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Starting out with a PA - Am I on the right track.
Downunderwonder replied to Stub Mandrel's topic in Amps and Cabs
By that I meant a pure and equal response zone. Aka power alley. Either side gets lumpy low bass response, ie uneven notes. A low E may be gutless for one punter and his mate a couple of feet away gets a gutless F. Probably best to side by side them in front of the stage for best effect. The bar staff will appreciate a bit less boom at work even if most of the punters don't notice anything they can put a finger to, aside from the visuals being new. You will be able to run the subs half as hot for the same oomph in the middle. That adds up to a more peaceful venue that drinks more while still giving the dance crowd their jollies. -
Starting out with a PA - Am I on the right track.
Downunderwonder replied to Stub Mandrel's topic in Amps and Cabs
A big central bass zone and either side your low notes have the bottom drop out where 1/2 wave cancellation of the sub primary waves intersect out of phase. To an extent this is less noticeable indoors with the wall reflections adding in. Putting both subs to one wall gives you control over muddy boom with a little tweak to the EQ. Ok the bass is stronger on one side but it's a nice even dropoff to the other side. Punters with a preference will gravitate one way or the other. -
Find an open jam/mic/band night. There's all kinds of formats. Sometimes there's a house band that gives up spots to whoever can play or sing. Sometimes there's only a host and it's expected singers will bring their own band or play their own accompaniment. If you take a small rig and join the host for a few you can get some attention.
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Sink or swim 2 - more advice please!
Downunderwonder replied to Manwithvan's topic in General Discussion
Thanks for the update. Keep us posted. -
You can but the string spacing is tight. Also uke fingerboard markers are weirdo so you have to either relearn or cover them and make guitar ones. Intonation may be quite poor at the dusty end.
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Is either in you or not. To develop it may or may not be within you. The only way to find out is to jump in and see what happens. You may succeed immediately or adjust to needing to do it, or fail miserably as many do. I encourage you to have a crack at it. On a Ubass there is a lot less to go wrong compared to full scale. My upbringing was on violin so it was a natural thing for me. Sometimes I hear that the frets aren't quite right on fretted bass guitar. I also hear myself playing poorly intonated notes when sight reading or when I haven't done enough practice. Best to keep playing in time eh! Nobody has ever pulled me up on it so either they all too polite or aren't bothered or more simply happy that there is bass driving the bus.
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Woooo, office hours in nursing has to be the best bit.
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Then Peavey, who phaffed around a bit failing, put it on the backburner, and then directed some serious R&D at it to reestablish the brand.
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Micro-amps - which has the quietest fan?
Downunderwonder replied to Bass Culture's topic in Amps and Cabs
A year or so ago we had a thread about someone wanting to combify their cab by adding a small class D amp inside with only the front ventless panel on the outside. I was surprised to learn that the lack of any ventilation would not bother the amp as surface conduction of the cabinet would cool the airspace plenty to avoid thermal runaway, barely warming the inside as it turned out. So next room isolation would not be necessary, just put it in a cardboard box to muffle the fan noise. -
Micro-amps - which has the quietest fan?
Downunderwonder replied to Bass Culture's topic in Amps and Cabs
In the case of home practice you are actually too loud already. Stay quiet enough that the fan doesn't come on! -
When push comes to shove that's all your headroom used up in keeping up. The difference between having some headroom and no headroom is more significant than the 3dB that is not there with half the watts. 210 cab shouldn't be much difference in ultimate loudness because 1000w up it is not going to get used. The wrong lightshow is more reliable as an indicator something is amiss.
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Sink or swim 2 - more advice please!
Downunderwonder replied to Manwithvan's topic in General Discussion
The traditional additional inducement to play on a big stage in front of a big crowd is a wad of cash. Maybe your bandmates are right and you are too niche for the main stage? Nobody wants to cause exodus. You seem to think you can hold a crowd. You will have to convince them that is the case. -
B as in bow or B string? He does a 5 string.
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Bit of major overkill. It must have been hardly even idling. Unsafe for anyone's hearing if it had been cranked up fo' shua.
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Confused as where to go after my combo
Downunderwonder replied to Minininjarob's topic in Amps and Cabs
Can you retrace your steps to figure what loose connection got fixed by your poking around? It's very unusual for a non working amp to come back from the dead, aside from the odd tube reseating and fx loop bypasses which don't apply here. -
If I was up for 1M to join a top tier touring band maybe I already made a few quid playing in other projects? As I haven't, that 1M would be going in the bank and I'd still be staying in motels etc. But I would buy some nice shirts to wear on stage. I'd say the 1M was for woodshedding all the back catalogue and making himself available. It doesn't go far once you start spending it like you're a rockstar, so I wonder what his rake for the rest of the work is worth.
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The fact that cleaning was done with no complaint made gives the store no incentive to up their game, ie acceptable to ship grime. Get a grip your good self.
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By not packing it up and returning it you contributed de facto to making it acceptable.
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Yep. That'll do it.
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Also stows in bass case or gig bag.
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Keep internal dimensions. One good face will be fine so long as there are no defects that buzz under the influence of bass.
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Not familiar with your definition. Over here it would be treated with an anti fungal but not necessarily of the kind of knot free structure you want for cabs.
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Gig report please.
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I spy a potential rattle there, unless your adhesive is the expanding kind, that gap at the front of the top brace may struggle to set solid.