True. I was going to but…,

I got my tools out and started to adjust the relief then the string height. I got the relief spot on but the bridges would not let me lower the action to a sensible point. 
 

It’s going back but a replacement is on its way.

Fine with 2FA but Google....nah. They are the Evil Empire. Will try the other way.