EBS_freak

I think you are misunderstanding what I'm saying- I'm not going to be trying to recreate anybody's sound... just fixing any problems that may not work out front. If the processed feed that I'm sent is great, then great!

As above, I would take a clean and mic from the cab, or secondary DI from the amp or whatever feed is being thrown at me. This means, that if any bass player has removed their lows because their cab can't cope (unlike the big subwoofers at foh), or done something like scoop the mids so they don't cut through etc, etc... with the blend of the two all bases are covered at all times. I'm running Waves Multirack - I think I have infinitely more tools at my disposal to make things sound right in the mix than the bass player on stage who can't hear what's happening out front! Of course, this is just the way I work, other people may work differently - or may not even care what the band on stage sounds like!

To be honest, if I'm doing sound and you get somebody insistent on using "their" way, I'll take a DI and mic up the cab and blend. I've been caught out once with a distortion with no bottom end to it.. at least with a blended DI and mic, you have some hope of keeping the bass sounding like a bass.

Must admit, that would rile me too if I was doing sound!:p

I think it's all down to the fact that there is lead in the solder.

So if the amp head goes bang, so does the front of house.

@obbm - you reckon you could knock something like this up?

No... not an amp.... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GENUINE-DUMBLE-MADE-SPEAKER-LEAD-CABLE-FROM-1976/323129353022?hash=item4b3c02a33e:g:Tu0AAOSwmRNaok-9 A fool and their money and all that.

What a douche. Nothing like a power happy facebook group admin. It seems to be a necessity!

I suspect if you post that up the in the Facebook line 6 group, you'll have a full order book...

Are you moving your camera around? The last thing you want is a camera mounted mic if so... especially a highly directional one like the one in the stock picture you posted above. If you are thinking of multiple angles and multiple cameras, its preferable to consider the audio and visuals as two completely different entities. Otherwise, the whole thing becomes a bit amateur as you move the camera around, especially in front of the drums and guitar and the rest of the band seems to drop out!

I think for what they are, the Zoom recordings are actually pretty decent. The weak point in all of these systems are generally the mics - but a lot of these field recorders will allow for external mics - however, most of the mics you would be interested in would be phantom powered and a lot larger than the ones build in... so cause added complications. For a simple set and forget, I think your recordings are pretty good representations of the quality that you can expect.

Well, if playing naked is your bag...

Left it out in the sun!

Just revisiting the Backbeat - Hmm. Im so tempted to get one of these to try out now that they've released their kickstarter...

This Stingray doesn't suffer with a weak G

You do realise, that the soundguy, if doing his/her job properly, will EQ and compress your tone regardless of what is coming out of the head - making the whole exercise a bit pointless? If you are using other backline, except that you aren't going to get your sound and concentrate on getting on with the gig and trust that the soundguy is gonna make your tone rock out front. Yes, I know you are going to say, "I want my own tone on stage" - we all do... but the professional thing is just get on with it with minimal faff. No sound guy likes a faffer!

A 32 inch scale instrument strung with 30s... King "bass"?

Hmm. So what would be the ideal? Read the current pedal position I presume?

Absolutely - I believe they taught Martin Sims a shed load about finishing. They also used to do all the finishing for Status before they took it in house. They do the finishing for a GB Guitars, Feline guitars and other independent luthiers. They do the finishing for a certain high brow hair brush company... I've know then do (a hell of a lot of) roulette wheels, harps, car dashboards, pianos, drums etc... I would say they are amongst the best and possibly most experienced polyester spray shop in the country. One of the guys there is a pretty handy luthier of acoustics. Their website certainly doesn't represent the standard of their work.

https://www.bowfinishing.co.uk/

Defo sounds interesting BigRedX - shall be interested in following your experience of the 745 - especially when you consider the backline that it has replaced. All makes for very interesting reading.

Good stuff - what did it replace? Two big cabs wasn't it? How does it compare in terms of perceived size of rig behind you and volume?

If you read back, I didn't dispute his credentials. I know who he is - and in fact, you'll see I even stated that he is the dog danglies.

I couldn't take somebody that calls themselves the Wesernator seriously.... even if (which he is) the dogs danglies.