Chienmortbb

Yes, one of the best pub sounds I ever heard was from a blues band called Chicago 9. Only vocals though the PA and even the blues harp had its own amp. Broke all the rules, but they had the sound spot on. Two passive EV tops for the vocals, and they were golden.

Our fronts don't go down that low, but I use two HPFs each with -12dB per octave with -3dB at 50Hz, if there is a problem on my bass rig and always cut at 75Hz on vocal channels.

Good point Jack and better top speakers might be worse in that respect.

Sometimes. Poor sub placement causes real problems FOH and in my experience is far worse than "single point" sources such as a bass rig. For example, the common practice of a sub per side, creates alternating aisles of overpowering lows and absence of lows depending on where you are in the venue. I agree that getting monitors off the stage will help in all sorts of ways though. I must admit that I am trying like crazy to get my band to accept the use of a digital mixer to improve the on-stage monitoring. Whether that be good monitor speakers or IEMs, but it is a slow process.

Me too.

A lot of money for not a lot, in my opinion. I saw a solo performer with one on Sat and off axis, the sound was very thin and well down on volume. These are the things these "tea chest bass" systems are supposed to solve. I suggest you look at the single FRFR cab from RCF, QSC or Yamaha and you can expand to a small mixer when, and if required.

Just to add a comment about wire, I buy two core mains cable 1.5mm for Ann my speaker needs. Mains cable from a reputable electrical supplier will be copper (don’t worry about the oxygen free baloney, all copper cable has a little oxygen in it). For some reason it seems only some commercial speaker cable is CCA. 1.5mm mains cable is rated at about 18 amps, so good for 2500 watts into 8 ohms or 1250 watts into 4 ohms and the resistance of around a metre will be negligible.

Please stop reminding me of the BLX Combo. I do not know why I sold it and I searched high and low for the ext cab you have.

Not sure that adds too much to the original. It is s very good cover, the multitracked vocal harmonies are great but it is almost note for note.

You have a bass bash coat?

Just use the plans as guidance. It is designed for 18" speakers, so the dimensions need revising.

I have a couple of amp heads (well 4 actually) but two are small class D, One is an Ashdown Retroglide 800 the other a Bugera Veyron BV1001M. I saw a thread ages ago about an ideal bag on Amazon, but cannot find the thread. Can anyone point to it, or suggest an alternative?

They really are budget, and most will tell you to bin them. However, do you have any pictures?

Good on you, although I once turned down a covers band because they played Mr. Blue Sky. It's one of those songs to me that sets my teeth on edge.

I have been working with @stevieand @Phil Starralthough they did all the heavy lifting. We did discuss a 2nd cabinet to add to the BC112, The idea was that the second cab would not have a tweeter but would have a low pass filter that removes the upper mids and high frequencies. The idea of the LPF is that with two drivers, there are interference frequencies that introduce peaks and troughs in the response. These are not huge, and perhaps we were being picky. We never proceeded, as none of us really found the need. The 1x12 goes incredibly loud, I have never felt the need for the extra output an extra driver would give. Of course, you may need the extra oomph.

That is MAX or peak so probably 122dB real workld but two of those will pack a punch. Should keep up with two tops easily.

I might bring Ms Chien with me, she can cook a bit (well a lot, and she is very good at it) do the scrumpettes need a hand and shall I chain her to the kitchen? Oh, and how much for a Tee? Sadly, inflation means I need a 2XL now.

Now, if that was a Tokai Hard Puncher P Bass I would be swooning.

I did it last week, soldering iron fell, I caught it,,,,,,wrong end.

I did a course on the Unix based OS Solaris some years ago, and the building blocks often followed different conventions. The tutor said that they were written in Southern California in the 60s and the difference between the modules? Different drugs. Seriously, those are superb designs, and I mean the filters as well as the graphics.

Great show

Bamboo sheet is quite heavy so unless the cabinet walls are thin then there will be a weight penalty. However it is very hard, so would take hard knocks. it is also expensive compared to ply.

However a stereo FOH mix rarely works well in my opinion.