stingrayPete1977

You can't go wrong with a bog standard 3eq Ray, not too flash but at the same time still a serious professional bass suitable for any genre. All mine have maple boards

Rockier and more rock than the Beatles that's for sure.

Surely they are the original Pop band? Pop acts still do a mixture of rocky stuff,dance music,rap and ballads etc to this day.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1510337599' post='3405788'] Phantom power is used to power condenser mics. Some equipment will ignore it. Some will go up in smoke. [/quote] But that would go to the xlr input for phantom mics as you say not the instrument input on the di box?

Tbf I'm not sure all ampeg heads have a DI on the back so the sound crew might have had no choice, still not great putting the phantom up you though. I'm not sure that's supposed to happen either tbf, the phantom should just power the di box to save batteries afaik?

It would have blown your amp up instead then in that case if they'd done the same after you insisting putting the xlr in your di?

I wouldn't call the Beatles a rock band.

Depends how good your foh speakers are imo, I've got no subs but the tops are good and can handle bass and kick drum without the need for subs or at the cost of the vocals (that's why we bought them), lower stage volume and a more even spread of your bass sound especially the mids and above is better than trying to have back line at foh volume, many people here disagree.

[quote name='Dan Dare' timestamp='1510312642' post='3405482'] A digital mixer that doesn't depend on Wi-Fi is the answer here. I use an Allen and Heath Qu, on which you can control everything manually if the iPad fails. [/quote] He's saying the actual desk wasn't putting anything out of the Mic channels though regardless, that's either a faulty desk or user error nothing to do with digital or analogue.

Have you got a pre/post switch on your amp next to the di?

Some people, normally guitarists, bring too much stuff, tool boxes, brief cases and bags for life with god knows what in, a stool and an amp stand etc etc etc. One bag with my leads, tuners, strings and tools in, an amp and possibly two basses,done.

[quote name='thepurpleblob' timestamp='1510232848' post='3404834'] Don't know if anybody has linked to this.... http://sfguitarworks.com/the-great-cable-myth/ [/quote] Ah you've introduced real science that will never do! What about the punchy mids and the mellow tones, I'm not having it Treble on the outside and bass in the centre, honestly what did people do in science lessons at school?!

Oh no what about the 'heft'?

I really like the look of the Krivo, too late now I've screwed the Schaller on

There's no scientific way a cable can add anything, only other cables can take something away in comparison or be faulty. Cutting highs could make the lows and mids sound louder, they aren't.

http://www.shootoutguitarcables.com/guitar-cables-explained/capacitance-chart.html Here's a handy chart for capacitance of guitar cables. If it's debatable on a clean single coil guitar through a guitar amp adding "punchy mids" with a bass and bass amp eq I'm filing it firmly in the snake oil folder

The cable doesn't have a variable resistance at ambient temperature, a simple resistance test with a good multi meter is all you need, if a tone pot adds 500k ohms you'd need to see lets say 5kohms of difference between leads being generous to hear a difference, thats the equivalent of 58 kilometers of Klotz cable, 58 kilometers!

A lead will have a resistance measured in ohms, good ones have very little resistance where cheap or damaged cables will have a higher resistance, if you want to hear high mids, extra punch etc go for it but any fully functioning lead of a standard length with fully functioning jack sockets either end will make no difference to the tone, you could only make it worse by adding more legth to the cable, having 'much' thinner cable cores or badly contacting jacks/solder joints. There is only two ways a Monster cable could sound different; 1- faulty. 2- they've put an inline resistor in them to block certain frequencies. Klotz guitar cable has a spec of less than 85ohms PER KILOMETRE!!! a P bass tone pot has a value of between 250k and 500k, thats more than 2 miles of cable worth of resistance, lol.

