EBS_freak

Pitch shift up an octave in the recording if you find it hard deciphering the bass from the low end mush.

Oh gosh, people are being serious. Serious??

Move along now, snowflake. Glad to be of service. (Assuming snowflake is considered an insult in these parts?)

Hey I’m big enough to say I can be a bit angsty - but it’s usually backed up through my experience and me being passionate enough for others not to make the same mistakes as I have. If I see people talk bull, I’ll pull people up on it - because I’m amazed at how many people talk with authority about gear or subjects that they have zero experience of... self appointed experts if you will. I’m hoping those that meet me in real life can see that I’m a good egg and if you read the threads I participate in and those that I have written lengthy PM exchanges with, will see that I only have the best interests of everybody at heart. Life is too short to be making mistakes and playing through stinky poo gear. Im sure there’s a few people on here that my input on FRFR and inears alone has changed their gigging life... for the better!

Congrations are always in order.

10000 posts, mostly drivel I expect.

I believe so.

I’m offended that you think Rickenbackers are horrible. Please stand by as I become Guest EBS_Freak. FWIW I thought the comments on barefaced were very balanced and the comments made are not without evidence to support such comments. So...?

I think it’s a bit unfair to single out Barefaced as a singular reference point of being on the receiving end of something. Rickenbacker, Keytars, Bros, ACS (in the inears thread) are some of the things things that have come to mind without too much thought - as things that have been brought up in not the most positive light. With regard to products... Just because something is home grown shouldn’t or doesn’t grant immunity to public comment, especially if money for goods is expected to change hands. I for one, think it’s very important that things like this are not censored. It should be also pointed out, that it’s clearly a barefaced fan that brought barefaced up - and because the opinion didn’t go the way they intended, milk got spilt. Cmon people, there’s enough vegan sausage rolls for everyone.

Hey Guest bassman, there’s no need to leave just because your views aren’t shared - it’s probably more dangerous out there in the wider world.

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Wow. That escalated quickly.

Got lucky I guess. Can wrap cables too. It may warm your heart to know that the male singer has yet to get to a gig on time... and has never done anything regarding the movement/packing/carrying of gear. And yes, he doesn't own his own microphone either.

Boomshackalack!

There's always exceptions Stevie!

There's been many "kick back" cabs over the years... they never really gained any popularity though. Maybe that's because primarily, they were quite budget offerings and their performance not as good as it could have been.

You are kidding right? Although, attention is taken off the keytar somewhat by (I presume) your slacks.

Waste of time. Most of the time I carry around two Dante enabled Mackie DL32Rs. (one for FOH, one for Monitor world). I've got a plastic suitcase to carry cables around in... primarily because it keeps the mixing racks (I've got each DL32R in a separate case) light and portable... and the cables light and portable. Why would you want to carry around a big bulky, heavy rack? I used to be a big rack nut. Not I would rather have gear that everybody can carry. Having said that, the girlie singer in my band dead lifts 50kg subs into the back of the van by herself... despite me telling her not to.

And also, when two of the feet fall off, you'll get tiltback monitoring anyway.

What happened to sticking rack case lids under cabs for a bit of "lift"? 😛 I know, I know.. who carries around rack case lids nowadays...

That's because they aren't using IEMs.

I think it's because we look at the equipment through UK centric eyes. A lot of gear gets sold in mainland Europe and the States, where the gigging scene is a lot, lot different to over in the UK. I'm guessing that small and light and things like kick back amps are a lot less important when you take the global customer base into account. I remember talking to EBS about the need for a a small lightweight class D head. They looked into it and at the time, they deemed it wasn't necessary because the majority of the cabs and amp sales were the big units (410s, 610s, 212, 810)... I think at the time, their best selling amp was the Classic 450 - which did pretty much nothing over here - same as the T90... but abroad, it sold well. They said to me it made no financial sense to go to a small lightweight solution as their sales (I dont know about now) were still growing with the larger gear. Even though there is now a small (ish) EBS class D amp, I still think that was released based on profit margin than anything else. They've killed off pretty much all of their amps - TD660 and Fafner... and all of their cabs are made from a lot cheaper components than when they originally came out. I still believe their bigger cabs are selling better than the small stuff they do.

Because they don't do that on tours. If you want a monitor wedge, use a monitor wedge.

From their site - The all-new FR800 represents the logical conclusion of that concept - a true full-range active PA loudspeaker. Think that sums up what it is.

Maybe so! Pretty much every band that I know of bar only a few, it seems like the bass player is usually the one that is valued the least musically (grr) but is pretty much the go to person for all things technical.