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I had the 12" combo and ext speaker and altho it always sounded great out front and fits into a mix really well i never quite liked the onstage sound and sold it on to get my first Mesa rig with Mpulse 600 into PH212. I'm really enjoying the Ampeg SVT7 with Mesa SW210/115 cabs. The ampeg has a little bit of grind to it when i dig in that i really like. Dave

Mobiles generally make bass sound more mid focused is what i've found. Sounds pretty good there. Nice one. Great song to play too. Dave Dave

So sorry to hear about your Mum. Our thoughts are with you. 🥰 Dave

You always need to play to your audience @neepheid maybe you should have played the first again and let them catch up on what they missed. Dave

Riverside Bar in Dumfries for me last night with Emergency Exit punk covers band. Reasonable sized audience so that was good. Another great night down there but a rapid strip down at the end and off home as i'm back out the house at 10am this morning for an afternoon gig with BLOCKBUSTARZ Glam covers band. Jings i'm gonna sleep tonight. Was a very cold drive home at -6 oC and everything had a heavy frost at 1am this morning yet this morning there's absolutely no frost at all just 6hrs later. Dave

The perfect venue. Dave

Got that post in stereo there Daryl. Dave

Good to hear a modern version of this amazing song. Enjoyed that a lot. 👍 Dave

We'll be doing Xmas songs by Sweet, Slade, Wizzard with the Mud song being added this year too. Not sure how the Mud song will go down but our guitarists old band used to do it and it was a big hit with the audience so we'll give it a try. Relatively easy one to learn too. Got gigs on 2nd, 16th, 22nd and 23rd Dec We have one on 31st but not sure Xmas songs will be suitable after 25th. Dave

Not a gig but next week i've booked a 3 hr rehearsal slot for the Glam covers band to run thru the Xmas songs we've not played for 11mths just in time for the first Xmas gig on 2nd Dec. WHOO HOO. Dave

Arabian Nights was brilliant The four Splits were really funny too. Stupidly funny by perfect for us kids. Dave

One of my fav programmes when i was a kid. That and The Monkees. Dave

It might be to get thru HMRC. Import paperwork in triplicate from NZ. Dave

Well done on the gig. Its a great feeling playing to a decent audience. With regards bass thru the monitors i've found some venues have Low Pass filters on their monitors which means when bass is thru them its very top ended and no depth. Other venues don't put bass thru the monitors unless you specifically ask for it. Personally i don't really bother but i can usually hear my own rig that i balance against the on-stage drum volume. I've experienced the same situation when using a provided backline and its just not up to the job usually because they buy cheap under powered bass gear and they don't understand that a 100W bass amp isn't the same volume as a 100W Marshall they've provided for guitarists. I always have a bar towel in my bag or even a golf towel that i use to wipe my hands and bass down between songs when needed. Occasionally my face when in the Glam band with the wig and Glam jacket etc. (It does get a bit hot and sweaty.) I also have two 18" gym fans one at each side of the stage to cool us all down. Drummer has his own next to him. All in all you can be chuffed with that result. You carried on like a true professional even when things aren't quite perfect for you on stage. Sometimes you just need to get on and make the best of a difficult situation. Well done Dave

Its in triplicate so that everyone in the band gets a copy Dave

The digital desk has built in HPF so there's no real risk at all. I'll keep at it tho. 😂 Dave

The fact that i keep the QSC 15's in my garage along with my Mesa cabs doesn't help. Its me that has to humph these heavy cabs in and out of my car every gig and at 40Kg each they aint no lightweights. I guess its what we do for our bands I will persist with him altho being old school i do like to see a backline with a band. Dave

I didn't even follow your explanation so i've no chance with the Allison Effect. Dave

I saw a youtube vid of a guy who specialises in sound and he suggested changing the angle of the bass amp on stage or place it in a corner. It was all to do with the soundwaves and frequencies etc. I'm guessing that would be the same for any cabinet. Was quite an interesting watch but it was long and drawn out. Afraid i don't know enough about the subject to confirm its validity. Dave

I suggested IEM few weeks ago ............ again and the reaction was great until i mentioned i won't need any backline as i'll just go thru the PA. The drummer owns and operates the PA and he went into a panic saying the cabs won't cope and i replied that many bass players now use a powered PA cab and pre-amp as they are full range speakers. His cabs are QSC 3 way 15" and more than capable of coping with anything we would put thru them. Response to that was that he would then need to control everyone going thru PA and i said Yes that's true but its a digital desk. Once its set and stored the levels are more or less there every time. You just store for each venue. He wasn't impressed so its not gonna happen anytime soon. Dave

when it happened to me the guitarist said to me at the end of the show "those bass cabs don't half pack some punch for such small lightweight cabs" I didn't have the heart to tell him it was him that was causing the low down punch every now and again. Sometimes its just not worth trying to explain about frequencies to other band members. They usually don't get it. They hear a low boom and assume its the bass. Its usually not in my experience. Dave

WOW that explains a lot. At one of the venues we play i get that exact issue and i've always assumed it was the raised hollow stage but i use a Gramma isolation pad. Dave

Always fancied one after seeing Doug Johns vids with it. Dave

There's a lot of us doing the same thing. Dave

Ooohhh a Pedulla. Don't see many of them about. I'm a bit jealous there. Dave