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Our band during school years had a carslbro amp with four inputs hooked up to a single 1x12 but in a 4x12 sized home made box, we had no idea what the ohms switches on the back did so we messed with them which made no noticeable difference to anything, we put a Tandy mic in one jack, an Aria pro guitar in one (that was a good guitar) and an Avon SG copy bass in another, we then ran that flat out against the drums but it had a spare input so there's no way we could have been overloading it right?

Are Rickenbacker still in business?

Most boutique stuff loses money fairly quickly, look at GB Spitfires in the £1500 bracket, even as a Fender USA Jazz user I'll be first to say how much better the GB is.

[quote name='skidder652003' timestamp='1509477094' post='3399307'] This, it gets placed in front of the bass drum, the drummer has the tablet to hand if anything needs adjusting on the fly, its never lost signal and if it did, well it just stays on its last settings anyway. [/quote] ¡Exactamente!

I don't think I've bought anything musical this year not even consumables like strings.

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1509457401' post='3399051'] Leaves plenty of room to carry the mic lights. [/quote] I have no part in Mic lights, if they appear I can cope but if they don't then that's cool, one less plug

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1509448231' post='3398937'] Because they've bodged it by fitting a sub-standard item (flakey WiFi router) in what looks like an otherwise perfect piece of kit. And not only that but it would probably only cost a few pounds more to get it right in the first place. Edit: And you shouldn't be connecting to the venue's WiFi. That's probably why it's going wrong. The Mixer and any controlling iPads/phone should be on their own completely separate (and ideally invisible) WiFi network. [/quote] Mines never gone wrong, I've never used the client Wi-Fi function but it's there if you want it. I'd you connect four devices no one else can link to it and they'd need to know what app to download. This is all making problems out of nothing, plug it in, open the app and away you go "if" it ever lost connection and mine hasn't in two years the desk carries on with the existing mix regardless.

They've put every option on it including being able to connect to the venues Wi-Fi and BRX Still isn't happy! To have the same kit in conventional equipment would cost many many thousands of pounds and fill a Luton van, Behringer have put it all in a box for less than £400 including a router which for me and many others has been fine, all they ask is you supply a pair of speakers to shame most P.A. systems in music venues a decade ago, I really can't fault them.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1509445444' post='3398897'] +1 People without much insight usually equate simple with easy and easy with bad. They are just highlighting their lack of understanding. Many years ago I used to watch Boz playing with the Chuck Farley band in the local pubs. He was good but wasn't the best bassist on the circuit. VW compared to AC? Put them in each others bands and they wouldn't cut it. What that proves is. . . . absolutely nothing. Ringo was one of the two most influential drummers in rock. The other being Earl Palmer. [/quote] I'm not a fan of either but you could argue that VW could dep a U2 gig, I'd be surprised if AC could dep for VW?

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1509434836' post='3398775'] Why do you need an external router to get the best out of some of these desks? Surely you can just create an ad-hoc network between the iPad and the desk? Besides it's yet another piece of kit adding more complexity and another potential point of failure. And like the vast majority of computer peripherals, I've yet to see a router that I would consider gig-proof. [/quote] Some people had issues with the inbuilt wifi router on some, mine's been fine so maybe they've addressed the issue. As for gig proof you don't need a constant connection, once mixed it stays set to where you put it even if there's a power cut it returns to the last known settings without even turning your tablet on.

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1509202120' post='3397305'] My experience is that decent PA cabs are heavy enough already without putting a power amp in each of them too! I run Mixer --> Feedback Suppressor --> Power Amp --> Passive PA tops. The first three all live in a 6U rack case, permanently wired together, so set-up at the pub is really very simple ... plug in the XLRs for the three mics, plug in the speaker leads for the two tops, game over. I used a 4-channel power amp with bridging options down to two channels most of the time. This approach also allows me to add foldback monitors if I want them, and also means that a bass amp fail isn't a problem since I can divert one of the power amp channels to drive my bass cab. [/quote] I've got two RCF powered tops and a digital mixer about the size of a shoe box, that will do a marquee for upto about 200 people. The first three items you've got are in the shoe box thing along with endless effects including a bass amp, guitar amps, 4 individual monitor out feeds that you can mix to your hearts content. You'd need to add another power amp and at least one sub to touch the RCF speakers so the weight/storage/cost/load in and out is saved already, It's the future honestly Two tops with enough heft to not require subs hence the 1x12 in a fairly large venue barely on tickover. Two powered monitors that can be used as tops in an emergency. Two stands and a hidden mixer/iPad. That's it job done. [url=https://postimg.org/image/3nc5cesddn/][/url]

And we've got a whole thread regarding types of hat in the double bass section, male or female one must wear a hat when playing an upright bass!

I think we've mentioned waistcoats before?

Looks like a thunderbird, in red, it will still have neck dive no doubt, move along.

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1509320166' post='3398113'] Just to cancel out the appalling patriarchal misogyny of the thread title, may I observe that I [i]don't[/i] find the performer at all physically attractive. That's the [i]opposite[/i] of sexism, y'see [/quote] I think the politically correct term you are searching for is, "in my opinion she's a three pinter"?

[quote name='crez5150' timestamp='1509350856' post='3398169'] It is apart from the Pre-amps, busses .... and the 10 year warranty [/quote] I think it's the same other than the warranty isn't it, it's got midas pre amps afaik?

Lol

From my limited experience the other way around you don't get the room in the grunge genre that you do in reggae to enjoy the dubby goodness, two les pauls will soak up the bottom end so you want to get into the mids more but I'd suggest cutting your lows rather than upping anything first and see how that sounds, good luck

No harm in cracking out a plectrum just for fun but you dont need one or a P bass to get where you want, Pearl Jam is mainly fretless for a start!

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1509304272' post='3397930'] that looks fun indeed! [/quote] Maybe more for me than the audience,lol. Literally improvised and without any practice for ages, last minute decision to take the upright based on the decent pay cheque

I can hear some John Frusciante in there?

https://m.facebook.com/LegacyLichfield/?ref=page_internal&mt_nav=1 Bit of double bass fun!

[quote name='fretmeister' timestamp='1509200035' post='3397283'] Making suggestions is not the same as changing the entire musical direction of the band. [/quote] How can someone do that, turn up with a new set list of 40 songs?

If I learn a song with a chart I struggle to play it without the chart, I normally make sure I've got a printed set list and add notes to it like the opening note or middle 8 bits etc.

I honestly don't rate Jerry Barnes as a player, I can't feel his groove but Nile can and he's paying him.