Downunderwonder

The single side handle is there so you can carry it like a suitcase?

Stick them on Ebay 25 quid a pair and they will fly away.

Just add DI onboard and off to the races.

Still some so called sound person will insist on using their DI in front. Tell them to listen to the DI. Stand there until they do. If it's as quiet as you say there will be no further angst.

Sam is gonna be busy. Add the "Trace Elliot" to the print and do a run. Could be a nice little earner for years to come.

Ime the same sound jockeys that are insistent on a bass direct are the ones that goose the lows and decimate everything but a bit of clank. So I make a point of having them listen to the sound on stage before having them listen to my post EQ signal. My sound is very tight, staying out of the way of the kick drum.

We don't want that thundering either. It's even odds on the drummer getting up and removing the mic and just kicking the hell out of it when needed.

One way to find where best to put your sub is a very simple experiment.

Put it where you want the biggest bass ie the middle of the dancefloor. Play a bass heavy track and go around the room to find the best booming position of the available wall spots to put the sub for the show.

Put the sub there and it will thump back where you want it.

19 hours ago, Bluewine said:

 

Just to name a few, I have a cool, Gibson Gold Top Bass, a 1991 Gibson Thunderbird,and  two 2005 MIJ Fender P 1951 reissues. 

 

The only bass I gig is my 1993 made in America G&L ASAT bass (active pre amp). It's really the ultra narrow neck (maple with tons of Birdseye). The active pre amp is really nice. Maybe the big coil pick ups. The slab Tele body style.

 

Daryl

Your blonde tele must be feeling very left out.

Given the state of it I would fill it with a piece of black card and call it good until caving and doing a refinish.

5 hours ago, ossyrocks said:

The Countryman looks a cracking bit of kit, but I can only find one place to buy it, and it's £336 plus shipping. I like nice kit, and I don't mind paying for it, but this seems like a rather luxurious purchase which will get limited use.

https://ambersound.co.uk/collections/countryman/products/cou-dt85

 

£280 plus shipping is still getting on for double the NZ price.

Ask your tech about fitting the bits and bobs to put a balanced DI on you amp.

5 hours ago, ossyrocks said:

 

I do like simple and easy, and these look good. Thank you for your generous offer, but at these prices I might just get one for the gig bag anyway.

 

https://www.showbitz.co.uk/product/orchid-electronics-classic-di-box/

 

 

I don't think a 20dB pad is nearly enough for putting on the speaker feed.

5 hours ago, ossyrocks said:

The Countryman looks a cracking bit of kit, but I can only find one place to buy it, and it's £336 plus shipping. I like nice kit, and I don't mind paying for it, but this seems like a rather luxurious purchase which will get limited use.

https://ambersound.co.uk/collections/countryman/products/cou-dt85

 

They are massively gouging on the price. 325 NZD with free shipping here.

Easy for most desks to roll off the highs. Your SC is more flat response than most cabs.

Your other option is to mic the cab. Expect a lot of pushback from sound yobbos that never did it before and expect doom. You can avert most of it by being hyper organised with your mic and stand so you are ready to go from your mic to their DI XLR in or just the lead, before they go messing with your lead to amp.

Eh? The 85 has two inputs. One for speaker signal and the other is your usual DI instrument.

On 05/03/2024 at 20:11, Salt on your Bass? said:

...it's the same saying...just abridged.  Means exactly the same ✌️

Mangled more like.

"The proof of the pudding..." is abridged.

Countryman 85 DI.

So long as your amp isn't noisy your amp signal will go through to the desk with no drama.

Best to have a flat respsonse full range cabinet.

10 hours ago, gjones said:

I've played some rough places that sound a bit like that venue. The good thing is that the locals tended to beat the shit out of one another rather than the band.

How do they go on tonsil tongue massages?

My eyes always prefer a good contrast to a close match.

The OP teal and slightly different teal gets away with it.

1 hour ago, Chienmortbb said:

My band has bass guitar, two guitars, vocals and  an acoustic drum kit. The drummer is not a loud player, do you think a single sub would work in that scenario?

Work out in what way?

Pub, don't need it, kickdrum just needs kicking.

Small club, mic up the kick, happy days.

Big club, have to be a double 18 single sub and everything else mic'd, or a low key night.

Sounds like it glitches out with a limiter from time to time. Otherwise fine if it's what you want.

100 dollars per ding.

12 hours ago, uk_lefty said:

A wedding gig years back in a previous band... 

Looks like a proper oldfangled station wagon Honda? No jappas like that here these days, it's all 'SUV' bollox.

3 hours ago, Edenburgh said:

Hence me trundling my own gear in

Why such a big cab for monitor? You could get a BF Super Compact and backpack it in with a pedal board, a bass in each hand.

5 hours ago, TimR said:

Never considered ot before but some of the strap and bass combinations are great.

 

Might have to find myself a nice light brown leather one. 

Aye, this is a very gassy thread.

2 hours ago, dclaassen said:

It was actually.a gig…

Well, it wouldn't be legal to leave it in the car. 

What's with the cab that can wobble most venues on their foundations? I'd be travelling lighter and using a collapsing hand cart.