Salt on your Bass?

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yeah thats why i considered buying mic rather than DI or a blend. Sound guy for my gig this friday (in Hitchin if you're about ) has said he'll just mic the cab - nice! I guess it pays to speak with the sound guy first and foremost - I'll probably end up picking up a post power DI at some point and see how that fairs. I can see a bit of trial and error in my future!

Our first headline slot. Doom metal. More details on our website in my sig, sounds on soundcloud. Should be a fun night!

Interesting point on fuzz as well as I use fuzz in pretty much everything it's nearly an always on pedal. Only other consideration I have is I use a sub as well and I'm often on the 4 band's in a night kinda scenario so don't want to cause a venue a pain in the arse especially if it's my first night there.

Cheers, that all makes sense - although I thought the attenuation on it meant that it would be possible to crank the amp then attenuate the singal down (obviously crank it to stage level at least). My lightweight rig is a walkabout so I think it would be the same DI "problem". I'm pretty happy once checked - just set and forget, then always use monitors for additional level if needed.

I dont think you'll negate the additional power in this scenario - its more about more drivers and cone area. You'll be moving more air. I expect you'll hear and feel the benefit although dont know the full tech behind it. Like chris says, give it a whirl and see. Maybe you could order two or three cabs and try em and send two back under distance selling, or if theres anyone local with similar gear, maybe meet up and have a bass mash up [quote name='TheDaivisch' timestamp='1408446081' post='2530156'] Yeah I've considered that, but I'm after the sound of a 210+115, rather than 2x15s. Those Genz extension cabs are hard to come by... I guess if I add a quieter 112 to a 115 it will negate the extra power then? Dave [/quote]

Just read up on the [url="http://www.palmer-germany.com/mi/en/PDI-09-Passive-DI-Box-for-Guitars-PDI09.htm"]palmer PDI-09[/url][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] - looks like a neat solution that would suit me. I dont use my speakers for sound as such so that looks pretty good. Any draw backs associated with it other than the desk eq'ing?[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Cheers [/font][/color]

12s and 10s wont necessarily sound toppier than your 15. I haven't got any experience with these cabs though so afraid I cant help. Distance selling would seem to be a good way to go though if you're up for paying the return shipping. Do you use your tweeter? Would that not give you the more toppy end that you're after? I notice the 15 also comes with a 3 position tweeter.....

Thanks for the feedback guys, some good food for thought here. I think my preferred approach for a gig on 29th will be to contact the sound guy ahead of the gig and tell him how I want to run stuff and see what happens from there. I'd like to grab a mic in the future and didnt realise there were post power DIs which would probably be worth looking into actually as that sounds like a really elegant solution if it acts as I assume it does. I definitely want to include the power section in my sound, otherwise whats the point of going all valve

General rules are: - If you like your current sound, add the same cab again to the set up and you'll get more of the same - If you don't like your sound, look for another cab/amp - If you mix cabinet/driver types the results are totally unpredictable - you may love it, you may hate it I'd say if you like the fifteen, just get another as you sound like you love your tone and thats the only way to guarantee more of the same.

Hi All, Wasnt exactly sure to post this so I'll try here. I'm getting my first valve amp in the next day or two which I cant wait for. It doesn't have a DI so my feeling is to mic my cab at bigger venues - to get the benefit of the amp. Just wondered what a decent bass mic would be - what do you recommend? Also, is this the right approach or should I be sending a DI to the desk as well as a mic'd signal? Thanks very much!

I think that's part if the point of having a tube in the front end - adds warmth and gives you the ability to grind. If you like the tone I wouldn't bother with a pedal.

I'm now expecting the instrument version pre with powerpak in the next week or so! Look forward to your thoughts on performance on this. If theres not already a Burman Porn thread, there soon will be

[quote name='Jus Lukin' timestamp='1407797966' post='2524204'] Back when I was playing multi-band bills on a regular basis, I never had a driver blown by some dickhead. I did, however, have control knobs half removed, input sockets knocked half out of place, and drinks sat on top of expensive electrical equipment. The day I stopped letting people use my amp is the day I stopped having to get the thing mended. Just giving the option of using the cab achieves three things- 1: Damage limitation, without being the grumpy guy who won't lend anything at all to fellow musos. 2: If someone has to go to the car to grab their amp, they often decide they might as well use the cab too, so you don' t have to risk any of your gear after all. 3. It subtly makes the point that if someone wants to play a gig, they need to think about providing adequate means to do so, or at least to communicate with those they expect to do so. "Yeah man, [i]of course[/i] you can use my cab, I'll just get my amp out of the way..." [b]Edit:[/b] Always having stuff on hand, I never did turn up to a gig where no-one had brought any gear. I'd love to see how it went down at the ones where that was the case though. It [i]must[/i] have happened somewhere! [/quote] Ah, good call - that actually makes a lot of sense! thanks!

Yeah, I'm generally happy for people to share my gear as I don't think most throw as much as I do at it so I'm pretty comfy - after sizing people up of course! Why would you share your cab and not the amp? Is that weird or am I missing something?

I'm not sure if this is a recent trend but more and more I've noticed with kit shares for gigs that people are prepared to share their cab but not their head. Just wondered why that was - if I'm taking my rig (and I know the other bands) I'm happy to share the lot. If I don't then I'm less likely to share anything. My main thought on it though was with abuse or no volume restraint, surely it's easier to blow a driver than it is to blow up an amp? Curious about others experiences and reasons for preference

Very nice! Congrats! I came close to enquiring on this. Looks like its gone to a nice home! Look forward to rehearsal/gig reviews!

Transacted again recently. Great chap to deal with. I was purchasing on this occasion. All as smooth as can be. Deal with confidence

Yeah, probably around the 300-350w mark at 8. I thought these ran at 575w at 4? Doesn't make any difference in terms of volume though, just splitting hairs

I've got a big twin 2 and it covers everything I do in a Doom band - pubs clubs and bigger stages. Throw sub Bass, fuzz and like at it no probs. I like it. I find what you put in you can get out. Reasonably easy move and fits perfect in the boot of my skoda Fabia. I was tempted by the berg but had got on with barefaced before so went that way.

I always found home levels with the terror challenging. The volume slope on them is pretty sharp so always found myself in a 'shower' scenario where I was nudging volume and gain at really incremental levels. Also no headphone socket. There's better amps for home practice in my opinion, albeit I like the Amp for gigs.....once the di is rectified.

Yeah I like mine but use it very little in my current band. Seems to have developed a little problem of cutting out when full wah. Best I've used though including cryvaby.