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Having done the superglue thing, I would not do it again. When I did want to adjust the screws I had superglued, I chewed the slot up trying to free it, they were stuck so hard. I ended up disassembling the bridge and heating up the stuck parts on my gas stove, to free them up then replaced the screws. Nail varnish is the way ahead!

20 hours ago, Kirky said:

My IEM journey so far.   I've done gigs using methods 1 and 2 below, cheaply using AS-10 earpieces and  P2.   Sometimes I use the Zoom, which has the advantage of me tweaking my bass volume and getting some ambient room sound too.  All wired so far.

 

I think my next step is to move to no 3, and buying a P16M.  This will still be wired, but give me more control of the mix (an iPad is too fiddly for me) and a stereo mix (if I've understood correctly).  

 

If that goes well, when funds allow I'll move to wireless.    I'll also upgrade my earphones when funds allow. 

 

The band all play through the PA (a Behringer X18) and everyone else is on mono wireless IEMs.  We gig two to four times a month.

 

Any thoughts/suggestions?  

 

1. works fine but you'll still need ipad control over your mix

2. Overly complex for what you get

3. Fine if you wwant to stay wired using the headphone out of the P16M

4. This is what I do in the main, though mine looks like this

1 hour ago, police squad said:

so I've got it home but I dont think I have the correct leads to connect it.

It seems to be stereo input. Left xlr and right xlr and at the moment I come out of the headphone output on my desk and have the 'outfront sound'

I'll need a special lead, unless it gives stereo on the left hand input, I need to get my desk out to try it

 

I find this kind of gear a bit daunting at first.

 

But it does seem nice and solid, which is a great start

If you’re using your stereo headphone out then you’ll need a 6.3mm TRS to dual XLR I think. The left input is likely to be mono only and if you use that you’ll need to set your receiver to dual mono mode. On my Sennheiser unit it’s called ‘focus’ mode.

22 hours ago, Kirky said:

Thanks.  I meant to say P2.

 

I'm currently 2 gigs in with a band that have everything running through the desk, and everyone using IEMs.  Everyone else is wireless and I'm using the ubiquitous P2 and KZ-10 set up.   My main frustration at the moment is getting the mix right, currently it's being left to the band leader.  I think my order of future investment is:

 

P16M  - this will give me better control over the mix, and (if I understand correctly) stereo.

 

Then better IEMs - probably moulded, which will give me better sound quality 

 

Then wireless - a clearer stage.   I might not get this far.

 

Does all that sound sensible?

Perfectly sensible - that's exactly my set up. With the P16M I can mix on the fly withour resorting to a phone or tablet app or worrying about anyone else. I think with your curent setup you'd probably not need the P2, but it wouldn't do any harm to still use it.  

The only thing you'll need to be aware of is having a long enough CAT5 cable to go from the mixer to wherever you stand. I have a flat cable on a reel that does 15 metres or so. Oh and in the mixer you'll need to route each channel to a specified channel in the P16, then label the P16!

24 minutes ago, Kirky said:

I'm thinking of doing the same.  Is the Phones out on the P16M enough to drive my IEMs or would I need to continue to use my P1?   I'd probably continue to used wired IEM for the time being.

I don't use the Phones out but I reckon it should be able to drive your wired IEMs. I don't use the P1 either - can that accept a stereo input as the benefit of stereo as discussed is huge?

12 minutes ago, police squad said:

interesting mate, thanks. Can this be done with an Allen & Heath sq20 I wonder. If I change desk it will be to the SQ20

I think the Behringer unit is a rip off of the Allen and Heath ME500 version which will work with your SQ20, but I have no idea if they are interchangeable.  I would bet not!

32 minutes ago, police squad said:

can you explain please?

Check out the Behringer P16M. It's a small 16 channel personal mixer that you can connect to your IEMs and you have full control over your IEM mix in stereo.  I use one and it's superb, I just run a Cat 5 cable from the XR18 mixer to the P16M, connect that to my Sennheiser IEM transmitter and off I go. You can also get a distributor module that can feed the raw audio data to another eight P16M units so you don't have to use two aux channels per person in order to give everyone a stereo feed. 

4 hours ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

Do these have a modern flatter, something like 12", fretboard radius as well?

 

Compound radius fretboard - 9.5" at the nut end, flattening to 14" at the bridge.  It also has an asymmetric neck so the back of the neck is deeper on the bass side and shallower on the treble, hand rubbed oil finish.

I've got two of the 5 HH deluxe (well one is an Elite but they're both the same). Brilliant guitars. I've also got a 5 string Jazz and a 5 String P but the Dimension can do it all. The body is smaller than a Jazz and the compound radius neck is the most comfortable 5 string neck I've ever played.  So under rated because it's not a Jazz or Precision and people won't entertain anything else from Fender.  If you can get a Deluxe or Elite HH model then I would defintely try it out. A grand is about right, but you should get a case with that. The Elites come with the new Fender ABS hard case, the Deluxes came with a G&G wooden case.  One tiny niggle I have though is that there's not active/passive switch but that's about it. 

