skidder652003

For me gigging is the whole reason I play bass. If I gave up gigging I’d drop the bass like a hot potato and play guitar!

1 minute ago, DaytonaRik said:

I have no idea where to start...I own the band Pa/lighting so all that comes with me!!! 

1. Subs (if needed)
2. Tops
3. Stand bags
4. Mic stand bag
5. Audio cable trunk - everything fro, 1ft lot 60ft XLRs, various length 1/4" instrument cables, speaking cables
6. Power cable trunk - extension cables, 6 way sockets, 13 amp power cables
7. Stage boxes
8. Mixer rack - self contained for IEMs, wireless mics, X32 Rack and RJ45 network cables for stage boxes
9. Spare Mixer (XR18)
10. Wedges/drummers IEM pack
11. Mic case
12. LED par cans
13. LED Mini Spot case
14. iPads
15. 2 x basses
16.  DI Pedal
17. Spare Ashdown mini head
18. Wireless rack

Think that's about it!  Yes, I have a van!

yes i have all that as well as I carry the PA, but for personal use very little as I don't (like you i imagine) have the luxury of time to play with all the toys.

for me personally and not including the PA

1 bass

1 combo amp

pedal board including DI, tuner, comp and phaser

set of spare strings (again never broken one)

2 hours ago, Jakester said:

Ooh, I've noticed one of these for sale near me. Looks like a great live mixer. 

 

How are the mic pre's and the onboard effects?

Very good, loud and accurate to what’s played back, neutral.

Don’t have an opinion on the effects as we haven’t used them yet 

We got this last week. Recorded our gig on Saturday.

We used up 14 of the channels, all recorded as separate stems onto an SD card onboard the desk

A 2 hour gig took up about 8Gb of space.

I loaded all the stems onto Reaper, dead easy.

This is without any plugins. The only changes I made was to turn down the bass and up the guitar so it's not perfect but I'm pleased with just how easy this was to do.

The preamps are really loud

worth £800 easy.

Our lot down the Ostler Inn, Uffculme in deepest darkest Someset last Saturday.

Recorded direct onto our new Zoom L20, no tweaking. 14 lurverly seperate stems straight onto an SD Card

I'd look into RCF at that price point.

f*ekin' awful!

God,  Percy had such an amazing voice back in the day.

Streaming/CD's/MP3's - quick cup of Tetley's

Vinyl - Japanese Tea Ceremony!

Turntable is the correct term I believe. 😄

I go to Discogs to buy used vinyl. Much cheaper.

New stuff is silly money but I suppose it costs a packet to make compared to a download or a CD.

There's something about getting up and going through all your collection before choosing it and putting it on, sitting down with a glass of vino and a mate and listening.

16 hours ago, JapanAxe said:

I like my bass to be heard and to have its place in the mix, but I never think of this as ‘cutting through’. ‘Cutting’ implies treble frequencies, which may of course be present in my bass sound but aren’t what it’s really about.

Not to me. It just means being heard as well as felt. For me its usually a case of adjusting the low mids. I actually have my higher frequencies right down and utilise the mids section of the EQ to "cut through". The guitarist hogs a lot of low end, especially on his Les Paul and a lot of the mid/highs on his strat. The drummer gets his lows with his kick and toms and his highs with snare and rides. I get squeezed in the mids so that's where I find my space. I make it sound basic but there's a lot of wriggle room in there. The acoustics of each venue make a huge difference to where those boundaries are.

PM me, I can probably help and you can even use that steve smith Jazz you sold me.

Yeah, I'd hate it if Geddy's bass lines cut through and I had to hear them. 

Seriously though , I have to disagree. I love it when the bass cuts through, not overpowering but clearly audible. So many sweet lines to inspire.

Geezer Butler looked most put out..

wow, a helluva story. That sounded a huge b@llache,  a great lesson for all of us, thanks.

who's on bass? Sounds like slapping in '75, obviously not from the UK.

Trouser flapper 70's nirvana!

37 minutes ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:

What?!

yeah really????

12 minutes ago, Jakester said:

 

Well, no. I hire the venue for a fixed fee, they supply facilities, PA, a bar and staff it (and keep any drinks) and we keep any proceeds from the door and hopefully make enough to cover hire costs and pay something to the house band . At least, that is the model currently under discussion. 

ah ok sorry, not like my jam night down the dog n duck!

Organising a Jam Night?

So any money changing hands?

The venue makes money by dint of musicians giving their services free of charge and then expects you to pay their PRS liabilty?

Nice.......

she's soooooooooooo high!

1 hour ago, Cosmo Valdemar said:

What does tilt do?

This apparently

Tilt is a dynamic, powerful SEE SAW EQ control. This control has a central neutral position. Turning the control clockwise increases the overall mid to high frequencies and decreases the lows thereby giving your sound more presence, which can be useful for cutting through live band situations. Turning the control anti clockwise reduces the overall mid to high frequencies and increases the lows making your overall sound rounder.

I turned it a little more to the mid lows, just a smidge, gave me a nicer smoother low end, not too much though.

Just got back, sounded F@ckin' brilliant, The Mosfet input is especially nice and The Tube breaks up lovely. That tilt function is very useful.

Very happy and  it's silent when not in use as well.

I use a digitec JamMan stereo looper pedal to trigger backing tracks (just a few keyboards and organs in certain keys). It has a SD card slot and I recorded some stuff onto that. Playing bass and changing loops mid song is always..erhm interesting.

15 minutes ago, Thunderbird said:

150ish if you shop around 

£125 at GAK

https://www.gak.co.uk/en/laney-db-pre-digbeth-bass-preamp-pedal