mrtcat

It's a really great way to go. I'll never go back to the old school ways of having an amp onstage. We don't have any backline now and let the pa do it all. Modern PA stuff is light years ahead of most bass / guitar amps and the front of house sound is just so much better now that we don't have to fight stage volume. Being able to hear all my band mates clearly at a comfortable volume is just awesome.

UE6 pro would be absolutely awesome. The good news is that the x32 rack is great for in ears mixes. However if you are adding eq to your bass sound between your aux send (the send that goes to your in ears) and your actual earphones then you are going to have to add another mixer into the equation and take several aux send feeds from the desk if you want to be able to hear the rest of the band. Surely you would be better off taking an extra channel on the desk, linking it to the input that your bass goes into, eqing it to suit your ears and use that for you in ear mix? With the x32 you can add all sorts of compression and eq to your in ear mix.

Hmm, the guy doesn't really know what he's talking about if you ask me. Like many others on this forum, I've been on in ears for years and love it. The thing is, if you use cheap in ears or ones that you don't like the inherent sound of then yes, you probably won't enjoy it. There's several things to consider. Firstly, when buying custom moulds you need to try before you buy. Places like www.custom-inearmonitors.co.uk have demo sets that are universal fit so you can try out. Ultimately pick a pair that sound good to you ears. Secondly, yes a little eq can really go a long way. What mixer do you use? If you're using a digital mixer then you can easily add eq to the Aux send that feeds your in ears. If there's spare channels on the mixer you can assign one input to feed two channels and have one eq'd for foh and the other eq'd for your in ears and only send one to front of house and the other to your ears. If using an older desk then you might need to consider outboard eq. Let us know what mixer you use and we can suggest options. EBS_freak is the IEM guru on this forum and will definitely be able to advise. IEMs are great if you ask me. A total revelation when you get them right and when you do you'll possibly never go back.

Anything by yamaha. For £300 you could get something 2nd hand that would still beat many £1000+ basses.

Nah, I'm just lucky enough to have bandmates that are all committed to in ears and to making continuous sensible upgrades to our kit. As a result we have solid pa and a decent foh sound. Oh yeah a diary full of gigs helps keep them on-board too lol.

Too late. X32 rack ordered.

Stop it now

That was exactly my thought.

That's insane prices. How much better than the XR18 is the X32 rack?

I only ever use Fusion gig bags. Not cheap tho but very well made with great protection and fantastic customer service.

My current BB collection. Absolutely love them all.

Just bought a lovely Yamaha BB1024x from Steve. Really nice chap and I'm absolutely stoked with my new purchase which was exactly as described. Thanks Steve!

intime-nick's smart mounting brackets have arrived. Absolutely no flex in the plastic and all the screw holes are the perfect size including a nice recess for the m3 foot screws to sit in allowing them the thread all the way in. They were really easy to fit with the rear brackets being long enough to avoid the various sockets on the rear to get in the way. There's also a good 4-5 mm of clearance underneath so the vent on the bottom is still able to breathe. Very very pleased with them. Massive thanks to intime-nick for taking the time and using his skills to make this happen.

I certainly don't see a fall in demand for function work. If anything I've seen a rise and more and more purpose built venues (big farm barn conversions, out of town hotels etc etc and i've been in probably 30 tipis this summer). I'm out 1-2 nights every week and have 60+ already booked for 2019. All paying between 150 & 200 a night depending on distance. Pub work however seems to be a totally different kettle of fish tho. Lots of venues closing, poor punter turn out due to drink prices and a market flooded with classic rock bands prepared to play for "the love of it" and lots of landlords not prepared to take a risk on different bands / styles. To answer the op I'd probably say look for somewhere between £50 - £70 for a pub gig and £150 - £250 for function work.

Fantastic stuff. Pm sent and I'll get pics of the mounted helix up as soon as fitted.

Yep, pretty sure you're right. Shouldn't be a problem to leave the feet on in the middle as the edge fixings look like they'll be thick enough to balance it out.

Looking great. Yes the feet are identical on both btw. There are six feet on the helix floor model but two are pretty close together near the middle so no use for a fixing.

Why would it need routing? Pretty sure John can sell you a pre to fit as it is.

Beat me to it but absolutely spot on with the measurements, I wrote down the exact same.

Wow, that's cool thank you. I'll take some measurements and pics this evening. Obviously I'll happily cover all costs and time etc.