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I had two gigs on Saturday. The first was in the afternoon with my folk/punk band Headsticks. I play drums and it's pretty energetic. There were a good 300 people in a large room, lots dancing and singing along, so it was great! As usual I struggled to hear the guitarist and yet we had feedback from the guitar on stage. I think my monitor must have died after a couple of songs or something... The later gig was a local one in the evening on bass with a very talented songwriter. It's a small room, I think the capacity is 100 but they tried to squeeze more in. The soundman was more of an artist than an engineer. I genuinely believe the sound was perfect out front, but on stage I couldn't hear what I was doing or the lead guitarist. All I had was cajon (acoustic) and absolutely loads of vocals in the monitors. Very weird. Anyway, I think it went all right!

Oh dear, we're just treading water now, over saturated with puns, for god's sake let this thread sink to the bottom

feedback won't be anything to do with power supply, it's just what happens when you've got a load of compression AND fuzz going on at the same time, if you're stood within range. Turn down the gain on the fuzz and make the threshold higher on your compressor to give yourself more headroom. Either that or get a wireless and stand on the other side of the room

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1455549234' post='2980079'] Naturally, you should phone them up. [/quote] "hello, is that DeBees? I wanted to ask about the monitors; DB or not DB? That is the question"

we're really plumbing new depths now. Isn't it time to sling our collective hook?

I think harmless prat is pretty accurate. I can't see that he's doing anyone any harm? Although he's clearly nuts

I wonder what the monitoring is like here? [url="http://www.debees.com/"]http://www.debees.com/[/url]

I imagine the dirt pedal he's using has been modded, or there's EQ on there. You can clearly hear the dirt is through a separate rig, and again this could have a prominent mid boost, giving that sort of sound.

It's that nasal sound that implies parametric EQ (or stuck wah) to me. I don't know of any fuzz pedals with a parametric EQ but that'd certainly be cool!

There's a boss dirt pedal with parametric mids as well, I think it's the Metal Zone? That always sounds pretty meaty on bass... I should get one

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1455139007' post='2976435'] The people I jam with are I would say at a decent level and have told me I can play but I'm playing such basic stuff nearly anyone could play it. [/quote] I know I'm the 10th person to quote this but... There's a difference between playing a basic bassline properly, and basic playing. It's true that most people could hit root notes and 5ths pretty much in time, but would it "feel" right? I guess your 3 years of learning has developed your sense of how to play the bass so that while you might be playing basic lines, you're playing properly. I'm sure we've all heard a lead guitarist pick up a bass. They normally play the right notes, and pretty much at the right time, but it "feels" all wrong

well it's not necessarily good advice! It's just what I'd do. Let us know how you get on anyway

If I was going to try and emulate that sound, I'd probably start with my jackhammer in a blended loop, cut the lows and highs, and then play with the mids until it got to where I wanted. The whole lot would have to go through a decent amp or amp-sim though. The jackhammer is an ace pedal anyway, very versatile and you can get them used for under £40. It might be worth you grabbing one to experiment?

[quote name='NickD' timestamp='1455119833' post='2976138'] Hard to argue with that. His Calpol consumption was through the roof. [/quote] I thought it was their guitarist who always had calpol to hand?

If you listen on headphones you can hear his "clean" sound down the middle, which sounds like a slightly overdriven valve amp, then on one side is the dirty channel, which is what I'm saying sounds like a stuck wah. I'm at work so can't check it on speakers - it might be totally different!

hadn't seen them before, thanks!

on that solo it sounds almost like a "stuck wah" or some sort of parametric EQ on the dirtiest channel. I know he tends to blend a few channels. So, I would guess a dirty pedal with a parametric mid (E.G marshall jackhammer) in a clean blend would get you fairly close.

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1455097623' post='2975763'] Ah man, that's a shame. They have a killer video screen too. [/quote] That was half of the attraction. We usually have to carry around our own TV to show the football in the background but it's a bitch to carry. I think we'll start checking with the landlords in advance, nothing less than a wall mounted 42" LED from now on

A band I used to know once played without their bassist. They had a life size cardboard cut out made of him with his bass on stage, and his parts recorded onto a sequencer

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1455051376' post='2975521'] Good work! Should blow their socks off at the Tickled Trout. [/quote] I've pulled that gig, the monitoring wasn't up to much

[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1455027906' post='2975163'] A Grand Don't Come For Free is one of my favourite albums. A masterpiece! [/quote] Yeh, spine-tingling in parts! Good call I wonder if my band's album would count? It's sort of all encapsulated in a website... [url="http://www.theallimportantliedetectortest.com"]www.theallimportantliedetectortest.com[/url]

that beater is on it's soft side, the side facing up is wood but I really didn't like the sound of that as it's pretty clicky anyway. I was going to use a fully soft beater but for some reason it's shaft won't fit in this particular pedal. I should have mentioned, I have this going through 3 pedals, a boss noise gate, a boss bass EQ, and a boss bass limiter. The natural sound of this mic in a box isn't much good for anything other than triggering (which is what the guy in that video was using his for). I'd like to play about with different size boxes and different amount of dampening but I know I'll never find the time to bother as this set-up works so well!

Well I went with the video Dad recommended and have my own cost free tupperware kick! I just need to fix some rubber to the bottom to stop it moving so much, although I think it'll be OK on a drum rug. This is recorded with a go pro and the kick going through the small PA in my live room [media]http://youtu.be/3WQnGLSFrHQ[/media]

I have an old keyboard flightcase converted to a pedalboard. This has all my spares inside and I don't use an amp, so this and my bass in a bag.

There's really no substitute! You just need a roadie now