It won't increase pickup output. The output is the output. You need to adjust the pickups last, once you've got the relief and action sorted and you need to adjust them to get the sound you want. Starting with Fender's standard specs is ok, but then adjust by ear from there. To far away and you'll get a thin weak sound, too close and you'll get a dull muffled sound.  If you don't have enough adjustment in pickup height then you need to consider replacing the foam underneath them, although given that it's relatively new you should not need to do this yet. 

Ok lots of things to check but you need to be a bit methodical. Get your neck relief sorted first, but give your adjustments a bit of time to settle.  Then your string height, then your pickup height. I start low and slowly raise.  If your strings are sounding dead at certain frets then check the strings first and then check your fret height with a straight edge. You might have a couple of high frets here and there.

You’ll get there soon enough and be really happy! 

The Pro I and II range are very stable instruments and I’d be very surprised if there’s anything wrong. Just needs a proper setup with your choice of strings. And despite other opinions, I see nothing wrong with a shim in the pocket if you can’t get it exactly how you want it.

1 hour ago, Salt on your Bass? said:

Hey all, any more thoughts, experiences or acquisitions of this amp in the last 12 months? It's piqued my interest, but noone seems to carry stock. ✌️

Love mine still. Playing in your town on 6th Jan - come along and see it!

Not too impressed with the Bassman or its cab but the AD200 is very nice and the Noble is really lovely..might use that as my preamp and see what it’s like. 

We’re running Ableton Live on a laptop. Stereo backing track on two channels, click on a third channel and cue on a fourth (the cue gives voice commands such as “intro 2 3 4” for us all to start and stop all together in time with the track). Start, stop and advance triggered by midi pedal. All goes in to a Behringer XR18 and each band member has stereo IEM feed. I have click panned left, cue panned right and the rest of the instruments somewhere in between.  Sounds more complicated that it actually is and works really well.
 

£1,650 and not much in it for us as far as I can make out......

15 hours ago, 0175westwood29 said:

does anyone know if the Abm evo V 750 is out yet?

I've had one for a year now. I love it. Compared to my ABM600 IV I feel there is a difference

Great news, bet you're relieved! What happened to it, I'm intrigued?

No noise at all on my ABM750, my RM800 or my OriginAL pedal. I did have some on my ABM600 RC but I took it to Ashdown, Guy (now retired) fiddled with it for half an hour and fixed for a packet of biscuits. I'm sure he said it was something to do with the transformer.

I needed a SYB-5 and Gareth listed one for sale just as I started looking which was very fortuitous. Very swift delivery, keeping me informed and the pedal is as new, so again, another great transaction! 

I've had success with the steam option before.  After that I would go with the Liberon wax crayons. After that, find a local french polisher if it's still annoying you. 

15 minutes ago, Woody1957 said:

Lovely  bass with great, detailed pictures. I've never seen a Precision with a long G string screw though. I thought this was only a quirk of Jazz models from late 60's to early 70's due to the placement of the bridge pick up. My 71 Jazz has the long G string screw which dates it correctly.

I'm sure one of my learned bass chatters will inform me otherwise. Any thoughts folk's?  Glwts mate.

Looks good to me, here's my '72 Precision....

1 hour ago, Tjhooker said:

Is this just to have a physical mixer then and not use the phone / tablet method or is there another benefit?

Mainly for the physical mixer element, but also as it's in stereo and uses the Ultranet connector it frees up aux channels on the mixer for the rest of my band to also have stereo IEM mixes. 

1 hour ago, Tjhooker said:

Another question for you chaps with experience..

Do you have a pa set up that allows each band member to have an individual mix for their respective iem?

 

We are possibly about to pull the trigger on doing this...

I'm wondering if this alone would allow me to feel happier with setting up my tone and keeping my board as is.

 

With a bit of retrospective thought, I'm wondering if I prefer the bass with active on board EQ because I can bump up the mids and actually hear myself in a busy overall band mix 🤔

 

Yes we have a Behringer XR18 desk that has enough aux channels for everyone to have their own mix, controllable via phone or tablet.  I actually use a Behringer P16M personal mixer that connects to the desk via Cat5 cable for my mix.

7 minutes ago, gafbass02 said:

I’ve spent a long time tweaking my iem signal route to accurately reflect what I’m sending to foh, (compensated for the headphones), so that if I tweak the onboard eq (or passive tone) it’s in line with what the audience are hearing. This took bloomin ages to get right though! 

This sounds like it's well worth doing. Any tips?