warwickhunt
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I bought one when my Boss chorus died and it was 95% as good... probably better at tracking slightly lower than the Boss. I bought a Zoom MS50B multi-effects to do what 3-4 pedals were doing hence this didn't get much use but it was as good as any of the sub £100 pedals.
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Black plate looks good!
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Look further... Less than £30 new.
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I sourced and use a PA similar to your suggestions, for use with our pub/club rock covers band. I elected (after much research and questioning, especially of fellow BCers) to buy a pair of lightly used QSC K10 (active version 1) speakers and a used FBT 15" active sub (with an A&H CQ12 desk). It is more than capable of handling the whole band inc my bass with zero backline for me. I've never found it lacking in anything but the largest 'club' rooms; where I 'possibly' could have overcome with a 2nd sub. Using HPF on the whole PA + further filtering on some instruments has been a revelation. 30 - 40 years ago I'd never have considered taking out the lowest lows in my bass rig or PA... why would you take out bass? However, the extra punch and clarity I now get with the use of HPFs is superb. The A&H desk allows me to parametrically EQ individual channels and the whole sound, likewise HPFs available on every channel. The added benefit/bonus is that the QSC K10s makes an excellent vocal and/or bass monitor (I've used a single QSC10, with a preamp pedal as my bass rig on many occasions).
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Not purchased as yet, we are looking at getting our own X32 and pair of 8 splitters; we already own our own individual IEM systems. Be sure to budget for the leads/connects/snake(s)! I believe there's actually a system for sale here on BC. -
Exactly that and it's not an uncommon config. We've done gigs where we turn up (no backline) and present our 5 vocals, 4 drums, 6 instruments, 1 drum trigger and requiring 6 IEM feeds and venues have been overwhelmed, the IE always suffers; which is a mare if you have NO backline.
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Are you talking about the band processing all of the feeds and splitting them; 1 split sent to the FOH system/engineer and other split going to a desk/processor that you all then sort your own mixes out? We are doing this and it isn't uncommon BUT we (6 piece band) are looking at £1500 just to split/process our feeds (inc cables). All band members have their own IEM systems to connect to our mix/processor (Sennheiser, Xvive MiPro), so that isn't factored into the budget but would likely be another £2800.
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Breaking the E string when fitting...
warwickhunt replied to tom1946's topic in Repairs and Technical
I have a 34" scale bass with skinny posts placed very close the the nut and regular strings do not like the acute angle that they wrap around the post... as a result I can NOT put flats on that bass. I'm guessing it is similar with your Mezzo; it needs the skinny taper on 32" scale strings, 34" scales will be too 'fat'! -
That's the one!
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There was a Swedish rock band doing ABBA songs in the rock music genre/style... entertaining for 30 seconds per song; they might have even done rock songs in an ABBA style!
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Anecdotal but I transitioned between full bass rig to IEM (no backline) via using my chosen preamp pedal (Fishman Platinum Pro) into a QSC 10 mounted on a speaker stand to my side of the stage (obviously PA doing all the heavy lifting). The sounded that I had to work with was far better than I expected and I occasionally default back to this set up when I've doubts about the quality of the engineer/PA to supply a good IEM mix... I've not reverted back to full backline, which surprises me (40+ years of relying on backline, often to carry FOH).
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I'd guess that our Cheap Trick tribute 'Cheat Trick' will be the most known obscure tribute on BC!
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My tip on setting up the bridge - make yourself familiar with the grub screw that 'locks' the saddle!
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Does anyone know for sure of the situation with Trump tariffs and Euro/USA Spector prices? Its a US company operating in the European Union; USA bass prices are going to be impacted but the Euro situation is an odd one... or is it? Does it mean that Spector Euro basses will be 25% more expensive to buy in the USA?
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Restarts did nothing for the last 2 months, inc creating new scenes and then doing a wipe/factory reset; it took a new download/upload of the same Firmware. The alternative was send back to GuitarGuitar for them to send back to A&H and be without a mixer for weeks.
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However... if in doubt just update/replace the current firmware! This appears to have refreshed it.
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Apparently it can/does happen and there doesn't look like an obvious fix. The company I bought from have offered to send it back to A&H under warranty for a repair... but it leaves me with no desk for weeks/months! Hmmmmmm.
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I'll try that now.
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Paid gigs for amateur musicians......?
warwickhunt replied to Beedster's topic in General Discussion
Oddly I've just been offered a solo gig (me on acoustic guitar as opposed to bass) in a busy pub and the booker wanted loads of 80's and 90's 'bangers' £280 cash in my hand. I politely declined despite knowing 99% of the songs suggested as I just can not be chewed with that kind of gig any more. This to me is success. -
Paid gigs for amateur musicians......?
warwickhunt replied to Beedster's topic in General Discussion
I've often said that I'd happily rock up, bass in hand and play to 2,000 people for free... I might even offer to pay but if you want me to hump £4000+ worth of my equipment to a venue/pub miles from home that I have no association with, at a time that inconveniences me, to play to a bunch of ar5eholes who have no respect for the hours/years I've put into getting to the level that I'm at... I want paying! I may have paraphrased the above on occasion!- 167 replies
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Does anyone have issues with the Bluetooth interface not refreshing? My phone was connected to the desk months ago so just defaults when I switch on but the desk screen seems to be frozen and I can't pair new devices to it (tried with three or four phones to play audio through the desk).
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I play in a Cheap Trick and an INXS tribute. Cheap Trick is meant to be raw but we were still surprised that fellow musicians on a multi-bill gig couldn't believe we had no vox on track or that we were doing things like Dream Police without backing of any sort. INXS has one song where the drummer triggers a tambourine sample (too much to play the drum part and keep that going in real time). However... I am loathed to add a backing track of orchestra type sounds to a suggested new song (Baby Don't Cry), I feel it would be the thin end of the wedge. Several of the band think that if it adds to the audience's experience it is fine; defo thin ice IMHO. LOL
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Adee 'popped' up to Northumberland to buy my Sandberg and a thoroughly nice chap he is to! Cheers Adee, enjoy the Lionel.
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I occasionally use my preamp pedal into the effects return or 'pre-in' of a (shared) bass amp thereby utilising it purely as a power amp, I can then take out the anomalies of the bass amp preamps... the speakers are a whole other thing! LOL You could try the SB1 like this and see if the impedance differential makes much difference from the Sumo.
