Chienmortbb

As long as people pay me to play, I will. As for fighting, I'm a lover......

Got it in one.

Little Mark on top of a Gnome? I found a picture of Little Mark on a Gnome's shoulders!

When I am not gigging, you will find me at The Legion on a Saturday watching other bands. The bassists are invariably more accomplished than me, but I often get cross because of fills. So many good, or at least very competent, bassists that seem to put fills in songs that really don't need them and in one case, the fill was actually too long and meant he was always late getting out of the chorus. Now, I get bored playing root and fifth occasionally, but does the song need a fill? Does it fit? I am not saying that I always get it right, but when I do, the drummer smiles. I have instant feedback. Now I would say I am a member of the Mediocre Bassist Club on Talk Crap (I can never remember the name of that site) and there is little chance of me leaving it due to an amazing leap in technique. However, I do try to get the bassics right.

I have done hundreds of gigs with class D heads and they have never missed a beat. The only reason I have returned an amp was to get a fan mod done. It did not fail but was very noisy in my practice room.

I get emails from Lemonrock telling me about gigs in my area and I have found venues that I was unaware of. My question is, is it worth joining, do you get gigs from it?

I believe this is what most Semi Pro Karaoke singers charge too. My club of choice, the local Legion, does try to put bands on, but the budget sometimes dictates a week or two of solo Artistes. Presumably that pays for us and other groups at other times. January is a write-off for bands, although we have one gig booked.

Well that last paragraph sums me up.

Well there are 5 of us. To be honest I an happy with £250 or £50 each. Last NYE @ and Xmas Eve we got £600. Our best payer came about as a fluke. I contacted them and gave them a price of £300, them realised it was further than I thought and upped it to £400 thinking they would say no. They were happy and we now do there 2-3 times per year and it is the best venue we play. If on,y all clubs were that well run, it even has a dressing room👍.

My main band is a 60/70s covers band, playing pubs and clubs mainly. We charge £250 if we want to get in somewhere and £300 for rebooking. In the New Year we intend to increase this by £50 to £300 and £350 respectively. We are based in the greater Dorset Area and one of our gigs pays £400. Has anyone else tried to increase their fee recently, and what response did you get?

Zoom's use of composites has been a discussion point for years, but every one I have owned has never had a problem. In fact, I would say that they have all been very robust.

Nostalgia ain't what it used to be. The old stuff my band plays goes down well where we play, and although many of the songs are approaching 60 years old, the younger ones love them too. It is weird, but nice, to hear a bunch of 20 somethings singing their heads off to I Want To Hold Your Hand or Born to Be Wild. I went to see Black Country Communion a couple of years ago and Glenn Hughes' voice was as good as ever. It's a shame that his old partner in crime, David Coverdale, is not the singer he was. IMHO Burn was one of the classic rock albums, in a way that none of the other Purple albums were. Much more drive and superior vocals from the two of them. Now, if people want to pay £250, that is fine. Elton John, Paul McCartney, Cliff Richard all lost what voices they had many years ago, but people still go to see them, so good luck to them.

There are HPFs out there. Sadly, many only for the DIYer. I know my friend @Passinwind is planning a variable HPF. You can also get it on some multi effects units.

You are correct but it is worth pointing out that the amount of fundamental we hear is negligible. Some highly respected cabinets have -3dB points in the 60-70 hz region. I believe that the Thumpinator was originally designed to filter out the FoH low end. In my opinion it is too low for bass although it will help. if you have a variable HPF to hand, try a cutoff of 50Hz at 24dB per octave. You will be surprised how much “bass” is there, whether playing a Low E or Low B. As for a destined 6 string, don’t be silly.

The point is that the sensitivity across the board is -2dB compared to the other speaker. There is no loss of relative volume at the low end, compared to the rest of the audible spectrum. To put it into perspective, at full power, that Gnome would be capable of driving the 12" to 119dB and the 10" to 117dB SPLs. With a 600 watt rated speaker, there would be little thermal or power compression. Surely enough for an acoustic gig?

It's all science and engineering until you start playing and using the stuff, then it's art. Unless you play like me, then is various noises. If it works for you, it is right.

One ting I would suggest is not to get too hung up on driver size. The work that @Phil Starr and I have done on smaller drivers, inspired by @stevie from LFSys, suggests that there is little to differentiate between some good 10s and even the best 12s. If you look at the LFSys range, for example, there is only 2 dB difference between the 12" Monaco and the 10" Monza with the same frequency response. I believe that @stevie has been investigating other drivers. Now 2dB between friends is not a lot, but you may find that on an 8 ohm speaker a Warwick Gnome would not put enough out for you, but our recent amp shoot-out suggests otherwise.

I was going to say that, but then I thought I should do some more listening, even recording but the main thing is it all seems much clearer than the B1-Four. I am struggling with a bug, but will try to get some recordings comparing the two units, either Tomorrow or Friday. Added Monday 30th Still got the bug, so don't hold your breath.

Well, I did it last weekend. Gigged the B2-Four and it worked very well. I have copied some of my most used patches from the B1-Four and added a version of @JohnDaBass B1-Four patch for Free/Bad Company. I found I used that one a lot. Thanks @JohnDaBass So impressions at a gig? The B1-Four has possibly the best onstage tuner with an LCD and an LED display. However, even without my glasses I could see the B2-Four Tuner without difficulty. The traditional foot switches are a step-up from the B1 ON and B1 Four as there is no chance of accidentally selecting the Tuner or moving/selecting the wrong effect. Most of the time I use about 6 patches in this band and as you have three instantly below your feet, it seemed fine. The fiddly switches to move the patches up one or ten places were OK. Yes you had to watch your toes carefully, but I never had a problem over the two hours. Not much else to say, I am still adjusting volumes on the patches transferred from the B1-Four to the B2-Four, but there is a knob on the pedal, so you can do it on the fly.

You do not mention what amp you will be using? However, some of the modern boutique cabs will give you what you want in a one cab solution for a similar, or lower cost than the two 2x10s. While I still lust after a stack, a throwback to the days when I almost played guitar, I have never needed a second cab. My current cab is a LFSys Monaco, 600 watts at 8 Ohms and more than a match for both my amps at 350 watts into 8 ohms. Look at the Monza for their range. Others with more experience of other makes will surely chime in shortly. LFSys Product Page

DI just means Direct Injection to differentiate it from a mic'd signal. It does not specify a level.

Says it all!

I have just bought two sets of Newtone Strings, and I am loving them. Not over bright when fitted, to my ears they have not changed in tone since I fitted the six weeks ago (4 gigs and 2 rehearsals since). They have round cores and seem to have a lower finger noise than most rounds.

If you know how long you want the cable, I can make you one. I have the connectors and cable in stock.

Strings could be a problem, but I suspect it is the amp. That is a tiny guitar combo, and it is unlikely to reproduce the low notes well. So change the strings, then try a different amp.