moonbass

Hi, I'm thinking of building a garden studio. Anybody done this? Any recommended companies? Are double skin buildings worth the extra money? Pitfalls? Thoughts? Andy

http://youtu.be/NZKvSdUfHU8 I believe the bass player is called Colonel Meouch That is all...

Or just do it with a bass: http://youtu.be/1XmcX9x4OqY Still pretty great!

+1 on the Yamaha; cheap and really great sounding preamps. Great fat sound for bass too. Slightly annoying power adapter, but pretty standard for small mixers.

There was a trick I saw on YouTube where you engage the distortion and turn it to zero to give a little valve warmth like sound. I found it quite good, but agree the distortion itself is pretty unusable.

You might want to also consider the cost of mics, DIs, cables, and some form of monitoring. This could equal, or be even more than the PA cost. I think people often underrate the benefits of finding a friendly sound guy and cutting him in on the proceeds of the gig. I'm a complete mug, but I did a 7 piece band with lighting for £30 on Friday, and I suspect there are other wallys like me who will do it cheap if the music and venue are good!

Yep, sand after filling the fret slots, and my strong advice would be get the sanding done professionally. I did it myself and it worked ok, but intonation was tricky and would get some rattles. Then one day the repair chap at the old Bass Centre in Wapping popped it on his machine and, boom, it was like a different instrument. I'd also think carefully about how you're going to file the nut, as this is another bugger to do at home (although I did it with a Stanley knife in my youth, and it still works ok!)

Ive had NV115s for a while and agree the 6" speaker handles high end really well without the abrasive nature of a tweeter. For recording the cab is amazing; just place a mic midway between the 6" and 15". What you may find though is a lack of very low frequency content; they just don't go down that low. For a while I stacked two, which gave buckets of low end, but unless you are a very loud band you just don't drive them hard enough like this to get the best out of them (although I only ever used with my Markbass head, so could well be different with other amps). For smaller rooms and lighter material (acoustic, folk, jazz) they're perfect, and I suspect they'd be really great with upright, although I've not tried this yet. I found they were a one hand lift and could do two at a time over shorter distances, but not if you have a bad back (they fit nicely on a folding sack-barrow though).

Just bought a Classic Stingray 5. Very easy and quick transaction. Great bass. No problems here. Andy

Have you ever compared the PRO2 with the PRO4? How do they stack up?

Well, I went for the second hand USA SVT 4PRO, and I have no idea why I have wasted 30 years messing around with gear switching and GAS; this is what bass is supposed to sound like! Running it through my Bergantino NV610 and it sounds warm, and 'burpy' yet somehow nicely scooped. Perfect one knob compression, loads of tonal options (although sounds perfect flat). It's not even as heavy as I remembered! And it's so different to the SVT 3PRO in all the right ways. One final small, but also weirdly massive point that so many manufacturers get wrong, the volume knob actually lets you dial in low volumes; I've found all my previous amps went from zero to loud in about a millimetre! I can practice even with this massive rig without upsetting the neighbours (much...) Why does nothing else sound like this?!

I think it's fine to record gigs with a Zoom, but important to remember they don't function well in low light at all, so make sure you get something bright out front if you're in a dingy bar. You'll get a lot less grainy picture. I think it's worth seeing if any of your mates have a DSLR camera as you'll get a better picture, and loads of people seem to have them nowadays. Also see if you can get a feed off the sound desk as it makes the sound a lot easier to control. Here's what I'm up to with two DSLRs and the output from my Behringer XR18 http://youtu.be/dN2JFWjn5FU

The Bugeras really are too cheap to be true aren't they? Mind you, Behringer really has upped their game and I use their pro audio stuff so maybe...

Enough to drive a Bergantino NV610 which is rated up to 800w I think, but anywhere from 300-800w would be fine. The 7pro is certainly a possibility but I think I'd always be thinking about the 4pro. I've never played a GK 1001rb, but always think that sound the business when I hear one. Anyone any experience? I note someone's got a 4pro up for sale for not many monies on here since I started this thread, so if they have any thoughts I'd be interested.