martinbass7750

Similar story here. Shoulder/neck issues plus arthritis in my thumb joints. The joy of getting old! I bought a strandberg Boden 4 this time last year and love it; great sound and super light at 6lbs. during lockdown I bought a hofner ignition club bass, very light and ok to play. I have upgraded the machine heads as I read comments about them failing, also put some decent ‘Beatles’ strings on. For the money it’s good. haven’t played it at volume yet so I don’t know if the semi hollow body will give feedback issues.

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1457626553' post='3000371'] Agreed - it's a damn big investment! Would defo like to try these LDs. We should have an IEM geek meet! [/quote] Have you ever tried the AKG IVM4500? I have one but I'm not really happy with it.

yup that's the cable I use when I'm wired. Great job, nice and flexible (wired as in cabled

Takes an aux or monitor feed from your desk to the P1, or there's also a very nice fischer headphone amp (probably the one behringer copied?)

[quote name='martinbass7750' timestamp='1430477625' post='2761768'] that's a good idea - power injector would tidy up the area. I don't use the dsp on the AKG as on the previous model I found it added strange noises sometimes. Haven't tried it since I upgraded to the current model (due to licensing changes on frequencies) I'm trying to keep hardware boxes to a minimum, so i don't use the AKG when I have the ME-1. The AKG receiver is just another box I need to put somewhere. I guess I could devise a box that houses the AKG receiver and the ME-1, but it would end up quite heavy and i mount the ME-1 on my mic stand. [/quote] Sorry, meant the [b]AKG transmitter[/b] is just another box I need to put somkewhere.....

that's a good idea - power injector would tidy up the area. I don't use the dsp on the AKG as on the previous model I found it added strange noises sometimes. Haven't tried it since I upgraded to the current model (due to licensing changes on frequencies) I'm trying to keep hardware boxes to a minimum, so i don't use the AKG when I have the ME-1. The AKG receiver is just another box I need to put somewhere. I guess I could devise a box that houses the AKG receiver and the ME-1, but it would end up quite heavy and i mount the ME-1 on my mic stand.

Good to know you've joined the in-ear team, you won't regret it. I've been using the ACS Live customs for a couple of months (now called the Evolve Live) and they're great. I like the fact that I can hear people talking to me on stage, and I leave them in for the interval but just turn the local volume up a bit. I can filter out the noisy juke box during the interval too Before that I was using Shure SE524, which also worked really well. Normally I'm wired as I have a QU-16 with a ME-1 personal monitor. Still trying to work out the best way to make the wiring tidy. I also have an AKG IVM 4500 which I use when PA is provided by others. Does anyone have any experience of the AKG? I wondered how it compares to the EW300-IEM-G3? Cheers Martin

Yeah, got that thanks. Good idea re covering the me1 mic, hadn't'the thought of that. Just me with in-ears at the moment, although I'm trying to convince the singer he needs it. When I play without in-ears he keeps asking for his monitor to be turned up through the gig, to the point wher it often hurts my ears. Not good for his hearing.

Yes, I understood how the live pack works. Didn't realise it was a dry mix from the desk though. Thanks for the advice, much appreciated. The way I work currently is to have these feeds from the desk Vocals Lead guitar Kick, snare plus an overhead ambient mic. I guess I'm replacing the ambient mic with the live pack. The ME1 has a mono ambient mic, but if I have to keep the level very low as it distorts as soon as the band plays if I'm not careful! I'm hoping the live pack will allow me to hear what's going on between songs - important if the band changes the set order 😄 Will certainly post updates. Cheers Martin