faz_man

[quote name='jmesa' post='396707' date='Feb 1 2009, 11:59 AM']Surely the 6000 compressors you have in your rack weight about the same ? [/quote] 3000 of those are used to compress the rest of my rig so that I don't need a fleet of transit vans to transport it

[quote name='jmesa' post='396584' date='Feb 1 2009, 01:13 AM']You need some 10s and a valve amp man - I keep tellin ya! [/quote] Untill I get someone to carry my rig around for me I'm not getting a 400+ lol. With a 2 x "15 and 2 Thumbs a 400+ would be, less the straw, more the concrete block that breaks the camels back!

Fair play man, its still a sweet bass if not what you want right now. The guy I bought it off's selling a 3-band eq for it as well, just might have to do it.. Gotta say: nice to be back on frets again!

Yea man, 'sin the bag! Just got it today still shakin that Friday feeling so looking forward to playing it post-hangover! Whats goin on with ur modulus bro?

[quote name='DrGonzo' post='10861' date='Jun 1 2007, 11:59 PM']Heh! Depends on the engineer! I always prefer a 57 on a bass cab when there's OD involved. Done plenty of shows (in the right context) when I've not even used the DI, just a mic on a cab! I take pride in being comprehensive even if I have to be quick, and I always do my best to get a great sound from a band. I think my record is two bands checked in 30 mins (including both of them setting up, packing down etc.). Damn touring bands with their w*nky three hour sound checks! Mind you, I have been known to spend four hours checking a certain band I work with regularly. There are nine of them though! Any of you guys are welcome to head through Carlisle for the best sound on the toilet circuit, courtesy of me and my partner in crime Mr Nic.[/quote] If its a venue worth micing in then mines a dry DI (obviously) and an Audix D6. Ok, so you generally dont need all that sub it kicks out (feedy bass an all) but its clean a whistle, great mic for low end stuff. As for sound check time I'll take as long I can get without pissing off the supports, crew or the band for that matter lol!

[quote name='metaltime' post='392340' date='Jan 27 2009, 12:57 AM']I had a mark bass head an sm450 i think it was called. It was a good head but i found it a little to polite for metal. I switched to my current head an ampeg svp and power amp and i was much happier. In fact PMd[/quote] I'm going to be extremely rude and sponge off this thread as its active. I've got the s 450 too, going into a mesa 2 x "15 (cab 'o' doom!). Its a pretty sweet set up but I'd like more dirtier mids but worried the Sansamp would weaken the signal path. When my tones clean I like to keep it clean but pretty dirty at the same time (that make sense to anyone?) I don't do metal anymore but like to keep bass sounding (well again) DIRTY. Sansamp a good bet?

Hey guys! Sorry guess I should have done this when I signed up. Only really signed up here to buy a bass but I got it now and I quite like it here so I'm gonna hang around a while. - Ok so I've been on Bass for... 7-8 years i think, give or take. - Before that 8 years flute and music theory and some piano. - Do drums and guitar enough to write with. - FOH engineer also do Music Production. Started playing Metal stuff to begin with, not silly fast picking stuff though always prefered the versatility of using your hands. Learnt a hell of a lot from learning Mudvayne Albums start to finish. Did a few years in a 9-piece Funk, Ska, Reggae, Dub, Hip-Hop Band. Now doing dirty as f00k heavy electronic grooves, drum 'n' bass, breakcore etc. I'm really enjoying this, we're doing hard genres to recreate live especially on live guitars, bass, drums etc.. Its a good challenge. Short gear list below... So that's me! Hit me up for a chat or something.

Had something close.... I generally play fretless live and fretted in the studio.. Simply for the fact that bad pitching on a record can be a pretty expensive c0ck up! But a couple of weeks ago I braved it through 8 tracks of a 'live' recording pretty much pitch perfect (well as close to obviously).. Simple set up, My Thumb Fretless 5 DI to desk tweaked with Amplitube. The finger sound came out pretty sweet, but my slapped fills sounded like the finger board was made out of tin.........???????? My guess is they set the presence too high in Amplitube. But that band were on a budget and it was all recorded and mixed in 20 hours. Not really a U-TONE-pia but 'musnt grumble!'.

Spandau Ballet - Gold!!!! HA! Simple as but its really low in the mix. And to balance it out I'm learning.. Victor Wootten - Can't Hold No Groove.. Just one of those I guess - you like the slappity, tappity goodness then I think its a kinda unwritten rule that you have to learn this. (hopefully I'll regain any respect I lost with this lol!)

[quote name='Moo' post='313500' date='Oct 24 2008, 05:06 AM']I divide my weekends between being a bassplayer, and "the semi-skilled monkey on the PA desk who can make a great bass and great bassist sound like mud! " Bass mud can be avoided by not having your 50 year old "as many speakers as I could throw in one box" - (Quote from Jim Marshal) 'design' backline cab loud enough for the audience to hear, and letting some properly designed and operated P.A. speakers do the work of making the bass sound good. To get a good tight bass sound in a venue, the bass needs to either come from the backline cab, [u]OR[/u] the P.A., but having equal levels coming out of both at the same time is a recipie for a muddy - phase cancellation disaster. The bass end of a [u]GOOD[/u] P.A. system will be powered by a big amps with lots of headroom, and will be processed with: Limiters to avoid over excursion and distortion; RTA equalization to remove room nodes; delays to time align Subs with the mid/top cabs and or stage backline; High pass filers to remove subsonic 'Mud' and prevent the amps clipping; and low pass filters to stop the subs opperating above their linear passband and to stop phase cancelling with the mid/top cabs. Does a bass rig have these things? Unfortunately, many sound monkeys do not have the above tools either, or the knowlege to understand or use them. Perhaps Warwick abduct all of the good sound engineers so they can sell more bases?[/quote] Legend.. I'm a FOH tech too. Ive just finished my last show of the tour/year, i have a quick browse on here and see this.. BASS, SOUND, BASS, SOUND oh its all too much to take in!! I need to sit down... Now everyone sell me ur 5-Strings Thumbs... Serious, all o dem!