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Are they stereo (3 contacts) jacks or mono (2 contacts) jacks? My guess is that jack on the old cable that works ok is another type. grts, Martin

[quote name='solo4652' timestamp='1263118569' post='707418'] Apologies if this has already been covered, or the answer is flaming obvious: I use a Roland combo and it's excellent. Thinking of a plan B in case the combo when phut, I bought an XLR cable to run from "balanced out" socket on the back of the combo straight to the powered desk. I've tried it and it works tolerably well. But, that's hardly a plan B, is it? What happens if the amp part of the combo gives up suddenly - what happens then? Is there a simple way I can connect the bass (through a DI box??) straight to the powered mixer desk without having to use the combo at all? Please excuse my ignorance - I'm not really an "engineer" type bass player. Steve [/quote] You can connect your bass guitar directly to the PA desk trough a DI Box. To have a decent level at the input of the desk this will have to be an active DI box (this is or battery or phantom powered. Depending on the venue you will also need a decent monitor return from the desk. I'm a professional sound engineer and a amateur bass player. Some general advice regardless the set-up: - the combination of a clean feed directly from the bass guitar trough an active DI and a decent mic in front of the cab is almost always the best choice. If available on the mixer you can toggle with the phase reverse switch on the mic channel to hear out the best result. You can also experiment a bit with the positioning of the mic. - a DI of lower quality can really mess up your bass sound, it can cut out the energy and cause the loss of low end definition. Always try to buy or ask the PA company the best quality DI for a bass guitar. - the use of a direct out on the bass amp can be usefull as well because the sound engineer can benefit of, for instance, the compressor settings of the bass amp, levelling out your sound. You have to remember though that your bass sound is always a combination of the amp and the cab. So a, for instance, overdrive sound that sounds good to you on your rig can be a tru nightmare for the FOH engineer. bassfull regards, Martin

[quote name='BassTractor' timestamp='1356878218' post='1914594'] [b]Where's my neuzekes?!!![/b] [/quote] When you come over to the next edition of the 'Gentse Feesten' in July 2013 we will eat some neuzekes together while attending some great concerts. Or perhaps I can bring some to one of the next Marcus Miller concerts? grts, Martin