stingrayPete1977

I can't see any reason not to just use a pair of xlr to jack convertors then, what sort of power in Watts are we talking? You could get a cheap class D pa amp and hook up the output to the venue's speakers sort of turning your desk into a powered one.

A blue bass or a red bass or even a natural bass isn't trying to be something it isn't to convey a story it can't tell.

It's like putting M3 badges on a 320 diesel BMW, probably fools a few people that don't know much about cars but those that do think you're a douchbag.

If its a euro desk style mixer with a built in power amp why can't you just go into two channels of the desk xlr to xlr, the connections are even already the correct way around from the outputs of an xr mixer being female on the mixer and male on a channel strip. That way you're not having to unwire the venue's instalation in any way plus the FOH EQ on the venue's desk should already be right for their speakers in that venue.

I can't stand the grotty hardware on the heavy relic basses, I wouldn't want to touch it to play it. I've seen many pre cbs fenders that have clearly had a working life yet none have had a fully rusty bridge like that.

I suppose the trick now is working out what percentage is metal box, marketing and transformer then! Thanks.

Never given them much though before, remove from sticky beer soaked puddle on stage, plug in and play! I've used my various Genz heads for recording but that's where my technical involvement has ended.

Thanks Jack that's interesting as the music shop /studio where we practice had a passive and active box we borrowed to see how the guitar sounded and the passive box was more expensive which seemed odd.

Long term I'm probably going to rack mount my xr mixer so a passive box in the back hidden with the router etc will be ideal, basically put the box down plug my bass into a jack on a blank 1u or 2u strip with some other bits, USB charge points for Ipads etc, a dual lead that's feeding my in ears and bass and that's me setup! I'll have a look at the emo boxes then too, thanks BRX.

Unless someone is giving out false information I don't see that it matters.

I've just counted the stitches and I'm sure the 67 case is from June of that year, they added an extra stitch for each month to identify them.

Thanks Paul that's very helpful.

And thoughts on the passive active thing please?

The Orchid was what ebs freak suggested to me, when you say better exactly what differences can I expect? I've never known something so wildy different in price.

Mostly just to match the bass output to the mixer input, does sound better to me with the di than without. We need a pie and rack box design night!

What's the crack with di boxes then?, I use active basses exclusively and legend has it I should use a passive box as my ampless setup into the mixer. At the moment I'm using a behringer bdi21 but just as a di, the actual pedal is switched off. I tried a Chord brand one in the practice studio and it sounded worse to my ears. I'd like to throw a passive di in the back of a rack mount rather than faff with powering one, what should I get? what's the difference between all these passive boxes? Thanks.

No need for my van for gigs now, pa, stands, lights in ear kit, mixer etc all in the car without even using the front seat or footwell. Long live in ears!

The op said "sound guy" so it could be he that was she before?

It's probably got 'Limelight 0086' in Sharpie on the back.

You can buy them left handed, built as left handed not modified, violin cello and double bass all available to buy online today.

All instruments in the string family are readily available left handed.

Yeah I don't take the pen to the gig, maybe I should!

I play along to the track and write various scribbles on a piece of A4 as I go, sometimes I'll keep playing with hammer ons and sometimes I'll pause the track to write something down. The chart ends up as a combination of chord charts, root notes, notation and little reminders which I'll play through eventually at the end without the pen to make sure it's correct, then I might look at the actual right hand technique, pick, slap, fingers or whatever.

It's only just occurred to me that most of the time I spend practicing and working stuff out ready for a rehearsal is done with this right hand technique, I've done it for years I suppose. Funny how like anything new you can't imagine doing anything else at the same time when you are learning yet I'll play some tricky stuff (for me at least) with that pen there, Start by the Jam was tonight's home work which I'd never played before. Bad habit but hey ho.

Some of the actual names children are given are probably worse anyway!