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Warwicks are gr8 and i have a major hankering for one myself. As are musicman.. necks are hugely different tho. Corvette or sterling for me tho

The vocals SHOULD be a little louder. The extra speakers are for clarity not volume tho... the volume of the vocals would of been spread across 4 speakers instead of 2 whereas the instruments across 2. More speakers doesnt always mean louder

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='117673' date='Jan 10 2008, 10:17 AM']I agree that getting a good sound live is as much an art as ait is a craft. There are so many variables, not the least of which is the bodies of the people who are listening to the band (the difference between the sound in an empty room and a full one is massive). But I do think that a lot of bands struggle because everyone in the band (usually as a conseqence of an insentive and unmusical drummer but not always) is too loud. That's why a bass/guitar duet w/o drums would sound nice, because the clarity achieved by the intimacy of the setting would be refreshing for the audience. Another thing to consider (particularly in jazz) is the relationship between a bass sound and a ride cymbal (I would KILL to play with Peter Erskine). Also the overall SOUND (not volume) of the drumkit will make a huge difference to the overall sonic effect of an ensemble.[/quote] Id like to point out that with a tape measure a lot of the problems are easily solved as you can roughly guess which frequencies are going to be boosted with equations (which i dont have handy and down have down parrot fashion yet) e.g. each 3m dimension is roughly a boost in the 1khz range is one i tend to remember. Theres also equations for working out what the difference will be like with people. Strange eh? This is all stuff i plan to use out in the field once i get going. Panning simply wont work unless you have a HUGE setup where you have speakers around the room (think almost surround sound). One other system to try putting into use (for me anyway) is to get an extra speaker or 2 and use ONLY for vocals and also using vocals on the other speakers. This theoretically should add much more clarity. PS anyone want a sound engineer?

Id also like to point out one problem i have with rubbish equipment in the past other than reliability: When engineering a band (who supply the PA) the speakers were shocking, they didnt cut through the mix at all. Also they were rubbishly constructed meaning sound waves escaped out the back way to easy causing copious amounts of feedback problems. The reason some equipment costs more is its BETTER. What better is depends what you buy

Id like to point out hijacked thread in process folkses

[quote name='Cantdosleepy' post='116916' date='Jan 9 2008, 12:17 PM']Man, that's pretty depressing. 'I could be playing anything. Noone notices'. Kinda makes you lose the drive to nail those riffs. Is there an idiots guide to quickly eq-ing a toilet-venue band for easy separation/reasonable mix? Could someone with good knowledge start and sticky a topic like that? eg: Four pice vox/guit/bass/drums- Boost bass at XXXhz, cut at XXXhz Boost guit at YYYhz cut at NNNhz, make him play only the top four strings Boost Vox at PPPhz, cut at DDDhz, limit at this threshold, try this compression ratio..? Keys: break his left hand, cut at SSShz That would be amazing! Those of us starting out in crap places without this wealth of experience would really appreciate something like this![/quote] Room dimension make a huge difference and different people responses will always be different but ill try this out of my own choices. Please dont flame me, discussion of it is fine Boost bass at = difficult due to preference in sound.. personally i love the mids. Cut around 200-400Hz to relieve the mix of muddyness Boost guitar at = around 1khzz-3khz (if you have 2 boost the other around 700-900hz) sperate the mix Boost vox= slightly somewhere around 500 hz to add bottom (experiment with diff singers) then 1-3khz for definition. Cut the highs. Try a 4:1 compression ratio with a soft knee Keys: Flat EQ or possibly cut bass as theyre designed to sound that way already Oh and if the kickdrums mic'd make sure to remove 200-400hz imo Wot ne of u guys think?

Lol i dont go luking at piccies of basses tbh. ALTHO... heres one of my own [attachment=4697:12032007045.jpg]

I thought u had to pay for guitar pro tho lol! Also it has guitar in the name...

Thinking of naming mine.. just need to find a weirdly suitable name lol. maybe i should start a post of name the bass lmfao

4756 strings at roughly £18 a pk shall we say? 4756 / 4 (for guess work here) 1189 (duh = number of basses) 1189 x £18 = £21402... and thats once every how often?!

TBH sound is so subjective to yourself its silly to try and blind buy without trying these woods. Its the whole describe the sound or timbre of this that. Do it for 100 people and youll probably find theyre all slightly different. Different people, different ears. Only true way to test would be scientifically... frequency analysis n all that

Im not sure how people feel about the program but i used powertab and got the song down in no time

That happened to me from allparts ^^^^

Ah mr valenti should of kept a build diary. I think you can usually tell via the number of screws or summat like that... dont know how it works but sum1 mite b able to expand on that

voted katana, stryker close second... im a minority. Oh and corvette 3rd lol

Id been playing 4 weeks. I learn 10 songs for the occasion and loved it. Played infront of approx 200 ppl and got plenty of compliments. Havnt rele stopped playing since. However for that gig i was just fillin in as bassist unfortunately and since my band hasnt got giggin yet

[quote name='Davetbass' post='111623' date='Dec 31 2007, 08:42 PM']And you took that? Next time that happens...ask him if he fancies eating your bass?[/quote] Thatd be a very pricey meal!

I always TRY to get the bass cutting through the mix nicely but it can be difficult depending on equipment tbh. Rolling some bass off of guitars can help but you have to be careful. Usually a mid boost will get it cutting through a bit nicer. However i tend to just tell a bassist what to do with the EQ on his/her amp (unless the amp is terrible ocourse). Even when working as a sound engineer i have encountered sum engineers which are... just rude. For example being told to F off becuase i asked him to make the lead guitar louder than the rhythm guitar.. He did NOT get a pint!

Dont forget your hearing... big risk their too Liver.. drinking to much.. acceptable maybe? Black eyes and other injuries due to band arguments? Haha

super mario galaxy: i knw wot ur thinkin... thats not bass related. UR WRONG! Marios so cool he must be a bassist right?

Although your EQ says that operates at 45Hz on the bass EQ this just means this is the middle of the selections of frequencies that it is controlling. When you play with EQ you move a whole selection of frequencies not just a select frequency (usually... there are some that do this). The amount of frequencies it controls are known as the "Q" or width. So chances are your also selecting frequencies below 45Hz too Yay techy moment

I quite like it, add gloss tho! Looks too flat