EBS_freak

Am I the only person that really rates Coldplay's first album? I think it all went south when they started doing the big production stadium stuff. So basically everything after the first album. (un)Funny story, I actually saw them on a (NME?) newcomer gig and thought at the time that this weedy, nervous chap could do something in the industry if he sorted himself out. I thought the tunes were pretty robust and commercial friendly despite never having heard them before... I never realised until about a year or two later that that guy kinda blossomed and the band is kinda doing alright for itself. I say "went south" but they seem to be doing a better job of selling out countless stadium tours than I am. They've probably had a higher class of drugs and fast women too.

OBBM makes great cables and I highly recommend his stuff. I've also used Designacable and Lynx Custom and been very satisfied with their work. If I'm making my own bulk cables, I'm like most custom cable makers, Vandamme cable with Neutrik connectors.

Heres my plugs - a bit of a rare beast on these shores. These are 64 Audio's plugs with the Apex filters... which I have to say, are blooming brilliant. Not a cheap option though! in the picture, these are total blocks... but I currently run them with the -15dB filter... which for me, is just perfect. I don't play in any particularly loud bands - and most of the time I'm on inears. These tend to come out for dep gigs that don't enable me to run inears... but I also have these in permanently at gigs just to kill the overall SPL. Discos and the like can take their toll!

You too can swap tinnitus for chronic ear infections!

Good stuff - so how are they comparing with the lugs so far? And wheres the pic? :p

I've always wondered about these... but given the ACS Live I have, I am concerned that they could cope with high SPLs where bass is involved. I'd still want to be able to hear myself without distortion. Also, I'm not sure they would sit in my ears that comfortably - the fact that universals keep popping out of my ears pushed me down the custom fit route.

It wont do the 600mA... but more to the point, how is that powering your aircraft carrier? Was it you that commissioned this? https://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/giant-a40-million-battery-for-the-uk.html

Have a look at Yankee power supplies.

Get yourself on inears!

Talking of inears from the drum show, here's a couple of photos from the guys that decided to jump in for some UE6s also!

Why weren’t you backstage canoodling with the groupies? Was going to ask you if your UE6s had landed - the drum show orders seemed to be landing with their owners this week.

Nope, I don't get them either. The fan fret thing seems to be a solution to a problem that doesn't exist. The note weight across strings is inconsistent (you thought the Stingray had a weak G?!). The clearer than clearer B is a figment of people's imagination. Those pickguards slice your knuckles open if you dare slap (however, some people may say that's a positive thing). Apart from that, they're great, I guess. Each to their own though - I suspect there's people out there that don't get my choice of bass either!

Instead of a Nowsonic? An Ubiquiti AP.

Ah the good old Nowsonic router. If you must have the performance of the Nowsonic router, you could always buy one of these... https://www.aliexpress.com/item/TOTOLINK-A3002RU-AC1200-Wireless-Dual-Band-Gigabit-Router/32701126467.html Notice anything similar between the Nowsonic and the Totolink? Alas, it's just a cheapo Aliexpress router dressed up in a nice rack case. If it works, it works... but not really worth the expense imho. Here's the guts, Nowsonic on the left, Totolink on the right. As an aside, you should never rack mount a rf device in a rack case - it actually decreases performance!

If the simple approach is what you are going for, then you still have lots of options. The Twonotes is certainly one, there’s stuff from GK, Hartke, EBS, Aguilar, Lehle, Radial etc etc... and you could always look at channel strips. What you are suggesting about monitor is also doable. Send everything to the PA, let that do the front of house duties and have your frfr just for monitoring purposes. I wouldn’t suggest using a frfr like this if it’s the only way you are getting your bass out front as you are likely to get loads of mixing issues.

MB200 as a preamp, yes, just use the line out or the direct out into your chosen speaker cab. You won’t have any speaker emulation - but some people actually prefer that with bass. I for one! As for the Headrush 112, I have no experience. It is primarily designed for the guitar market so it may not have enough headroom in the lows - but I’m just speculating. Going with a PA speaker is always a good shout though - as they are designed for multi use, whether it be FRFR cabs or Djs pumping out loads of bass. Have a look at some of the tried and tested examples above but I’m guessing you are ideally looking for something around the 300 pound mark?

Bored of waiting ? - I just logged on today for the first time in a while. Maybe I coulda helped out...

The top pic seems to be a polyester coat so is sitting on the surface of the wood, so should (with effort) be able to be taken back to the wood no problem. Once stripped, it can be stained. If you want the wood stringers to be a specific colour, then you can artificially stain those also. Any decent poly finisher will be able to do this at a cost, I dunno, give the guys at bow finishing a shout - https://www.bowfinishing.co.uk/ Here's a refin they did as an example - Before- After - As you can see, no trace of brown, and they went from a darker colour to lighter.

You using Fusion?

OBBM shared the technique he uses for soldering and every cable I have made myself remains reliable. I haven't really had the need to the solder any cables of late... but I have always gone to OBBM for wireless cables... just because given the amount of soldering that he has done in his life time, is probably a lot better at soldering mini jacks and xlrs than I am! In short, his cable are made great... and properly - in a manner that can't be replicated by machine. And thats why it's worth paying for OBBM cables! Coloured electrical tape good if you have the ends already soldered on and don't want to desolder anything.

I would be worried if paying less. You get somebody that doesn’t have a pride in their work and you’ll have chipped poly, routes that aren’t true (nobody wants to see a pair of pickups where one is wonky)... and of course there’s not only the skill of doing the job - but the cost of the router and router bits to do the job properly. Would you want a blunt router tip mashing up your pride and joy?

OBBM made a star quad XLR and the way that he wires and does the heat shrink makes the solder connections particularly strong. There’s no pressure on any of the solder tags at all. The singer at the time used to wrap the cord around her hand, use it to pick up the mic, swing it round, everything... and that cable is still going strong even with all the abuse it got. Up until that point, she was literally killing a cable every gig.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RCF-Art-732-A-MkII-with-padded-covers-bags-2-available-and-price-per-speaker/253905172566?hash=item3b1ded7856:g:LG8AAOSwM~Rbivka I personally would stay away from the mini line arrays unless you go for one of the top end systems (K-Array etc). You'll get better performance from your traditional boxes for the money. The reason for the RCF above? The 3 in the model number designates the voice coil size in these hf element. In essence, a large sized voice coil in the high means that more of the vocal can be handled by that drivers and crossed over lower so that the woofer can concentrate on what it's better at - the lows. This will give you a much better clarity and projection in the vocals over other cabs in this range - which typically would have a 1 or 1.5 inch voice coil.