Downunderwonder

Explains all. It sounds good with next to no volume. Your guitarist has ''more me'' syndrome. He has left you a little clank at 5k and the rest is pure boom. Inside those ranges he is blazing away with goosed guitar lows that are the bass tone mids.

Well there's your problem right there son! If you had read the fine manual you would know that is how not to set the EQ. Push that red slider down to the bottom and leave it there. The 40 can go down to -6dB for good measure. Your 15 doesn't do much with 40hz except flap about. Now obviously you like a big old scoop in your mids but indulge me and move the rest of the sliders up so between 60hz and 5kHz they average 0dB. You can safely leave the last two on the floor. You could have 60hz on +3dB but I wouldn't go any more.

My 250 doesn't put out much more at 4 than 3 and no more after 4. My Kaman vintage Trace 1518 is a very efficient cab but will fart out with relatively low volume if you fail to tailor the low end EQ. Turning up the input gain is turning up the volume, until the preamp clips or a cab gives up. Mine stays clean all the way with a passive bass. My money is still on the 15 being the source of your breakup.

I think you could well be running out of cab rather than watts. My 250smx doesn't do overdriven tones but it will murder 300w cabs with too much low end, no problem. For drive you can put something like a BDDI in front. I like mine breaking up when I dig in and otherwise only warmed up.

I like to be clearly and dearly missed if I stop playing and audible to anyone who is listening. Lots only hear it when it stops, no need to beat them about the head with it.

Do you think I would be using and recommending a BDDI if the tube emulation wasn't for me? It does need extra mids put back in though and simply cutting bass and treble doesn't quite do it for me. So the answer to ''what pedal goes well with a BDDI?'' is still ''an EQ''.

On the assumption you aren't joking, he's their representative, taking his username from the parent co.pany that makes Sansamp.

We covered that contract stuff in highschool economics classes. Unsurprisingly identical in NZ.

We already went around this mulberry bush. It can't be dialed in flat if you are using the driver in Bass Driver DI. You do know what throwing out the baby with the bathwater means?

You haven't stated what the A/B/Y is doing but it looks like it must be functioning as a mute if you have it last? Ideally your fx would only be processing noise that came in from the bass cable so noise gate early would be good. If the fx are chucking up noise of their own then perhaps they are for the bin. Generally: Bass > drive, envelopes, compressor, phaser/chorus/delay. But the compressor can go anywhere you like it.

Sure I did. ''All over the place'', meaning you name a signal path and I've done it. It's the Swiss Army knife of bass 'preamps' in a pretty small box complete with DI. Bass Driver DI. Geddit? My main use these days is on unknown soundcrews: ''Here's your DI''. ''Mind if I take it from here pointing BDDI ?". ''Sure''. Someone advised the OP a BDDI can be EQ'd flat with the old trim lows and highs. That's incorrect. There remains a lacking in the upper mids, which doesn't work for me. I didn't say a BDDI is unusable or a crappy design or anything like that. We're not here sorting me out.

You are almost definitely going to need something in the way of a proper gigging rig when you get into a band. It's a rare rock band that operates on a 50w bass amp. Certainly many folks are transitioning to IEM based stages but I doubt that applies to you.

It's used all over the place depending on what I am doing. Every which way the midscoop gets dialed out. Dunno where you got this idea.

Meh.

What is heavy metal anyway?

Evidence???

It's a rule of thumb that the Faitals put out low end equivalent to regular old 10'' bass speakers. So if a 210 would do the job you are good with one cab so long as the amp is powerful enough.

I question the need for the extra cab. Is there PA support? Best to dial it back a bit and let the PA be loud and proud without interference from the stage rig getting into drum mics. If no PA support, best to stay under the vocals and not drown out the drums etc. No third cab required.

Yeah I own both BDDI and Deluxe, I recommend them often. Great stuff at reasonable prices. Live customer service on the internet. Great for avoiding soundguy conniptions. Still my BDDI needs help on account of less mids coming out than went in. That's not an obsession with flat. The OP asked. So it's not appropriate to put me down and suggest turning it off.

Dunno but if you cruise Nz's TradeMe basses for sale expired auctions I am sure I saw one just like it not so long ago.

Never seen a V2. I disagree that noon is anywhere near flat.

Notice the lack of top horn. This makes the instrument a neck heavy neck diving bastard when hanging on a strap. Major pain in the donkey for some. For sure it would drive me bonkers having to hold the neck up to play.

Man, it's lopsided already on a 4 banger so why not accept a little more as par for the course and worry about which shoes match your shirt and bass best instead?

What does the gearing do?

I wouldn't write off his jazz chops unless I heard him try. To my ear he's very jazzy for a rock band!