mrtcat

I was hankering for a Maruszchyk but the current exchange rate has buggered that one. I still believe it's worth the current price but it just kills me that effectively it's gone up by £100

[quote name='TimAl' timestamp='1470301248' post='3104833'] Thanks Mykesbass - I think this could be very interesting as I know of Band Scrims but mine will be easily fixable & removable plus you can upload your own artwork online once I get the website up-n-running. Here's a pic of what I'm currently testing - excuse the in-yer-face graphics but the object was to make it stand out [/quote] That's really cool. I'm pretty sure you'll do very well with it. Best of luck.

[quote name='Nicko' timestamp='1470304619' post='3104874'] The band are doing the FB thing as much as possible, but this is a few miles from home and short of laying on a coach it's unlikely anyone other than close friends and family will turn out. [/quote] Why not advertise it on here. You never know, it may produce a few more faces.

Man I hate this kind of gigging. Are you originals or covers? I could understand wanting an originals band to generate some punters but if its a genuine music venue with regular punters then a covers band is there to entertain the landlord's customers. Yeah the band should be promoting their gig too but the venue needs to do his bit. It's also unfair to judge a band on turnout when it's a short notice booking. Is it really so hard to get gigs in London that you need to play for free?

Spooky

There's a maruzyczk popped up in the classifieds today. It's 3kg 33" scale. It's £600 but worth a look maybe.

[quote name='paul h' timestamp='1470127860' post='3103370'] My first thought is why does everyone play rock?! I've noticed while looking for band members for my current project that 90% of musicians seems to put down "classic rock" as one of their chief styles/interests. It's prevalent. Prevalent I tell ya! [/quote] As soon as I see 'classic rock' I switch off. Doesn't matter if it's an ad for a bass player or a poster advertising a local band. I'm so bored of seeing bands that do that stuff because there's just so many of them churning out the same stuff.

[quote name='FuNkShUi' timestamp='1469887568' post='3101800'] Hell of a rig!! Cant imagine you ever actually need two of those cabs. Especially if you are going through the PA too [/quote] Yeah they came as a pair but rarely use both.

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1469828485' post='3101433'] Just out of interest, what is your bass rig? [/quote] Aguilar DB750 and two TKS 1126.

[quote name='skidder652003' timestamp='1469826339' post='3101410'] Oh dear, Ive had a bollocking on here for something similar! Everything from the desk, don't connect any speaker to another if they're active. ie. use the 2 main outs from the desk to each top and then 2 aux outs to each sub, at least thats what I was told. [/quote] Entirely depends on which subs and tops you have. Our subs have a high pass through and inbuilt xover so we run two xlrs from desk main outs (one to each sub) and then an xlr from each sub to the top above it. If you tell us which subs and tops you have we can tell you best way to wire them. Alternatively just download the manual from the Web and follow the instructions.

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1469801155' post='3101171'] What's going down then? The case that it sound so different to what you are used to hearing coming out of your amp? Your setup should sound huge (which is a good thing) [/quote] Yeah I just never feel that it sounds as tight as I'd like it. It's really hard to explain and is probably more of a problem that as the guy who ends up engineering as well as playing I never have the time to work on how it sounds. I should probably rig the PA up somewhere and spend a few hours tinkering until I'm happy.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1469788554' post='3101030'] I'd be running nothing more than a 1x12, 2x10 or in ears with that PA, honestly you would need a very serious bass amp to compete with that out front, I'm talking like Flea's 7 cabs serious! [/quote] Don't get me wrong, size of sound and volume isn't an issue at all.

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1469777997' post='3100945'] I'm very, very surprised you can't make that setup work. You're the guy with four 905s aren't you? [/quote] Yep we have four but rarely use them all unless its a big venue. I think it's more about my ability as an engineer than anything else or maybe I'm so used to hearing the bass through an amp that when its through the PA it just sounds so big that it throws me a little.

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1469777371' post='3100941'] So tone shaping shouldn't be a problem. What about PA cabs? [/quote] RCF 745s and RCF905s. The gear is more capable than me for sure when it comes to good tone.

The thing that makes this whole thing more annoying is that this[color=#282828] venue is less than 2 miles from Silverstone race circuit. This weekend is the Silverstone Classic so at the same time we are trying really hard to control the volume in a marquee on a remote farm, Live Wire, Reef and The Stranglers will be tearing it up on a stage nearby equipped with a 40KW sound system. We will probably be able to hear them as we play lol[/color]

I'm really into the idea of going IEM and no amp but as the person who does our engineering on gigs I never seem to be able to get a bass sound through foh that sounds as nice and tight as through my amp. I really really wish I could.

Haha just had an email from the venue saying: "In order to maintain the aesthetic charm of our facility and to be as professional as possible we require bands and DJs to have all equipment on site and vehicles parked in our car park away from the marquee by 10.30am. All sound checks must be completed by midday". Well as our contract with the client states 6pm arrival for the band I have firmly but politely told him we are unavailable earlier (we genuinely are unavailable earlier)and to contact the bride's mother (who booked us) if he has a problem with that. Definitely will be quoting a whole lot more to clients in future if they want us at this venue.

[quote name='FuNkShUi' timestamp='1469627929' post='3099847'] Are you not meant to plug instruments into the other inputs? The only other instrument that gets plugged in is a keyboard, but it doesn't go in 1 or 2 [/quote] I don't think you'll have a major headache plugging a keyboard in elsewhere. Our keyboard player plugs all three of his keyboards into his Roland monitor and then gives us a single DI out from there into the Behringer.

[quote name='FuNkShUi' timestamp='1469623498' post='3099798'] Speaking to EBS_Freak on here has also opened my eyes to the possibility of just using the onboard pre amp on the Behringer X-18, which would mean no need for any gear other than a bass and lead?!?! Definitely going to give it a try [/quote] This was going to be my suggestion. The Behringer really is a very capable piece of kit.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1469477959' post='3098697'] Cool venue. The Brooklyn Bowl Blue [/quote] Agreed but sadly this is not THE brooklyn bowl. Its a bowling alley / music venue at the O2 arena in London. Should still be a great gig all the same :-)

There's a berg nv412 for sale in the classifieds here and I can tell you from experience that it will give you that 8x10 punch and more. It's sealed, smaller and lighter than an 8x10 but in every other way it wins hands down.