[quote name='pfretrock' timestamp='1510157605' post='3404362'] No, just 3 for 2 offer on Craft Beer. [/quote] Barrels of too I think

[quote name='gafbass02' timestamp='1510154326' post='3404336'] Copied and pasted from a post of mine from 2010: Funnily enough fellow basschatter davemuadib and I spent a geeky afternoon A/Bing cables back to back. We did obbm, (klotz) monster bass, elixir, zaolla, generic cheapo and hotlines. Long story short monster had a VERY obvious, pronounced low mid hump which made em sound deeper and punchier but at the expense of top end sparkle and clarity. Zaolla sounded superb, very neutral and open but with depth and solidity. Obbm sounded very similar to the zaolla, slightly less zingy and airy but very close nonetheless. Just not quite as 'expensive' sounding. The elixir was also good and very flat sounding but a tad uninteresting. The hotlines (old academy of sound cables) were still great I remembered why I liked em. Very punchy and forward sounding, a bit like a loudness button going in. The zaolla, monster and elixir were thicker and the zaolla felt the best made. The hotlines and obbm cables felt lighter and thinner. Since doing the test I've retired my monster cables to back ups and bought all obbm's which I'm very pleased with. The transparency goes well with the berg cabs and they are cheaper than zaolla! I still rate monster and never had any issues with them. People that say there are no differences between cables should def spend an afternoon doing some A/B listening to a few brands. It's pretty big differences in some cases, less in others. The biggest difference was the monsters bass boost/(treble cut) to my ears. Maybe Dave will chip in ? But the differences are there for all to hear! Simply no doubt about that. But onstage with all the rest of the band going ? Well there lies the real debate ;-) I just like to know my stuff sounds good and is reliable. :-D Edited by gafbass02, 24 October 2010 - 05:26 PM. [/quote] Was it April 1st 2010?

I won't use the planet waves with the metal spring ring thing, they ruin your Jack sockets.

There's too much latency with curly leads and you can hear the music whooshing around the loops if you play really fast. Which 9v batteries are best for metal?

[quote name='bonzodog' timestamp='1510093159' post='3404014'] Does it really matter how long it takes as long you've set up in time? Most of our gigs are a 9pm start and we always get there at 7pm and share out the duties at a steady pace. We chat and have a beer while setting up and have it all done for 830 when punters start drifting in. [/quote] Our regular pub gig always has sport on the tv before the gig, football always over runs leaving us about half an hour to set up including moving the gormless people standing in the way watching the tv to watch all the analysis rubbish after! If I was the landlord I'd turn it off as soon as the final whistle blew, they never stay for the music as that's a fresh sober batch of people who start to arrive later.

Or steal a cat 5e cable from work and plug it in directly for free

[quote name='Tubster' timestamp='1510094095' post='3404024'] Total agreement with ACTIVE speakers. Great brands have been suggested already but I would add QSC. Yes, they are £££ but well worth it. RCF great, EV has speakers at all price points, the cheaper ones are highly lauded at their price point . Lower down the price spectrum - Alto and Behringer have some acceptable stuff. Lots of positive suggestions re digital mixers but our experience has been less than great. We had disconnection issues and a total signal loss on a number of channels. Not great for a live band with no sound man. IMHO digital mixers are not ideal for ‘self drive’ bands where the players operate the PA. When they work, they are the schnizzle but when they don’t, it makes for challenges! We will wait for Gen3 or 4. For us, good old analogue is the way to go. There are great deals out there on analogue. Certainly recognise the benefits of digital but....didn’t work for us. Mics, stands and cables need your attention too, especially decent mics. There are so many good choices but not all mics suit all voices - take time to match them. Whatever decision you make - stick to ACTIVE speakers - what a fundamental positive change for pub giggers. [/quote] As I've said before the xair mixer carries on regardless even if you put the ipad in a bucket of water, once set up at the start of the gig you could turn the Wi-Fi off without affecting the gig other than easy access to muting the p.a. when you have a break, which you could do by flipping the switches on the back of each speaker if you really wanted to.