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Owing to a hernia operation, followed shortly by a rotator cuff shoulder injury, we have had no gigs or rehearsals for a couple of months. Today was our first. Had to use a U Bass ad O can’t yet cover the whole fretboard on a standard bass but it went really well. Tightest we have been for a year or more 👍 After a period of illness, our rhythm guitarist earlier in the year we have carried in pretty much as before, just a bit tighter overall. With my latest medical layoff, our lead guitarist has been experimenting with his tone. It was sometime a bit weedy but yesterday it was huge, not just loud but really full. I can’t wait for the next gigs. Next up? Gig on the 22nd.

I hope you are joking, 0.5mm is funk all.

M2 is light. I suspect that the M7 is not much heavier.

As a gentleman of a certain age, neither me or my car is interested in hernia inducing 15/18” subs. So my interest was piqued when @Happy Jack started his small, lightweight sub quest. After receiving many recommendations, he found the Citronic Casa 10BA. Having sold my JBL subs, I had a few groats to spend and ended up being the owner of one. I was firmly bitten by GAS now and after hearing it, ordered a second. I had a hernia operation on Sept 2nd so we had kept the diary clear and close to the end of my 6 week “ no heavy lifting” spell, I developed a rotator cuff injury to my shoulder so no real world resting, even in rehearsals. I will report back later when I have more. So earlier in the year, I had no intention of buying a new PA and a pair of 8” tops and 10” subs were not even considered. While they would not do a really big gig, for the pubs clubs and parties we do, I am sure they will be more than enough.

Of course I am talking of woofer size on full range tops. Long post so take a rest or tea break at regular intervals. I started thinking about this a while ago when @Phil Starrand I were working on my 8” extension cab. This was to complement my modified Ashdown After Eight combo. To cut a long story short, I started thinking about this in earnest when my band borrowed @Phil Starr‘s RCF Art 310As. Now I already had a pair of Whatfedale Pro Titan 12s plus two aging JBL 15” Subs. All were active and worked well together. However the performance of the smaller 10s in the RCF and the 8” speakers in my cab (the inspiration for the Basschat Easybuild 8” Cabinet) made me think (insert snide comments here). I knew from the 8” cabinet that a good 8” driver could go low enough and flat enough to work down to the point where a sub woofer could take over the heavy lifting. Indeed recent active speaker models from RCF, Wharfedale and others have offered extended frequency response and what RCF call FIRPhase Whatfedale call just FIR. They both aim to maintain phase alignment at the crossover point between the woofer and tweeter. They offer 127/128dB max SPL peak (122/123dB real life) and the response extends below the 100Hz area where most subs take over. As I said earlier, I had used the RCF 310As (MK2?) and was impressed, so my initial thought was a pair of RCF Art310A MK4. A they are discontinued, and RCF did not make a MK5 10”version, I ordered a pair from my neighbourhood German Music Store. Thomann had bought RCF’s remaining stock of the MK4 but all was not well. One was DOA so they both went back and a refund was offered. So, I looked around and Whatfedale Pro had added FIR technology to their Typhon Range. Although Whatfedale are now Chinese owned, the UK Arm still seems to do the R&D and like RCF, they make their own drivers. I love my Titan 12s so after much discussion I bought the Typhon 8 AXF and first impressions are favourable. The sound is well balanced and at just over 10Kgs reassuringly heavy for an 8”. Testing is ongoing and I will update later.

That’s what my guitarist thinks I do.

I always had an aversion to short scale ( based. However I had a hernia operation on Sept 2nd and was told not to lift anything over 2.5 Kg for 6 weeks (5-6 Lbs for dinosaurs and US Citizens). My basses are all in the 4Kg area so @JohnDaBass offered a good price on his Fender Fullerton Ukulele bass, I did not get on with it so visited the Southern Ukulele Store in Bournemouth. I traded in the Fullerton for a Kala Solid Body. It was better than the Fullerton but still way below the fit and finish of even the cheapest long scale bass. Five weeks after the op and I am getting excited to play my Aerodyne when, Ouch, intense pain in my arm when I turned over in bed. Went back to sleep and felt OK when I woke. Thirty minutes after I got out of bed and my upper arm is aching, a further 15 minutes passed and from my neck to my wrist is in agony. The upstart is, after weeks of tests, I have a rotator cuff injury and can barely lift my left arm up abs to the side. Initially, even the U Bass was too much but I now have a little more movement and did a gig 8 days ago. Fast forward to yesterday and I put my 34” bass on and still cannot get all the way along the fingerboard. The real shock though was how far apart the frets are. So I am no longer dismissive of bases under 34”. The U Bass is fine below the 8th fret but IMHO too close together at the dusty end. So I a now considering 32” and 30” basses. Forgive me bassists for I knew not what I thought. 😢

