Jack
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It really wouldn't surprise me, the power of of the mind to affect things that it shouldn't is super, super strong. Not like in a woo-woo, you only use 10% of your brain type thing, just in terms of expectation, bias and placebo.
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Cheers man. That showreel was only February but it's already a bit cringe. You can tell we're trying really hard to remember the songs and not really enjoying ourselves. The mistakes, the fretboard looking, the song choice, my hair! It got us a year of gigs so it served us well, and there'll be a better one soon. I'm a LOT more proud of my video editing skills than I am my bass playing skills, that's for sure.
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Thanks! I actually am running in stereo, I was just abbreviating as I was on my tablet and it's a pain to type. The stereo bus on my mixer is running through a (virtual) stereo eq to balance out the volume and tone difference between my ears (about 10dB down across the whole range and about 15dB down below 250Hz in my right ear). I'm just worried that if I have the volume "correct" in my good ear, then it's secretly 10-15dB louder than it seems in my bad ear. However, I am trying to run the whole thing really quietly anyway, so hopefully it won't be too bad. 18 years and I'm still a medical marvel. No one seems to know why I'm deaf. -
Oh good. I was wondering if I'd somehow been playing bass for over 20 years and not noticed people doing this on the regular.
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Is this common? Or is it as unusual as I think?
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My beloved G&L SB2 Tribute in suitably pop punk seafoam green into a Shure glxd and a hx stomp. It looks and sounds like this.
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Indeed. Last weekend was my unofficial first gig with the iems, I'd kept the box and all the little plastic screen protectors, just in case. Over the week though I decided I was committed and got everything sorted. I hate fiddly setup stuff so I put the iem transmitter in a rack with a power strip and a 10m xlr loom. Half the connections to plug in and out, better protection, more power sockets on stage and a nifty light. Had my first gig with it on Saturday. I'm a little worried about the volume though, with my deafness in one ear I've got the stereo balanced panned to my deaf side, and I'm concerned that I'm hitting my deafer ear with too much volume. More experiments to follow, although I'm loving the clarity and the freedom to move more on stage. Sorry for the bad in situ photo, the drummer's ego light blew out the shot.
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Pop Punk Prty's 4th ever gig. A nice, small affair in Ushaw Moor. Don't know how backline bands would squeeze on the stage but hey. First gig we've done that I'm happy with without qualifiers. No "it was OK but..." or "well, for our second gig..." we just nailed it.
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Ashdown, Stoneham and Handbox all do small tube amps. Barefaced 10" cabs are voiced very old school. Some if the suggestions above aren't in the same tonal ballpark as your current rig. Sorry @BassAdder60 the Eich you mention is fantastic, I would prefer it to the Fender Bassman all day, but if you want something close to the Fender it's miles out. Is it really getting you close to your V4B?
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Well also valve amps tend to run the same power into any load. They don't change with the load like solid state amps.
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Question about amp heads without headphone input.
Jack replied to soulstar89's topic in Amps and Cabs
If you want the sound of the amp in your headphones then you can use the effects send or the preamp out on the head into any headphone amp. I bet thomann do a very usable one cheap. -
See? The markets not slow, the prices are high. Guarantee that if I put a Wal up for £20 it'd be gone in minutes.
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Do you think maybe the ridiculous prices that people are asking and the fact that the market is slow might be linked? 😁
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2016 I sold a black and maple, 2 band, single humbucker (so about as wide appeal as they get) for £750.
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Decisions re. new PA for 4 piece band. 10 / 12 / 15 tops +/- Sub
Jack replied to warwickhunt's topic in PA set up and use
I'm in for a pa meet up. Xr18, qsc tops, a full alto system and a full rcf system here, not that I could bring all of it at once. -
The Euro is (it wasn't but I replaced the preamp), the Pulse isn't. Unless there's tape or some other shielding in behind the plastic in the cavity? Neither have issues with my Shure wireless that I gig with.
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I'm trying IEMs for the first time this weekend, but once you've done wireless bass you never go back. Seriously, I don't think I've played a gig with a cable in 15 years. Even at home I have a set of the Amoon bugs.
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That's reassuring. Thanks. Yes, I'm painfully aware of the price of the Sennheiser. Y'all are enablers.
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Well that's an interesting comment because don't you use the MIPRO MI58 for your IEMS? The Mipro and the G4 were my top two contenders.
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This is part of it. I've never had a problem with volume from active basses, it's the noise from the switching system. My Stingray (with a John East preamp) is just fine but both my Spectors present a constant whining sound through the bugs. A 30cm 1/4" extender cable sorts it out.
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I can't believe I only sold my QSC PLX1602 for £250. There's no need to buy a cheap amp new when you can get that kind of pro-grade amp for that kind of money.
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After doing all the research and telling myself I can justify the cost I have bought a pair of Shure SE215s and a Sennheiser EW G4 in the free band. However, before I unbox it all for the gig this weekend I'm having second thoughts about the fact that maybe I should have gone digital instead? People seem vehemently entrenched online, what's the thoughts here? I guess it's compander vs latency really? I chose analogue for two reasons. Firstly, there's already some 8ms+ cumulative latency in my signal path. Shure wireless (4ms) HX Stomp (2ms) and Behringer XR18 (2ms). I think that the extra 2-3ms or more might take me over into it being noticeable? Also, why can't we invent a standard digital interconnect? EVERY SINGLE THING in my bass signal chain, even up to the speakers, does it's own discreet ADDA. I don't have anything analogue after it leaves the pickups. The other reason was the fact that our digital space is pretty full. I've got the router, a tablet. up to 3 phones, my shure wireless, a line 6 guitar wireless, a cheap Amazon bug-style wireless, and 2 xvive IEM wirelesses all spread out over 2.4 and 5.8. The extra just seemed like I'm asking for trouble. Those who have the Senn G4 (and I've seen you in this thread!) are you happy with it still? Would you go digital if you were buying today? How does it sound at gig volume? (Whatever that means for an IEM). It sounds ok at home... Gahhhhhh, this is hard. So much easier thanks to this thread though.
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I've always wondered about people who do that. Do the straps not get all 'in the way' in the cases? Do you use leather or nylon?
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Oh right. I took it as a reference to the lead guitarist I mentioned. No idea who the dancer was, but he's at his mate's wedding so I hope he had fun.
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Thank the catholic god I've not once cared about what the pope thinks.
