Mykesbass

Do you really need so many power options with the valve head? Surely two would have everything covered? Also another yes to the Plexi head (Hughes & Kettner have something similar) but would need some convincing on the cab.

Hah, the first time in ages that I had a really clear cut choice, then I find we're choosing three!

Nice, glad you got one.

There's a pinned thread in General Discussion with advice from some seasoned travellers.

The Beatles

Need to update that signature "I'm a one bass man!" Nice looking bass!

Aw, it reverts to being common or garden "rare" in the description ☹

All the best with the recuperation Ray. Another amp and speakers here, other systems always seem a little unnatural to me. Oh, and another vinyl evangelist I'm afraid!!

[quote name='Huge Hands' timestamp='1424188740' post='2693627'] Probably because like any trade or skill, you learn from watching others and this is how it is usually done. As drums are often the most acoustic instrument on stage, it does make sense to get them under control first and then add things to them, but as with any artistic endeavour, I don't believe that there should be any rules on this, and if you (as in the engineer) want to start by checking the organists pedal board, then do it and stand by your sound. Also, in my experience, once guitarists and bassists, keyboards etc have plugged in and start to sound check, they want to start widdling around and won't shut up when you want to get to the drums. However, they will often sit together as a group offstage waiting for the drummer to do his thing if he's first. Cheddatom is totally correct though, there is no reason why kick drum and bass can't live together, and loudly. My issue I was talking about was these huge rigs where the thump of the kick was whacking you in the chest and making you nauseous, and it was detracting from the rest of the sound. [/quote] Interesting points.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1424186443' post='2693593'] and a German Rockabilly band we did a tour with. Their sound checks were a complete eye-opener. Instead of starting with the drums, they started by getting the vocals as clear and loud as they could and then mixed in all the other instruments underneath. The instrumentation was fairly complex - drums bass, two guitars, sax and three-part vocals, but everything had its own space and the vocals were load and clear without feedback. [/quote] I've often wondered (as a non-sound engineer) why this doesn't happen more often - after all, how many people go to a show thinking "Oh, I'm really looking forward to the bass drum sound tonight?" I'm sure most sound engineers will come up with plausible arguments for doing it their way but great to hear somebody is bucking the trend and getting it right.

Had this for a few days now but first time using it at rehearsal last night. I've been using a lovely (apart from the shockingly bad vinyl covering) Purple Chili 112 for a good couple of years. Love the cab, warm, very light, yet great projection. The only problem was that I really wanted a second one, and to be honest, Hen's teeth don't come into it! So I decided to give one of the new Fender Rumbles a go, buying from Thomann on the reasoning that I could send it back if I didn't like it. A/B'd the cab with the Chili at home, and it sounded good, not quite as nice as the Chili, but pretty close, and being pragmatic, I don't think any audience member would notice the difference. So decided to keep the cab, sell mine to the other BC member who was chasing the last one up for sale on here (subs paid mods) and get a second matching Rumble. Tried the one cab tonight at rehearsal and really enjoyed it - in fact, I surprised myself by having the tweeter on low, and loving the extra clarity that little bit higher up (no wandering up the dusty end - D on the G string is as high as you'll find me)! Off to order the second one now, in time for the next gig. (oh, and at £240 great value too)!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1424083929' post='2692290'] [url="http://www.askaudiomag.com/articles/pro-tools-10-the-benefits-of-32-bit-floating-point-audio"]32-Bit Float[/url]. [/quote] You want to see a doctor with that

Just seen a band - it was their first time out and sounded pretty good - rough and raucous blues/rock & roll hybrid (not RnB), but the guitarist was playing a very pretty PRS, and it just looked completely wrong to me - I felt he should have had a Gretsch, Les Paul Junior or something else more in keeping with how they sounded.

You should always be able to find a use for fretless in a band setting!

I've just started right at the very beginning of Ed Friedland's Hal Leonard Bass Method, a) to get reading bass cleff, and for discipline (no, not 50 shades)! Really enjoying doing this, and has already changed some of the way I play in my band.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1423907594' post='2690193'] I have a left hand/wrist injury and the first thing Jake did was to really go into detail about what I had done to it what I could and could not do with the wrist, he really knows his stuff and was happy that I could continue with it before we covered posture, holding the bass, the end pin height etc etc, it is worth having a lesson just for that before you play a note IMO. Funnily enough he is coming tomorrow to give me a 2 hour lesson on his way to a gig, I just have one every few months maybe even 6 months apart then I do what I can until I get stuck and book another to suit his travelling around, I learn more in two hours every 4 or 5 months with Jake than I would with a weekly lesson with a lesser teacher! [/quote] Thanks Pete, when I'm ready I'll certainly get in touch with Jake.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1423854636' post='2689830'] Great reply there from TheRev, I live further than you do from Jake but as he is an awesome superstar touring hero I wait until his gigs, my house and all the planets align! [/quote]

[quote name='MacDaddy' timestamp='1423867606' post='2690019'] What's Hipster music? [/quote] Deliberately obscure stuff (apart from Vampire Weekend) apparently! What do I know, I'm past 50 and have shaved my beard off!!

Hardly dare to suggest this but Hipster?

And whereabouts in London?

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1423789687' post='2689182'] Just been in the attic looking at what I have boxed up. It looks as though all my old IM&RW and Beat Instrumentals have gone, but I did find some old copies of E&MM and a magazine called The Mix, as well as some issues of Home & Studio Recording. The free tabloid size newspaper/magazine was called Making Music, but can anyone remember the name of the monthly A4 size mag that proceeded it? Was that Musicians Only? Edit: Just found a copy with a review of my band of the time in it the publication was called One, Two Testing... [/quote] Musicians Only was a paid for weekly offshoot of Sounds. [url="http://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Publication/musicians-only"]http://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Publication/musicians-only[/url] Edit for link

[quote name='TPJ' timestamp='1423813367' post='2689225'] If you have a medical condition it may be beneficial to rent a bass for a number of months to see how you get on. [/quote] Thanks TPJ, but I'm confident that with what I have I would have known in ten minutes if it was going to be possible or not - it is just slightly weakened grip (and I've done more damage to the right hand than the left) and now I'm not using hedgetrimmers and strimmers it shouldn't progress any further. Cheers, Mike