What is that instrument that you are playing in that picture Daryl?

The concept behind the equal loudness curves has been known for some time. The one issue with them from my point of view. Who, or what, decides that a sound is twice as loud. How do you measure human hearing and decide that 10dB is twice as loud? Maybe I should look at Fletcher & Munson’s work to find the answer? Back to the point in question. I recently acquired a bass amp that I had been curious about for some time. Designed and built in the USA, it was an excellent piece of engineering, although the £1,000+ price tag new had always put me off before. It was a no frills amp, just the usual EQ plus a voicing control and a deep switch. In the conservatory, where I practice, the deep switch and the voicing control gave my some wonderful bass tones. I could not wait to try them at a gig. Five minutes into soundcheck and these were switched off, EQ set flat and off I went. With a little regret, I sold the amp in the Marketplace.

I think there are few a research groups better than the group at Southampton University.

I think he usually works in large auditoria where sub placement is generally in the middle. All the YouTube live sound influencers talk about splitting the room in two then placing each speaker in the centre of each side. That obviates the need to use too much toe in. You do need to be careful with the dispersion angles. I have some passive speakers with 60 x 60 and in many cases that would not be enough to cover the room.

This will be interesting but probably warrants a separate thread. Large diaphragm condenser mics are not usually used live though.

You have the Aerodyne Pickups? I have a pair ( of pickups) if you need them. Incidentally, I fitted DiMarzios into my Aeridyne as I wanted a humbucking J Bridge Pickup. I contacted DiMarzio Tech Suport about their wiring diagrams as they differed from received wisdom. For the first time, my tone pot did something. I have now reworked all my passive basses, even those that do not use DiMarzio pups.

As we now have an active PA subsection too, a PA section in the Marketplace would be good.

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Possibly a slight tangent, but one of the things that is happening in pubs and clubs is that, because of cot of living concerns, footfall over the summer is way down. Prompting many to book semi-pro Karaoke singers. In this area they earn upwards of £125 per night. Easier to cover than the £250plus a band would charge. However, they are backed by the "empty orchestra", Karaoke means that in Japanese. From the venue and audience perspective, the "band" are always note perfect and well-balanced, as well as easy to control volume wise. The session musicians that make the backing tracks could be the first to feel the real heat here as AI could do a passable job of the backing track presumably.

Monza 1x10 has never lacked volume for me but the Monaco is more sensitive.

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It is likely to be omnidirectional, so more prone to feedback. You can get cardioid headset mics https://www.audio-technica.com/en-gb/microphones/wired/best-for/presentation/pro8hex?_gl=1*1rbx919*_up*MQ..*_ga*MzA0NzkzNjQxLjE3NjE3NjA2ODY.*_ga_9B1Z5FDEW6*czE3NjIzNzA4MDgkbzIkZzEkdDE3NjIzNzA4OTQkajUzJGwwJGg4NTQ2NzE4Njg.

Look at the dispersion angle of the speakers and the distance apart. Generally straight ahead with a slight toe-in. Too much cross-fireing will increase reflections and cause dead spots at the side of the front.

Let's get some perspective, not every bassist needs a P Bass. However, if you only had one bass? P Bass. Why not a Jazz Bass? Body shape, more unstable on a stand and single coil pickups.

Over the years I have installed and removed many shims and the main advice I can give is to start small, as @Andyjr1515 says. I now use the matal shi,s from Warman https://www.warmanguitars.co.uk/product/set-of-4-brass-guitar-neck-shims-3-different-thicknesses-in-one-set/ Easy to fit and easy to change to a different thickness. The main thing to remember is that it takes several changes at each stage to get things just right.