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Oh the changes things, might go for the 600 then!

Don’t need cabs I’ve got a few Peavey 215’s so will be using them live but want a ok head I’m thinking the full 300w at 4 ohm might be ok…

hey guys considering coming back to ashdown.....well i use a ctm pre amp at the minute anyway but im looking at the abm 300 or should i just to the 600?

New pickup day dimarzio will power

have you had a bump to the head?

this i have no idea why some sound guys feel the need to make a band sound how they want, they should take in how the band sound and go from there make suggestions if needed, ive had sound men try and take a di straight from my basssaying they like a clean signal ( i use a big pedalboard) and then had one guy just help him self changing amp eq and pedal settings. for me ir wont sound like they do in headphones but sending that to a foh will sound better than a harsh di and also the venues who will mic any guitar amp they see yet scream and run from putting one on a bass. its also to be said ive seen people turn up and want to use the exact sound threy recorded with.....this 90%of the time wont work either

plenty shows ive been to and played the headline band has had there own sound guy, who either runs the inhouse rig or will plug into the pa themselves the first thing is much more common as you can find out the desk and talk abou t this in advance. the band mixing themsleves if they know what they are doing is totally fine, when you go see a bigger show or tour one SE will not mix the whole show each band will have there own

think he basically saying they mix themselves and yeh plug into the pa so the in house guy doesnt need to do anything

very true, were its also important to be able to mix yourself on stage a bit aswell, but agree a usless SE is a waste of time.

joe public couldnt tel the difference between an svt, abm or a darkglass head...tbh its down to feel and how it lets me play, i always try to match ir to the amp and rig i play, in the mix i just want it to sound good, but if its what im hearing it needs to be what i want, however im def advise the sound guy on how to layer the signals i send (Sub, Synth and amp di) also if i send them a ir'd and treated di ive not yet had an upset sound guy. however im not trying to make a 112 sound like a 215, im trying to get the sound of my 215 into the pa. im gonna start using iem probs towards the end of the year, and for that the ir's (for me two notes) work the best for me

I think it’s down to finding the right ir I love someone micing up a cab, but it’s not always practical At the min I only use ir for home recording but am gonna add it to my live di to help it

Are you trying to match them to a cab you have? I have the same sound in the speaker as your di? The only way for that is ir and something like a two notes cabm+

if your using a frfr its a totally different thing to a normal cab

what Pre amps shave you been using? its taken me a while but my current direct setup is a blend of three di ( geddy 2112 and ashdown ctm rack pre) three channels into two notes wall of sound for recording, if i want a silent stage i use a two notes captor on my amps out put (its a peavey 200w) im careful and its fine. also if you play clean without drive or fuzz you could be fine as you are. ir shine when distortion is involved

the problem with trying to do this with an actually amp is the (Eq/cab IR) needs to come after the power section to have the proper effect, something very easy to do in the box on a mac or in helix,QC or kemper however i know of no EQ that can take the power of an amp. for me sending an amp into a powered frfr speaker is also a bad idea as they are powered so obvioous issues there if going into an frfr there so many good pre amps now which have an emulated out that you caould send into something like this.

this is what i think im gonna have to do speakons and then hardwired leads out the back

Would all be lower than 200w so can have these hooked up into the patch bay and move the two notes between them when needed.

Dod will get you very close, wouldnt try putting it thru iems tho, would either distort or pop them, if its going to a pa you will feel the subs.

Tbh honest I’ve only played one other thunderbird pickup and that was years ago in an epi t bird, the Avedissian is a great pickup punchy and aggressive, hopefully be able to shout about the other replacement early next week

want to put my amps at home in to a patch bay so i can quickly go between them, both for input and output and send them to my two notes captor or other load box down the line. will a standard trs patch bay take the load?

i also have a new pick on the way to replace the neck jazz pick up

first gig with it last night