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The Abbey regularly run music events, usually of a classical bent but also pop, poetry, bugles of The Rifles, etc. etc.. Our drummer (who lives near Shrewsbury) negotiated and persuaded the Abbey to try our Blues show. The business manager who is into music had seen us in another Shrewsbury venue so knew what they were getting. The money side was a complex arrangement of costs, equal shares and then door split, about 290 tickets sold, we organised the online tickets. The sound was challenging. Usually we are playing to about 100+ audiences, pa takes vocals only, we play to the volume of the sax and trumpet, i.e. deliberately lowish volume. The PA was at its limit in the Abbey, they also took feeds off vocals, guitar and the horns which went into small satellite speakers throughout the building. The delays due to the speaker separation and the reverb from the roof and altar behind us were very noticeable. Really tight stops in numbers ended up being `blurred`. If we did it again, we would hire in a sound engineer who knows the venue and has the kit to manage delays. We chose no to at the time since the whole venture was a bit of a financial unknown. The Abbey were more than happy with the number of tickets sold, significantly more than the target. We now have the (nice) problem of choosing RCF 945s or 932s since the `war chest` has been topped up. On a personal note, it was the largest audience I have played to since 1982. I only dropped two noticeable clangers and played my way out of them. In another number some solid bass playing dug our irons out of the fire. Live music, stuff happens or doesn't . A good night at the office.

Sunday at Shrewsbury Abbey. Getting something approaching a good sound was a challenge, a negative reverb feature would have helped considerably. Apart from my cables, the kit is all BC supplies (SG bass, Ashdown EVO combo), no effects just as it is. Hands got cold in the first set despite the heating (hmm) being on, being gentlemen of age we all found the temperature challenging. Aptly started with "Burning Hell" and ended with "John the Revelator" into "Let the good times roll". Pretty well filled the Abbey so a good result. Playing pic to follow.

Bought an acoustic bass case from Joel, what a gent. Excellent communication and he went that extra mile after our schedules made us like 'ships in the night'. Top BC chap.

Did the same at home for my 'low rent' Peavey speakers (large room, no neighbours for 300m). Never did it for the venue as above, getting the quiet time needed at the venue seemed to be asking too much. Despite that, with the rough and ready home DSP equalisation they worked remarkably well for pub and small venue jobs.

When I owned a db many people were impressed by the volume and projection of my hybrid (solid top, laminate back, sides,1950s Czech). Outclassed imo by a laminated bass that was in the school music room where I taught. There seems to be such variability with most instruments it is a matter of finding what works for you and your situation.

Just bough some 'junk' from @lemmywinks. The 'junk' included straplocks and several really useful P and J pickups, plus a pre-amp. What a great deal! Excellent communication and speedy dispatch. Another credit to BC. Many thanks.

You may find that the intonation makes string through impractical, the strings shown are medium scale TI flats. Short scale Labella's are too short even using top loading- they went onto another bass. The strange string angles are an artefact of the close camera shot.

You want tone and sustain, our Supreme High Impact Technology refector will give you that brown note. The high focus multi-modal beam reflector plate (TM, PAF) removes the need and expense of a high mass bridge when you want a tone mirror plate. Through the use of AI designed sound wave guides the HFBRP concentrates and beam aligns the sound waves into an optimised diffraction pattern that maximises the energy incidence at the bbot antinodes, maximising the in phase resonances. The high tech reflectance results in much greater transmission efficiency compared to regular tone mirror plates, it is the Total Bass Sustain system. Optimal operation may require an 18V supply on your Ebow or using the recyclable graduated multi-layer paper damping system.

You may have just solved my rsimilar rapid battery drain issue. Bass has decided to consume batteries after I replaced the barrel jack. I should have checked the connections with a multimeter before soldering up. Stupidity of the first order on my part given my background.

^ This, even when my G&l suffered a truss rod related fingerboard breakage the price of repair vs get a new neck made was marginal. Jon Shuker did an absolutely first rate job at a very fair price. Would it be worthwhile in your case?

Good result for you I had mixed results with WS-70 . It strongly compressed and cut the top end 'punch' of my SG bass (which is used in my most gigging band). Guitar player found it way better than his previous wireless unit. He is now the happy owner. As with much kit, try before you buy if you can, If it works with your setup it is a great solution to channel issues.

Losing concentration is a b*****d, it happens to me when I get tired with the resultant mistakes. Thinking about what I am playing or what happens next can also often lead to errors. @Beedster and @Geek99 have the way forward, play the parts so often that you have automaticity, stop thinking and just let it happen. For some numbers I still have crib sheets to remind me of significant moments e.g.2V C, stops. My most entertaining source of error is listening to our guitarist. He is on fire, playing several stonking solos of one of my favourite numbers and my bass is effortlessly playing itself. The result is I become so absorbed in the music I forget we have reached the end. Cue guitarist for another 24 bars

Is the felt leaking? even if it looks good there may be small cracks and permeability. I have always put corrugated metal on top of my wooden shed roofs (with or without felt underneath). Roof ventilation would help - between the top surface and the insulation. The deluxe method might be to build the roof to the same design as a house roof - vapour barrier, insulation etc. In my previous abode I was in the fortunate to build a large workshop/studio to well insulated house standards, it rarely needed heating, even in winter and no condensation. It did get over warm with large glass windows in the summer.

+1 to @ezbass and @LukeFRC a preamp that you are familiar with will help you rapidly get a usable tone with unfamiliar kit (unless you a very unlucky). I use a VT bass Deluxe as my go to DI tool, the Laney Digbeth pre looks really useful with the tilt control. Disclaimer, I have not tried one so far.

Plan M (Plans A, B, C.... used so far), Try a used set of TI flats (when they appear on BC) and turn the tone control up. As per @chris_b the TI flats on my SB-1 are about 10 years old, on my SG bass about 8 years old. Neither bass lacks bite or gets wooly. Stating the obvious, with festival type gigs, what you hear on stage and what the audience hear are probably two different things. I played two (small) outdoor festival gigs this year. In both, the onstage sound could be identified as a bass and I could hear the notes I was playing, nothing more than that though. In both I was later complemented by audience members (and other bass players) on the bass tone. Thank you sound engineers

Yes, playing whilst dead could be a challenge. No idea of the effect of the Beta blocker on my bass playing but it certainly affects my cycling. Takes me about 5 miles to get warmed up, hill climbs are done 'running on empty' even at the start of a ride.

This seems an excellent way forward. Easily DIY and no alignment problems unlike the old inserts and epoxy. In the unlikely event of this repair going wrong (e.g. stripped screw holes) it is repairable again. Having done this sort of repair I would cut and finish the dowels to the exact size before gluing and fit them flush.

Most likely. Alignment needs some thought. This repair is well outside my experience.

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