Jack

Spectors have a lot of their own personality, not surprised it sounded right despite the (slightly) different amp.

Don't blame us, we don't have a lot going on in our lives outside of Basschat. Pleased it went well.

I have a big, unwieldy, noisy, hits-off-your-knees-when-you-carry-it, 45cm fan. It works but I sort of hate it. I once worked with a drummer who had a tiny plastic one but he could put it right behind the stool and pointing up his shirt. I called it a fan bidet, but in fairness he was the coolest on sweaty gigs.

Pleased I could help. If I had a pound for every time I plugged the feed to the pa into the expression pedal socket on the hx stomp, or for every time I had to move the singer's wiring between sub and top from 'full range' to 'high pass' then I could have afforded dummy plugs sooner.

Annoying that all pa and effects gear has the IO on the back, but not bass amps.

Thanks for that, I now know what I'm calling my autobiography: A Semitone Louder Use dummy plugs in seldom-used sockets. Saved me more times than I'll ever know.

Bought a Stomp as a backup, then realised I only ever used the Stomp as it was enough so I sold the full fat Helix, then realised the Stomp wasn't enough so swapped the Stomp for a Quad Cortex. As ever much time and money was spent for little, if any, gain.

At one point I had two matching 4u Gator racks. One had my bass rig in (a wireless and Helix). I needed this rack for every gig we played. The other housed my mixer and bluetooth music player. I only needed this rack when we were providing our own sound. Guess who showed up to a festival an hour away from my house with the one, wrong rack? I've long since moved on from the Helix but the mixer rack is still in use and still has several large '2' stickers on it just so I can tell it apart from the long gone '1' rack with the Helix in. Hey, at least I learned my lesson to label things clearly.

Oooooh I like this game. The good: Sansamp. I wanted a more old school sound and the internet peer pressured me into buying a sansamp. I went for the paradriver, fearing the mid scoop of the bddi, and I absolutely love it. It's the only thing I've profiled on my QC. Countryman Type 85. In the early days TB told me I'd need a di box. They also told me that the countryman was the best. They were kind of right. It's been 20 years and it's the longest serving piece of gear I own. The bad: B string. Fives have extended range, they're more versatile, everything you can do on a four you can do on a five. Humbug. My first Stingray, a realisation of my dream bass, my crowning achievement as a bassist, custom made for me by ebmm, all wasted by ticking the five string box on the form. If that bass had been a four I'd still have it for sure. Quad cortex. I like modellers, that's the best modeller. Right? Still not convinced it's as good as my helix was.

Don't you guys know that "each of the worm-holes in fact acted as a sort of resonating chamber resulting in a lightweight instrument laced with unparalleled acoustic properties and overtones"? Luddites.

Yeah but pity the poor sod who paid £5k yesterday. Or those PRS with the casual £2500 off, that probably stings if you got one last week.

I just got an advert for a sale at Andertons in my browser's discover section. There's not too much bass stuff there but in fairness what there is does look pretty reduced. If you happen to be shipping for mostly Warwick and Sire you'd be paying used prices for new gear. Not for me, just passing it along.

You guys think you have it bad? My dad's a ... lead guitarist. Dun dun dunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn. Nice guy though. Shared the stage with him before.

Done plenty of gigs with 3x guitar wireless and 3x wireless IEMs. No problems as long as you plan properly.

I get that it's awkward and slow but is it actually unhealthy?

I am significantly smaller than that but I don't think I want a fretless that small with how terrible my intonation is even on a full scale. At what point does it just become a violin?

I bought a Hohner Jack that had been badly converted to passive. I put the Artec in and loved it.

Can you post a photo of your setup? What do you mean when you say you cant hear the pedals? As in you can't hear a different whether they're turned on or off?

I think this is an underrated opinion. A lot of people go "ooooh I like that bass, I'll just put my strings on it, get it set up to my usual action, put the EMGs that I like in it... etc etc". Just stick with what you've got then. I'm kicking myself for changing my SB2 to VVT. No tone control is part of what makes that bass unique, even if it is a weird quirk.

Sometimes it's just easier to go with the flow. I've definitely plugged a 1/4" patch cable between my Sansamp and a Behringer DI box before. Leaving a perfectly good (probably better) xlr on the Sansamp unused. I'll pick my battles.

I had this exact thing at a scooter rally a few weeks ago. Klark Teknik on the frontline with a long cable plugged in. I just plugged it in after my board and thankfully there were no problems but I did wonder what would happen if it came to a disagreement. It can't go before my board as I'm wireless and said wireless is my tuner. It's not going between the wireless and the modeller as I use the pitch shifter. Even if I didn't I am NOT rewiring a board on stage with 5 minutes until the first song. So it's after, that's the only choice.

The TC Electronic BG series of combos are everywhere for super cheap. Any one would suit you and the tone print means you get to try out effects for free.

Oh, the sound for the tour on IEMs sucked? Oh, the sound for the loud stage volume band sucked? Goes to show that the methodology isn't the problem.

I know we've drifted a little off topic but it seems as though the soundguy in @YellowLedBetterBass's post is actually up for pretty much any other preamp? They have even offered a house Sansamp if a bassist doesn't have one of their own. Being told "any preamp you like, or I've got one here if you want" is probably more than most us get at most gigs? Can't say I understand the hatred. Although some of you are relating some other horror stories. I guess I do understand the general hatred!

What are the low profile xlr connectors?