Jack

G'day. My wireless unit has a fault that's slowly getting a little worse. The footswitch that controls the mute is not engaging more often than it works properly. Just needs a couple of goes to get it working right. I'm loathe to return this (although it is under warranty) as I'll end up in the 'fair wear and tear' debate despite the fact that it's been lockdown and my 14-months of ownership equates to about 7 stomps on the switch. It's a soft-touch switch if that helps. Is there anything I can try here such as contact cleaner or anything? If not, suggestions for pedal repair, ideally in the North East? Thanks all, Jack

Sansamp, oc2, big muff, deep impact? The first three seem kind of obvious given your criteria, had to think a bit about what to put last.

If it was actually a fight then the G&L would win hands down as it's so aggressive. You want the Yamaha.

The fact that 350+175=/=700. Having said that, I hadn't realised we were talking about 2.67R here rather than 2R so fair enough, it is probably about right. My bad!

Roland bass cube Ashdown MAG Can you do more like £120-£150? TC Electronic can be had second hand and that combo series are great.

Not strictly the best math I've seen today 😆

You are of course correct, vinyl is still going but it's not exactly stealing subscriptions from Spotify is it? 95% digital? 😃

Main menu, footswitch, fs3 assign.

I had one which was a Zoom ms60b into a Behringer bdi. That must be hard to beat for sound:money ratio. Currently my only board is wireless to HX stomp, that fits on a nano. I quite fancy wireless, tuner, noble. Must do that some day before the world goes 100% digital.

Still loving my Phil Jones Bass ones.

The only reason I don't have Roqsolid cases for my current speakers is that they came with their own cases. Roqsolid is the way forward for the cab. Head in a backpack maybe? Used to keep mine in the laptop compartment of a Jeep backpack.

In fairness though none of those things are likely to cause very low and very noticeable feedback on the lead vocal. Swapping amps (they're bleeding into other mics on stage) or swapping microphones (which interact with stage monitors in different ways) might. I'd posit that in 95%+ of situations the lead vocal is by far the most important source on stage.

I'm sure they'll be very aware of covid concerns and you won't be the only request like this on a shared gig. Go for the foam.

Hi all, I was only looking through eBay when I came across an interesting looking auction for a telephone mic. Now I have no interest in said microphone but I did check their site and they have a few others. I've been half looking for a sdc and they have one for £39. I'm tempted to check it out, but thought I'd ask first. The company appear to be really new and based in Manchester. They have a few oddballs as well as an ldc and an sm57ish one. Are they really unique designs or rebranded off the shelf? Anyone owned one?

I know this post was months ago and you're probably sorted but for anyone in the future: Most 2.1 to 2.5mm adapters also invert the polarity, so now the power is centre positive. That's why you see a lot of people then suggesting the inverting adapter, to get it the 'right' way again. I asked obbm really nicely and he made me a suitable cable that did everything without the need for a chain of adapters. My Cioks DC7 powers the helix using two outputs.

Yeah it's all about big heavy combos at that price I'm afraid! Ashdown MAG 410 being my choice but plenty more just as good. I guess it depends what a 'gig' is though. Most people, myself included, picture shed-building drummers and mostly-deaf guitarists. What's your band? Do you have a decent pa?

As a happier version of me said above, what you're missing is the editing stage. There's many ways to skin this cat but the 'proper' way is to use as little of the mixer as possible. It's literally just for passing a roughly-the-right-volume version of your recording into Garageband and then you take it from there. The effects in software will be of immeasurably higher quality than the ones in the mixer anyway. You'll be able to save your track as a project in Garageband so you can remix or edit weeks or years after the recording is done.

I had 2 FR800s with my Helix and they were astounding. That is a full band PA you have there, not a bass rig.

My guitarist liked my paradriver so much he bought a bdi and that's what he records with. You'd be amazed how good they can sound.

There's a markbass head and 3x10 cab in the classifieds. That.

Is the solution not just a simple 2u airhead? A used pro pa amp would be peanuts on ebay (I sold my PLX1602 for £160) and that would run rings around the plate amps being discussed here. The execution wouldn't be as neat though, heavier too...

The qsc tote bags are brilliant but not live-in, I'd get a case like the above if I had to put mine in the floor all the time but I don't. I still have the short pa stand I used to use with my Barefaced rig, they can go on there.

..... I can NOT type on a tablet.